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There's dozens of cool projects on Kickstarter. You could spend hours browsing through the various categories to see what sort of innovative ideas people have come up with. I was doing this recently and came across an interesting one. The ChargeCard for iPhone. The ChargeCard is an ultra-thin USB charging cable that's thin enough to...

If you shop at Roots, be sure to keep an eye out on their current summer promo card that brings a collection of free song downloads in iTunes. The card notes the following free downloads of some Canadian artists: Willie Stratton - O Canada Cookie Duster - Two Feet Stand Up Patrick Watson - Into...

As noted by MacRumors and via tips from readers, it appears Apple has now enabled iTunes Movies in the cloud for Canada. Previously this feature was unavailable but now many have noticed their purchased movies have now started to show up across all iOS and Macs connected to iCloud. Here's a screenshot from iPhoneinCanada.ca reader @djtripd that...

The European Telecommunications Institute (ETSI) announced last month that it has adopted a standardized design for next-generation SIM cards a.k.a the nano-SIMs which are are approximately 40 percent smaller than the current micro-SIM used in Apple's iPhone 4 and 4S. Today, all those rumors suggesting that Apple's next generation iPhone will also feature a nano-SIM have been...

Recent Apple filings have revealed the company's plans to build a second smaller 'tactical' facility in North Carolina in addition to its massive data center in Maiden, N.C., according to a report by Apple Insider (via Hickory Daily Record). The filings suggest that the smaller 11-room, 21,030-square-foot data center will cost Apple US $1,885,129 and will be used to store clusters...

We all love our iPhones and when we're not using them incessantly multiple times during the day, our phones are usually the last and first things we check before and after we sleep. Sleep is so precious and important to athletes that Canadian Olympians will be banned from using their iPhones at night, as part...

Just over a week ago, U.K. judge ruled in favor of Samsung saying that its Galaxy tablets aren’t “cool” enough to be confused with Apple’s iPad and therefore the design for Samsung’s three Galaxy tablets doesn’t infringe Apple’s registered design. Following up on the ruling, the judge has now instructed Apple to run ads on its website and...

According to the latest report from Digitimes, their sources note the total shipments will hit 20-25 million units according to their supply chain sources in the Q3 of 2012. Not only that, they reiterate the next generation iPhone will start its production in August: As volume production of a new version of iPhone will start...

Geo-fencing. With their announcement of iOS 5 at WWDC 2011, Apple had everyone talking about it. Suddenly, being alerted to call home by the new Reminders app after leaving the office was reality. Unfortunately, when iOS 5 was released the reality was that while the feature worked (sometimes) it was cumbersome to use, and after...

Problems with your eye? Look to the “i”! Apparently it’s time to add ophthalmology to the iPhone’s already-impressive list of features. As reported in the July issue of “The Archives of Ophthalmology,” (yes, this exists,) there’s a new study that shows the iPhone may be better at viewing certain types of ophthalmological images than a...

Google unveiled Chrome for iOS last month as the first real competition for Mobile Safari and according to Chitika Insights, Chrome’s share of iOS traffic has already crossed 1.5% of all iOS web traffic. After Chrome's initial iOS app release, it held a top position in the rankings for free apps in the App Store and still continues...

Chinese iPhone parts supplier tvc-mall.com has listed new iPhone 5 TPU Gel cases for sale that confirm a longer handset with smaller dock connector, as noted by CydiaBlog. This new iPhone TPU case which is available in black and white colors apparently matches with the previously leaked iPhone blueprint drawings as well as with the hands-on video leaked...