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For those in Toronto, you can now get engaged with the Crimestoppers program via your iPhone. The organization has launched a new free app to enable citizens to submit tips anonymously, protected by the Supreme Court of Canada. According to an interview with the Canadian Press: Const. Martin Douglas, Toronto Crime Stoppers youth and social...

BBCanada, the first and largest Canadian B&B (Bed & Breakfast) website on the internet, announced the launch of its iPhone app yesterday after providing 17 years of service to thousands of locals (via MarketWatch). BBcanada's website has millions of visitors and with its new iOS app, thousands of B & Bs in Canada are now available...

PayPal's popular iPhone app has just received a major update that introduces a brand new feature i.e the ability to add credit cards and debit cards to an account just be taking their photos, along with some bug fixes and UI enhancements. There is also a new 'Profile' section that allows users to manage their payment...

Each week Starbucks offers a "Pick of the Week" card, which has a promo code to download something from the App Store or the iTunes Store. It could be a song, an app or game, or a video. This week we get a TV episode. If you pick up one of the cards from Starbucks...

Electronic Arts has a history of reducing the price of their apps around holidays and this Fourth of July is no exception. Normal the newest titles aren’t put on sale but this time around every iPhone and iPad app is 99 cents or free, as announced on their blog: This Independence Day, add more games...

  I've always said that it is the apps that make the iPhone what it is, and I'm sure many of you will agree. Apple has created an amazing piece of hardware, but without the apps, the iPhone would be pretty useless. The iPhone, of course, is mainly used for communicating. In our fast paced lifestyles, we...

This weekend when my girlfriend and I were discussing ways to improve our communications, I naturally suggested we look to the App Store. A quick search provided me with a few different options. I have a preference for free apps so I proceeded to install some of the more promising candidates. Finally, I installed on...

Soon you’ll be able to more-easily find Apps that will help you stuff your face. Developers of existing iOS applications were informed by Apple (via e-mail) that the App Store will soon have a new “Food & Drink” category. The change should be implemented “in the next few weeks,” according to the source. There is currently...

The Quebec-based V Télévision (formerly TQS) has updated their iPhone app with AirPlay and interface enhancements. Along with minor bug fixes, the update will now save the last position of formerly watched video. The app's television experience is powered by Telus and allows viewers to get engaged and comment on what they are watching in real...

Happy Canada Day everyone! What a great day to go eat some back bacon covered in maple syrup while playing hockey along with drinking beer in your beaver pelt hat, after designing your new multi-room igloo. Anyways, here are a few free apps to help you celebrate Canada Day today: Official Canada Place Event Guide...

A brand new iOS app called Wickr offers military-grade encryption for protecting text, photo, audio or video messages on an iPhone. Wickr is so easy to use that "a 3-year-old can send encrypted messages", says the app's co-founder Nico Sell (via CNET). All messages you send using Wickr disappear within six days, unless you want them to self-destruct earlier...

Another week, and another free App of the Week from Apple. This time around it's for all the young ones out there, the perfect sing along app made by Little Fox Music Box, Kids Songs Sing Along. The app includes three songs (they include Old MacDonald had a farm AND London Bridge) that feature over 100...