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Apple Continues to Move Away from Samsung By Purchasing Memory from Japan
Apple is one of Samsung's biggest customers--but that business relationship has continued to go sour due to continued patent lawsuits between the two companies. Samsung's title as the largest component supplier is slowly eroding as Apple diversifies its suppliers. Digitimes is now reporting Apple has started to purchase more NAND flash parts and mobile RAM...
Twitter Introduces Sharing Images via SMS for Rogers Customers in Canada
Twitter today has announced support to enable customers to send images via text message. The only carrier in Canada to support this at this time is Rogers. SMS Commands: There are a few useful one-word commands that you can send to Twitter to get information. "Suggest": lets you get suggestions for accounts to follow "Stats":...
Gmail Mobile Receives Multiple Sign-In Support and Preference Setting Options
Google has just announced on their Gmail blog the addition of multiple sign-in support for Gmail mobile users along with preference support from your mobile device. You can now switch accounts quickly by selecting your account from the Accounts menu: You can also set your signature too. From the view menus just tap the new...
50% Off invisibleSHIELDS and ZAGGskins Today Only for 2 Hours
Looks like ZAGG is getting ready to clear out some stock in anticipation for the iPhone 5. They are offering a limited time only 2 hour 50% off sale, and it takes place right now from 1:30PM PDT to 3:30PM PDT (4:30-6:30PM EDT). By using the promo code september during checkout, you will save 50%...
Apple Campus 2 Scope of Environmental Impact Report Deadline Set for Oct. 5
The new Apple Campus 2 is set to change the landscape of Cupertino, with its green aspect, but at the recent Environmental Impact Report (EIR) session, residents had concerns over traffic and more. The City of Cupertino has just posted the deadline to ask questions for the EIR, extended to October 5th, 2011. This is...
Al Gore ‘Confirms’ New iPhones Coming Out Next Month
Earlier today it was rumoured Apple will hold their iPhone 5 media event on October 4th. We also revisited former wait times Canadians have had to endure for previous iPhone launches (currently there are 2.2 million iPhones in Canada). Al Gore, the former Vice-President of the United Stated joined Apple's Board of Directors on March...
MyWi Tethering App With iOS 5 Support Now Available For Download [Cydia]
Intelliborn has just updated its popular tethering app MyWi with full support for upcoming iOS 5 firmware update. MyWi is a jailbreak app available in Cydia store which allows users to enable wireless tethering on any carrier and take full advantage of their mobile data plan by turning their iPhones into WiFi hotspots. MyWi 5.0 can be downloaded for a price of...
When Will the iPhone 5 Launch in Canada?
Earlier today AllThingsD broke the news Apple's iPhone 5 media event is set to take place on October 4th. If the announcement happens that day, how many days until the actual launch? Fortune has covered the 'days to launch' for iPhone and iPad wait times in the US, starting from Apple announcements: Days to Launch--in...
Kazaa Music Service Releases iOS App For Unlimited [US Only] Streaming & Downloading
Update 1: Kazaa is US only at this time, but can be downloaded by creating your own US iTunes account. Kazaa has a long history of music delivery on the web. A company which started off as an illegal P2P network for distribution of copyrighted music, eventually went legit back in 2009. Their music service has...
[Update] iPhone 5 Will Be Unveiled On October 4th At Apple Media Event By Tim Cook Himself
Update 1: Jim Dalrymple from The Loop has confirmed the date with a "Yep". Well-connected to Apple sources, he formerly busted the rumour about the media event happening on September 7th. Time to update your calendars guys as AllThingsD reports Tuesday, October 4th 2011 to be the day Apple is going to hold its annual Media Event where...
The iPhone Podcast Episode 43 Now in iTunes (We’re Back!)
After a brief hiatus, The iPhone Podcast has returned. Thanks to everyone for their emails, tweets, and comments. We are back! Justin Luey and I discuss the latest iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad, Apple TV) news on Episode 43 of The iPhone Podcast. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with other RSS Readers Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with other...
Apple Stock Reached All-Time High of $422 Per Share Today
Apple is the world's largest company in terms of stock valuation at $383.31 billion, exceeding Exxon Mobil's market cap of $359.85 billion. AAPL stock closed at $413.45 per share at the end of today's trading, and in after hours it's already up to $414.99 per share. It reached its all-time high today at noon when...