This might by hard to believe for many but apparently Apple has just been sued for selling refurbished iPhone 4s at its retail stores in Beijing, China. According to a publication by Apple Insider, a Chinese lawyer Wang Hai working for consumer rights against counterfeit items selling in China, has already filed a couple of lawsuits against Apple...
Apple gets sued over location tracking once again, only this time, the lawsuit is filed by a group of 27,000 South Koreans! The protesting group claims that iPhone's location services are violating their privacy and are now seeking a sum of $26 million in compensation, that's like $948 CDN (1 Million Korean Won) per person. One of...
Last month, the discovery of meticulously built knock-off Apple Stores in Kunming, China, set off a media firestorm. The clever locations were so 'real' that even employees and customers had no clue they were not actually official stores. Reuters now reports an additional 22 fake Apple Stores have been uncovered by Chinese authorities. Authorities in...
Apple has four Apple stores in China: two in Beijing, one in Shanghai, and one more opening soon in Hong Kong within the iconic International Finance Centre (you know, the one where the Dark Knight leaped down from), located in Central. So when a husband and wife expat couple working in Kunming, China, noticed an...
Today is not a good day for RIM on the web. Earlier today, a senior RIM executive sent in a letter to BGR pleading for change and essentially outlining what the company has to do to stay competitive. It was a blunt, detailed and critical analysis of what RIM's top management has resisted and failed...
Apple's previous in-app subscription policy announced in February irked a variety of publishers and caused a massive divide on the issue. The policy stated Apple would take a 30% cut of subscriptions and limit the ability of publishers to collect a user's information. Publishers quickly rejected this policy, and now it appears Apple has relented, according to...
Today is the eve of WWDC 2011, and predictions and last minute scoops have hit the interwebs. Cult of Mac claims sources have informed them iCloud will utilize a combination of refreshed Time Capsules for backups, rather than Apple's North Carolina data centre: According to the source, Apple has developed a system to make users’...
The best time of the year has arrived--the NHL Playoffs start today. Last night, CBC had their Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) Playoff preview. In one of the interviews of Kevin Bieksa from the Canucks, I noticed an iPhone 4 being used to record the sound bite. In today's day and age, smartphones are turning...
With iPhone 5, and iOS 5, on the horizon, TechCrunch reports that Apple may not be releasing the next major version of iOS alongside new iPhone hardware in June/July. Instead, speculation puts iOS 5 to a fall release with an unveiling at WWDC 2011. If the next major iOS is being pushed to the fall,...
At the iPad 2 event, we didn't hear anything from Apple about iOS 5. We have heard rumours about MobileMe's upcoming revamp, that surely will take advantage of Apple's $1 billion dollar data centre in North Carolina. The latest rumour comes from German blog Macerkopf.de, which states that Apple will be previewing iOS 5 and...
Apple introduced new in-app subscription policies that have caused quite a stir in the publishing world. We questioned whether the new model will succeed or fail, but at the end of the day consumers will decide. New competition is coming from Google's One Pass that will undercut Apple's 70/30 revenue split. John Gruber from Daring...
It was only a few days ago that rumours stated Apple was working on cheaper iPhone models, such as a $200 unlocked device with multiple band capabilities. Now, thanks to a story from the Wall Street Journal's well-informed Yukari Itawani Kane, more fuel is being added to the fire. Ready? Here we go! Half the...
