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This January, TrapCall debuted in Canada with its blocked call unmasking service, made available on our major carrier networks. Essentially the service allowed people to see the caller ID of any incoming call. Soon after though, TrapCall's app disappeared from the App Store and the service wasn't available anymore five months later. Turns out the...

A few months ago a developer announced that he was working on a game for iOS called Little Masters. If any of our readers has kids or happen to be in their teenage years, chances are you've experienced a game of Pokemon. Little Masters is literally the next closest game you will find to the...

Starbucks has released their App Pick of the Week, which happens to be the game Scribblenauts Remix. Here's the app description: Help Maxwell acquire the Starite by creating any object, bringing it to life and using it to solve each challenge. Let your imagination run wild in this groundbreaking puzzle game. Summon to life a...

The Globe and Mail has updated their iOS news app to include a new weather pane at the top of the app based on your location (or you can set it yourself), and has also made some major bug and performance tweaks. A previous update still had the app suffer from repeated crashing after customizing...

If you haven't downloaded the latest free App of the Week from Apple, this time it's the game Extreme Skater. The game has 78 levels where you shred on your skateboard through a variety of terrains and collect fallen meteor fragments. With Retina graphics and fun gameplay, this one seems to be a popular game...

Just a quick reminder the 2012 iTunes Festival in London kicks off today (well, it's already into Day 2 local time) for the entire month of September. 30 days of free live music can be viewed from the iOS app ( we told you to get it back in May) which includes AirPlay support to stream...

EA is back with their annual Labour day sale this weekend, and they have some great deals in store. They are offering up to $9.00 off their most popular titles. They run deals like this throughout the year, but I am quickly noticing that this is the best one yet. Here is the list of...

Tonight Apple has quietly updated its App Store search results within iOS 6 beta. Search results on both the iPhone and iPad now show a large tiled card view, in which MacRumors notes is influenced from Apple's recent acquisition of the app discovery company, Chomp. Moreover, the availability of Genius recommendations are now available in...

The City of Toronto has announced it has awarded Hailo Network Canada its first taxi license, a move that has granted the first app-based taxi company to get licensed in Canada. Hailo originally debuted in London but is now making its debut in Canada via Toronto first, later this year. The app markets itself as...

Audiobooks.com is one of the largest websites on the internet providing unlimited audiobooks to its customers for just $24.95 a month and they just got even better. In a press release earlier today they announced their new global iOS application and Android application. You can download these applications free of charge on your device, but to...

Every week Starbucks updates its 'Pick of the Week' promo, alternating between songs and apps. This week's song choice is the single 'Prairie Girl' by the Regina-based band Rah Rah. The band currently has a new album being released on October 2nd, 'The Poet's Dead', and this is your chance to get at the newest...

Flipboard is celebrating its two year anniversary and has posted an infographic describing its achievements in the past 24 months. The social magazine first debuted for the iPad, but later introduced support for the iPhone last December. The notable stats point to 20 million users, with 3 billion 'flips' per month, 1.5 million users daily...