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By Gary Ng on January 17th, 2012

After a quiet launch of their mobile banking site last September, HSBC Canada has finally released a standalone iPhone app for their customers. Other countries have had their own HSBC apps for a while, but as you know sometimes Canada is on the ‘slow bus’. This app will allow existing internet banking customers to view…

By Usman on January 17th, 2012

Update: Here are two promo codes for BerryMover–get them while they’re hot! Y7HWKM9FHXA6 KLPR9Y9LWW47 == I’ve personally known a couple of guys who’d gladly ditch their Blackberrys for an iPhone only if they knew about an easy, one step solution for moving all their contacts, calendars, tasks, notes, text and email messages from their Blackberrys to…

By Gary Ng on January 16th, 2012

The popular app Flipboard made its way to the iPhone after making its debut as an iPad app only. The latest iPhone app is an easy way for you to ‘flip’ through the latest stories from your social networks. Flipboard recently announced a new addition to its app, a section dedicated to the art of ‘iPhoneography’….

By Gary Ng on January 16th, 2012

WhatsApp is one the most popular cross-platform messaging clients, and still a very popular option for many iOS users. The app has frequently been featured as one of the top apps in the App Store and last November surpassed 1 billion messages sent in a single day. Currently, WhatsApp is not in the App Store…

By Usman on January 16th, 2012

Update Hider for iOS 5 is a new, completely re-written Cydia tweak by Will Homer (@WillFour20). Unlike the old Update Hider, this one has been designed specifically for iOS 5 and allows you to easily hide App Store updates, also removing their annoying badges. You can also make the hidden updates appear again as easily….

By Matt Watterworth on January 13th, 2012

Apple has added a new way of viewing items available for download through iTunes, Reports Italian language Apple blog Ispazio Genius. The latest option is a slick looking pop-up that allows you to view all of the details of an App or Album you might like to purchase, on top of the search screen that…

By Matt Watterworth on January 13th, 2012

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…

By Gary Ng on January 13th, 2012

Tap tap tap has just released some stunning numbers for their popular photography app (and one of my favourites) Camera+. The app has reached its 6 millionth sale milestone, with over 950,000 downloads in the past month alone. Last June, they hit 3 million total downloads. After Apple’s 30% cut, the taptaptap team notes they…

By Usman on January 12th, 2012

Update 1: This app is only available in the US App Store. For those with US iTunes Accounts, you know what to do. Shazam, the famous mobile phone based music identification service with apps for iOS, Android and Windows Phones that let you identify the name of the song being played, has just introduced a brand new…

By Gary Ng on January 11th, 2012

Zite started out as a popular app for the iPad that curated news stories based on your social media networks and more. Eventually, it was updated with iPhone support. Created by a team of UBC researchers, the app has exploded in popularity and was recently acquired by CNN. The Zite team has now detailed on…