There are a lot of ways to share your iPhone pictures online. A new app with a twist comes from Canadian developer Factyle. It's called Cinemagram and retails for $1.99 in the App Store. What the app does is allows you to create an animated GIF using a video clip. Normally GIFs are created using...
As we reported yesterday, screenshots showing official Siri support for Japanese were leaked by BGR. But, if these screenshots are to be believed then there's a glaring absence of something near and dear to the hearts of Canadians: localization for Siri in Canada. When the iPhone 4S first launched information about Siri was suspiciously absent...
Flipboard yesterday launched three new Content Guides that are localized to Australia, Canada and the UK and Ireland. Support for the iPhone arrived last December, and recently Flipboard added a dedicated section to 'iPhoneography'. Flipboard detects which region the iPad/iPhone is set to and automatically provides the location specific content. If you wish to revert...
According to a recent study from Farm Credit Canada (via betterfarming.com), Canadian farmers are keeping up with the times when it comes to using new technology. The study reports that 29 percent of farmers own a smartphone which is consistent with Canada's general population where thirty percent own a smartphone. Other highlights from the report include: Six percent of farmers own...
Update 2: Click here on how to fix error 5002. Update 1: iTunes Match shows in my iTunes sidebar, but when I attempt to purchase I get error '5002'. -Gary Yesterday, we noted that iTunes Match appeared to go live in Canada with users being able to sign up for the service (within Account Settings) and see updated 'Cloud Status’...
Siri in Canada lacks location, map services, and restaurant queries, but there still are workarounds to get her to help you tell the time here. If you ask her what the time is, she will say: "Sorry, I don't know what time it is in _______ ." You can bypass this by asking: "What time...
A new Volkswagon Beetle is coming to Canada, and there's a new augmented reality campaign to introduce it. The campaign consists of billboards in Toronto's Dundas Square, posters on bus shelters throughout Toronto and Vancouver, and other traditional print-based media for the rest of Canada. The app is a free download. Then all you have to...
Since the launch of the iPhone 4S on Friday, the one home run so far has been Siri. Still in 'beta', Siri hasn't been localized for Canadian English and French. Other shortcomings include the lack of location-based searches for restaurants and directions. You might have tried asking Siri to tell you the time and date,...
Update 1: Don't forget to activate Siri in Settings first to use it. How to get Siri to read your text messages? Say 'Read my messages'. I just received my iPhone 4S from Apple via UPS, and so far, the device is awesome. What everybody is wondering about is whether Siri works in Canada. The...
Yesterday after the iPhone 4S announcement, Apple's websites went live with descriptions of new features. Absent on Apple.ca was any mention of Siri--even in the accompanying promotional video. This omission resulted in people asking whether Siri would be available in Canada or not. Canadian Jim Dalrymple from The Loop confirmed Siri would be available in...
Update 1: Apple.ca lists the iPhone 4S for $649 for pre-orders on October 7th, I am assuming this is a 16GB unlocked version. There's no reason it wouldn't be unlocked from Apple.ca. Also, the iPhone 3GS has dropped to $375 unlocked, and the iPhone to $549 unlocked. Both are 8GB models. Apple has announced during its 'Let's...
According to a new study from comScore, Canada's most popular cellphone by a wide margin is none other than…(drumroll please)... Apple's iPhone 4. Looking at the ten most popular phones in Canada, four spots are taken by Apple's iPhone. Here are the numbers, as of March 2011: 1st: iPhone 4, 16GB: 516,000 users 2nd: iPhone...
