Twitter and toilet paper together at last! For those who missed the big news yesterday, a start-up called Shitter makes it easy to turn your tweets into toilet paper. News of the product launch got plenty of play in, um, the Twitterverse in the last 24 hours, not to mention other social media and web circles. Turns out the latest and greatest invention of the must-have bathroom supply actually has a Toronto connection.

Ian Ha is a software engineer at Blu Trumpet in Toronto. He also wrote the code that makes Shitter possible. He and some friends came up with the idea last year and have been working on development since January. They all have full time jobs so it's been something they've been plugging away at during their spare time. It officially launched yesterday. For $35 (plus shipping), Shitter will send you four rolls of toilet paper with the latest tweets from any Twitter feed. Already they've received several dozen orders. I caught up with Ha late last night and asked him to fill me in on some of the finer details.

Toronto has its first iPad-only magazine. On Friday, the Toronto Tempest unveiled itself to the world in tablet form, packed with theatre reviews, poetry and discussion of feminism and anti-violence in a Toronto high school. Sound high-brow enough?

I spoke with Toronto Tempest Editor and Publisher Simon Wallace earlier this week who likened his new publication to a "less boring version of the Walrus". He's aiming to bring to market a bi-monthly dose of long form journalism tackling subjects that, say, a Toronto Life would never touch. Instead of society photos and articles about upper-middle class couples spending beyond their means, the Toronto Tempest will feature short fiction and feature articles with a left-leaning political bent.

Uber has arrived in Toronto. In a somewhat surprising move, the San Francisco-based car service has picked Toronto as its second international location. This follows earlier expansion to Paris late last year and operations in seven US cities. While there's no official word from the company, last month Toronto popped up as a secret destination on the Uber web site and tweets have been flying fast and furiously over at the Uber Toronto Twitter feed. On Sunday, they made somewhat of a splash driving VIPs and volunteers to and from the Toronto Underground Market.

Swallow unveiled itself last week to a throng of hungry party-goers at the Drake Hotel. Founded by veteran food writer Ivy Knight along with pastry chef (and web developer) Kristina Groeger and barfly Kerry Knight, the new web site aims to provide a new spin on local (and international) food coverage with recipes, chef interviews, restaurant reviews and wine writing. Far from a daily blog, Swallow promises updates three to five times per week and to provide a perspective that only those who work in Toronto's restaurant industry can bring to the, um, table.

I recently connected with co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Ivy Knight who gave me a rundown of what Swallow is all about.

Coffee loyalty cards have always been a pain. Writing from personal experience, inevitably my card gets lost, ripped or disintegrates in the wash before I accumulate the ten or whatever number of stamps required to get my free latte. Some cafes like Te Aro have tried to solve this problem by keeping the cards on file, but even this isn't an ideal solution. There has to be a better way.

blogTO now has an iPad app, as well as a significantly upgraded iPhone app experience. These new apps, approved by Apple yesterday and now available for free in the iTunes app store, are the best way for mobile and tablet users to experience blogTO. In fact, both apps offer a number of useful features not yet available on this web site.

The iPhone and iPad apps share a lot of the same content and functionality but each have been designed to optimize the user experience on each device. The apps are divided into four main modules (News, Best Of, Places and Events) and are built around a new profile system that allows you to create to-do lists, check-in to stores and restaurants, rate local businesses, mark favourites, bookmark articles and events; and share all of this with your friends. Each of these features is explained below in detail using accompanying screenshots from the iPad app.