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Apple has introduced an extra service to help customers track orders made in Canada and the US. As noted by Apple Bitch, the change appears to have been introduced after the Apple Store online went down last night. Apple's Shipping and Delivery page notes the following under Text Notifications: In addition to email notifications, you can...

Boy Genius Report has published a story that claims the next generation iPhone is not in its production phase yet, countering what we've heard from previous reports. BGR claims the an Apple product goes through various phases before it is manufactured such as “engineering verification test” stages and the “design verification test” phases. The 'iPhone 5'...

Roughly a week or so before iOS 6 beta 3 was released to developers, Apple enabled turn-by-turn directions read by Siri in Canada, which did not work before.. Apple describes the feature as: Find your way to your destination using turn-by-turn spoken directions, a 3D view, and real-time traffic information. As you approach a turn,...

iPhoneinCanada’s Trigger Happy Summer   There are some things in life that were just meant to go together. Peanut butter and jelly…soy and lattes…Angelina and Brad… When the iPhone 4S was released, Siri was touted to be the bread to the iPhone’s butter, but over half a year since the iPhone 4S was released, it’s...

  Getting his start in the business with Toronto's CP24 as a web journalist, and co-host of WebNation (alongside Amber MacArthur), Maurice Cacho has been one of the pioneers in Canadian journalism marrying social media with real-time news. Alongside his passion for all things tech, Maurice has taken his expertise over to CTV News, as...

When iOS 6 was announced, Apple said that iOS 6 would be compatible with the iPhone 3GS, but the major features they announced seemed to be left off of the list for the older device. With the released of iOS 6 beta 3, MacRumors is reporting that the iPhone 3GS has received a couple more...

Earlier this year, cellpig.com introduced Cellhelmet™, one of the most protective iPhone 4/4S cases ever made, thanks to its invisible properties which can't be seen. What's special about the Cellhelmet™ is that each case comes with a 1 year accidental damage coverage for your handset (water damage excluded). All you need to do is register your cellhelmet case within 30 days of its purchase and if your phone breaks inside,...

Since Apple changed the smartphone game, back in 2007, all the other smartphone manufacturers have been trying to catch up, often putting out products that are very similar to Apple's iPhone and iOS. This often results in copyright and patent disputes. Today, Patently Apple published an article reporting that Apple was just granted another patent,...

Time, there's never enough of it, and what we do have gets harder to manage with each passing day. With dozens of timer apps in the App Store, it's amazing that they all do the roughly the same thing. You set a time limit, the time passes, and an alarm triggers when time runs out....

Right now in Canada a 13-inch MacBook Pro laptop is $1,229. A third-generation 32GB iPad is $619. Buying it at the Apple Store? It’s $619. Buying it at Future Shop? $619.  Best Buy? $619. Online through Apple website? $619. There is no haggling. (Yes there are some minor exceptions to the above, under certain circumstances,...

The Wall Street Journal has just published a story that notes the next generation iPhone will use a new technology that will enable a thinner screen: Apple Inc.'s next iPhone, currently being manufactured by Asian component makers, will use a new technology that makes the smartphone's screen thinner, people familiar with the matter said, as the U.S....

With the announcement of iOS 6 at WWDC 2012, one of the most anticipated features was the addition of the new Apple Maps and turn by turn GPS, guided by Siri. However, with the first betas of iOS 6, this feature did not work in Canada. A couple days ago Apple enabled the feature in...