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Former Apple Engineer Recounts Steve Jobs’ Original iPhone Mandate

AppleInsider today has the rundown on an interesting insight into the original development of the iPhone through the eyes of Bob Borchers, a former Apple Product Manager and engineer who, in a speaking engagement at a California school said: "What's interesting is that the challenge Steve laid out for us when we created the iPhone wasn't...

iPhone 5 Launch At WWDC This Year? [Rumour]

According to Daiwa Securities via Commercial Times, Apple will be returning to its traditional iPhone announcement platform by unveiling its latest iPhone at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June this year. In addition, the iPhone 5 will apparently carry on using glass to glass touch panel technology with current suppliers TPK Holding and...

Flipboard Introduces Region Specific Content Guides for Canada and More

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...

Motorola’s Action Against iPhone 4S And iCloud Approved By Google

Apple finds itself under legal attack from Motorola again, this time over patents related to the iPhone 4S and iCloud. FOSS Patents today is reporting that Motorola would have liked to have added these new assertions of patent infringement to an existing action which it started in 2010 but, apparently that case is already too...

Edmonton Company Shipping Unique Wooden iPhone Cases

At iPhone in Canada, we like to show off iPhone accessories that are creative and interesting, such as the BookBook. Today we have another one for you. YEG Wood, an environmentally conscious accessory outlet based in Edmonton is producing some uncommon iPhone cases. The wooden cases are part of a larger line of environmental and...

PAYD: Another iPhone Mobile Payment System Enters The Canadian Market

In the past, we’ve had a look at both the Kudos Payments and the Payfirma mobile payment systems. Today though, a heavy hitter enters the ring, calling itself PAYD. PAYD makes a pretty strong case to start accepting credit cards on your iPhone (or BlackBerry or Android… if you’re into that). The service offers the...

HootSuite Hits 3 Million User Milestone

Do you use HootSuite, the social media management dashboard? If you do, you’ve got company. Today, the industry leading organization announced that it had reached its 3 millionth sign up. According to the HootSuite blog, there are currently 6 million unique social profiles and the number of messages sent through the service has topped 700...

First Self-Healing iPhone Case Coming From Nissan

Today, Nissan announced what sounds to be a remarkable new iPhone case. One that actually heals itself after scratches and dings alter the shape of the case. Using a technology they developed in 2005, Nissan has decided to apply "paint", which is already in use on several vehicles, to one of the most commonly scratched...

Sony Bringing ‘Music Unlimited’ Service To The App Store

Sony will be bringing its “Music Unlimited” service to iOS devices at some point this quarter, assuming they don't get another rejection. The announcement came from head of the Sony Entertainment Network, Tim Schaaff, at a media event yesterday at CES. Android devices and PCs have already been a home to the service for some...