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  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...

Having already developed over a dozen dictionary apps for aboriginal languages in British Columbia, First Peoples' Cultural Council B.C. has created a new app called FirstVoices for the iPhone and iPad that allows Canadian First Nations speakers to chat using their native language for the first time ever (via The Province). The app features nearly 100 customized keyboards that display the...

We've long heard about the next generation 'iPhone 5' to have a smaller dock connector (via iMore). iLounge also earlier reported their sources noted a smaller 16-pin dock connector. Now, TechCrunch has boldly claimed they have 'independently verified' the next iPhone will come with a smaller 19-pin port: Although the form factor and actual size...

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple Retail Store employees have started receiving a hike in wages over the past week. Apparently, there have been some unconfirmed reports that some Apple Store employees received a raise in pay, in face-to-face meetings last week. No amounts were disclosed, but reports claim the raise upwards of around 25%. It is...

Facebook has announced that the popular "Like" button will be coming to mobile apps. Developers can now build an official Facebook Like button right into their mobile apps. When some one "Likes" something in a mobile app, the content owner will receive the same type of notification, as if the button was used from the...

If you are lucky enough to have your iDevice attached to a developer's account, and installed the first beta os iOS 6, you've most likely been enjoying all the new features. A beta of any firmware can be a bit buggy, so some functionality may not be working as smoothly as you had hoped. Since...