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Instagram Surpasses 80 Million Users, 4 Billion Photos Shared

If you're an Instagram user, then you're part of history in the making. The photo sharing network launched exclusively on iOS back in October of 2010, and soon reached Android users as well, and then was snatched up by Facebook in a $1 billion dollar deal. Today, the Instagram team announced they had surpassed 80...

Get Your Spy On – Spy vs. Spy Now Available For iOS

One of my all time favorite classic games - and a game that frustrated me to no end - is now available for your iOS devices. Calgary's Robots & Pencils have brought the classic Spy vs. Spy to your touch screen. The game of course is based off the cartoon in the Mad Magazine comic....

Google Earth Update Brings 3-D Flyover Maps To iOS

Google Earth app for iOS has just received a major update, bringing 3-D flyover maps to Apple's mobile platform. These 3-D maps are currently available for select U.S cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, California and some other cities like Rome. However, not every iOS device will get this 3-D map update. Rather, the 3-D...

Boxcar Acquired by Kwaga, Service Set to Restore to 100 Percent

Over the past couple of months, our favourite push notification service Boxcar had run into consistency issues and was just plain not working. We recently thought the service was about to die, but now Macworld reports Boxcar has been acquired by Kwaga, the company that runs WriteThat.name, a service that will soon join Boxcar's notification...

OS X Mountain Lion’s AirPlay Mirroring Requires Mid-2011 Macs

With the release of OS X Mountain Lion, one of the most anticipated features was being able to use AirPlay Mirroring from your Mac to your second generation Apple TV. Many users have experienced AirPlay on their iPhone and iPads, and the ability to use the feature from your Mac seemed really appealing. Some Users...
Steve Jobs named one of Time magazine's top 20 "most influential Americans".

TIME: Steve Jobs is One of the Top 20 “Most Influential Americans”

  George Washington, Albert Einstein, Muhammad Ali and…. Steve Jobs! The late Apple leader has been named by TIME magazine as one of the top 20 “most influential Americans.” The list contains “the trailblazers, visionaries, and cultural ambassadors who defined a nation.” Jobs is specifically referred to as the “high priest of the digital age.”...

Starbucks App Pick of the Week: Draw Something [Update]

For all you Starbucks fans, you have probably been enjoying their weekly app and song picks of the week. This week's app pick is the popular (is it still popular?!) Draw Something, which is regularly priced at $2.99 in the App Store. Draw Something exploded onto the world stage and surpassed 20 million downloads in...