Stories by Gary Ng

WIND Mobile has announced a deal where its parent company Orascom Telecom will own an indirect 99.3% interest in the company, making it the first fully foreign-owned wireless carrier in Canada. Industry Canada recently removed restrictions for foreign investment for telecoms with less than 10 percent market share. Orascom is backed by its parent company,...

According to a report by Reuters, Apple CEO Tim Cook was ordered by Judge Lucy Koh to give a deposition in an ongoing antitrust case, which alleges numerous Silicon Valley companies colluded to not poach each other's employees: At a hearing in San Jose, California federal court on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh also...

Yesterday evening Temple Run 2 hit the App Store and in mere hours after its launch, the game has vaulted into the top spot under free apps. The sequel to the original classic hit is the brainchild from indie developer Imangi Studios, led by a husband and wife team. For Temple Run 2, the core...

TechCrunch notes Apple has launched a new section for Newsstand called "Read Them Here First" which allows Hearst magazines to be available on iOS before print or other digital subscriptions. Currently, there are 20 titles available in the Canadian App Store with top magazines such as Car and Driver, Cosmopolitan, O, and Popular Mechanics. This...

Popular file sharing app Bump has been updated to share files from Dropbox, which builds on its former update to introduce file sharing for videos, audio files, and documents on your iOS device. What's also great about Bump is the ability to quickly share photos to your computer web browser by visiting http://bu.mp. How to setup...

Northwestel has announced its modernization plans to spend $233 million over five years to expand its wireless, DSL and cable infrastructure to northern communities: “We have developed a modernization plan that delivers for our communities,” said Paul Flaherty, President and Chief Executive Officer at Northwestel. “In addition to supplying more northern communities with enhanced services,...

AllThingsD reports Instagram has released monthly active user data for the first time (instead of just revealing registered users, which were at 100 million in December). Currently, there are 90 million monthly active users posting 40 million pictures per day. The numbers were posted to Instagram's press page: Even with some users 'revolting' over the company's...

The Financial Post details the business moves made by Rogers CEO, Nadir Mohamed, and how his key decisions have affected the company, since he took up the position four years ago. Recently, Rogers announced it had made a $700 million deal with Shaw to acquire Mountain Cablevision and the latter's unused wireless spectrum (Rogers also...

Rogers has announced it has become the first carrier in North America to offer LTE roaming to its customers. The bilateral LTE roaming agreement has led to a partnership with 3 Hong Kong, enabling Rogers customers traveling to the city with a 2600MHz device to roam on LTE: “Rogers was the first carrier to launch...

If you love your Angry Birds then you'll be pleased to know Angry Birds Rio is currently a free download in the App Store today. The game was released back in March of 2011 as part of a collaboration with 20th Century Fox to promote the animation film, Rio. Both the regular and HD versions are...

Artist André Luis Moreira (almanimation) has shared his concept vision for iOS 7 on The Verge forums. The concept focuses on the implementation of a customizable 'Quick Settings' panel for users to access system settings. A new 'App Flow Multitasker' beefs up the iOS multitasking tray, as now users will see a preview screenshot of...

It appears Virgin Mobile is set to revamp their monthly plans next week starting next week according to MobileSyrup, which notes they will three tiered "Rockstar Plans" appropriately named Silver, Gold and Platinum: The Silver plans are equivalent to the basic “Choice” talk & text plans ($20-$45/month) and will see $150 off any phone. The...