Stories by Gary Ng

Squarespace Note: A Slick App for Simple Notetaking with Sync Options [FREE]

Squarespace let us know about a new app they've launched called Squarespace Note. Essentially it's a quick notetaking app that allows you to send notes to various locations quickly and easily with the swipe of your finger. The interface is extremely-well designed and is very intuitive. You launch the app and there's an animated demo...

Sherway Gardens Apple Store Grand Reopening: Sat., Oct. 27th

Toronto's Sherway Gardens Apple Store is having a grand re-opening this Saturday, October 27th at 9:30am. Apple has notified customers on its website and via email of the new redesigned store: The redesigned Apple Store, Sherway Gardens, is opening soon, and it’s bigger and better than ever. You’ll find more Apple products to test-drive and...

Conan O’Brien Explains Why You Need an iPad Mini [VIDEO]

Conan O'Brien puts his spin on what he calls the latest iPad mini commercial, which he thinks "is condescending." I don't know if it's true or not...um...but we're going to pre-order the iPad mini this Friday. Check out the video below: Thanks Conan. You made it clearer for the rest of us! We all should...

Canadian Yellow Pages Gets iPhone 5 Update and Various Improvements

The Canadian Yellow Pages app has been updated to support the iPhone 5's larger screen, and also gains a plethora of new features and improvements: - Support for iPhone 5 - Updated design of homepage to be more clear on search types (business, person or reverse phone number look up) - Perform reverse number look...

Apple Debuts 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro TV Ad: “Colors”

This evening Apple uploaded a new TV ad to its YouTube channel to showcase the new 13" Retina MacBook Pro. Titled "Colors", the ad depicts the slowly rotating new Retina MacBook and the narrator highlights the Retina Display that is for "the pro in all of us". Surprisingly, the video description is empty. Check it...

Starbucks Song Pick of the Week: Ben Gibbard Single [Promo Codes]

This week at Starbucks, their free Song Pick of the Week is a single from American indie rock musician Ben Gibbard. The song "Teardrop Windows" is from the new album Former Lives released just over a week ago. The song is regularly priced at $0.99 and just under three minutes long. Here are 19 promo codes...
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Another Casualty of Twitter’s API Rules: The News.me App

Are you a fan of the social news service News.me? If so, I'm about to be the bearer of bad news. Twitter's ever-tightening API rules have claimed yet another victim. For those that don't know about News.me, it is best described as a news "curator", which used complex algorithms to pull in news stories based...

CardSwap Launches Passbook Support for Gift Card Purchases

CardSwap has announced it has launched Passbook support for its online gift card marketplace. The service is described as follows: CardSwap allows you to buy the gift cards you want for every day purchases, and sell the ones you don't for cash. With every purchase or sale, you will earn SwapPoints. CardSwap's founder Frances Ho...

Rumour: Unlocked iPhone 5 Sales to Hit Apple Stores in Late November

The launch of the iPhone 5 this year brought changes as factory unlocked units were only available for order online and not in-store. This change was unannounced by Apple but we exclusively told you about it prior to the launch, which Apple later confirmed with us. Now, our source that initially told us about the...

Rogers 2012 Q3: 707K Smartphone Activations, iPhone 5 Increased Expenses

Rogers announced its 2012 Q3 financial results this morning, which generated a total operating revenue of $3.17 billion and an adjusted $495 million in net income. Canada's largest wireless carrier noted they activated 707,000 smartphones, with 36% of these being new customers. 76,000 net postpaid customers were added, and their ARPU (average revenue per user)...