Stories by Gary Ng

Starwood Hotels and Resorts has updated their SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest) iPhone app with support for the iPhone 5 and Passbook integration for your member account. Now, you can see your member number, Starpoints balance, and other relevant information right within Passbook. What's New in Version 3.2 - Integration for Passbook is here! You can...

TELUS has offered a $60/month Canada-wide unlimited plan with 5GB of data to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Here's what's included: Unlimited nationwide calling 5GB of shareable data Unlimited SMS/MMS Caller ID, Voicemail 3, Call waiting, Conference calling (iPhone visual voicemail is $5/month extra) $60/month Additionally, a similar plan is available for $55/month but it only includes...

A couple days ago ScoreMobile for iOS changed its name to theScore, as part of the new Score Digital, after Rogers bought out theScore's television network in August (Rogers owns a 10% stake in the Score Digital). The Globe and Mail has a story covering the ambitions of the new digital company, which looks to...

LTE iPad mini pre-orders have started arriving this week in Canada, and now Apple retail stores are finally selling the cellular versions. This was confirmed by iPhone in Canada reader Rick, who was able to purchase an LTE iPad mini yesterday from the Pacific Centre Apple Store in Vancouver. Calls to the store have confirmed...

To celebrate 40 years of the iconic game Pong, Atari has announced the launch Pong World on iOS. The game was part of a $50,000 developer contest to see who could make the best rendition of the legendary game, and zGames beat out the rest. In commemoration of Atari and PONG’s 40th anniversary, one of...

According to a report from Digitimes, Apple is possibly seeking a third supplier for iPad mini panels as low shipments have occurred due to low yield rates coming from Taiwan's AU Optronics: LG Display (LGD) and AUO have both been pinpointed as the main panel suppliers for Apple's iPad mini as of October 2012. However,...

Apple's new iMacs were made available for ordering tonight in Canada and the USA, but our friends down under in Australia and Japan got early dibs on the new redesigned iMac. The first unboxing, teardown and Geekbench scores have now hit the web. Over at BrandonHitTech (via MacRumors), they have unboxed the new 21.5" iMac....

Three days ago Apple let the world know their new iMacs would be available on Friday (except the 27" model). Just shortly after midnight tonight (PST) Apple made the new iMacs available for ordering online. The 21.5" model shows availability in 1-3 business days and is also available at retail stores. The 27" model is...

Apple retail stores in Canada have started selling unlocked iPhone 5 units in store as of today. First tipped off by the venerable @reneritchie, and confirmed ourselves by calling into the Pacific Centre Apple Store, you can now buy unlocked iPhone 5 models in store. Our sources from earlier had noted back in late October stores...

Canada had factory unlocked iPhone 5 units available for pre-order from the start, unlike our American neighbours down south. Finally it appears our friends in the US finally can get an unlocked iPhone 5 as Apple.com has now made them widely available. Unlocked iPhone 5 pricing is actually $50 cheaper than Canada starting at $649...

Staples has a 20% off sale on $30 iTunes Card multipacks, a savings of $6 which brings the price down to $24, as stated in their weekly flyer. The sale started yesterday and is available until December 4th. This pack contains three cards at $10 increments so they will make the perfect stocking stuffer. By...

Earlier today Microsoft announced its pricing for the higher end Surface Pro tablet: In January, Surface with Windows 8 Pro will be available in two versions and pricing will start at $899: 64GB standalone version at $899 128GB standalone version at $999 Both versions will both include a Surface pen with Palm Block technology and...