Stories by Gary Ng

Mobilicity is preparing itself for sale, as today the company announced it had received approval from Ontario court to launch its "restructuring process," possibly preparing for a possible sale. The court orders allow Mobilicity to ask its debt holders to vote on a recapitalization plan and sale plan, both mutually exclusive but being pursued in...

Apple has aired a new TV ad tonight called "Photos Every Day," which focuses on the iPhone 5 and how the camera is used by people around the world. "Every day, more photos are taken with the iPhone than any other camera." This data is taken from Flickr as the three most popular cameras in...

Popular 'read it later' service Instapaper has been sold to Betaworks, the company that currently owns Digg. As detailed by Instapaper founder Marco Arment, Betaworks has acquired a majority stake in the service; rest assured the app and service will continue on into the future: I’m happy to announce that I’ve sold a majority stake...

The free App of the Week this week from Apple is the game Bee Leader (regularly $1.99), previously named part of the 'App Store Best of 2012'. Fly around the world and hover over flowers to collect nectar. Look out for enemies and bad weather! Collect as much nectar as you can before the sun...

Looking for a Retina iPad? Apple.ca has refurbished third generation 16GB iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular models available for $409 in both black and white with free shipping. Refurbished iPad models come with a one year warranty, new outer shell and battery. This price is pretty decent deal considering an equivalent fourth generation model costs $629,...

TELUS is increasing texting rates to the US made from Canada as of May 1st. The rate will increase to $0.40 per message sent, as noted on their website: As of May 1st, the rate for text messages sent from Canada to international locations (now including Canada to US) will be increasing to $0.40/message. Text...

For those thinking of buying an Amazon Kindle, now may be the time as the company has slashed both its regular Kindle and Paperwhite models by $10 in Canada. The Kindle now costs $79 whereas the high resolution front lit Paperwhite is now $129. Amazon launched the Kindle ebook stores last December in Canada, which...

WWDC 2013 dates were announced yesterday by Apple, set to take place from June 10-14. Tickets are now on sale as noted by Apple yesterday, at the cost of $1,599 USD each. Important info is below: Eligibility To buy a ticket, you must be a member of the iOS Developer Program, iOS Developer Enterprise Program,...

Apple last month noted on its Supplier Responsibility page its January and February Supplier Work-Hour Compliance for had reached 99% in its efforts to ensure tracked employees are working no more than the required hours per week. This morning Apple has updated its page to indicate the company now tracks an average of more than...

Earlier this evening the City of Cupertino posted updated plans for the Apple Campus 2 Project, Apple's new 'spaceship' campus. Apple last submitted plans back in November of last year and a Bloomberg report at the time noted the timeline would be delayed until mid-2016. The revised plan in the introduction submittal details an increase in...

According to a report by Bloomberg Businessweek, Amazon is reportedly making its own set-top box to stream from its Video on Demand store, essentially rivalling Apple TV and other similar products: Amazon is making e-readers and tablets and will likely soon introduce a smartphone. As it works to build all types of connected devices, that...

Student iOS developers, listen up. You can apply for a WWDC 2013 Student Scholarship starting April 29th at 9AM PDT. This annual scholarship is where Apple will award up to 150 WWDC tickets (valued at $1,599 each) to students who apply and are eligible to attend the conference, announced this morning to take place from...