App Store

Setting aside the children without parental control from the UK, Distimo has studied the U.S. App Store and found that the popularity of in-app purchases is unstoppable. In fact, in-app purchases generated a record 76% of all revenue in the Apple App Store for iPhone in the U.S. in February, the app analytics firm says....

Apple has been sued by another Chinese company owned by the government, the South China Morning Post reports (via 9to5Mac). This time, the lawsuit has been filed by a Shanghai based animation studio, who claim that Apple has sold unauthorized movies through its iTunes store. (more…)

TSN TradeCentre for iOS has received an update today to bring the app up to speed for the fast approaching 2013 NHL trade deadline. TSN is known for their 10-hour flagship broadcast of TRADECENTRE '13 and you can watch it all live right from within the app, on top of its extensive news coverage. What's...

Apple's free App of the Week is Phoster, an app that enables you to create stylish and funky posters from a wide variety of templates. There are 197 total free templates with unique designs and colours to choose from plus you can also add your own images from your photo gallery or camera. Customizable text...

With the 2013 MLB season to kick off on April 1st, Topps has released version 3.0 of its exclusive BUNT trading card game. The update includes a new navigation interface and improved loading times, plus multi-card trades and unlimited card collections are now possible. There are also collectable card and awards plus the ability to...

Apple has released a minor update to its Find my Friends app, which brings a new user interface when it comes to setting location-based notifications. Now, when you want to set a notification when someone leaves or arrives at a location, you can drag and resize a circular perimeter anywhere on the map to set...

Just over a week ago it was announced Final Fantasy V would hit the App Store this month and today the classic SNES game has finally arrived. Twenty years after the game launched in Japan, this RPG has made its way to iOS with recreated characters and graphics for mobile, made by veteran designer Kazuko...

The competition in the app industry is already hot: In an interesting turn of events, Google is ahead of Apple in the App Store as the top publisher, according to App Annie's latest app index. (more…)

Bump has announced today marks the four year anniversary since its release in the App Store. Since then, the company has announced it has had 125 millions iOS downloads (they hit 100 million in December of 2012), 1 billion photos sent and now sits at 25 employees. Below is a graphic showing the evolution of...

Canadian startup AppHero was previously featured on NBC and praised for the app's ability to provide interesting and relevant app recommendations. The Canadian founder, Jordan Satok, has let us know their research stats from the App Store as of a couple days ago show over 800,000 apps. They have summarized their findings in the following...

Google has announced its Flipboard competitor, Google Currents, has now added Canadian news content for its users: Today, we’re bringing Canadian publications to Currents. We have great editions from publications like The Toronto Star, CBC, iVillage Canada, Canada.com, and Cottage Life. You can scan through all your favourite categories and specific editions with just the...

The App Store is full of photo editing apps, but Repix stands out, because it's doing something different. Instead of applying a filter to your whole picture, Repix lets you paint on filters, which it refers to as brushes, with the swipe or brush of your finger. Repix comes with 9 brushes for you to...