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We last reviewed Summly last November, as an innovative news app that uses a unique algorithm to summarize articles into short form. This morning, Yahoo! has announced it has acquired the company, founded by Nick D'Aloisio when he was just 15 years old. Part of this acqui-hire means the Summly app itself will close, but...

Astral has announced its iOS apps The Movie Network GO, HBO GO and TMN Encore GO are now available for Rogers customers, after noting in early March the latter would be later included. "Launching TMN GO with Rogers is a significant milestone for our business as it will enable us to bring our innovative streaming...

Doug Crossan, a police officer in UK, has reported his 13-year-old son for fraud after Apple refused to refund the £3,700 (roughly $5,630) the child has spent while playing freemium apps on his iPad, according to The Telegraph. (more…)

Remember the dad whose son ran up $22,000 in data roaming charges down in Mexico? Well, he has finally managed to negotiate the final bill down to $200 with Fido, reports the CBC. Buie refused to pay, and argued all the way up to the office of the president at Fido, which is owned by...

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This afternoon the WSJ reports Apple has snapped up indoor-GPS company WiFiSLAM for $20 million dollars, with the deal confirmed by Apple: Apple paid around $20 million for the Silicon Valley-based company, according to a person familiar with the matter who said the deal closed recently. An Apple spokesman confirmed the deal saying the company...

If you like guns, and arcade style shooters, then Overkill 2, a free game by Craneballs, may be the game your looking for as it launched exclusively in Canada yesterday in the App Store. This is the sequel to the original hit Overkill, which attracted over 12 million players. Each level has more than enough...

Apple has already blocked the Trojan Yontoo 1 adware for Mac, detected by the Russian anti-virus firm Dr. Web. According to another security software company, Intego (via Ars Technica), Apple has updated the definitions used in OS X's Xprotect.plist, which will automatically detect the trojan, so Mac users can relax – you don't need to...

NAVIGON has announced it has updated its iOS GPS apps to include Bluetooth audio support for directions along with Wikipedia integration. This means you can now hear directions over your car's speakers and it will fade out music before it announces instructions. As for Wikipedia enhancements, points of interests will now show icons where you can...

Yesterday Apple implemented 2-step authentication security for Apple ID accounts, but unfortunately did not include Canada as part of its launch. Ironically, The Verge reports of an exploit where Apple ID password resets can by achieved with only an email and date of birth, using a modified URL of Apple's iForgot page (which is currently...

We have heard ongoing stories about parents dishing out iPads to their kids, only to be surprised when 'accidental' in-app purchases occur (like spending $1500 CDN on virtual donuts). The Guardian now reports Apple has implemented a small change to all paid and freemium apps within the App Store to add the line "Offers In-App...

Pebble has updated its smartwatch to v1.9, which aims to bring an improved user interface, new watchfaces and enhanced ambient light detection. Alongside this welcome improvement, the update also brings the classic game of Snake as one of its watch faces. (more…)