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Songza has become one of the most popular apps in Canada, topping 1 million Canadian users in just 70 days. Among them, 900,000 users are streaming music on their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. (more…)

Zite started off as an iPad app (but later released an iPhone version) and has Canadian roots tied to the University of British Columbia. The app curates articles for you based on what you like to read and 'learns' your preferences as time goes along. The complex algorithms used within Zite impressed many, and it...

For those who are dealing with or know of people dealing with multiple sclerosis (MS), an app has been made available to assist patients in managing the disease. TouchMS was created as an interactive tool by Canadian MS experts to engage users and empowering them to learn more about the disease and how to cope...

Klout, the San Francisco-based social media analytics company that measures a user's influence across his or her social network by collecting data from sites such as Twitter, Facebook or Google+, has updated its official iPhone app today with Passbook integration. Users can now add their “Klout Card” to Passbook, which will display their name, photo and Klout Score all in...

Carmageddon is a classic PC game first released for DOS in 1997 but was eventually ported to various other platforms such as the PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color. The iOS version of the game was released today and to celebrate Stainless Steel games announced the game is a free download for the next...

This week's Starbucks Pick of the Week is a free TV episode that will bring back some nostalgia. Up for grabs is an episode from The Simpsons, the original Treehouse of Horror episode, which first aired almost 22 years ago on October 24, 1990. The 23 minute episode is regularly priced at $2.49 but you...

Looks like the 'long' wait is over and the Starbucks Canada has finally received support for Passbook. A while ago both the Canadian and US apps were updated for iOS 6, with only the latter receiving support for Passbook. We detailed a workaround on how to get Passbook in Canada with the US app, but that...

The official Booking.com app for iPhone and iPad has just been updated to support the new Passbook feature in iOS 6. The free universal app, that has been downloaded over 10 million times from the App Store, offers a quick, easy and secure way to find and book hotels through an iPhone or iPad. The update also...

Loren Brichter founded Atebits and created Tweetie, one of the most popular Twitter clients at the time that featured his pleasing 'pull to refresh' feature that we now see everywhere. Eventually Atebits was acquired by Twitter in April of 2010 and Loren helped the latter port over features of Tweetie into the official Twitter app....

A while back we highlighted ClassicMap, an app that brought back a native Google Maps app to iOS 6 users (it was the web version in a wrapper), but it was eventually pulled from the App Store. Now, it appears another similar app has made its way into the App Store, known as gMaps. According...

Valpak, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Media Group Inc. that offers discount coupons for numerous retailers and restaurants, recently updated its Local Savings iPhone app to support Passbook in iOS 6. Today, they have announced that more than 20,000 coupons have been loaded to its iOS app since the Passbook integration, a feature that was rolled out last week. Valpak has been working to...

If you're an AIR MILES collector the iPhone app recently added a new feature (at the end of August) to allow you to redeem your miles for cash and activate it within the app. Previously, AIR MILES Cash required members to sign in on airmiles.ca to activate the program, but now it can be accessed...