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By Gary Ng on November 17th, 2011

For those avid users of the Google Mobile interface on the iPhone, you may have noticed a minor update. When you load Google.com and navigate to apps such as Gmail, Reader, Docs, or Tasks, a new slick animation appears to display your Google Account ID. Near the top, a message will appear to read “Logged…

By Gary Ng on November 15th, 2011

Translink here in Vancouver has added a new feature to its mobile website to track your bus in real time. ‘Next Bus Beta’ requires you to plug in your bus stop number and afterwards you’ll be able to see your bus moving on a map as you refresh the page, with updates every two minutes….

By Gary Ng on November 3rd, 2011

Royal LePage has launched a new mobile site compatible with the iPhone and other smartphones. Visitors to royallepage.ca via their iPhones will be greeted with an easy to use mobile site, that can take advantage of your location to determine listings around you. The site will also allow sellers and agents to leave comments on…

By Gary Ng on September 25th, 2011

For users of YouTube’s mobile layout, it appears Google has started to enable the opt-in of a new experimental layout, as noted by MacStories. This new version provides a refreshed look that is cleaner with a darker emphasis throughout the layout. To check out this new version of YouTube mobile, just visit m.youtube.com/new_visual_design to manually…

By Gary Ng on September 24th, 2011

HSBC Canada has quietly launched a full-fledged mobile banking site for iPhone and iPod touch users. Rather than submit an app through the App Store, this new mobile site will allow customers to pay bills, transfer money between accounts and check account details and transaction history. The service will require HSBC Canada customers to be…

By Gary Ng on September 21st, 2011

Google has just announced on their Gmail blog the addition of multiple sign-in support for Gmail mobile users along with preference support from your mobile device. You can now switch accounts quickly by selecting your account from the Accounts menu: You can also set your signature too. From the view menus just tap the new…

By Gary Ng on September 2nd, 2011

Vancouver Island’s first private TV station (and the first employee-owned station in North America), CHEK, is taking their news channel to a new level. They have unleashed a live stream to bring news broadcasts to your iPhone (or any other iOS device) for free. The channel has a slight 30-45 second delay, but nonetheless all…

By Gary Ng on August 25th, 2011

CanadaWest.TV is a partnership between the Canada West Universities Athletic Association and Stretch Internet, and will enable live viewing of CIS basketball and volleyball on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Action will also be enabled on the web as well. The live sports will begin for the 2011-12 season and beyond, with the first…

By Ex on April 20th, 2011

If you use Verrus, who is a company that partners with parking authorities across Canada to allow users to pay for parking via phone instead of at the meter, you will be really happy with their latest update! Verrus has now created a smartphone optimized mobile site that enables users to log in to their…

By Ex on March 16th, 2011

Today, Google updated their Gmail Webapp for iOS with a “connection bar”. Using Gmail in Safari on your iPhone gives you access to fast search, conversation view, stars, labels, and more. But it’s sometimes frustrating not knowing whether your email has been sent or whether your phone has a functioning internet connection at all. To…