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Sympatico app gets updated, now available on BlackBerry, iPhone and Android
Bell-owned Sympatico.ca has updated their app with some new features. It’s now officially available on the three major mobile platforms: iPhone, Android and BlackBerry, but no word if this will be coming to Windows Phone devices. As for the improvements, you can check out Canadian news headlines, sports, autos, gossip and weather (uses location-based services [...]
McDonald’s rolls out PayPass system, brings ability to pay by credit card or mobile phone
McDonald’s is sure making it easy to eat and hang out in their restaurants. They recently introduced free Wi-Fi to 1,400 locations and now have struck up a deal with MasterCard Canada that sees the “PayPass” contactless payment system being implemented, ushering the ability to quickly pay for your meal and down that Big Mac [...]
Ceridian releases “Powerpay” for BlackBerry, Canada’s first mobile payroll app
Ceridian has released Canada’s first mobile payroll app. The “Powerpay” app is exclusively available to existing Powerpay Web customers and costs a high $6.99 (CDN). This is currently available for BlackBerry devices, but will soon be available for the iPhone in the next few weeks. The app gives business the ability to review and process [...]
Comic: Next iPhone coming in Orange, bigger screen, keyboard and a Walkie-talkie button
This comic sums up the rumours about the new iPhone that’s apparently coming in September: Source: Joy of Tech Via: iPhoneInCanada
Samsung “Mob!lers” contest back on, 16 Canadians will get a free Galaxy Tab 10.1
The Samsung Canada “Mob!lers” contest is back on this year. This gives 16 Canadians the chance to be Samsung ambassadors for the upcoming Galaxy Tab 10.1, but more importantly win prizes. There will be four Mob!lers selected from each region: Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver and to enter you’ll have to submit a video of [...]
ScoreMobile app now available for the BlackBerry PlayBook
Toronto-based ScoreMobile has officially released their app to PlayBook users. The same experience of their popular app on BlackBerry smartphones is now optimized for the PlayBook: check the latest scores, stats, news and videos for basically all major sports teams; MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, EPL and PGA. You’ll need OS version 1.0.6 or higher to [...]
Fido and Evergreen create the “Share Your Care” campaign, gives $100,000 to the environment
Fido has become Canada’s green wireless carrier. They offer a few devices that are made of recycled products and have several programs that give back to the environment (planting trees, recycling old cellphones etc). Now Fido has extended their relationship with Evergreen and has come up with the “Share Your Care” campaign. In total there [...]
Rogers Sony Ericsson Xperia Play gets upgraded to OS 2.3.3
The Rogers Sony Ericsson Xperia arc received its upgrade to Android OS 2.3.3 a couple weeks back, and now the Xperia Play has been upgraded too. Probably the best feature that this upgrade brings is the “Facebook inside Xperia” feature, this gives you the ability to access Facebook from the picture gallery, music player, phonebook [...]
TELUS 72-hour sale has Bold 9700 and Motorola Milestone free on 1-year
TELUS has come back once again with their 72-hour sale. This time they’ve included a once-popular Android Motorola Milestone (OS 2.2 and no future upgrade plans) and the Bold 9700. These are the best devices they have in the sale and they are free on a 1-year term, so the commitment isn’t that huge. Hopefully [...]
Canadian Wireless Trade Show is happening September 15th/16th
The inaugural Canadian Wireless Trade Show is coming together nicely. This event will take place in Toronto on September 15th -16th and has several keynote speakers lined up, plus various seminars and a full exhibition hall that caters to everything wireless, new products and apps. Some of the speakers coming will be Jim Nikopolous of [...]
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