While Spotify hit huge in the United States upon its official release in July of 2011, everyone in Canada was left in the dust. Just over a year later, the Wall Street Journal is reporting Spotify is preparing to expand yet again. This time the popular music streaming service will make ways north of the...
A few days ago, an iPhone application called RideJoy launched in Canada. RideJoy initially launched as a website in October of 2011, but an application tends to be much more convenient and easy to use. Here's how it works, according to RideJoy: Tell us where you're going and we'll match you up with awesome drivers...
Bell has just adjusted their consumer rate plans during this past day, and based off comments I've read, consumers aren't all too happy with the changes. Bell began to shift away from their various numbers of plans to leave just three category plans: Voice & Data, Voice & Data Lite and Voice. But the name alone...
As noted by MacRumors and via tips from readers, it appears Apple has now enabled iTunes Movies in the cloud for Canada. Previously this feature was unavailable but now many have noticed their purchased movies have now started to show up across all iOS and Macs connected to iCloud. Here's a screenshot from iPhoneinCanada.ca reader @djtripd that...
Earlier in the week we demonstrated how turn-by-turn works in Canada on iOS 6 on the new Apple Maps app. With the departure of Google Maps and the loss of Street View, many wondered if the newly supplied map data from TomTom in Apple Maps would ever include such a service. Numerous readers spotted camera-mounted...
Looks like rumors regarding Microsoft opening its first retail location in Canada are finally coming true. According to The Star, Microsoft will openits first retail store in Canada at Yorkdale Shopping Mall in Toronto, which also happens to host an Apple Store. The report claims that the design of the Microsoft stores in the U.S. incorporates many of the...
A recent survey by PayPal Canada has noted more than 70% of Canadians are ready to go 'cashless'. The poll, conducted by Leger Marketing on behalf of PayPal Canada, revealed 71% of Canadians are okay with never having to handle cash again for purchases, up 27% from 2011. A quarter of respondents noted they already...
At WWDC 2012 today, as part of its iOS 6 announcement, Apple has confirmed Canadians will finally get language support for Siri. We will now get local search in Canada, as noted on stage by Scott Forstall! ...and now…in iOS 6 we're adding English and French tuned for Canada…**crowd laughter**...EH? When the new voice feature...
The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) recently commissioned a study of the Canadian mobile landscape by the Quorus Consulting Group. The 2012 Cell Phone Consumer Attitudes Study was released at the end of April. One interesting conclusion of the study was that among 18-34 year old mobile users, almost 70% of them have adopted smartphones....
The Globe And Mall is reporting that over 3/4 population of Canada owned at least one wireless device at the end of 2011 but now, that number is expected to grow as it is becoming increasingly common for consumers to own more than one mobile device. As a result of Canadians’ growing affection with cell phones, the country...
When Siri first launched in Canada, the personal assistant was limited in what it could answer, and that included both data, time, and the weather without phrasing questions in a specific way. If you look back to our Siri hands on article, you'll see the service had difficulty answering a simple question such as, 'What...
Canadians patiently waited to receive the ability to pay for our Starbucks with our iPhones, as that option finally arrived last November. In the U.S., our neighbours also had access to free App Store promo codes via Starbucks 'App Pick of the Week' cards. Finally, this too has arrived in Canada. Just visit your local...
