Stories by Gary Ng

Rogers and CIBC have proudly announced they have performed the first mobile credit card transaction (via Rogers suretap) in Canada using a mobile credit card tied to an NFC-enabled BlackBerry, demonstrated at Tim Hortons with the help of Olympian Simon Whitfield. "We're pleased to make history in mobile commerce in Canada by completing the country's...

Today marks the official launch of the iPad mini and 4th generation iPad in Canada and other launch countries around the world. Early reports have noted line ups haven't been as huge compared to previous iPad launches. Below are a couple images of the Eaton Centre Apple Store in Toronto: …at 5:42AM EDT (via @matthew416): …at...

iFixit and Chipworks have performed teardowns of the latest 4th generation iPad (model A1458), with the latter promising a closer look at the A6X chip die markings in the morning. Here's a close up look at the A6X by Chipworks: iFixit's teardown reveals not a lot has changed internally in the new iPad 4, aside...

Yesterday U.S. carriers turned on their cellphone databases for stolen cellphones, something Canada will yet to have anytime soon:  "The goal is to not only protect the consumer by cancelling the service, but by ultimately protecting the consumer by drying up the after market for stolen phones," said Chris Guttman-McCabe, vice president of regulatory affairs...

This is a quick heads up: if you're in the hunt for some iTunes Card sales, Rexall Drugs will have $25 iTunes Cards on sale for $5 off as long as you show the following coupon, (available from the flyer in-store): Funding your iTunes Account with 20% off iTunes Cards will ensure every single app...

We have all heard stories about young people performing acts of heroism beyond their years in emergency situations in order to save a life. What happens when something happens and the only phone in sight is an iPhone locked with a passcode? Anybody with an iPhone setup to require a passcode has likely noticed the...

The Starbucks Song Pick of the Week this time around is the single 'Guardian' from Alanis Morissette, from her album havoc and bright lights released on August 28th. The song costs $1.29 in iTunes and you have probably heard it on the radio from this Canadian music icon.  Below are some promo codes for you...

Apple released iOS 6.0.1 to the world today for download. Just a quick PSA for those about to update--note this update causes Facebook to crash upon opening the app for a second or two. Reinstalling the app does not fix the problem. Looks like this is a Facebook issue and not iOS issue as it's...

This deal was available in late September, but it's still kicking around as a 'hot deal'. TELUS has 'refreshed' 16GB iPhone 4S units available for $349 in either black or white--contract free. What makes this deal slightly warm is these RFD'ers point out numerous iPhone unlocks on eBay will do the job for roughly $60...

Looks like Rogers has some new unlimited talk, text and 'internet' (their new term for data) plans coming, which they are detailed under a new term "Simplified Pricing", notes MobileSyrup. You can check out the 1GB, 3GB and 5GB plans below that all come with unlimited talk and text: Talk, Text & Internet 1GB:- Unlimited...

As noted by 9to5Mac, Apple has released iOS 6.1 beta to developers just after releasing iOS 6.0.1 publicly. Do note the image below refers to the iPhone 5 as A1428 (GSM for Canada; AT&T in the USA) and A1429 (CDMA for Verizon and others): Release notes aren't available yet so stay tuned for updates.

TELUS has announced the launch of its 4G LTE network in Newmarket and Aurora (with more areas following in the coming months such as Niagara region, Oshawa, Whitby, Brantford and Leamington), part of the company's $280 million investment in the GTA over the next three years: “TELUS is committed to offering the best customer experience...