App Store

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...

Gmails for iOS has received an update to allow users to swipe between messages without returning to the inbox, plus better management when it comes to dealing with multiples messages. The new, revised actions menu can let you move, label, mute, report spam and mark as unread multiple emails with better ease. What's New in...

Flipboard has just launched version 2.0 of its iOS app to enable users to create custom magazines that can be shared publicly or kept private. To make a custom magazine, just tap the "+" icon on any news story. You'll be prompted to name your magazine, where you can then continue to add stories to...

Google today has announced they have added numerous ski trails to Google Maps for over 100 resorts in Canada and the USA. Users can load up Google Maps for iOS or on the web to see an outline of various ski runs. The feature is handy if you are on the mountain and want to...

Square Enix recently announced Final Fantasy V for iOS is set for release later this month. While that is coming, you can actually save on all Final Fantasy for iOS titles, as they are currently on sale for up to 55% off. Final Fantasy - $3.99 (from $8.99, for iPhone) Final Fantasy II - $3.99...

Google+ for iOS has received a major update to bring photo editing such as filters and rotate and crop features. There's also a new profile design, notifications tray and easier setup for new users. The full change log is below: What's New in Version 4.3.0 - New photo editing features: add filters, rotate and crop...

Apple's iTunes business currently offers software, music, video, apps and books for sale. The company says it aims to run this store "at break-even", but "what is known today as iTunes has quintupled in seven years", Horace Dediu of Asymco says, after taking a look at this business. (more…)

We last reviewed Summly last November, as an innovative news app that uses a unique algorithm to summarize articles into short form. This morning, Yahoo! has announced it has acquired the company, founded by Nick D'Aloisio when he was just 15 years old. Part of this acqui-hire means the Summly app itself will close, but...