Stories by Gary Ng

Canadians have started to receive their iPad mini shipment notifications that include a UPS tracking number. Pre-orders took place on Friday, October 26th and the notifications below note they left Apple on the 28th. Although shipment notifications note a "receive it" date of November 6th, do note Apple previously posted their iPad mini delivery estimate...

Apple filed their 10-K this afternoon to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). The report is required by law to be submitted within 60 days after the end of a fiscal year (Apple recently announced their 2012 Q4 earnings) and also contains more detailed info compared to regular annual reports. Here are some detailed numbers...

This was expected (based on earlier Apple product launches) but we've just received confirmation from sources Future Shop and Best Buy stores will be opening at 8AM (local time) this Friday (regular opening hours are 10AM), November 2nd for the iPad mini and 4th gen iPad launch. Our tipsters note a recent meeting detailed the...

Yesterday's round up of iPad mini reviews revealed the iPad mini does indeed have stereo speakers, as noted in reviews from The Verge: All of the standard iPad button and switch placement is intact here, save for the move of the speaker grille to the bottom of the device (it's been around back for iPads...

Trusted opinions regarding the iPad Mini, like those coming from John Gruber over at Daring Fireball, are starting to roll in and the news doesn't seem great... unless you read all the way to the end. (more…)

So the iPhone 5 has done quite well for itself. Big surprise. It's about to do a whole lot better. According to sources in Apple's supply chain, Digitimes claims shipments of key components (required to build the iPhone 5,) will be increased to 13-14 million units in November and 16-18 million units come December (that's a...

The to do app Clear launched with immense hype back in February (check out this HTML5 replica) due to its innovative and simplistic interface. The app was very easy to use but one problem made me stop using the app--the lack of cloud syncing for to do notes. I got tired of always having to...

Loren Brichter, the founder of Atebits, has announced his new iOS word game Letterpress has surpassed 15 million words played already and has hit #1 spot in the App Store under word games: In less than a week, we've blasted past 15 million words played! It has inspired a new form of poetry. And even...

A couple days ago we saw a first look at an Angry Birds: Star Wars with Luke and Leia gameplay trailer. Today, Rovio has posted another gameplay trailer for their upcoming game set to launch on November 8th, but this time it's R2-D2 and C-3PO. Check it out below: Yesterday, Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4...

Looks like iPad mini Smart Cover deliveries have arrived in Canada head of Friday's launch. The new cover retails for $45 (online availability shows shipping in 1-2 days) and comes in a variety of colours including (PRODUCT) RED. Below is a picture sent in via @ferrarif1: Yesterday, the first iPad mini and 4th gen iPad...

Apple's iTunes Connect has sent out a message to iOS developers to notify them of two new App Store marketing badges along with new product images of the iPhone 5 and 5th generation iPod touch to use when displaying apps (the iPad mini is absent though): We are excited to announce two new App Store...

The embargo has been lifted on iPad mini reviews. The new 7.9 inch tablet is set to launch in numerous countries this Friday, November 2nd and it includes Canada. The first reviews have hit the web, here's a round up of what's out there so far so check them out: The Loop TIME Tech The...