Stories by Gary Ng

ScoreMobile has received an update today, which has changed its name to theScore. The awesome sports app also now brings optimized support for the iPad and iPad mini, in both landscape and portrait modes. Also included today is better social sharing support to Twitter and Facebook. What's New in Version 3.5 • ScoreMobile is now...

The taxi app Hailo has partnered with Molson Coors Canada to give away $1 million dollars worth of taxi fares for the upcoming holiday season in Toronto, part of a campaign to ensure people get home safe for the holidays. “At Hailo, we make it easy to get home from any holiday gathering – allowing...

RIM has yet another battle on its hands, this time coming from Nokia. Back in 2003, RIM licensed wireless patents from Nokia, assuming the WLAN standard was included. In Nokia's eyes, this was not the case and the Finnish company has now asked a court in California to enforce its arbitration award and ban BlackBerry...

According to a new survey, Canadians are more addicted to our smartphones than we think. WIND Mobile conducted the national survey on November 21-22 (from 1501 Angus Reid Forum panel members) and here is what they discovered from cellphone owners aged 18-34, on what they would give up before their smartphones: 37% of say they would...

If you're a fan of Angry Birds Star Wars, be prepared for Episode V: Hoth, as it's being released tomorrow. Rovio uploaded a new teaser trailer earlier this morning to showcase the new episode. Angry Birds Star Wars has dominated the iOS charts worldwide as this latest installment of the bird-flinging game has captured the hearts...

Earlier, we told you how Microsoft Windows Phone has launched a series of attack ads targeting the iPhone 5, one of the most popular smartphones available. Now, it appears Microsoft's search engine Bing the iPhone 5 is more popular than we probably think it is. According to a blog post by the Bing Team yesterday (via...

Windows Phone has launched a series of ongoing ads targeting the iPhone 5 (and Android), with spokesperson 'Ben' attempting to convince users why their existing iPhone is just not good enough. At the end of all the commercials, participants get a free Windows Phone. Below are a series of videos touting the Windows Phone 8X,...

You have heard about Fido's popular $57 unlimited plan (it now includes 2GB of data), which is only good for customers on monthly or 2 year terms. It meant the iPhone 5 was excluded since a three year term is required for the latest iPhone on a subsidized price. But that has now changed. Available today...

Rdio has launched version 2.0 of its iOS app and it comes with an all-new design. The company tells us the new design "faster, sleeker and easier to use". The new design sets to match its desktop and web interfaces with a clean and minimal design. There's also a new remote control feature to allow...

Bloomberg reports Apple has reportedly fired the manager in charge of its map app, after its debut resulted in a major snafu, which also resulted in the disposal of iOS chief Scott Forstall: Apple Inc. has fired the manager responsible for its troubled mapping software, seeking to win back the trust of users disappointed after...

Nintendo has hit hard times as the proliferation of cheap and instant-on smartphone titles such as Angry Birds have taken away their piece of the gaming pie. The company will not release titles to iOS (we're still hoping for Mario one day), but a while back they launched their first paid iOS app, Pokedex, released by a developer studio...

iPad mini pre-orders took place on October 26th and a couple days later all pre-orders had sold out. While most iPad mini pre-orders have arrived (including white models), LTE orders were still slated for 'late November' as explained by Apple. This morning, LTE iPad mini pre-orders have finally shipped in Canada, as seen below in...