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Last November Translink released 'Next Bus Beta' for riders in Vancouver, a mobile website that tracked your bus in real-time. It provides handy GPS data from each bus, and is handy for riders, except the interface isn't the best and is downright ugly. There formerly was a Translink iPhone app but it was left for...

The Street Food iPhone app is currently available for Vancouver, Calgary and Boston. The developers have added Toronto to that list, and Street Food Toronto will debut tomorrow in the App Store. The newest app will enable foodies to locate the following food trucks: Blue Donkey, Caplansky Deli Truck, Cupcake Diner, El Gastronomo Vagabundo, Food...

  The Mayor of Toronto has announced that the people of Toronto can now use their smartphones to report graffiti to city officials. He hopes that this will further efforts to clean up the city. Mayor Rob Ford says this is the cleanest Toronto has been in a long time, and he wants to make...

Do you toggle Bluetooth on or off numerous times throughout the day? If your iPhone is jailbroken, SBSettings takes care of that easily. In iOS 5.0.1, we were able to use the quick and easy shortcuts made by Jeff Broderick. That functionality was eventually removed by Apple in iOS 5.1. Now, a new app called...

There is a new all ages mobile game being developed by the community, for the community, called Hungry Fins. It is being developed by a non-profit, volunteer studio called PepperDev. The game is in the final stages of development, but the need a bit of help to get the game released. They have started a Kickstarter page,...

Read It Later started five years ago back in 2007, and the service to 'read later' has amassed more than 4.5 million users since. The team realized their service had moved beyond saving articles and users had started to emphasize video. So to that extent, they made a major announcement on their blog today that...

With the release of the iPad and the iBooks app, reading in iOS became a whole new experience. Folks with an iOS device could read ebooks in a whole new way. Some find the bright screen hard on the eyes, but for the most part reading on the iPad is a great experience. There has...

Today is 4/16, the unofficial holiday for Foursquare users to get their 4sqDay badge. The social network also announced they have reached 20 million users and 2 billion check-ins. Check in anywhere today and you'll receive the badge and read the following text: In 2010, foursquare fans declared April 16 4sqDay (4/4^2 – nerds after...

A new app called CarrierCompare allows users to take advantage of crowd sourced info to compare the performance of nearby cell networks. For those of us in Canada, it will allow you to see a visual of whether Rogers, Telus, or Bell has the best signal in your area. SwayMarkets, the company behind the app...

Starting today, until April 29th, you can get a $50 iTunes card for $40 at Sears retail locations. This is an in-store offer only, so don't bother trying to order it online. :P That extra $10 in iTunes can go a long way. That's a few extra songs, games, apps, movies, tv shows, whatever you...

Astral Media has confirmed they plan to introduce HBO GO to Canadians this Fall. The app is currently in the U.S. only, and will allow subscribers to stream popular HBO shows to their iOS devices: “It will be on the computer, the television of course, iPads and mobile devices,” said Astral chief executive officer Ian...

Max Payne for iOS was announced this past February, and is now starting to propagate through the App Store. Rockstar has previously released GTA III in the App Store, with moderate reception, so it'll be interesting to see how well this title does. The Max Payne series has been most popular for it's slow motion...