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Last year in February, Apple offered a $15 payout to iPhone 4 owners who had not previously received a free bumper to solve antenna or reception issues with their handsets. It seems that Apple has now started sending these iPhone 4 ‘Antennagate’ settlement checks and many people have already received their payouts, according to 9to5Mac. The first checks were issued...

TELUS has announced a $100,000 investment to bring 4G LTE networks to interior British Columbia's largest destination ski resort, Sun Peaks, located northeast of Kamloops. “TELUS’ investment to expand our 4G LTE network to Sun Peaks will give area residents and tourists faster wireless Internet while around town, on the slopes in the winter or...

Addressing Rogers' shareholders at the company's annual general meeting today, President and CEO Nadir Mohamed explained a Rogers credit card is coming soon, as a solution to carry one less card in your wallet and to "strengthen customer loyalty and retention." Below is an excerpt from his speech that focused on mobile commerce: Third, mobile...

While we are waiting for Apple's quarterly earnings report, Wall Street analysts are preparing themselves and investors for the worst-case scenario: Apple will report the first year-over-year quarterly earnings decline in a decade. (more…)

Rogers has announced today a new program today called Price Match, which aims to guarantee the lowest price you pay for any new smartphone upgrade. As the company explains to us, if you see a lower advertised price (same device, same term, same cost) elsewhere nationwide on TV, radio, print or the internet, they will...

Just this past weekend we showed you the first look inside the new Apple Store at Quartier Dix30, in Brossard, Quebec. This new Apple Store was confirmed last August via job postings and last month Les Affaires reported their sources said the grand opening date would be April 27th. Looks like their sources were correct because...

Over the last couple of months, iCloud servers have been hit by major outages, and this morning the service went down once again, affecting iCloud Account and Sign in, but users reported multiple iCloud service issues relating to Mail and Find My iPhone as well. (more…)

Vancouver-based Roam Mobility offers Canadians traveling to the USA an affordable way to roam worry free on their network (based on T-Mobile's network coverage), as opposed to paying expensive plans from their Canadian wireless carriers. Just 15 months after their launch the company announced today their retail presence has exceeded 400+ retail locations in Canada,...

AppShopper, a popular app discovery network (sister property of Apple rumours juggernaut, MacRumors) has announced it has returned to the App Store, after being removed by Apple last December over a conflict of rules introduced with iOS 6. It has returned now as AppShopper Social, a brand new app with iPhone 5 screen support to enable users...

SaskTel has announced its 2012 net income, which resulted in $1.18 billion, up 5% compared to 2011, due in part to its rapid growth in wireless revenues as Saskatchewan residents continued to adopt smartphones: "Once again in 2012, SaskTel had a very successful year delivering high quality, accessible and affordable services to residents throughout Saskatchewan...

Rogers has announced its Q1 2013 earnings and its wireless division reports data revenue grew 22% to $762 million which helped increase average revenue per user (ARPU) up by 3.5%. The network also activated and upgraded 673,000 smartphones, with roughly 33% of these being new wireless subscribers. Smartphones now dominate 71% of overall postpaid subscribers...

Apple has won a patent infringement case between Google's Motorola Mobility, which alleged the iPhone's proximity sensor had infringed on the latter's patent, reports Bloomberg: The U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington upheld a judge’s findings that the Motorola Mobility patent is invalid, though for different reasons. The patent covers a sensor that prevents the...