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Recently, there were news articles appearing in the Montreal Gazette and WIRED Magazine that reported on the Rogers and Fido 2G GSM wireless networks as being vulnerable to hackers. The articles detailed that a call over a GSM network, or more specifically the Rogers/Fido network, could be easily intercepted within 20 seconds and later decrypted...

There is some potentially good news for those waiting for the latest jailbreaking tools update. Earlier this evening, @p0sixninja tweeted the following lucrative update: Updated version of greenpois0n coming whenever I finish adding these new sandbox patches, sorry this has taken so long This is good news for jailbreakers, as for those of us that...

With 2011 among us, that only means one thing....it is time to look forward to the white iPhone 4, the iPhone 5, the second-generation iPad, and iOS 5.0! White iPhone 4 The white iPhone 4 is like the unicorn of the Apple world. The device was made but never released due to numerous problems with...

To celebrate 2011, OtterBox has stepped up to the plate and offered an exclusive 10% off coupon code for iPhoneinCanada.ca readers. OtterBox makes some of the strongest protection you can get for your iPhone. You can check out our review of their OtterBox Defender/Commuter Series for the iPhone 4 here. How to Save 10% Off...

Did Santa get you everything on your Christmas list? If he didn't, don't worry because some of the hottest iOS apps are currently free. Three notable ones are: Diner Dash, Ninjatown: Trees of Doom!, and Runkeeper Pro. Act fast and download these now! Diner Dash This game was a hit title on the Nintendo DS...

Over at the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards, iPhoneinCanada.ca was among the five finalists selected within the Science, Technology, and Internet category. The winners were announced today and we placed third. Congrats to Pars3c for placing second and Erica Glasier: Oversocialized for taking first. We'd like to thank everyone for reading and supporting iPhoneinCanada.ca. We couldn't...

Just a quick message to wish all of you a Happy New Year. From all of us, here at iPhoneinCanada.ca, we wish you all the best in 2011. And by that we mean, hope you get your iPhone 5 on launch day!! Happy New Year everyone.

A Macworld report, with evidence from Engadget, today briefly details a bug found in the iOS clock app that reportedly prevents non-recurring alarms from properly activating on New Years day. I was able to confirm this after a couple of false starts. For the bug to show itself, your iOS device must actually tick over...

The iPhone has hundreds of thousands of apps that teach, entertain, and amuse. This week, LifetoneTechnology is demonstrating iPhonECG, a system that turns your iPhone 4 into a Electrocardiography monitor (ECG). Before even continuing on, there's something profound about being able to use your iPhone 4, basically a cell phone, to monitor your heart rate....

This week, CBC has a new story about the iPhone and the lives of two BC snowboarders. A pair of snowboarders were rescued off of Cypress Mountain and are crediting an iPhone with saving their lives. The pair used an iPhone to both call for help and to provide their exact location to rescue teams...

The iPhone Dev Team has been hard at work, trying to give us an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1. There have been many hurdles, but it sounds like we're getting closer. The iPhone Dev Team posted another beta of Redsn0w 0.9.7. Beta 4 gets rid of the "usbmux" step that was required in earlier betas....

In a new report this week, the Canadian Press indicates that Canadians feel they are paying too much and have too few choices when it comes to mobile phone, Internet, cable, and satellite service. The information comes by way of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, a group that provides legal and research services on behalf...