Stories by Gary Ng

The Globe and Mail has updated their iOS app to bring iPhone 5 support and also some bug fixes and stability improvements. The app has had its moments with crashes in the past but this update seems to work quite well for us. What's New in Version 2.5.1- The app is now optimized for iPhone...

Apple has uploaded a couple new TV ads tonight to their YouTube channel, one called "Orchestra" and another titled "Turkey". Check them out below and tell me what you think: Even when the world gets noisy, iPhone 5 with noise canceling lets you have a better phone call. Here's the ad titled "Turkey": iPhone 5...

Apple board of director Bob Iger has purchased $1 million dollars worth of stock yesterday, as noted in an SEC Form 4 filing. Iger acquired 1600 shares at prices ranging from $562 to $565, for a total worth $1,002,769.80. There are 75 shares held indirectly by his wife. Iger is Disney's CEO and President, and...

With a show of hands: how many of you are the de facto dedicated technical support person for every electronic device that your parents own? If this describes you, the news that Canadian baby boomers are embracing the Internet, new media and mobile devices may come with mixed emotions. Truth be told, it's about time....

According to Apple's wireless support and features page, only TELUS, Rogers and Fido offer carrier supported unlocking for the iPhone. Rogers and Fido introduced iPhone unlocking back in December of 2010 at a charge of $50. TELUS introduced iPhone unlocking this June for $50, but it has since been reduced to $35. Now, it looks like...

According to Bloomberg, another US government agency is ditching RIM's BlackBerry in favour of the iPhone 5 instead (last month, U.S. Customs said they were abandoning BlackBerrys for 18,000 iPhones instead): The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates plane accidents, disclosed its plan to switch to Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone 5 in a document posted...

Time for some more frivolous spending this week as Black Friday is near. Aside from Apple's own Black Friday sale, Walmart and Staples will have some discounts on the iPad and the iPod touch. Here's what you can look forward to… Walmart (via RFD) iPad 2 16GB Wifi - $374 ($25 off) iPod touch 16GB...

This week's Starbucks App Pick of the Week is Sonic the Hedgehog 4, Episode II. The game is regularly priced at $6.99, so this week's free pick definitely has lots of 'value'. The game was rated as the iPhone/iPod game of the year in the 2012 iLounge Buyers Guide. The game features a collaborative play mode...

We had well over 200 entries into our 32GB 5th gen iPod touch giveaway contest, sponsored by Big Fish Games, as part of a promotion to get some buzz about their free Fairway Solitaire game giveaway (which actually is pretty fun). Let's not waste time, the winner of the brand new 5th gen iPod touch...

Square launched their mobile payments in Canada this October, their first expansion market outside of the USA. Now the company has notified us their mobile card reader is now available at retailers in Canada such as Apple, Best Buy and Future Shop. With Square, it allows you to accept credit cards anywhere as the card...

Facebook has started to roll out their Photo Sync feature for iOS users. What is Photo Sync? Here's how Facebook describes the feature: When you turn on photo syncing, your mobile photos will be saved to a private section of your Facebook Photos. You can easily share your synced photos on your timeline from desktop,...

Apple announced this morning AC/DC has made it onto iTunes. This is the first time their entire catalog has been made available digitally online and it's exclusive to iTunes: NEW YORK and CUPERTINO, California—November 19, 2012—Columbia Records and Apple® today announced that AC/DC’s entire catalog is now available digitally for the first time exclusively on...