After news of the death of Apple co-founder and CEO-until-recently Steve Jobs spread across the internet on Wednesday night, local fans of his work began to flock to the nearest physical manifestation of the California-based company’s corporate might: the Eaton Centre Apple Store. Two days on, the exterior of the shop has turned into a [...]

SPOTTED BY: Torontoist Flickr pool contributor AshtonPal WHERE: Near the corner of Spadina and College WHEN: Photographed on June 26, 2011; added to Flickr today, in memory of Steve Jobs. WHAT: Reader and Toronto walking tour guide Jason Kucherawy tells us that this is “a piece done by Tenser in an alley off College just [...]

Source: Quest, June/July/August 1982. As apple-picking season starts its decline, we wandered to the nearest orchard this weekend to check whether any heritage varieties were left on the trees. After being distracted by the allure of one too many honeycrisps and mutsus, we found a hardy tree bearing the long lost Don Mills strain of [...]

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Illustration by Kyra Kendall/Torontoist. Yesterday brought some good news for Mac users. And, believe it or not, it had nothing to do with pads, or tablets, or whatever. Last week we wrote about a brewing dispute at the Toronto District School Board over the future of Mac computers in school computer labs. Lee Stem, general [...]

Photo by Smedlipotski from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Why, at the very crest of Apple’s latest wave of buzz, is the Toronto District School Board moving to phase out Mac computers in all its facilities? Lots of reasons. The decision was announced in a briefing note, submitted to the TDSB’s trustees on November 13 by [...]

As we've pointed out many times before, Rogers boasts an exceptional brand of contempt for its non-business wireless customers, but the launch of Apple's desperately anticipated iPhone has exposed a whole set of new lows for the Toronto-based company. Due to a breathtakingly boneheaded policy in place by the company's National Planning Department, existing customers currently under a Rogers contract and who have upgraded their handset within the year are prohibited from purchasing an iPhone. At all.

The second-generation iPhone was unveiled today, and it is (officially, legally, and dear God finally) coming to Canada on July 11 this year. Just over a month ago, with rumours abounding about the new release, Rogers announced that they would be the phone’s exclusive carrier here, but provided no further details as to how they [...]