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Google has just pushed a significant update to its Google Search universal iPhone / iPad app with an improved voice search, that behaves pretty much like Apple's own digital voice assistant Siri. The voice recognition engine is much faster than before, thanks to its on the fly text streaming. Similar to Siri, you tap the red mic...

Apple has pushed out a minor update to its iOS app Cards to allow for an easier way to swap photos and also to fix a few bugs. Some users have experienced sent cards show up as drafts in their history and others have also suffered from the app just crashing. Those issues have been...

Update: Some users have noted this app has messed up their cellular data settings, causing apps such as MyAccount from Rogers/Fido to not work properly. Use at your own risk while we follow up with Onavo. Onavo Mobile has introduced a brand new iOS app called Onavo Count, that allows users to keep track of their...

Apple's lead in the race for mobile apps has ended: the Android platform now has about 700,000 apps available for download. This is the same number Tim Cook emphasized during the iPad mini event. (more…)

Sears Canada, a multi-channel retailer with a network that includes 196 corporate stores and over 1,700 catalogue merchandise pick-up locations across the country, introduced Wish Book last year, Canada's first shoppable iPad catalogue application. Today, the company is celebrating its 60th anniversary by announcing a permanent Sears iPad Catalogue App in the form of 2012 Wish Book (via CNW). Sears...

Apple has released updates to Find my Friends and iBooks 3, the latter which was introduced at its iPad media event. The iBooks 3.0.1 update this afternoon "resolves an issue where iBooks may unexpectedly quit" according to the iTunes description. So if you've experienced crashing of iBooks, this update has your name all over it....

Rovio has been teasing Angry Birds Star Wars over the past month, which is set to be released on November 8th. This morning the company uploaded the first video of actual gameplay to its YouTube channel--check it out below: ...but don't worry, you'll be slinging birds and waving Lightsabers around in no time! Until then,...

Patently Apple reports Apple has filed an application to trademark their Passbook icon with the US Patent and Trademark Office: The US Patent and Trademark Office revealed today that Apple filed for their new iOS "Passbook" application icon under application number 85762373 last Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Apple's trademark application states that the following is associated with...

There are a lot of iOS games out there that tickle your nostalgia bone, but most of them are just 'twists' on the classics or updated and modernized versions of titles you played all those years ago. In the case of DONKEY.BAS, the game feels just like the original --complete with awesome 8-bit graphics and...

We were the first to tell you about Air Canada's integration with Passbook for boarding passes yesterday. Well, their iPhone app has been updated for iOS 6, the iPhone 5 and Passbook just this afternoon and it's available for download: What's New in Version 3.7 PASSBOOK INTEGRATION: Air Canada’s Electronic Boarding Pass is now Passbook...

This week's free Pick of the Week from Apple is National Geographic's Weird But True app, which contains over 300 bizarre facts related to animals, humans and more. It looks to be a fun app for children to consume and adults too and has been highlighted by Apple previously as a Noteworthy and Staff Pick...

For those looking to try out Passbook, you can now add LivingSocial to the list. Their iPhone app was recently updated to version 3.6.0 to allow Passbook integration for voucher redemptions. What's New in Version 3.6.0 Passbook support Now you can add LivingSocial vouchers to Passbook to enjoy easy mobile redemption. With Passbook your vouchers...