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Zynga Acquires Canadian Devs Five Mobile to Become Toronto Studio

Zynga is the world's biggest developer of Facebook games and also the maker behind iOS hits like Words With Friends (think you got game? My username is: iphoneincanada). Today they have acquired a piece of Canada with their acquisition of Five Mobile, a development team from Toronto. Five Mobile will now turn into Zynga's Canadian...

Apple Reduces iAd Rates Even Further By Up to 70%

Apple has been hugely successful with their iPhone and iPad sales, but their advertising platform iAds has failed to make a dent in the industry. Introduced by Steve Jobs last year as part of iOS 4.0, iAds had it rates cut in half back in February of this year, and now according to Bloomberg they've...

iPhone Games: Tiny Words By Codespin Inc.

Tiny Words, released earlier this month by developer Codespin Inc., is a fast-paced word puzzle game that challenges your word knowledge and quick reflexes. The objective is, while racing against the clock, for players to use four letters to create as many four-letter words as they can. The more words you can create, the higher...

More iPhone 5 Mock Ups Based on Thinner Design and 4 Inch Screen

With iPhone 5 rumours flying fast and furious thanks to the WSJ's jump into the foray, it appears the next iPhone will be based on a thinner design, and possibly a larger screen. We've seen some different iPhone 5 concepts in the past with some good and some bad, but here are the latest ones...

Vancouver’s Lisa Bettany Profiled For Her Success with Camera+

There's no doubt the App Store has revolutionized how developers can hit the jackpot over night. With over 200 million iOS devices sold, and each user worth a reported $150 annually to Apple, there's money to be made especially when 15 billion app downloads have been surpassed. Tap Tap Tap's awesome photography app Camera+ has...

Apple Confirms iOS Update Coming to Patch PDF Exploit

With JailbreakMe.com utilizing the PDF exploit to allow over 1 million users jailbreak their iOS devices, Apple has officially spoke on the record an update is coming to fix this security hole. It was already hinted this would be coming, the moment JailbreakMe.com 3.0 was leaked. Here's what Apple told the Associated Press: Apple Inc....

Rogers Launches LTE Network In Ottawa

Today Rogers launched their new LTE network in Ottawa, the first of many cities to receive the new high-speed upgrade. LTE, or Long Term Evolution, delivers higher speeds than Rogers' current HSPA+ network. LTE further delivers increased usage capacity which means more users can access the Rogers LTE network at top speeds simultaneously. Ottawa is...

Apple Now Serving Over 15 Billion App Store Downloads

Today Apple announced that the iOS App Store has surpassed 15 billion downloads! The most amazing statistic however is that this App Store milestone was achieved in only three years. Apple today announced that over 15 billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store by the more than 200 million iPhone, iPad and...

Study: Over 50% of Canadian iPhone Users Utilize Mobile Banking

Do you use mobile banking on your iPhone? The 2011 "Mobile Money & Banking Report", a study from Solutions Research Group based in Toronto found 54% of all iPhone users in Canada use a banking app. The study found 2.5 million Canadians have widely adopted mobile banking apps on their smartphones, a number that was...