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Apple finds itself under legal attack from Motorola again, this time over patents related to the iPhone 4S and iCloud. FOSS Patents today is reporting that Motorola would have liked to have added these new assertions of patent infringement to an existing action which it started in 2010 but, apparently that case is already too...

Today, Michael Babad of The Globe And Mail pointed out some interesting facts revolving around yesterday’s 2012 Q1 announcement from Apple. It turns out that revenue in the quarter jumped from $26.74 billion to 46.33 billion during the quarter, which includes impressive holiday sales numbers. Apple Inc. sold 5.2 million Macs and 67.87 million iOS...

More Canadian Apple retail store updates are here (earlier we learned the London Apple Store had been confirmed via job postings), and this time it is for the all but confirmed location set inside the Halifax Shopping Centre in Nova Scotia. Earlier this month it was reported by numerous sources the store was definitely coming,...

In late December it was noted that London, Ontario was rumoured to receive an Apple Store in the upper level of Masonville Place Mall. Well, those rumours can now be laid to rest as Apple has posted job listings for the London store on its website, as seen below: The postings were listed on January...

Update 1: John Gruber disagrees with Seth W. from 9to5Mac and says the next iPhone is not underway, and calls the claim of a bigger size 'bullshit'. Next generation iPhone 5 rumours already? You better believe it because 9to5Mac claims a reliable source from Foxconn has provided them with the following information: 4+ inch display (made...

Fortune Senior Editor Adam Lashinsky's book, Inside Apple, is now available for download. We've seen numerous excerpts released from the book on the web that details how Apple 'really works'. Examples include how Scott Forstall is seen as the 'next' CEO-in-waiting, and also how Apple maintains its secrecy within. Here's the book description: INSIDE APPLE...

Are you an Instagram fiend? It is by far the easiest way to upload and share pictures with your social networks. What makes Instagram great is that it's simple and easy to use. However, one downside is if you want to check out your Instagram feed you need to do it on your iOS device....

A brand new tweak called Belfry from famous iOS developer Ryan Petrich has just hit the Cydia store which enables jailbroken iPad / iPad 2 owners to install the 6 stock iPhone apps that were never added to the iPad. These native iPhone apps include Weather, Clock, Calculator, Stocks, Voice Memos, and Compass. The only downside is that...

Walter Isaacson quoted Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates in the official Steve Jobs biography as claiming Jobs “said a lot of very nice things about me,” while noting that he also said “a lot of tough things". In a recent interview with Yahoo! and ABC News (via 9to5Mac), Gates shared his final conversation with Steve Jobs and how his passing affected him. Interestingly,...

Are you addicted to Words With Friends? The tiled game is so addicting it got Alec Baldwin kicked off his flight. The game now boasts almost 15 million active users per month, and is a mega hit around the globe. Fast Company takes an in-depth look at how Words With Friends beat Scrabble in popularity...

Just a quick update for those wondering--you helped us win the 2011 Canadian Blog Award in the category for 'Best Science and Technology Blog'. Even though we posted about the final voting period two weeks after it started, the power of the iPhoneinCanada.ca community pulled through. The first round of voting took place last November,...

Apple today announced some historic numbers as it generated a $46 billion dollar quarter and sold 37 million iPhones. The total cash on hand sits at $97.6 billion, with no specific direction in what to do with it all. Can we expect to hear more good things from Apple? Well, according to a purported email...