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Toronto-based theScore announced yesterday it had secured $16 million in financing to enable the company to fast track its development of its mobile sports platforms and expand marketing and advertising sales in the U.S. market. Venture capital fund Relay Ventures along with existing shareholders Levfam Holdings Ltd. and Rogers Media Inc. also is part of...

Apple has released a minor update to its Apple Store iOS app, to bring push notifications for your order status updates. Now, you will no longer need to keep checking your email or refreshing your order status page to know when your order has shipped and delivered. What's New in Version 2.6 - Stay on...

A couple of months back, Tweetbot for iPhone and iPad was updated to open links in Chrome or 1Password, inline image support for Flickr as well as for Vine. Today, Tapbots have pushed another update to their Twitter client, taking Tweetbot for iOS to version 2.8 that introduces a brand new media timeline and a...

AppShopper, a popular app discovery network (sister property of Apple rumours juggernaut, MacRumors) has announced it has returned to the App Store, after being removed by Apple last December over a conflict of rules introduced with iOS 6. It has returned now as AppShopper Social, a brand new app with iPhone 5 screen support to enable users...

Waterloo-based Kik messenger recently announced it had surpassed 50 million users. Today it has confirmed the company has raised $19.5 million in Series B funding (via TechCrunch), to further develop itself to surpass messaging giants such as WhatsApp, which last week confirmed it had more users than Twitter. Speaking with TechCrunch, Kik CEO Ted Livingston,...

Summly, a service recently acquired by Yahoo! that allows users to browse news fast, easily and beautifully by viewing concise summaries of online content, has now been integrated into the updated Yahoo! iOS app. With the latest mobile app update, Yahoo! promises to use Summly’s natural-language algorithms and machine learning to deliver quick story summaries. "We’re...

Netflix has released its 4.0 update for their iOS app and it includes a few minor tweaks that will enhance your overall experience. For both iPhone and iPad users, a redesigned audio and subtitle selector is now available. For iPad users, a new episode selection menu has been introduced which is an improvement compared to...

A knockoff App Store accessible at 7659.com is reportedly providing pirated apps to Chinese iPhone and iPad users for free. According to Venture Beat, the site is only available within China unless you spoof your location via a proxy server and offers a wide selection of new games and apps including Final Fantasy V, Badlands and much more. The...

Do your children use Snapchat? The picture messaging service allows users to send images to friends but have them self delete within 10 seconds or less and just this week had its 150 millionth photo sent. There are some caveats with the app though. Snapchat informs you if friends have taken a screenshot of your...

Bell has announced Bell Mobile TV has just added CBC and Radio-Canada TV programming to its live and on-demand service, to go along with the CBC News Network and RDI news coverage, which has already been made available: "CBC and Radio-Canada join the growing range of world-class content available in English and French on Bell Mobile...

This week's free App of the Week pick from iTunes is the puzzle game Take It Easy. Regularly priced at $0.99, this game was released last February, a digital version of the classic board game. It’s a puzzle, it’s a brain teaser and it’s a game! It’s all three and much more! It is bingo...

For LinkedIn users, the company has released a brand new iPhone app, version 6.0 which features a new design and interface. It's much easier to use in terms of connecting with people you know plus following the timeline from your connections. You can also now personalize navigation within the app to get to your favourite...