Forget trying to guess what the next iteration of the iPhone might look like this fall. Let's take a look at how it might look in the far future. Over at Ciccarese Design they have developed quite possibly the most radical iPhone design I've seen. This freaky looking phone clings to the back of your...
We've long heard about the usage of near field communication (NFC) for mobile payments in the latest smartphones, such as the recent partnership between Rogers and CIBC. Google has Google Wallet for Android but what about iOS and the iPhone? The Wall Street Journal has profiled some details about Apple's low ambitions toward a mobile...
It has been revealed that Activision's new studio in Leeds is working on a new Call of Duty title for iOS. We already have the zombie versions of Call of Duty in the App Store, but this new title could be a full fledged Call of Duty. U.K. Interactive Entertainment chairman Andy Payne has revealed...
Vancouver’s posh Opus Hotel has removed the traditional room phones and replaced them with a customized iPhone. The customized iPhone provides one touch access to all of the hotel’s different departments. The Opus is the first hotel in Canada to offer this service. Opus Vancouver's general manager, Nicholas Gandossi said, "Technology is a way of...
Poynt Corporation, a renowned Canadian mobile search company, has officially filed a Notice of Intention under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act according to a Winnipeg Free Press report. The Calgary-based company said it's "not currently in a position to pay its debts to its secured and unsecured creditors", including Toronto-based Intertainment Media Inc. Poynt currently has software applications available...
According to a new report by DigiTimes, Apple is planning to revise the New iPad's backlight module in order to reduce overall heat output. As claimed by anonymous industry sources inside, Apple might replace the New iPad's two LED backlight module with a one LED structure as used in Apple’s second-generation iPad in an effort to solve heat...
According to the TIOBE Programming Community Index for July 2012, Objective-C has overtaken C++ as the third most popular programming. C topped the list leaping ahead of Java which holds down the number two spot. Tiobe, a company who designs software that analyses code to ensure it follows coding standards, attributes this rise in Objective-C’s...
Okay, all the guys can just move along. This one is for the ladies! ;) Being a married man, I know that the inside of a women's purse can become a bottomless pit, making it impossible to find anything. My wife is constantly digging through her purse to find her keys, iPhone, makeup, lip gloss,...
Montrealers, keep your eye out for the Telus Wi-Xi squad this summer as that will mean free Wi-Fi. Telus has announced today they will offer free access to their 4G LTE network via BIXI bikes equipped with the Telus Wi-Xi 4G LTE modem, powered by a rechargeable battery via pedal power. BIXI is a public...
Apple has rectified the issue that caused numerous apps to crash after updating, first noted by Marco Arment, the founder of Instapaper. In a statement to The Telegraph, Apple explained the crashes were caused by a server that incorrectly generated DRM (digital rights management) code for apps downloaded, causing them to crash: "We had a...
Waze, the maker of popular free social GPS and traffic apps for iPhones and Android devices, recently unveiled its plans to bring its rapidly growing social mapping software to the cars later this year. Today, the company has announced that its social navigation and traffic service has hit the 20 million users landmark (via Business Insider). The firm is...
Apple has just won a new patent detailing a method by which customer service representatives can quickly determine if a product has been damaged by water, CNET is reporting. Patent #8,210,032 describes that a detector would be strategically placed inside an enclosed device and provide "at least one visual indication after being immersed in water", allowing users to determine water...
