Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

Turns out Apple cannot distance itself totally from Samsung when it comes to its supply chain. In the battle to raise funds, Apple's supplier Sharp has agreed to sell a 3% stake of its business for $110 million to Samsung Electronics Co., the Wall Street Journal reports. (more…)

The luxury carmaker Ferrari SpA will expand their partnership with Apple on in-car entertainment over the next few months, Chairman Luca Cordero Di Montezemolo said, as cited by Bloomberg. (more…)

So you are a developer with a great idea, a laptop and some money, and you want to optimize your app to function well on the majority (let's say 80%) of the connected mobile devices currently in use. How many different models you need to support? 156, Flurry's recent study reveals. (more…)

With both Apple and Google offering more than 700,000 apps in their respective storefronts, the app market is booming. Customers are estimated to be spending, on average, roughly two hours a day in the company of mobile apps, which pushes up the global revenue of app stores by 62%, reaching the $25 billion mark, according...

Apple was granted a patent on Thursday (via AppleInsider) in which the company imagines an electronic device that lacks any physical buttons, and is instead controlled by pressing, squeezing or otherwise deforming the device's housing to input commands. (more…)

Since smartphones have surpassed feature phones in Q2 of 2012, Canada has seen a tremendous growth in smartphone adoption, especially during the holiday quarter. According to comScore's most recent data, 62% of Canadians own a smartphone. (more…)

CNBC's Squawk Box hosted Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett this morning (via Fortune), who added his voice to the hype around Apple's stock price and cash pile. (more…)

Apple's iWatch could materialize sooner than we expected, as the timing looks better now, at least according to a Bloomberg report. Besides consumers accustomed to using apps each day, wrist watch manufacturers have seen tremendous success over the past few years, and even Jony Ive has long had an interest in watches. (more…)

A five-year-old Bristol (UK) boy has spent more than £1,700 (roughly $2,555) in less than 15 minutes by playing a free game on his parents' iPad. Apple has informed the family they will refund the money. (more…)

Judge Lucy Koh struck down roughly $450 million from the $1.05 billion damages awarded by a jury back in August 2012 in a patent infringement case against Samsung, and also ordered a new trial for some Samsung products. (more…)

Remember those reports saying mobile monetization is led by iOS? The reason why iOS makes more money is because all free apps in Apple's App Store collect more data than free apps available from Google Play, which raises privacy concerns, suggests a recent Appthority report (via Macworld). (more…)

Apple is seeking to block a group lawsuit which alleges it has violated their privacy rights by unlawfully allowing third-party applications (apps) running on iDevices and approved by the company to collect and make use of, for commercial purposes, personal information without user consent or knowledge. (more…)