Stories by Gary Ng

Rogers Q4 2012 Activated and Upgraded 940,000 Smartphones

Rogers this morning announced their Q4 2012 earnings and their wireless division continues to grow on strength from data revenue, which was at $727 million (21% YOY growth) for the quarter. Total wireless revenue was at $1.92 billion (5% YOY growth) and their adjusted operating profit was $687 million (3% YOY growth). Blended ARPU also...

TELUS Q4 2012 Adds 112K Postpaid Subscribers; 7.67M Total Users

TELUS has released their Q4 2012 earnings and their wireless division ended the year by adding an additional 112,000 subscribers, bringing their total cellphone user base to 7.67 million, up 4.5% from a year ago, with postpaid subscribers also increasing 85% compared to a year ago. Smartphone subscribers now represent 66% of their postpaid user...

Shaw Go NBA League Pass Launches: Watch Live Games on iPhone, iPad

Shaw Go NBA League Pass is a new iOS app for customers who subscribe to their HD Sports programming package and is currently a free package for the rest of the season for Shaw Friends (customers who subscribe to two or more services). The app is a free download and allows eligible Shaw customers to...

Mailbox: 150,000 Reservations Filled, 50M Emails Delivered in First Week

Mailbox yesterday suffered its first outage and dealt with intermittent issues forcing them to pause their reservations line. The company notes yesterday's outage was related to "infrastructure limits" and they have since lowered the rate at which reservations are filled to help keep service online. The service has since been back up to speed as of...

Rogers President and CEO Nadir Mohamed to Retire in 2014

Rogers announced today current company president and CEO Nadir Mohamed had decided to retire from the company in January of 2014. "Nadir is a highly regarded executive who has delivered strong results and substantial value for more than a decade," said Alan Horn, Chairman of the Board, Rogers Communications Inc. "Thanks to his disciplined and...

The iPad Makes Its Way into Justin Timberlake’s ‘Suit & Tie’ Video

Today Justin Timberlake released his official video to the first single from his upcoming album The 20/20 Experience, set to debut on March 19th. We are well aware of Apple product placements in both movies and television (especially in the new Netflix original series House of Cards) but now we're seeing it in the official...

Detailed: How Apple Controls Its Proprietary Lightning Connectors

It has been widely known Apple's new smaller Lightning connector contains authentication chips within it, but now we have some further details on how the company maintains strict controls over partners within its Made for iPhone (MFi) program. The New York Times shares details from an interview with accessory maker Mophie that sheds some light on the process....

ZAGG iPad Keyboard Sale: 50% Off While Supplies Last

ZAGG is currently offering a 50% off promotion on its Bluetooth keyboards for the iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4 and iPad mini. If you've been contemplating a Bluetooth keyboard for your iPad, this is your chance. Here's are the Bluetooth keyboard models on sale: ZAGGfolio keyboard/case/stand for iPad 2/3/4: $64.99 (regular price $129.99) ZAGGkeys...

WIND Mobile Offers Up to $300 Credit for New Customers Switching Over

WIND Mobile has announced a new promotion to lure over customers from other wireless carriers by offering up to $300 worth of credits based on the monthly plan you choose to sign up with: $20 per month, Unlimited talk and text will receive $100 in savings. $30 per month unlimited data, talk and text will...

Bump Web Update Turns your iPhone into USB Thumb Drive [PICS]

The Bump team has announced an update to the web version of their service to allow users to 'bump' files from their computer (Mac or PC) to iPhone or any other iOS device: Today we are updating the web version of Bump at http://bu.mp to be universally compatible with Bump on iOS and Android.  This...

Apple Aware of iOS 6.1 Passcode Flaw, Says Fix Coming in Update

Earlier today it was revealed a passcode flaw in iOS 6.1 allowed anyone to bypass its security and allow anyone to access contacts, photos and voicemails. AllThingsD received a comment from Apple regarding the exploit: “Apple takes user security very seriously” spokeswoman Trudy Muller told AllThingsD. “We are aware of this issue, and will deliver...

Wunderlist 2 Now a Universal App, Updated with iPad Support

Wunderkinder has announced Wunderlist 2 has been updated to become a universal app that now supports the iPad and iPad mini. Wunderlist 2 for iPad is one super sized update. We’ve now shifted to an all-native universal app for both the iPad and iPhone. What does this mean exactly? Well, we’ve done a lot of...