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THX has announced the release of their tune-up iOS app today to allow users to calibrate their home theatre setup straight from their iPhone or iPad. The app will help adjust your TV, project and speaker setup to optimized settings according to THX standards. “By using the THX tune-up app, sports fans, movie enthusiasts, gamers...

Last week, Apple removed Toronto-based 500px's popular photo sharing app from the iTunes App Store over concerns of nudity. However, the app has today made its return into the App Store with warning for mature content and a new “Report Photo” button to help users quickly tag things they find offensive for potential removal from the network...

If you like retro-games, especially spaceship and aliens shooter games from the 80s, you’re in for a treat if you have an iPhone or an iPad. On Friday, January 25, the ghost of the long lost MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) was reincarnated in the form of the free Gridlee game. Gridlee was originally an...

Facebook for iOS has been updated to include the ability to send voice messages and video clips. Also improved is the 'Nearby' tab to help you discover places close by and to see where your friends have visited. What's New in Version 5.4 Share your moments with voice messages and video recordings right in the...

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Dutch Data Protection Authority this morning released the results of their collaborative investigation into popular third party messaging app, WhatsApp. "Our Office is very proud to mark an important world-first along with our Dutch counterparts, especially in light of today's increasingly online, mobile and borderless...

Famed iOS hacker Geohot (aka George Hotz) is set to release a new camera app called Reactions, which is awaiting approval in the App Store. According to @musclenerd, the app is not a joke and is really being pushed by Geohot. The app's website has some funny descriptions of how this photography app will differentiate itself from the large...

Letterpress has received its 1.3 update and it brings a variety of new features. There's a new shake to shuffle feature which allows you to shuffle selected letter tiles. Also, game replays now can be viewed in Safari or Chrome. When you tap on empty tile spaces the corresponding letter will wiggle. There's also a new...

The Expedia Hotels & Flights app received a minor update the other day to allow flight booking in Canada. The app brings some exclusive hotel deals and if you're already signed in you can book a flight in 'under 30 seconds' according to Expedia. The final check page has a clever 'slide to purchase' which...

This week's free App of the Week from Apple is the popular puzzle game Gesundheit!, from the developers Revolutionary Concepts. The app was featured as part of Apple's Best of 2011 and has won numerous rewards based on its attractive and creative action puzzle gameplay. The game has Retina graphics along with an original soundtrack...

We were one of the first to tell you about Cycloramic, the clever 360 degree video app, last December. By utilizing the vibrator motor, the app turned the iPhone 5 on a glass or smooth surface into the talk of any party. Today the app has been updated to include a much requested panoramic photo...

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AllThingsD reports Automattic (the company behind Wordpress) has acquired Simperium, the maker of Simplenote. The buy isn't based on just talent acquisition; Automattic wants to continue the work of Simperium and Simplenote: “Simperium seems like a genuiune utility for our own apps, and for other people as a service,” said Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg yesterday....