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Canadian Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple and Siri on the iPhone 4S
A class action lawsuit has been filed in Regina against Apple Canada and the controversy over Siri's limited capabilities on the iPhone 4S. Filed by The Merchant Law Group, the lone plaintiff so far, Catlin Hendriks, believes Siri isn't performing as advertised: "Siri either did not understand what the plaintiff was asking or, after a...
Element Case Vapor COMP For iPhone 4/4S: White Edition [Review]
Element Case is well known for producing some of the best looking iPhone cases in the world, with Vapor Pro and Vapor COMP bumper-style aluminum cases being the most popular. Having previously reviewed the impressive Element Case Vapor Pro for iPhone 4/4S, we decided to take a look at the Element Case Vapor COMP White Edition and...
WhatsApp Founder: We’re No Threat to SMS But We Help Carriers Sell Data Plans
WhatsApp was one of the first cross platform messaging apps that enabled iPhone users to chat with friends on BlackBerry, Android, Symbian and Windows smartphones. The company revealed last October it was handling 1 billion messages per day, and only four months later it was handling 2 billion per day, as noted at the Mobile...
Royal Canadian Mint Invites iOS Developers to Join the MintChip Challenge for $50,000
The Royal Canadian Mint sent us an email about their new MintChip Challenge, where it is asking developers (including iOS) to create an innovate digital payment app using MintChip, their R&D phase technology. The plan is to have one lucky developer create a digital payment solution, and if chosen a prize of $50,000 in gold...
Sparrow v1.1 For iOS Released, Push Support Coming In Next Update
Highly popular Sparrow for iOS app has just been updated to incorporate a plethora of new features such as a built-in web browser, send and archive functionality, empty trash and spam options, dock badge preferences by account, show/hide labels and folders and more. While the update still does not bring the missing Push Notifications feature, the Sparrow team has announced on...
Google’s ‘Project Glass’ Offers A Look Into the Future
Today Google released information about Project Glass, a new augmented reality based set of glasses you wear that reminds us just how insane our future could become: A group of us from Google[x] started Project Glass to build this kind of technology, one that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in...
2012 TSN Live at the Masters App is Ready to Stream Golf from your iPhone and iPad
The 2012 Masters kicks off this Thursday at Augusta National and is one of the most watched and prestigious PGA tournaments of the year. Once again, the TSN Live at the Masters iOS app is ready to stream it live from your iPhone and iPad. It was updated on March 29th for iOS 5.1. TSN's...
Ashton Kutcher Grows Hair To Look Like Steve Jobs For Upcoming Film [PHOTO]
Ashton Kutcher, who has been signed up to portray Steve Jobs in an upcoming indie film titled “Jobs,” appears to be growing hair to look more like Steve Jobs. He believes that the role was meant for him and has already started meeting people who were close to Steve, according to a report by The Daily (via MacRumors). Five Star Institute's...
Federal NDP Releases Official App for iPhone and iPad
The political party that rode Jack Layton’s ‘Orange Crush’ in last year’s election to become the Official Opposition in the House of Commons, has released an app today, just weeks after Thomas Mulcair was ushered in as the NDP’s new leader. The NDP App will give users up-to-date on all the latest news released by...
BiteSMS 6.2 Released, Now Available For Download [Cydia]
BiteSMS is one of the best alternatives to the stock Messages.app in iOS allowing its to users customize almost every aspect of text messaging experience. Just recently, the jailbreak-exclusive app has been updated to version 6.2, bringing tons of great new features and numerous bug fixes. BiteSMS is also offering a 40% discount during the month of...
Stanford and Open University Both Reach 50 Million Downloads via iTunes U
Stanford and Open University have each exceeded over 50 million downloads via iTunes U, Apple's offering of free university courses that started over seven years ago, as noted by The Loop. In January, a dedicated iTunes U iOS app was released by Apple that has made navigation of and consumption of courses much easier than...
The Playa Case – Protection for You AND Your iPhone
I was tempted to title this article "iPhone in Canada 'After Hours'". :P This new iPhone case from Annex Products, is called The Playa Case. It is a poly carbonate case for your iPhone 4/4S, with a slide out compartment on the back, that is the perfect size to fit two condoms. The sliding compartment...