The Globe and Mail iOS app for news has been updated to support videos on the iPhone and iPad, plus push notification alerts for breaking stories. Also, the app now features higher quality images than before and also support for their interactive multimedia features. For iPhone 5 owners, galleries now work in landscape orientation, plus...
It appears wearable technology is becoming the next trend, as we have seen with the success of the Pebble smart watch (stay tuned for our upcoming review). Given the immense popularity of the latter with over $10 million dollars raised via Kickstarter, others are starting to take notice. France-based VEA aims to venture into the smart...
Instagram has announced it has surpassed 100 million active users per month, after launching its photo network back in October 2010, as written by co-founder Kevin Systrom (they hit over 10 million users in less than year): Now, nearly two and a half years later, over 100 million people use Instagram every month. It’s easy to...
Rovio today has announced it will launch a new animated cartoon series, Angry Birds Toons on March 16th and 17th, another venture for the company to market itself and to reach a younger audience: Angry Birds Toons is an all-new animated series that throws the doors to Piggy Island wide open! For the first time...
How have BlackBerry Z10 sales fared? According to Burnaby-based wireless retailer Glentel Inc., the new flagship BlackBerry has outsold the iPhone 5 and Galaxy SIII since its launch in Canada. The company released a statement yesterday and noted the Z10 was "the leading smartphone" sold from its 330 Wireless Wave and Wave sans Fils stores...
Mmmm…Smurfberries…argghhh…(Homer Simpson voice) Apple has agreed to settle a lawsuit over "bait apps," where minors fell victim to in-app purchases after downloading free apps, reports GigaOM. Under the terms of the settlement, Apple will offer a $5 iTunes credit to those who claim that a minor bought in-game items without their knowledge or permission. If...
France Telecom's CEO, Stephane Richard, told a crowd of reporters at a media dinner in Barcelona Apple has become an easier company to deal with under the leadership of CEO Tim Cook, AllThingsD reports. “Apple has [become] more flexible, paying more attention to everyone else, probably a little less arrogant than they used to be,”...
Christian Paradis, the Minister of Industry, is currently in Barcelona, Spain at Mobile World Congress 2013. His plans are to promote Canada as a premier place for foreign investment, highlighting our skilled workforce, information and communications technologies, and the steps taken by the Harper Government that has resulted in our country as a leading digital...
Apple aired a new TV ad tonight called "Hollywood," which debuted during The Oscars, but just recently was uploaded to its YouTube channel. It follows the same theme of its previous iPad TV ads, focusing on the App Store's 300,000+ apps. Check it out below:
The Oscars take place tonight so here's a related story about how a $1.99 app saved the Oscar-nominated film in the Documentary Feature category, "Searching for Sugar Man". CNN Money tells the story: The $1.99 app used by director Malik Bendjelloul was 8mm Vintage Camera, to help him finish the film as he ran out of...
The LG Optimus G Pro features a panorama mode similar to what's available in iOS 6, but it also includes an option take 360 degree panoramas, similar to what we've seen in apps like 360 Panorama that launched years ago. Now, the latest TV ad promoting their VR Panorama mode takes a jab at an earlier...
Last week Rogers, TELUS and Bell dropped the 16GB iPhone 4S to $0 on a three year contract (it's a limited time offer, not a permanent price drop). Now, SaskTel has followed suit with the exact same deal, available in black and white. The iPhone 4 is also the same price, so make sure you...
