There is no shortage of web-based iOS app search engines, providing a way for iPhone and iPad users to search the huge number of applications on the App Store, but for the longest time the same could not be said of the alternative app and code repository Cydia – until now. Available for jailbroken iOS devices, Cydia allows users to access and install the latest software packages made available by the jailbreak community or developers that have had apps denied by Apple’s app approval team....

As the daily deal phenomenon continues to grow, so does its expansion into different markets. TodayTeamBuy.ca, the first, largest and fastest-growing independently owned Canadian team-buying website, has launched in Victoria, BC — its 16th Canadian city to date. “One of the main reasons we went with Victoria because of the success we’ve seen in Vancouver,” said Ghassan Halazan, CEO of TeamBuy.ca when reached to comment on this story. “Obviously the promxity there (from Vancouver to Victoria) gave us enough of a precedent to notice that a number of signups were coming from the Victoria area and that users requesting that we get going there....

The daily deals scene is massive right now, but it’s also growing stale. The simplicity of the underlying technology, the easy sell to merchants, and the red hot demand from consumers spawned hundreds of copycat companies in 2010.LivingSocial’s record breaking Amazon dealandGroupon’s upcoming15 billion dollar IPOare two signs that this is an industry worth paying attention to, but for the early adopters and tech enthusiasts in the room, daily deals are about as interesting as sliced bread....

Daily deals siteLivingsocialhas launched today in the Netherlands. The Groupon competitor has gone live in three cities: Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague; although it says that it plans to expand “rapidly” in the country. The Netherlands is LivingSocial’s third European market, following the UK and Ireland, although it also owns a majority stake in Spain’sLet’s Bonus. Global market leader Groupon is already active 37 Dutch cities. LivingSocial launched in July 2009, and in a similar manner to Groupon, has expanded through a mixture of launching new operations and acquiring exisiting daily deals services....

Wereportedyesterday that the proxy Daily Mail browsing siteIstyostyhas been forced offline following a Cease and Desist order actioned by Associated Newspapers. The Cease and Desist letter said: “Our client (the Daily Mail’s publisher Associated Newspapers) recently became aware that you have been operating a website that, without authorizatron, copies, displays and makes available to users full reproductions of stories and images contained on the Mail Online website.” Well, the Daily Mail now finds itself accused of commercially reproducing photos it procured online, despite being denied permission to use it....