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iTunes Connect notified developers late yesterday evening via email the App Store had been expanded to 32 more territories around the world. Places such as Albania, Fiji, Mongolia, the Seychelles and Nepal will now have their own place in the App Store, bringing the grand total to 155 countries. Apps know no boundaries. The full...

For those that have watched the WWDC 2012 keynote in its entirety, you may remember the developer highlight video Tim Cook showed the audience at the beginning of the event. The video highlighted numerous incredible apps, and one family that was profiled included Renena Joy, a speech and language pathologist in education, and her daughter...

For fans of the CBC, their previous iOS app was originally released exclusively for the iPad. Today, that has changed in their 3.0 update as it now brings support for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app allows users to watch full-length episodes of your favourite CBC programs, along with TV schedules and support for...

The Transit app is a creation out of Montreal and offers elegant bus route info for Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City. It's a free download that utilizes your location to bring you full bus schedules including routes and departure times. The app uses live data from the GTFS Data Exchange, so any transit agency listed...

Nike+ Running (formerly Nike+ GPS) has been updated to 4.0, and along with comes a new interface and features. For the runners out there, Nike+ Running will keep track of each run along with details such as distance ran, calories burnt, and your average pace. The new interface brings larger, clearer text that's easier to...

  This week's App Store App of the Week is Pinball Arcade. Each week Apple features one app for App of the Week and makes it free to download. This week's pick is tons of fun for iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad. Pinball Arcade brings the classic feel and sounds of the old school...

Earlier in the week we demonstrated how turn-by-turn works in Canada on iOS 6 on the new Apple Maps app. With the departure of Google Maps and the loss of Street View, many wondered if the newly supplied map data from TomTom in Apple Maps would ever include such a service. Numerous readers spotted camera-mounted...

In January of this year, while faced with work force troubles overseas, Tim Cook mentioned that Apple would be starting a employee discount program. This program would make it much easier for Apple employees to purchase the products that they develop, build, and sell every day. This program has now started. Apple employees can now...

This week's App Pick of the Week at Starbucks is Walk Tracker Pro, which was released a couple days ago. The app is regularly priced at $2.99 in the App Store but it's now free. The app description reads: Whether you are walking for leisure or trying to burn calories, Walk Tracker will track your...

Hot on the heels of Telus offering the 8GB iPhone 4 for $0 on a three year contract, now it appears Rogers has matched that promo. If you navigate to the Rogers website, the 8GB iPhone 4 in black or white now shows it's free after subsidy, but you'll need to sign on long term....

Foxconn has apparently accelerated its schedule for ordering television LCD panels from its Japanese partner Sharp, fueling speculations that these panels might be for Apple's much rumored television set which could debut this holiday shopping season, reports MacRumors. Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White further points out that Apple may use Kinect-like motion sensing technology for interacting with...

Looks like rumors regarding Microsoft opening its first retail location in Canada are finally coming true. According to The Star, Microsoft will openits first retail store in Canada at Yorkdale Shopping Mall in Toronto, which also happens to host an Apple Store. The report claims that the design of the Microsoft stores in the U.S. incorporates many of the...