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Earlier today, Sparrow announced its acquisition by Google and now, news of Acrylic Software's acquisition by Facebook has just hit the web. Located in Vancouver, Canada, Acrylic Software is known for its two popular products i.e Pulp and Wallet, both of which are available for Mac and iOS platforms. Founder Dustin Mcdonald announced the acquisition on Acrylic's official blog: I’m happy to...

ION, the company that makes the popular arcade gaming peripherals for iPhone and iPad, has developed a cool gadget called iPics2Go that will let your iPhone 4/4S digitize paper photos, 35mm negatives and slides (via Gizmodo). iPics2Go is basically a box shaped device that includes the necessary lighting to make the whole thing work, as well as a...

Apple finally launched the third-generation iPad in China today which is almost four months after the product's initial launch in the U.S. However, only a small crowd was seen lining up at the Apple Stores because the New iPad was already widely available on the mainland, thanks to illicit imports from Hong Kong. According to a report, crowds...

More 6GB voice and data plan deals are coming your way, and this time it's from the sub-brand of Telus, Koodo (which just recently offered iPhone unlocking). They plan on introducing the 'Canada-Wide Super 6GB' plan for $60/month starting next week until August 6th, reports MobileSyrup. The plan will include: 250 Canada Wide minutes 5PM...

For Honda Accord fanatics looking forward to the debut of the 2013 model, there's one more added bonus for iPhone owners. Honda Canada recently annouced HondaLink, a new in-vehicle connectivity system that will debut in the latest 2013 model of the Honda Accord in Canada. The automotive OEM app Aha by Harman will allow drivers to...

With iOS 6 to introduce FaceTime over 3G as a standard feature for the first time, many wireless users in Canada are under the assumption the feature will be allowed, just like tethering via the Personal Hotspot feature. However, with stories of AT&T possibly charging customers for the use of cellular data for FaceTime, what...

Sparrow, a third party email client for iOS that works really well with Gmail has just been acquired by--Google. The Sparrow team sent out a tweet a while ago to state: We're excited to announce that Sparrow has been acquired by Google! Read more here: sprw.me— SparrowMail (@sparrow) July 20, 2012 From their website, the...

The latest iOS 6 beta which was seeded to the developers earlier this week, apparently doesn't play nice once the total number of apps installed on a device at one time exceeds a certain number as reported by CNET. Luckily, that threshold is reasonably high, which is 500 and Apple is also preparing to release a quick-fix...

There's dozens of cool projects on Kickstarter. You could spend hours browsing through the various categories to see what sort of innovative ideas people have come up with. I was doing this recently and came across an interesting one. The ChargeCard for iPhone. The ChargeCard is an ultra-thin USB charging cable that's thin enough to...

If you shop at Roots, be sure to keep an eye out on their current summer promo card that brings a collection of free song downloads in iTunes. The card notes the following free downloads of some Canadian artists: Willie Stratton - O Canada Cookie Duster - Two Feet Stand Up Patrick Watson - Into...

Our good friend Kris Meador sent this tip in! Right now you can get a $15 iTunes gift card 4 pack for $55 at Best Buy. This does not seem to be offered online, so it is an in-store offer only. That's only a five dollar savings but that's 5 free apps or songs, of...

  Just a quick note to let you know that this week's App Store App of the Week is Flick Kick Football. So, when you hear "football", you might be thinking CFL or NFL, but this is actually what we North Americans would call soccer. Basically, you use your finger to flick the ball into...