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Original Voice of Siri Will be Used in Canadian Developer’s New Anti-Smoking App
The original voice of Siri, Susan Bennett, wants to help people quit smoking. Hazel Harrison, a Newfoundland and Labrador app developer, is getting some assistance from Bennett in launching her new anti-smoking app. Bennett, being a former smoker herself, was very excited about the opportunity. In a statement, she said: "So I was very happy to be part...
City of Peterborough May Get Long-Awaited Transit App
According to a new report from The Peterborough Examiner, the city of Peterborough will be getting a new transit app that will notify users about bus information directly from their smartphone. The app will be launching soon if city council approves the required technology that will be installed on buses. On Monday evening, the council...
Kingsville Farmers Market Launches Delivery Service for Fresh Produce to Windsor
Lee and Maria’s Market, a 30-year old farm market in Kingsville, is launching a delivery service to bring locally grown produce directly to the home of Windsor residents. For years, if city residents wanted farm fresh produce from the country farm, they would have to take a 40 minute drive. However, the new Lee and...
Microsoft Retires Groove Music Streaming Service, Switches Customers to Spotify
Two years ago, Microsoft rebranded Xbox Music to Groove Music in efforts to make its music streaming service relevant to more consumers. Today, Microsoft announced that it is now giving up on Groove Music, and partnering with Spotify instead. The company has said that it will stop selling Groove Music passes soon. Any customers subscribed to the service...
Simons Launches New App as Company Focuses on E-Commerce
Simons department store chain is launching a new app as a part of its initiative to expand and focus on its e-commerce business. In a statement, the president of the Quebec-based company Peter Simons said: “We really felt the need to close that gap between e-commerce and our physical and digital footprint.” The app includes...
CBC TV App Launches on Apple TV [u]
Today, CBC has launched their CBC TV app on the Apple TV. Watch full episodes of your favourite CBC shows including Heartland, Coronation Street, Dragons' Den, Murdoch Mysteries, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience, The Nature of Things and more, for free with CBC TV. Here is a full list of the app's features: New episodes added daily...
Canadian iOS Sports App theScore Gets Major UI Redesign
Today, theScore announced their largest redesign ever to its Canadian-made sport app. The new look has been designed to make it even easier for fans to discover news stories, scores, and stats from their favourite teams. Users can now build a personalized feed of their teams’ multimedia content. The app also includes a ‘Discover’ section...
theScore Reaches Average of 4.1 Million Monthly Active Users
Toronto-based app theScore continues to gain popularity among sports fans around the world. Today, the company announced another quarter of increased revenues, ranking up $6.4 million CAD in revenue over the last three months. The mobile app is now seeing a total of 4.1 million monthly active users, which is surprisingly down from 4.3 million...
Facebook to Launch Dedicated App for Video Creators
Facebook is making a huge push in the video content space, so the company is releasing a new app just for creators. The company made this announcement at the annual online video conference VidCon on Friday. The new app is in part an update to Facebook Mentions, a program that is currently available to verified...
Google Drive Will Soon Let You Backup Your Whole Computer
Making sure your files are backed up and easily accessible is a problem everyone has to deal with, and Google wants to make it easier. Google Drive is releasing a new service called Backup and Sync on June 28. The service should effectively replace the Google Drive app for Mac/Windows that has been available for years....
Apple Threatened to Remove Uber from the iOS App Store After Violating Rules
In 2014, Uber was discovered to be blocking authorities from seeing its cars in order to evade regulations or bans in a series of locations including Paris, Las Vegas, China and South Korea. In 2015, Apple found out Uber was also using its iOS developer rules to identify users' devices by hardware ID. The company...
Apple’s Free iOS App of the Week: ‘Cut the Rope: Magic’
Cut the Rope: Magic by ZeptoLab UK Limited is Apple’s free app of the week. The game normally retails for $1.29 and is free for this week only. Join Om Nom’s newest adventure and transform him into magical forms to help the lovable little monster recover candy stolen by an evil wizard. A magical mishap...