Apple's much awaited iTunes 11 update now available for download

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

At long last, iTunes 11 is available for download and features a radical  edge-to-edge redesign as well as a new store and a ton of new feature refinements. Go get it here or hit jump for the lowdown on the latest, greatest iTunes app on iOS and OS X.

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Google Play store celebrates 25 billion downloads, 675,000 apps

Google's Play Store is their storefront for apps, books and videos and has just celebrated 25 billion downloads as well as the availability of 675,000 apps across myriad versions of Android OS on smartphones, tablets and Google TVs. To celebrate the milestones, Google is giving users a chance to download content forjust 25 cents. There will special collections like 25 movies you must own, 25 banned books, 25 albums that changed the world and 25 top selling magazines, all at special prices. Google Play can be accessed through Android devices.

Review: Apple iPhone 5

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla 

Apple’s iPhone 5 is the sixth generation smartphone  from Cupertino since the first iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry in 2007. 

Since then, it has evolved from “an iPod, a Phone and an Internet communicator” to a powerful and easy to use pocket computer with a thriving app and developer ecosystem. To date, over 250 million have been sold. 

The much awaited and incessantly leaked iPhone 5 seems to have covered all the “must-have” updates such as a larger screen, 4G-LTE data, a thinner and lighter enclosure as well as various performance improvements. 

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Apple Counting up to 25 Billionth App

Apple is celebrating its 25th Billiion App download and giving away a US$10,000 App Store Gift Card to a lucky winner. Here are some cool Canadian App Store stats.

• Over 550,000 apps on App Store 
• Over 170,000 native iPad apps 
• Over 1 billion app downloads per month
• Over $4 billion in payments to App Store developers

And some Canadian Apps made it to the top 25!

• Yellow Pages - 
• Ludia (only CA game on the list) 
• Global Video
• CTV 
• TSN