Stories by Gary Ng

Have you been considering an iPad or iPad mini lately? Here's your chance to save some money, as Staples Canada currently has a $50 off coupon on all tablets over $299, which ends today. We confirmed with the company this also applies to the iPad and iPad mini, so that means the Wi-Fi 16GB iPad...

Rogers has announced this morning its suretap NFC mobile payment has expanded to Android and BlackBerry 10 models, as these mobile operating systems have been approved to use suretap apps. The following phones will be eligible: BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900, BlackBerry® Curve™ 9360, BlackBerry® Bold™ 9790 and BlackBerry® Z10 models LG Optimus G Samsung Galaxy S...

More and more battery pack chargers are being released for the iPhone 5, and the latest Kickstarter project, the iKit NuCharge aims to take them into a different direction. It's a lighter and thinner case compared to the Mophie Juice Pack, and the company claims its higher capacity battery will charge your iPhone to 100%....

There's been a lot of debate back and forth, a war of words over the state of Canada's wireless industry recently. First, we had Ottawa professor Michael Geist share his thoughts on why the wireless market in Canada remained "woefully uncompetitive", a response to Scotia Capital's report set to dispel myths about the wireless industry....

For those looking for protection for their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, MacBook or any other electronics, ZAGG has launched a Buy One Get One (BOGO) promo today. So that means any invisibleSHIELD ordered will include an equal or lesser value shield for free. Definitely sounds like a good idea to stock up on some protection...

First reported by CNBC, Adobe's Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Lynch, has left the company to join Apple, TNW confirms. Adobe provided the following statement regarding Lynch: “Kevin Lynch, Adobe CTO, is leaving the company effective March 22 to take a position at Apple.  We will not be replacing the CTO position; responsibility for technology development...

Earlier today, Apple released iOS 6.1.3 to address the passcode lockscreen bypass bug, along with some map fixes for Japan. Part of the update includes numerous security fixes, which Apple has credited four of them to the Evad3rs jailbreak team, as noted by @MuscleNerd: https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/status/314073229268496384 Apple also released an Apple TV 5.2.1 update today that...

Last year Rogers launched their Device Protection plans in November, and today the company has informed us Fido Device Protection has similarly launched. The protection package service includes the following: Device Protection Phone Finder and Anti-theft Fido TechXpert service The monthly costs associated for the service are as follows: $8 for Fido TechXpert service, $10...

The mobile payment system Square Canada launched back in October of 2012 and so far has proved to be quite popular, with activations and average transactions higher compared to its US counterpart. Square, as you may recall, is the company backed by Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey. Five months into the Canadian market, their first international...

Apple has released iOS 6.1.3 which contains improvements and some bug fixes, in particular the lock screen passcode flaw which enabled access to the phone app. Other fixes include improvements to maps for Japan. This looks to be a minor upgrade, no word on whether battery improvements are included but we'll find out soon enough....

Don Melton, a former manager at Apple that helped create the Safari web browser has again chimed in to share his knowledge of what really goes on at Apple. This time, he adds further credibility to the recent report by Ars Technica that concluded 'fake' projects for new hires to test loyalty do not happen. Melton reiterated...

Who still uses instant messaging? There are some all-in-one apps out there that support multiple services, but for those that only want to use Google Talk, SHAPE (the makers of IM+) has launched Chat for GTalk today, available for the iPhone and iPad. There's no sign up required to use this app--just use your Google...