Latest news

Next Generation ‘iPhone 5’ Prototypes Reported to Have NFC Capabilities

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 Launches New ‘Find Friends Nearby’ Feature in iOS App and Web

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...

App Store Search Results Changing Due to Chomp Acquisition Already?

Back in February, Apple acquired application discovery platform Chomp for a reported $50 million dollars. Chomp's specialty was in app discovery and now it is being reported by TechCrunch their algorithms have started to make their way into the App Store, based on the feedback from certain developers seeing a spike in downloads for certain...

Judge Posner Pulls The Plug On Apple-Motorola Lawsuit

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...

Apple Store Retail Employees and Their Pay Profiled by the NYT

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...

Apple Store Masonville Grand Opening in London [PICS]

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...

The iOS 6 Twitter Widget Ported to iOS 5

  We have seen a few iOS 6 features ported over to iOS 5, via some Cydia tweaks and themes, and today we have another. Scott Forstall introduced iOS 6 at WWDC 2012 and one of the many new features coming is the Twitter and Facebook widgets in the notification center. This is a quick...

Rogers Promo Waives Activation Fee Until June 24th

Looks like new Rogers customers signing up from June 21st to the 24th are in for a treat--your activation fee will be waived up until midnight on the last day, as noted by MobileSyrup. The activation fee will eventually be credited to your bill. The following plans are ineligible: Talk and Text Family Plans $45...

The New iPhone Home Page [Mock Up]

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...