Hailo and Molson Coors Canada to donate $1 million in free cab rides in Toronto

"At Hailo, we make it easy to get home from any holiday gathering - allowing anyone to hail and pay for a taxi with two taps on the screen of their smartphone," said Justin Raymond, President, Hailo Canada. "

Hailo, the innovative cab-hailing app has teamed up with Molson Coors Canada to help Torontonians get home safe and encourage  responsible choices to make this holiday season the safest one yet.

Hailo announced that beginning today, and running until January 9th 2013, Hailo Toronto will give away one million dollars of taxi fares in $10 increments at 100 licensed establishments across Toronto.

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SourceCode: Hailo makes hailing a cab as easy as opening an app

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The new App economy is all about empowering users by transforming traditional businesses and processes into smart and convenient technology solutions. Hailo is an app that uses a smartphone to help users grab the nearest cab and it is fascinating to see the logistics behind this innovative endeavour.

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Apple's Podcasts App features Canadian content

The Podcasts app was extracted from the Music app on iOS in order to serve as a more robust standalone app for users looking through hundreds of audio and video podcasts available out there for free. The app now features various sections as well as an interesting 'discovery' model that emulates an old world radio where users can scroll though genres of content. Focus on featured Canadian content is also a definite plus that makes this Podcast app worth checking out.

Ontario-based dev used her childhood to inspire Strut Type photo app

Ontario-based app developer Christine Summers of Ultimate Chemistry spent part of her upbringing in a photo darkroom, watching her father, an amateur photographer, play with light effects, shutter speeds, vignettes and different types of canvases. He used what was known as the strut type accordion camera — the world’s first compact, folding camera series popularized by George Eastman in the late 19th century.

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