Stories by Gary Ng

6 Wunderkinder has announced on their blog Wunderlist 2 will arrive in time for Christmas and be available for the iPhone, Mac, Web, Android and Windows. The next version of this popular and free to-do app will be completely revamped from the ground up, featuring a new user interface and better Retina display support: Wunderlist...

Apple has updated their 12 Days of Christmas iOS app which will offer a variety of free iTunes media downloads starting December 26th. The free app is available for download in Canada. Last year's iTunes 12 Days of Christmas was a partnership between Canada.com web properties but this year it appears downloads will appear within...

iPad mini shipping times have improved and shipping times are now at one week in both Canada and the US. Apple continues to ramp up its supply chain for the holidays and this move is in line with the company's promise to ship your iPad mini by Christmas day if you order before December 4th...

A few days ago Judge Judy Koh ruled the Apple-HTC settlement agreement details would not sealed (minus the pricing and royalty rates) from public view. Originally Apple and HTC agreed to show Samsung a redacted version of the agreement but U.S. court Judge Paul Grewal overruled and offered the entire document available for attorneys-eyes-only. Now,...

Chipworks has performed a systems analysis of Apple's Lightning to USB cable and how it communicates when it is inserted into the iPhone 5. They first document the four die found within the Lightning cable: NXP SP3D2 STMicroelectronics USB2A Texas Instruments BQ2025 Unknown manufacturer with markings identified as 4S (functionality is known) Back in October,...

Bell has extended the sports content of Bell Mobile TV by announcing the addition of NBA TV Canada and NBA on TSN: "Bell Mobile TV's addition of non-stop basketball action from NBA TV Canada and NBA on TSN means keeping up with your favourite sports, anytime, anywhere, just got better," said Wade Oosterman, President of...

The MacUpdate 2012 Winter Bundle is now here, which consists of 12 popular Mac apps for just $49.99 (a savings of over $500). Data Rescue: $99 Live Interior 3D Pro (Bonus for early buyers only!) Espresso 2: $75 Snapz Pro: $69.00 TotalFinder: $18.00 TotalSpaces: $15.00 Mac DVD Ripper Pro 4: $24.95 PopChar X6: $38.00 MoneyWell...

Before you commit to that big iPhone upgrade, you may want to consider what happens when you're withered, old, and gray. Or so says Scott Hannah, the executive director of Credit Counselling Society, a Vancouver-based firm. He is asking Canadians the question: are we spending too much of our income on technology? Spending that is...

According to video tracker Visible Measures (via AllThingsD), the most popular tech ad of 2012 goes to Samsung's Galaxy S III ad mocking Apple users waiting in line for the iPhone 5 (earlier ads debuted during the Super Bowl; a similar ad debuted in 2011 mocking iPhone 4S buyers): Samsung tops the list in 2012 with...

TAG (Taxi Assigned by Geolocation) taxi first hit the streets of Montreal back in May of this year and had future plans to expand to other Canadian cities. That has now happened as the smartphone taxi app service has announced its launch in the Greater Toronto Area: Thanks to agreements with several taxi companies, TAG...

Starbucks revealed some interesting mobile stats yesterday at their biennial Investor Conference (via ZDNET), where it introduced its accelerated global growth plans. When it comes to mobile transactions, 2.1 million are made per week, which also help move lines faster and increase sales velocity. There are a total of 7 million active mobile users and hundreds of...

CNET reports (via MacRumors) Apple has yet to make any progress on its rumoured streaming radio service, as sources tell them no major deals have been made yet. The details were included at the end of a story focused on Pandora: The rumors continue to swirl but multiple music industry sources have told CNET in recent...