GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Canada is declaring the end of winter, with most of the country now on summer time, as of the early hours of Sunday 11 March. The Globe & Mail offers Canadians a kindly reminder to check their digital world to make sure everything has moved, and in the right direction, noting that the average living room often houses televisions and PVRs that aren’t equipped for automatic updates. “‘Any devices not linked into a cable or other digital network are candidates for a manual adjustment,’” according to Sidneyeve Matrix, media professor at Queen’s University. “‘Even some devices that can usually be relied upon to get the time right occasionally miss the mark. Last time iPhones were scheduled to spring forward in March 2011, they wound up falling back and presenting befuddled users with a time that lagged reality by two hours.’”
There are a couple important exceptions to the time change: most of Saskatchewan and parts of British Columbia remain on standard time year-round.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The number of apps being developed is rapidly growing, so one of the most closely watched battles is that of Blackberry vs iPhone vs Google Android supporting phones, and Canada’s case is one to watch. Canada’s RIM company is behind the Blackberry, which suffered heavy market erosion in the US in 2011, but a new study shows it remaining ahead of the iPhone in Canada, with 32.6 percent of the market compared to Apple’s 31.2 percent. But Samsung, a popular Android smartphone maker, is rapidly gaining market share, according to research firm comScore.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs returned to the limelight 8 September at the annual Apple conference in San Francisco after almost a year’s absence due to medical leave to have a liver transplant. He thanked his anonymous donor, a “mid-twenties year-old” car crash victim, for his generosity and urged everyone to become an organ donor. Looking thin and frail, Jobs reported that Apple had sold 30 million iPhones in little over two years. He also announced software improvements to the iPod Nano, new features at iTunes, and price cuts in the products. Jobs received a standing ovation. Apple shares reached a 52 week high of $172.93 the same day, but dropped back one percent at closing. Businessweek, CNET, MSNBC, Reuters
iPhone tickets for Swiss rail travel available 6 July 2009
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss rail company CFF has started to sell train tickets via iPhones. The company’s mobile phone sales service was opened in February 2009, but until 6 July has worked only for phones equipped with Java. There is no supplement for tickets bought via iPhone, although users will be billed by their phone companies for downloading the ticket and other information such as train schedules. The tickets are paid for by credit card.
