App Store

RedFlagDeals is one of my favourite online communities to discover local and online deals. Owned and operated by the Yellow Pages Group, the company has launched a brand new iPhone app, to replace the existing one. This app has been rewritten from the ground up and is an extremely powerful and intuitive app to use....

The App Store Quicklinks section in iTunes on your Mac/PC now have two new sections: Band in Your Hand and Purchased. Band in Your Hand shows a variety of 'apps for making music', and includes different sections with various apps. Under The Whole Studio section, Garageband is listed. Other app sections include: Guitar & Bass,...

One of my favourite photography apps, Camera+, has been updated to bring back the VolumeSnap shutter feature that caused the app to be banned from the App Store as it violated developer guidelines. That feature is now back, in the 2.4VS update: What's New In Version 2.4VS VolumeSnap is back, beyotches!! Apple implemented this feature...

The Gmail iOS app has made its way back to the App Store. A couple weeks ago it was introduced and turned out to be somewhat of a dud as pushed notifications did not work as advertised, and other users experienced bugs. The 'new' app now supports push notifications, and finally image HTML messages now...

In three days, municipal elections will be underway in Victoria and Vancouver. Both cities have launched iPhone apps that are essentially voters' guides to candidate profiles, voting locations, voter eligibility, up to date news, and more. These apps are a great way to stay informed right from your iPhone, and save paper in the process....

Just over a week ago, Starbucks launched their iPhone payment app, and now they have launched another app for the holidays. Starbucks Cup Magic is an interactive app that utilizes augmented reality to enhance your experience at stores. Essentially you'll scan their red holiday cups, bags of coffee, and more in stores to 'release' new...

Not long ago, Shazam updated their Free iOS app with "Unlimited Tagging", a feature that was preciously available to paid / Shazam Encore customers only. Once again, a major update to Shazam app has just hit the App Store which brings full support for LyricPlay™. The feature gives you 'full-screen visualization' of lyrics that play in time...

Apple has sent out email notifications to developers to inform them iTunes Connect will shut down for Winter Holidays from December 22nd to the 29th. Here are the details: During this shutdown, the following functionality will be unavailable: Access to iTunes Connect The delivery of any apps or updates Additionally, the following will be delayed:...

Want to learn how to create your own iPhone or iPad apps? Learn how from Stanford University as they have released the latest edition of their iPhone Application Development courses in iTunes, updated for iOS 5. Back in 2009, Stanford's first iPhone apps course set iTunes history as it hit one million downloads in just...

If you are you a diehard hockey fan, Hockey Fight Pro for iPhone and iPad is for you. Best of all, its available as a FREE download in the App store for today only. The game promises beautifully rendered 3D visuals with multi-touch controls to simulate an authentic hockey fighting experience. You can fight against 9...

LinkedIn has just relaunced a totally re-designed CardMunch iOS app which aims to 'reinvent business cards' by digitizing them completely. According to The LinkedIn Blog, millions of business cards have already been developed using the LinkedIn profiles and now with CardMunch 3.0, the task gets even better. CardMunch has an all new UI with an enhanced visual experience. The...

A handy find by folks at Cult of Mac that can give you a good idea of all that is running on your iPhone in the background  is an app called Activity Monitor Touch which is basically a tiny port of the Mac version. The app displays tables and graphs for your device’s performance stats such as...