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After speculation yesterday about Apple's maps within iPhoto for iOS, it has now been confirmed by the OpenStreetMap Foundation themselves that Apple has used their map data. What is the OSM all about? Here's how they describe themselves: The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a UK-registered not-for-profit organization that supports the OpenStreetMap Project. The OpenStreetMap Project based...

Earlier, we confirmed that AppleCare+ was available for the new iPad for Canadians, but it is now also supported for iPhones. Apple updated their website today to reflect the changes. Here's how they describe AppleCare+: Every iPhone comes with one year of hardware repair coverage through its limited warranty and up to 90 days of...

Last December, it was reported Masonville Place in London, Ontario was the future site of an Apple Store, and now that has been confirmed via job postings on the Masonville Place website, and on Apple's own website for retail job searches. The store is rumoured to occupy the vacant space left by the departure of...

iPhoto for iOS was announced earlier today, and within the app it allows users to check out location data for photos, as noted by 512pixels. Check out the images below:   TNW was able to confirm with Microsoft that these aren't Bing maps, and also map data was being downloaded straight from gsp2.apple.com. In the...

With the introduction of the new iPad, Apple has quietly increased network download limits to 50MB, from the previous limit of 20MB. That means any app, song, or video downloaded over cellular networks up to 50MB will now be possible. AppAdvice earlier reported the discovery while looking through Apple's API: However, after looking at Apple’s...

With today's announcement of the 3rd gen Apple TV, Netflix has announced sign ups for new accounts are possible right on the new device, and also on the 2nd gen Apple TV (but will require a software update first): Starting today, you can sign-up for Netflix directly on your Apple TV and pay via your...

Apple has released iTunes 10.6 to bring the ability to play 1080p HD movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store. Earlier today, Apple announced a refresh to the Apple TV, to enable 1080p playback, for $109 CDN. Of course, that preceded the major announcement of the new 3rd generation iPad with Retina Display, LTE,...

Apple has just pushed iOS 5.1, the newest update for its iPhone, iPod and iPad operating system, with support for a Japanese version of Siri, an updated camera app for iPad and more. The update can either be installed OTA if you are already running iOS 5.x on your device or simply connect your iOS device...

image via CNET Welcome to iPad 3/HD Day. You can follow the latest coverage and announcements over at our sister site iPadinCanada.ca. In the meantime, the stream of the iPad media event won't be taking place online (unless a last minute announcement occurs). Apple junkies can follow live-blog coverage from the following sites at the...

Update 1: According to 9to5Mac, a $99 Apple TV refresh will be released tomorrow as the J33 model, MD199LL/A – J33 BEST -USA for $99, and will support 1080P. On the eve of the iPad 3 release, more 'leaks' have surfaced and this time it's from The Verge. They are hearing further whispers of an Apple...

On the eve of the iPad 3 announcement, Chronic Wire reports iOS 5.1 Golden Master (GM) has currently been undergoing numerous internal and external testing over the past three weeks, and in all likelihood will be released in the next few days: The Gold Master build of iOS 5.1 has been in a vigorous quality...

Apple fanboys have a new feather to place in their cap today after a newly released infographic, based on a study by cross platform developer Spaceport.io. The results show that regardless of how you look at it running HTML5 games on an iOS device gives you faster results when compared to its Android counterpart. Spaceport.io...