Are you a Facebook addict (or stalker)? If you find the iPhone app painfully slow, an update is coming soon that will transform the app into a much speedier one, according to Nick Bilton from the New York Times. He spoke with two anonymous Facebook engineers about a significant update coming this summer: I had the...
Friday is the five year anniversary of the original iPhone's first day it went on sale, and in that half-decade the sales numbers appear to be staggering, according to the latest report from Boston-based research firm, Strategy Analytics. "The iPhone portfolio has become a huge generator of cash and profit for Apple," said Neil Mawston, the...
Apple has just issued a press release to note it has launched the iTunes Store in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam: Apple® today announced the launch of the iTunes Store® in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and nine additional countries in Asia featuring an incredible selection of...
The jailbreak community is always coming up with great new ways to use our iPhones, iPod Toucches, and iPads. If you jailbreak your iDevice, you may be familiar the SMS app, biteSMS. This app can replace the default iMessage app to bring much more functionality. One of the great features of biteSMS is the "Quick...
Apple's North Carolina Data Centre The Reno Memo reports Apple has plans to invest $1 billion dollars over ten years to build a new data centre and business and purchasing centre. An upcoming Washoe County staff report notes the following: ”The prospective tenant, Apple, Inc…has stated the desire to construct and operate a new data...
As previously rumoured, Apple has released a stand alone Podcasts app in the App Store. It is a one stop app, to listen to and watch all your favourite podcasts. Apple has done this to keep your podcasts separate from your Music app, making it easier to find your them. Similar to the iBooks...
A new smartphone app developed by Cheryl Brown Ovarian Outcomes Unit under supervision of Dr. Sarah Finlayson, a surgeon and researcher with the Ovarian Cancer Research Program at the B.C. Cancer Agency, allows ovarian cancer surgeons in B.C to track vital patient information in a database, CBC News reports. The app reportedly eliminates a long chart-review process where doctors had...
Apple has released beta 2 of iOS 6 to developers. With access to these beta versions of the firmware, developers have the chance to get their apps ready for the official release of iOS 6 this fall. Jailbreak developers need the same access to get their apps and tweaks ready, but they need the firmware...
Rogers has informed its employees today there will be 375 layoffs coming. This comes at a time when the company faces increased competition and shrinking profits. Patricia Trott, Director of Public Affairs for Rogers told us: “This was a very difficult decision. This is part of a comprehensive approach to cost management that we announced earlier this year. We’re...
Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of Brightcove, an leading online video hosting platform and online video player solution, believes that a core part of any Apple branded Television set project will be Airplay-enabled apps that allow iPhones and iPads to control and interact with the big screen HDTV, reports AllThingsD. Furthermore, Brightcove has announced today a free version of its App Cloud...
With the introduction of iOS 6 at WWDC 2012, Apple demoed its digital wallet solution in the shape of an all new built-in iOS app called the "Passbook", an app which is meant to let users keep a track of their discount coupons, boarding passes, loyalty cards and movie tickets. However, the app has not been activated...
According to a recent published report, the paper products industry is now being affected by consumers choices to forgo traditional print media for digital media. The findings come from the Spring 2012 outlook via the The Conference Board of Canada. Three notable highlights from the report are below: E-readers—E-readers and tablet computers are now reaching...
