Toronto's Sherway Gardens Apple Store is having a grand re-opening this Saturday, October 27th at 9:30am. Apple has notified customers on its website and via email of the new redesigned store: The redesigned Apple Store, Sherway Gardens, is opening soon, and it’s bigger and better than ever. You’ll find more Apple products to test-drive and...
We briefly covered in August how the taxi company Hailo received its licensing to start operating in Toronto. Well, the service (originally started in the UK) went live yesterday and people of Toronto have yet another taxi service they can hail from their iPhone. "Technology is driving the change that the taxi industry so desperately needs....
Looks like a Canadian airline has quickly jumped onto integrating Passbook as a check-in feature for its customers. Porter Airlines has posted on its Facebook page to announce Passbook support in iOS 6. How to use Passbook with Porter Airlines? 1. Web check-in from your Passbook-supported iPhone 2. Launch Passbook on your iPhone and boom--your...
It's the day before the iPhone 5 launch and it looks like the first line up has started, as spotted by MobileSyrup. The chap below is already waiting outside the Apple Store inside the Eaton Centre in Toronto. He has just under 24 hours to go. I hope he's not looking to buy an unlocked...
Did you update to iOS 6 today? One of the most anticipated updates was the addition of full location support for Siri in Canada. You can now ask Siri about restaurants, movies, sports and more. However there appears to be bug that has been present in Siri, even leading back to iOS 6 beta. When...
Back in early August, Apple added Toronto and Montreal to its list of cities with 3D map capabilities. Now, it appears Calgary has been quietly added with 3D maps too. Check out the image below: Here's Toronto and Montreal if you haven't seen them already: Under Apple's iOS 6 Feature Availability page, Canada isn't...
We have excellent news for Fido users, we have just received word that the LTE network has launched in and around the surrounding areas of Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal and St. Johns. During late July Fido announced those markets would first receive LTE coverage, then expanding furthermore into Moncton, Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Québec City, Kingston, Ajax, Pickering, Oshawa, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton,...
For film buffs, the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) iPhone app was released yesterday. The app is an interactive guide to this year's TIFF and provides screen times, locations, film descriptions, trailers and more. Here's the full list of features: • Complete list of films with screening times and locations, searchable and sortable by...
We've long covered some of the cool skin offerings from Toronto-based GelaSkins you can get for your gadgets such as your iPhone or MacBook. GelaSkins supports over 100+ worldwide independent artists in their creation of skins (with over 1000 designs) by offering a percentage of sales directly to them. That's what leads to some of...
With the release of iOS 6 beta 4, our iOS devices have received an absolute plethora of bug fixes and minor updates. The single major update that may stick out though is the native YouTube application disappearance. If you do happen to look closely, you will also find multiple minor updates, such as Bluetooth sharing, enhanced privacy, updated...
iPhone in Canada's visit to the Microsoft Store at University Village in Seattle When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wasn't dropping the gauntlet against Apple at their annual Worldwide Partners Conference (held in Toronto), they confirmed a retail store would open at upscale Yorkdale Mall in Toronto before the end of this year, as reported by...
For those in Toronto, you can now get engaged with the Crimestoppers program via your iPhone. The organization has launched a new free app to enable citizens to submit tips anonymously, protected by the Supreme Court of Canada. According to an interview with the Canadian Press: Const. Martin Douglas, Toronto Crime Stoppers youth and social...
