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Federal NDP Releases Official App for iPhone and iPad

The political party that rode Jack Layton’s ‘Orange Crush’ in last year’s election to become the Official Opposition in the House of Commons, has released an app today, just weeks after Thomas Mulcair was ushered in as the NDP’s new leader. The NDP App will give users up-to-date on all the latest news released by...

Stanford and Open University Both Reach 50 Million Downloads via iTunes U

Stanford and Open University have each exceeded over 50 million downloads via iTunes U, Apple's offering of free university courses that started over seven years ago, as noted by The Loop. In January, a dedicated iTunes U iOS app was released by Apple that has made navigation of and consumption of courses much easier than...

Big Lens: Blur Out Your Backgrounds To Make Your Pictures Pop [Video]

Mastering depth-of-field can really make your photos stand out. You can blur out the background of your pictures by changing the aperture. However, when using your iPhone's camera, there is no way to set or change the aperture. The Big Lens app helps solve this problem. You can blur out the background in any picture...

Instagram Users Have Shared Over 1 Billion Photos, Android App Released

Popular iOS photo sharing app Instagram has released some eye-popping stats today: 430K+ on its Android waiting list 30 million+ registered users 1 billion+ photos uploaded 5 million+ photos per day 575 likes per second 81 comments per second These numbers were released as part of its announcement that the Android version of the app...

Sears Canada iPhone App Officially Announced for Download

Sears Canada has officially announced the release of their iPhone app, which was made available in the App Store just over a week ago. The app brings the entire Sears catalogue (more than 80,000 items) into the palm of your hand, with the ability to make purchases as well. The app also brings access to...

RIM Launches BlackBerry Mobile Fusion iOS App

RIM announced last November they had plans to support iOS with their BlackBerry Mobile Fusion platform. Now, they have launched the BlackBerry Mobile Fusion app in the App Store. The service will allow IT staff to manage your iPhone, as the Financial Post reports: Using a single Web-based console, IT staff will be able to...

New “Bump Pay” App Combines Bump with PayPal

  The creators of Bump, the popular app that allows you to bump 2 iPhones together to exchange information, have just launched a new app that combines the technology of the Bump app, with the easy payment system, PayPal. The new app is called Bump Pay. Setting up the app is as simple as just...

Urbanspoon iPhone App 2.0 Update Brings New UI and Interactive Map

One of the earliest apps promoted by Apple was Urbanspoon, the popular food guide. It was featured in a commercial Apple used to promote the iPhone 3G, way back in November of 2008. A year later Urbanspoon received an augmented reality feature to help you 'scope' out restaurants. Fast forward to 2012, and the latest...