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The fine folks in Edmonton will soon be able to track where their bus is by using their iPhone. City council just approved a $3.4 million pilot project to equip 50 buses in September 2012. Users with an iPhone will be able to track where their bus is, as such programs have been successful in...

Chris Stavropoulos from Xcrew.net has analyzed the cost of bandwidth comparing Canada versus the rest of the world: There are several key points of interest in this data. 1. The only country where unlimited bandwidth is actually more expensive than the 300 GB limit is Canada. This can be attributed to the fact that Canadian...

The latest survey from Net Applications over worldwide browser market-share has resulted in some very interesting results. Apple's iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad) now generate over 2% of global web browsing traffic. iOS devices account for 3.6% of web traffic in Canada, and is the most popular in Singapore and Hong Kong at 9.98%...

Today's headlines have been dominated by News Corp's release of The Daily, an iPad-only newspaper. It has been clearly stated that The Daily will only be available for iPads, but if it wants further success I would hope for an iPhone version of the app. Priced aggressively at either 14 cents/day, 99 cents/week, or $39.99...

Taxis are easy to find in densely populated cities such as New York, Hong Kong, or Singapore. But in relatively smaller Canadian cities such as Vancouver, finding a cab downtown or anywhere else can be troublesome. Not only that, a similar problem exists for cabbies trying to find passengers. What's the solution? Use the iPhone...

Update 1: Congrats to the following winners! You will be contacted in the next 24 hours: Jonathan Hutcheon Scuzz Nav Roy DonovN Let the iPhoneinCanada.ca 3 Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway continue! Day 2 brings an incredible giveaway, from the Agile Web Solutions team based in Canada. 1Password is by far the most-used app on my...

Google Shopper is an app that has long been available for Android devices. It turns your iPhone into one handy shopping assistant getting you the latest prices and reviews. Google just announced the release of Google Shopper, but it's only available to users in the US and UK. Once again, Canadians get shut out again...

Two of my favourite Canadian iPhone apps recently were updated: The Globe and Mail, and ScoreMobile. I just can't get enough news and sports, and these two apps make it a breeze to find out the latest. The Globe and Mail 1.12 update: - Fix for crashing experienced by some users - Faster app loading...

Canadian iPhone users who are looking to install the beta of iOS 4.3 need to be aware of a bug that resets your Home Screen. 9To5Mac reports that when users go to update their apps through the App Store (when on iOS 4.3) and are promoted to input their password to confirm the download, tapping...

Today, a Pocket-lint report indicates that they have received word from a source that the white iPhone 4 will be available in UK wireless carrier retailers by the end of March 2011. Based on in-store Apple Store displays, the white iPhone 4 is widely expected this spring 2011. These displays further backed up Apple's press...

Today, Apple seeded the third beta release (8F5166b) of iOS 4.3 for iPhone 3GS/4, iPad, and iPod touch 3rd/4th generation. As many know, iOS 4.3 is the anticipated release of the next iOS firmware rumored to be due in March 2011. iOS 4.3 is also expected to bring "Personal Hotspot" to the iPhone, as we...

A new feature today found in iOS 4.3 (beta) allows users to delete an app that is in the process of downloading. With iOS 4.2.1, users have the ability to pause and resume downloads by tapping on the downloading app, but deleting the app in mid-download is a new function. This is a nice feature,...