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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...

Looks like popular magazine and personalized news reading apps like Flipboard and Zite have just got a new challenge on their hands as Google's own app for  exploring online magazines i.e Google Currents is now available worldwide. Previously available to readers and publishers in U.S only, the app was introduced back in December 2011 for iOS and Android...

One of my most utilized and favourite password managers on my Mac and iOS is 1Password, created by Agile Bits based right here in Canada. Their latest 1Password 3.6.5 update for iOS has included improved security, with the debut of PBKDF2 as explained on their blog: 10000 PBKDF2 iterations Your Master Password on your device...

Metro News has officially announced the release of their redesigned iOS app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Available last week, the app is now the top free news app in the App Store, with more than 27,000 downloads. Their first app was released way back in late 2009, and was then touted as...

TweetBot has been updated to 2.2 to include some new features such as iCloud integration. What this new feature does is sync versions of TweetBot across your iPhone and iPad. Synced items would include mute filters, DM read status, and timeline positions. All you need to do is be signed into iCloud and enabled the...

PayByPhone is by far one of my favourite apps as it allows me to securely pay for parking via my iPhone. Verrus first introduced their service as  mobile site last April, but then soon released an iPhone app months later. Enter in your meter number, the amount of time you want to park for, and...

WhatsApp was one of the first cross platform messaging apps that enabled iPhone users to chat with friends on BlackBerry, Android, Symbian and Windows smartphones. The company revealed last October it was handling 1 billion messages per day, and only four months later it was handling 2 billion per day, as noted at the Mobile...

Highly popular Sparrow for iOS app has just been updated to incorporate a plethora of new features such as a built-in web browser, send and archive functionality, empty trash and spam options, dock badge preferences by account, show/hide labels and folders and more. While the update still does not bring the missing Push Notifications feature, the Sparrow team has announced on...