Stories by Gary Ng

CNET reports Starbucks will soon digitize its free Pick of the Week cards, to allow downloads via the iOS app and in-store Wi-Fi. Starbucks has worked with Apple to expand its Pick of the Week program and finally allow for application and book downloads through its iOS application and in-store Wi-Fi network, the coffee company...

The creator of the Apple's famous retail stores, Ron Johnson, quit the company back in November of 2011 to take up a position as CEO at J.C. Penney. At the time, Johnson was quoted as saying he had always dreamed of the CEO position at a major retail outlet. He also said he was excited...

If you've been waiting for an iTunes Card sale, head over to Future Shop and Best Buy as both companies currently are offering 20% off all cards priced $50 or higher in-store. So eligible cards include their $50 cards, $60 multipacks and $100 cards. After the discount, the prices work out to $40, $48 and...

Blacks Photography has announced it now carries cellphones from Koodo, and as part of the launch celebration they are offering a $150 VISA gift card to any new TELUS/Koodo tab activations or 2-3 year term contracts. Prepaid is not eligible for this promo. Blacks confirmed with us the iPhone 5 is eligible on this offer...

Comwave has announced a new version of their ePhone app for iOS customers to allow iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users to make free VoIP calls to Canada and the USA, along with receiving telephone calls as the app provides users with free local numbers. After launching an Android version of the app last fall, an...

TELUS this morning has announced the expansion of its 4G LTE network in Summerside, PEI and a separate launch in North Bay, Ontario. The company notes its 4G LTE network now "covers more than 70 per cent of the Canadian population across approximately 170 markets," which works out to roughly 24 million people. Below are...

Last month Marvel and comiXology teamed up to give away over 700 of their number one issues as part of a promotion at SXSW. These issues normally are $1.99-$3.99 so of course the demand crushed servers and comiXology's CEO paused the promo to only say it would continue at a later date. Earlier this morning...

More rumours point to WhatsApp once again being in talks to be acquired, this time according to a report from Digital Trends (via AppleInsider). The site notes the popular cross-platform messaging app is in negotiations with Google on determining prices for an acquisition: Messaging app WhatsApp is in the negotiating phase over prices with Google in what...

It's that time again for the premier major on the PGA Tour--The Masters. TSN has announced once again the TSN Masters app for iPhone and iPad will stream live feeds from Augusta National starting April 8th. This year marks the first time ever TSN and Global will pool resources to produce original highlights both before...

Here's an old tip but came up over discussion on the weekend. How do you mark all your messages as read within Mail on iOS in one quick swoop, instead of tapping messages individually? There is a trick, that was originally discovered on reddit, which appears to be a glitch as it doesn't seem like...

Last month Koodo offered a promo where we saw double the voice minutes and data on most plans. For this month, a similar promo now offers double the minutes only until the 30th. As you can see below their Canada-wide data plans and Canada-wide talk and text plans are showing twice as many minutes than...

This week's free App of the Week from Apple is one your children will enjoy. Toca Tailor (normally priced at $2.99) allows you to design and style four cute characters with various clothes and accessories. The app is made for kids aged 4 years and up. Time to get busy with those design skills! With...