BlackBerry and Tim Hortons join forces for NFC payments

BlackBerry smartphones can now pay for cofee and donuts at Tim Hortons with functionality built into Tim Hortons’ popular TimmyMe mobile app.

BlackBerry 10 smartphone customers will be able to use their phone to complete transactions at participating Tim Hortons across Canada and the United States. This new mobile payment option is unique to BlackBerry 10 customers at this time and is the first such deployment of its kind, anywhere in the world.  

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Toronto-based Bitstrips secures $ 3 Million investment

By now, we've all seen the Bitstrips web comics on Facebook and other social media websites. Well, the Toronto-based startup that invented the DIY comics just received a $3 million investment from Horizon Ventures of Hong Kong. The 17-man group is expecting to grow the business organically, slowly building staff up while improving on their product. To date, 30 million avatars have been built, which proves that Bitstrips have some momentum going for them.

iTunes offers users 12 Days of Gifts starting December 26

From December 26 to January 6, you can download a gift each day—songs, apps, books, movies, and more—with the 12 Days of Gifts app. Each day's gift will only be available for 24 hours, so download the free app to make sure you don’t miss out. Note: Not all content is available in all countries.

Roam Mobility's Snowbird Plans land in time for the Holidays

Roam Mobility is rolling out its Snowbird Plan which offers Canadians unlimited USA talk and text , free long distance calls back to Canada plus 1GB of data for $39.95 a month with a minimum of three month purchase. Check out the details here.