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At a recent quarterly meeting of Apple Stores across the U.S., Apple has announced a new employee training initiative called "Pathways", according to a 9to5Mac report. The meeting focused on numbers and on past store results in addition to the new training program for employees. Apple's new retail chief John Browett has already promised several changes and has introduced...

Have you ever booked a hotel via Orbitz.com from your Mac? You might end up seeing some costlier hotels appear first, as the company admitted they have started to test showing different results to Mac and PC users, based on their research on OS spending habits, notes the Wall Street Journal: Orbitz executives confirmed that...

It appears iOS 6 beta 2 has been released for developers as an over the air (OTA) update. Users around the world have noted the update on their devices. Nothing has hit the developer center or reached Canada yet. Stay tuned... @_laurentB from France: @CDeeRON: Update 1: We've heard from you that the update has hit...

With the announcement and preview of iOS 6 at WWDC, Apple revealed the inclusion of Yelp right within its new Maps app. Now, Bloomberg reports you'll also be able to check-in right from within the app: Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s coming iPhone map application will include Yelp Inc. (YELP)’s “check-in” feature to let users broadcast their whereabouts...

Further investigation into the hardware data dump pulled from alleged next generation iPhone prototypes have revealed near-field communication (NFC) capabilities, reports 9to5Mac: We’ve previously been able to pull data from PreEVT iPhone 5,1 and iPhone 5,2 prototypes codenamed N41AP (5,1) and N42AP (5,2), which leads us to believe that the new iPhone will have a...

Facebook has introduced a new featured in its iOS app and on the web called Find Friends Nearby, a tool to enable you to locate people you know nearby, notes TechCrunch. Facebook engineer Ryan Patterson created the app--he responded in the comments to clarify the feature and remarked the it was initially named 'Friendshake': I built...

U.S. Judge Richard Posner pulled the plug on the ongoing lawsuit between Apple and Motorola this Friday, reports FOSS Patents. The lawsuit in which Apple was asserting four patents and Motorola was suing over one patent, was dismissed by Judge Posner who recently canceled a jury trial and indicated his inclination to dismiss the case. However, as pointed...

The New York Times has an in-depth look at Apple Store retail employees and their wages compared to the profits they continue to reap for Apple. It was recently noted Apple had committed new wage increases for its retail employees. By the standards of retailing, Apple offers above average pay — well above the minimum...

This morning London welcomed the grand opening of its first Apple Store at Masonville Place at 10AM. The first 1000 visitors received a limited edition t-shirt, and as from the photos we've received it looks like there were lines as usual for this big event. Check out the pics below: Anyone wait in line this...

A little while back, there were "leaked" photos of the next iPhone circulating the web, but were quickly identified to be 3D renderings from designer Martin Hajek. We here at iPhoneinCanada reported these images as leaked photos, but quickly updated the article once we found out the truth. Martin is back, and has taken his...

For those that have watched the WWDC 2012 keynote in its entirety, you may remember the developer highlight video Tim Cook showed the audience at the beginning of the event. The video highlighted numerous incredible apps, and one family that was profiled included Renena Joy, a speech and language pathologist in education, and her daughter...

Earlier in the week we demonstrated how turn-by-turn works in Canada on iOS 6 on the new Apple Maps app. With the departure of Google Maps and the loss of Street View, many wondered if the newly supplied map data from TomTom in Apple Maps would ever include such a service. Numerous readers spotted camera-mounted...