The Financial Post reports a story about an iPad competitor designed in Quebec that came out on Wednesday.

The article says that the Vibe is powered by a modified Windows 7 OS.

The Vibe is wider, has a webcam, USB ports, an SD card reader and an HDMI Port.

Is it an iPad killer? I doubt it, but depending on how powerful the processor is and how limited the OS is … Read More

There is a rumour going around that the next generation iPad will be loosing the Home button and be replaced by a multi finger gesture as seen in the iOS 4.3 developer release.

The original article is readable at: http://www.bgr.com/2011/01/12/exclusive-apple-will-remove-home-button-on-next-ipad-and-iphone-photo-booth-and-ilife-coming

I am not sure if I like the idea or not yet. I guess I will have to judge when it actually happens and I get my hands on one … Read More

As part of the series on Canadian city specific Apps, this post is about Apps for Halifax.

Disclaimer: Please note that this list is not an endorsement of any of the Apps that you are responsible to perform your own due diligence before buying any of these.

Free Apps

The Chronicle Herald News This App allows you to consulting breaking news or read the newspaper offline.

iAcadia … Read More

As part of the series on Canadian city specific Apps, this post is about Apps for Ottawa.

Disclaimer: Please note that this list is not an endorsement of any of the Apps that you are responsible to perform your own due diligence before buying any of these.

Free Apps

Ottawa Citizen This App let’s you browse the top stories, news, etc. For the Ottawa Citizen Newspaper.

Ottawa Parks and Recreation … Read More

As part of the series on Canadian city specific Apps, this post is about Apps for Calgary.

Disclaimer: Please note that this list is not an endorsement of any of the Apps that you are responsible to perform your own due diligence before buying any of these.

Free Apps

Amazing CANADA – Rockies Part 2 This App provides information and pictures about the Canadian Rockies which are close to Calgary. Part … Read More

Since Christmas is just around the corner, I thought it might be useful to list some Christmas related Apps. Since there are so many, I decided to limit myself to a partial list of Free Applications. I hope some of these prove useful!

Disclaimer: Please note that this list is not an endorsement of any of the Apps that you are responsible to perform your own due diligence before buying any … Read More

As part of the series on Canadian city specific Apps, this post is about Apps for Montreal.

Disclaimer: Please note that this list is not an endorsement of any of the Apps that you are responsible to perform your own due diligence before buying any of these.

Free Apps

Guichetier This App lets you locate all ATM’s in the Montreal area even while offline. You can filter the ATM’s by … Read More

As everyone knows, Hockey is Canada’s game and since the NHL season started a while back I thought it would be time to highlight some of the ways Canadians can keep up with their Hockey news and scores.

In this list, I have focused on information related to the Canadian teams, although I know some Canadians are fans of teams from south of the border.

Disclaimer: Please note that this list is … Read More

Last week I posted a list of 11 Apps for Toronto users and based on the feedback from readers, there seems to be demand for more of these lists for other cities as well.

So I guess I just started a series that will be developed in the next few weeks and for which I will try to list some of the Apps that are specific to some of the larger … Read More

Looking for Apps that may be useful if you are coming to visit Toronto or if you live there and want to plug into what is going on? The following is a selection of applications that may be useful for your needs. Although some of those applications are designed for the iPhone, they do provide some functionality that could be useful on the iPad and were included in this list.

Free … Read More