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Astral has announced its iOS apps The Movie Network GO, HBO GO and TMN Encore GO are now available for Rogers customers, after noting in early March the latter would be later included. "Launching TMN GO with Rogers is a significant milestone for our business as it will enable us to bring our innovative streaming...

Doug Crossan, a police officer in UK, has reported his 13-year-old son for fraud after Apple refused to refund the £3,700 (roughly $5,630) the child has spent while playing freemium apps on his iPad, according to The Telegraph. (more…)

If you like guns, and arcade style shooters, then Overkill 2, a free game by Craneballs, may be the game your looking for as it launched exclusively in Canada yesterday in the App Store. This is the sequel to the original hit Overkill, which attracted over 12 million players. Each level has more than enough...

NAVIGON has announced it has updated its iOS GPS apps to include Bluetooth audio support for directions along with Wikipedia integration. This means you can now hear directions over your car's speakers and it will fade out music before it announces instructions. As for Wikipedia enhancements, points of interests will now show icons where you can...

We have heard ongoing stories about parents dishing out iPads to their kids, only to be surprised when 'accidental' in-app purchases occur (like spending $1500 CDN on virtual donuts). The Guardian now reports Apple has implemented a small change to all paid and freemium apps within the App Store to add the line "Offers In-App...

A couple days ago Reuters released their iOS app for iPhone and iPad, which is currently featured as the Editors' Choice in the App Store. After using the Reuters app for a day or so, I can say it's an extremely well-designed news app with some intuitive gestures. The main page features the top stories...

Mailbox has announced as of today it has filled 1 million reservations, a huge milestone for the company, just six weeks after its launch. Earlier this month Orchestra said it was delivering 50 million emails per day, showing off signs of its phenomenal growth (read our review here). Today, Mailbox has also updated its app...

Apple has updated its Podcasts app to version 1.2 which brings some new features, such as the ability to create custom stations that automatically update with new episodes, stored in iCloud so they can be synced across your devices. Playlists in iTunes now also sync into the app. There is also a slight tweak in...

Speedtest.net for iOS has released its 3.0 update to bring a redesigned interface and iPhone 5 screen support. The app now also includes an option to remove ads via a $0.99 in-app purchase, plus brings easier sharing of results to Twitter, email, Facebook, or iMessage using system wide iOS integration. There is now an improved...

Last week an alleged promo trailer leaked highlighting Google Now for iOS, hinting the service could makes its way to iPhone users. When asked about Google Now for the iPhone at the Google Big Tent Summit in India (via TechCrunch), executive chairman Eric Schmidt told the audience "you'll need to discuss that with Apple," and “Apple...

TSN Mobile for iPhone has launched its new 2.0 version and it comes with a brand new redesign, to take advantage of gestures for quicker and easier navigation. The app now has numerous videos as well (preceded by ads). The app originally launched in January of 2010. What's New in Version 2.0.0 This totally redesigned...

Apple has updated GarageBand for iOS today to allow numerous Audiobus apps to play and record music right into the music app. Other improvements now include the ability to turn off grid snapping and also a bug fix with third party audio accessories that resulted in annoying feedback. What's New in Version 1.4 • Play and...