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We've been blessed with some extra days of sunshine in the Metro Vancouver area over the past few days. If you want to do some exploring of local parks there's a new iPhone/iPad out from Metro Vancouver. It's called iParks Explorer and it will help you navigate the 22 regional parks around the Lower Mainland....

Apple has updated their MobileMe Gallery app today. This latest update includes higher resolution artwork for Retina Display devices and also fast app switching available with iOS 4 compatible devices, and iPad. Here's what's new in 1.2: — Universal app with full iPad support — Supports fast app switching for iOS 4 devices — Optimized...

One of the first apps I purchased for my iPad was Weather HD. This innovative app presented weather in an amazing new animated view and it was a real joy to look at. At the time, the app was only available for the iPad. However, it has been updated to version 1.5 which now includes...

Remember the days of using battery-operated walkie talkies with friends? Using walkie talkies during games of "cops and robbers" was priceless. If you miss those good ol' days, you can now re-live them with a very powerful walkie talkie app, HeyTell. I first heard of HeyTell from one of my friends who waited in line...

New hope arose last week when two new apps appeared in the App Store utilizing the Google Voice service. GV Mobile + and GV Connect were accepted by Apple for the first time since they removed such apps last summer (and yes, they are available in the Canadian iTunes store). With the new App Store...

Boys and girls, get ready for a trip back in time! Yes, there is an app for that too. We are traveling to the year 1989, when life was about recesses, playground games, and cartoons. Do you remember when you were young and played a fun yet simple game called Tetris? Well, it's back and on...

If you want to watch Xvid movies on your iPhone (VLC is coming soon), you will need convert them to work properly on the iPhone. One of the easiest apps to do so is CineXPlayer, which has been finally released for the iPhone. We first tested out CineXPlayer on the iPad and it was the...

This week's post is a follow-up to last week's review of scanning apps – and I hope you’ll like what I have for our iPhoneInCanada.ca readers.  Patrick Questembert of ScanBiz Mobile Solutions, the app developer of ScanBizCards has generously offered a one-month free upgrade to their full version to all of our readers!  Read on...

Remember when Facebook made a new addition, called Places? The feature is similar to Foursquare, where you can "check in" to places to inform your friends/followers where you are. This feature debuted only in the USA first but now it's live in Canada. Let me know how Places works for you. It's a great way...

There have been a couple new updates for some of my favourite apps: Dropbox and Facebook. Dropbox 1.3 has introduced a new interface and Facebook 3.2.3 has a whole bunch of bug fixes. Less app crashes means more quality time for you to creep on your friends! If you haven't signed up for Dropbox yet,...

The Notes.app is great on iOS, but it may not be the best app to input personal information. While the standard Notes.app can be password locked with certain jailbroken utilities, Codebook is an app that locks your notes without jailbreaking. Codebook by Zetetic Codebook is a highly rated secure and encrypted notebook application. The app...

Canadians try to reconcile how Google Voice is only available for some. For those who do have an account, the GV Connect app is a great asset.