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Apple Invites Users To Test Pre-Release iOS 5.0.1 Update For Battery Improvements
9to5Mac is reporting that Apple has invited end users to test pre-release iOS 5.0.1 software update in order to provide feedback on any battery life improvements they may experience. In addition to battery life, Apple wants select end users to test the new software against apps and also check for Siri improvements. However, Apple has warned the program...
iPhone 4S Reservations Are Being Sold on Craigslist
As Apple moved to online reservations-only for the iPhone 4S, people have started to capitalize on the demand by selling their spots on Craigslist and more. A quick search reveals a plethora of ads ranging in price from $25 to $75. Interested buyers meet the individuals at Apple Stores and during the purchase the buyer...
Consumer Reports Recommends the iPhone 4S As No Reception Problems Were Found
When the iPhone 4 launched last year, Consumer Reports could not recommend the device as 'antennagate' had taken the world by storm. This time around with the iPhone 4S, their researchers found no reception problems and have recommended the device. In special reception tests of the iPhone 4S that duplicated those we did on the...
Apple Store App Updated to Support Canada and EasyPay
As expected, the US-version of the Apple Store app has been updated to support EasyPay (US-only) and Personal Pickup to streamline the shopping experience for customers. In an unexpected move, the app is finally brings international support to include CANADA (and China)! Yes, we are worthy! Research and buy Apple products on the go. And...
Add iPhoneinCanada.ca to Your Google+ Circles!
Google announced yesterday the ability for Google+ pages to be setup, similar to Facebook. So, of course we had to create a Google+ page for iPhone in Canada, right? You can now follow us via the following: Google+ Facebook Twitter RSS Add us to your G+ circles--go!
Starbucks Canada iPhone App Updated for Mobile Payments
The Starbucks Canada iPhone app was officially released last February as 'myStarbucks Canada', and it lacked the ability for mobile payments, a coveted feature available to our U.S. neighbours down South. That has all changed, as of today. Starbucks Canada has updated their iPhone app to support mobile payments and iOS 5. Changelog below: What's...
Hacker’s iOS Developer Account Shut Down After Malware Uploaded to App Store
In a story documented by Forbes, hacker Charlie Miller was able to upload a malware-infested app into the App Store: At the SysCan conference in Taiwan next week, Miller plans to present a method that exploits a flaw in Apple’s restrictions on code signing on iOS devices, the security measure that allows only Apple-approved commands...
iOS 5 Camera Panorama Mode Discovered: ‘Firebreak’ to Hit Cydia Tomorrow
It appears iOS 5 has a built in panorama mode for the Camera app, as discovered by @conradev (via @chpwn). iPhone developer Conrad Kramer discovered this within iOS 5.0 beta 7: So, I found out how to enable Panorama is the iOS Camera app. Set the key 'EnableFirebreak' to YES in com.apple.mobileslideshow.plist Chpwn notes the...
Apple’s Siri is Eating into Google’s Profits
Google’s former CEO and executive chairman Eric Schmidt told U.S. Senators that Apple’s voice-recognition system is an “interesting development,” suggesting the feature posed a “competitive threat” to its search business. “Google has many strong competitors and we sometimes fail to anticipate the competitive threat posed by new methods of accessing information,” Schmidt writes. Schmidt’s written...
Zuckerberg Says Amazon and Apple Were Allies, While Google’s Building “Their Own Little Version of Facebook”
PBS has released a YouTube preview of a Charlie Rose interview with Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and Sheryl Sandberg, the company’s chief operating officer. The interview covers everything from Facebook’s plans to become publicly traded, privacy, China, the Arab spring, the lack of engineering talent in U.S., and questions about their supposed "war” with other tech companies: primarily Google, Apple,...
Siri Ported Over to the iPhone 3GS [Video]
Siri has been ported over to the iPhone 3GS by @chpwn and @stroughtonsmith, as posted by Edmonton-based developer, @rpetrich, who is currently working on Activator integration. Check out the video posted below by Ryan Petrich: We've previously seen Siri ported over to the iPhone 4 and iPod touch. As for the legality of releasing this...
Chronic Dev Team’s @Pod2g Has Found An iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak Exploit
"Hey jailbreaking friends, I’ve found a bug that can untether iOS 5." This was the message by @pod2g, a member of the Chronic Dev Team, posted earlier today on twitter suggesting that he has discovered a loop hole in iOS 5 that can be exploited to achieve an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak. However, he also mentioned...
