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Six Questions with…BNN’s Michael Hainsworth
Michael Hainsworth has been a daily fixture on television sets since the beginning of the new millennium, bringing the day’s top business stories to viewers as an anchor on BNN, and on CTV evening newscasts across the country. As co-host of App Central - alongside social-media guru Amber MacArthur, Hainsworth has been sharing the best...
Gizmon ICA [REVIEW]
iPhoneinCanada's Trigger Happy Summer This is the first in a series of some of the must-have accesories and apps to help make your summer photo-taking a memorable one with your iPhone 4(S). The Land of the Morning Sun. They’ve brought us such now-staples in the Western World such as Hello Kitty, Transformers, Nintendo, Pocky...
Starbucks Pick of the Week – The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That
Each week Starbucks offers a "Pick of the Week" card, which has a promo code to download something from the App Store or the iTunes Store. It could be a song, an app or game, or a video. This week we get a TV episode. If you pick up one of the cards from Starbucks...
EA and Warner Bros. 4th of July Sale: All Apps Are $0.99 or Free
Electronic Arts has a history of reducing the price of their apps around holidays and this Fourth of July is no exception. Normal the newest titles aren’t put on sale but this time around every iPhone and iPad app is 99 cents or free, as announced on their blog: This Independence Day, add more games...
iEta App – Easily Text Your Estimated Time of Arrival
I've always said that it is the apps that make the iPhone what it is, and I'm sure many of you will agree. Apple has created an amazing piece of hardware, but without the apps, the iPhone would be pretty useless. The iPhone, of course, is mainly used for communicating. In our fast paced lifestyles, we...
The History of iOS Release Dates Visualized [GRAPH]
If you've ever wondered how many days it takes between iOS betas to be released and the days final version have been out, you can now see it all in one place. Will Hains has painstakingly graphed all the beta and final release dates on his blog: The design is still a work-in-progress, and it...
Review: SimplyUs – An App to Help Happy Couples Couple Anywhere
This weekend when my girlfriend and I were discussing ways to improve our communications, I naturally suggested we look to the App Store. A quick search provided me with a few different options. I have a preference for free apps so I proceeded to install some of the more promising candidates. Finally, I installed on...
RIM CEO: ‘There’s Nothing Wrong With the Company’; RIM VP: ‘We’re Not Delusional’
RIM was Canada's proud tech darling but has continued to decline in popularity and sales due to its inability to produce enticing competitive products to keep up with Apple and Google. In a recent interview with the CBC's Metro Morning radio show, the relatively new CEO had this to say: "There's nothing wrong with the...
Apple Campus 2 Project Approved For A Streamlined Environmental Review
Apple submitted the third revision of its Apple Campus 2 project to the city of Cupertino in March this year. A couple of months later, the company invited feedback from its Cupertino neighbors regarding traffic and other environmental impacts of the huge building on their town. Today, California Governor Jerry Brown has approved the Campus 2 project in Cupertino for a streamlined environmental review process,...
“Steve Jobs – The Lost Interview” Finds Its Way Into The U.S. iTunes Store [Teaser Video]
In November 2011, we reported about Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview which was remastered and was shown exclusively in Landmark Theaters across the U.S. The interview which is some times dubbed as the “best TV interview Jobs ever gave”, has now found its way to the U.S. iTunes store and is available to rent for $3.99 (via TNW). The source notes that the...
Samsung’s Request To Lift Ban On U.S. Tablet Sales Denied By Judge
Last week, Apple was issued a ruling granting the company's request for a preliminary injunction banning sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the U.S. Today, an appeal made soon after the ruling by Samsung to lift this ban on its tablet sales in the region has been denied by the U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose,...
Apple 2012 Q3 Earnings Call Set for July 24th: Will Revenue Top $34B?
Apple updated its Investor News page yesterday to indicate their 2012 Q3 earnings call will take place on July 24th. Apple plans to conduct a conference call to discuss financial results of its third fiscal quarter on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. PT. During the 2012 Q2 earnings call, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer noted...