Stories by Gary Ng

Kijiji for iPhone Updated with Province Search, iPad App in the Works

The Kijiji iPhone app recently was updated to bring support to search across provinces and the ability to sort results by date, price or distance. Also, the app now can use your location to locate items for sale near you. The app also has iPhone 5 screen support (even though its iTunes web preview still...

Apple Releases Statement on Greenlight Capital Cash Proposal

Earlier today Greenlight Capital urged Apple to return more of its $137 billion cash war chest back to investors, with president and co-founder David Einhor saying "Apple must examine all of its options to unlock the growing value of its balance sheet for all shareholders." In response, Apple has just pushed a response to Greenlight Capital...

AirPort Utility for iOS and Mac Updated, Brings Extended Guest Wi-Fi

Apple has released updates for its AirPort Utility app for iOS and on OS X. The new update for the iOS app brings the following new features such as extending your guest Wi-Fi networks and the option to add a WPS Wi-Fi printer: What's New in Version 1.2 This update contains improvements and bug fixes,...

Mailbox Hits the App Store, Reservations Start Filling

Mailbox has hit the App Store and the company has announced they have started rolling out reservations for their email app. They recently made reservations available for their new age email app, as part of a plan to ensure the service remains up and doesn't get crushed due to demand. Mailbox says as more reservations...

TalkTo Launches in Canada: Text Businesses Questions, Get Answers

TalkTo is a clever service aimed to eliminate calling businesses to get answers, but rather text them instead. There's nothing worse than waiting on the line to get a specific question answered, such as business hours (if they're not listed on the web, for example). The service today has officially launched in Canada. “Texting businesses should...

BlackBerry Z10 Launch Sold Record Number of Units Says Rogers

Rogers has announced the BlackBerry Z10 launch was their most successful BlackBerry debut in their history. Here are some other stats they sent to us: We have sold more BlackBerry smartphones on February 5th 2013 than any other day in Rogers history (Rogers was the first carrier to launch BlackBerry services in 1999). Rogers BlackBerry...

Fido $40 Promo Plan: Unlimited Long Distance, Texting, 5PM Evenings, 200MB

Fido has introduced a new $40 per month promo plan that offers the following: Unlimited SMS/MMS, both local and international 150 day time minutes Unlimited 5pm evenings and weekends Unlimited Canada-wide long distance Call display, mini voicemail (up to 3 messages of 3 minutes each, saved up to 3 days) 200MB of data Fido also recently...

Competition Bureau on Draft Wireless Code: Ban Locked Phones, Limit Contracts

The Competition Bureau has submitted its suggestions to the CRTC in its demand for feedback regarding the draft wireless code, published late Wednesday: The Bureau believes that discouraging the creation of switching costs that tend to reduce customer mobility, and effectively encouraging the provision of sufficient information to enable informed consumer choice, will allow Canadians...

Twitter for iOS Updated with Improved Search and Discover

Twitter has released an update to its iOS app with improvements to searches and the Discover tab, which enables you to see the latest trending topics and tweets. Other additions include links opening instantly when tapped and also performance updates which will help those with older iOS devices. What's New in Version 5.3 Instantly access...

Evasi0n 1.1 Download Released with Bug Fixes

Just two days after the public release of evasi0n 1.0, the @evad3rs jailbreak team has released evasion 1.1 for download to address numerous bug fixes. Users had reported dealing with issues such as time zone errors, a crashing weather app and long reboots. @Planetbeing noted everything within evasi0n 1.1 is already in Cydia and if...

Apple Remains Top U.S. Smartphone Maker says comScore

According to the latest comScore MobiLens report for the three month period ending in December 2012, Apple has remained the top U.S. smartphone maker while Android remains the top smartphone platform. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 36.3 percent (up 2%) of smartphone subscribers in the U.S. (which stands at 125.9 million), up 2...

Apple Releases iOS 6.1.1 Beta for Developers

Just over a week after iOS 6.1 was released publicly, Apple has released iOS 6.1.1 (build  10B311) for developers and it includes some map improvements for Japan. The release notes share the following: Improved pronunciation of roads during turn-by-turn navigation Optimized directions to more strongly prefer highways over narrower roads Now indicates upcoming toll roads during...