Mobile Apps

• Calgary girls take mobile app to international competition

  Some Calgary girls are heading off to take on the world at a tech competition in Silicon Valley and they are helping other kids while they're at it.

  Features

  Aug 9, 2019
  
• Vancouver-based app allows customers to pay restaurant bills by smartphone

  Vancouverites have gotten used to paying for parking on their smartphones. Now, the co-creator of the locally-based PayByPhone parking app is banking on our love of convenience in his latest venture.

  Sep 7, 2016
  
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• Custom mobile app for Manitoba paramedics unveiled

  WINNIPEG — Monday marks the start of National Paramedics Week and along with it, a reminder that the job can often be the difference between life and death for patients. The Paramedic Association of Manitoba and Consultica, a mobile app developer based out of Winnipeg, teamed up to create an map first-responders can use, in...

  Canada

  May 23, 2016
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• The secret apps on your child’s phone

  Parents like to believe they know what their children are doing on their smartphones, but secret apps are allowing kids to hide videos and pictures in plain sight.

  Tech

  Apr 12, 2016
• Nintendo’s ‘Pokémon Go’ game will let you catch ’em all in real life

  Imagine coming out of your office, home, or school and getting an alert: A Pikachu is lurking behind a nearby tree, and the chase is on.

  Tech

  Sep 11, 2015
• ‘Drake Shake’ app lets you add a random image of Drake to any picture

  It’s no secret – the Internet loves Drake. Turns out, there's no shortage of apps that count on the popularity of Toronto’s very own self-proclaimed “6 God,” including a photo app called “Drake Shake.”

  Tech

  Aug 17, 2015
• Tracking Prince William: there’s an app for that, UK paper says

  A British newspaper said it has uncovered a major royal security breach by using an inexpensive app to track Prince William's air rescue ambulance while it is in the air.

  Tech

  Jul 26, 2015
• Canadian startup VarageSale aims to make online buying, selling safer for families

  To use VarageSale users are required to sign up with their Facebook account to verify who you really are. Once you have signed up you can join a community to start browsing, or post a listing of your own.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2015
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• Toronto developer aims to curb texting and driving with GPS scheduler app

  After creating an app with a GPS-based feature that allows users to schedule messages based on where they were, a Toronto-based developer discovered the app might be a useful tool to combat distracted driving.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2015
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• Stuck at the gate: American Airlines flights delayed by glitch in iPad map app

  More than 50 American Airlines flights have been delayed in the past two days by a glitch in navigation-map software loaded on pilots' iPads.

  Money

  Apr 29, 2015