Stories by Gary Ng

Apparently Tim Cook wasn't playing around when he said employees would be "working non-stop" to improve Apple Maps. The application has thousands of errors varying from missing streets and imagery, blurry imagery, and more. Now just weeks after these issues went public, Apple has quickly addressed a few of them, according to user reports. 9To5Mac is...

Today marks the third-week that the iPhone 5 has been selling on the market. Availability of the phone is hard to find these days, with Apple's online website indicating estimated shipping dates three-to-four weeks from today. The issues aren't directly related to the rate of production, rather the heap of supplies made available for Foxconn to produce...

We've covered how the Nokia Lumia 920 would fare against the iPhone 5 and also looked at camera shootouts involving the next big phone from the Finnish company. This latest Windows Phone 8 device is set to challenge the iPhone 5 with its impressive camera and video capabilities. Today, Nokia and Rogers announced the latter...

Justin and I are back in episode 51 of The iPhone Podcast, recapping the the iPhone 5 keynote and discussing what we thought was mind-blowing. You can download the standalone MP3 link here. Subscribe to the podcast via: iTunes | Instacast | RSS You can also listen to the episode from your iOS device below, or right from your browser.

A year ago one of the most fascinating and influential men of our time passed away. Steve Jobs changed the way we lived our lives. We wouldn't be here if it weren't for Apple and the iPhone. Rest in peace, my friend. Here are two videos to watch that will inspire you on this day....

It would be a challenge to find an iPhone that doesn't contain at least one Zynga game, so it seems a little difficult to believe that the company is losing money instead of swimming in it. Late Thursday, the well-known company indicated that they will be reporting a third-quarter loss due in large part to...

Hard to believe it's Thursday already, eh? That also means it's time for another free App Pick of the Week from Apple. This week the adventure game LostWinds is the free download. You might recall this was one of the free Starbucks app picks back in May, so if you missed it then you can...

For those looking to stock up on iTunes Gift cards, Future Shop has $50 cards for $10 off starting tomorrow, on sale at $40. These cards periodically go on sale at both Future Shop, Best Buy and other retailers. They can be used to fund your iTunes Account for purchases in the App Store, Mac...

Target is set to open retail stores in Canada next year (most in former Zellers locations) and today they have announced a partnership with Burnaby-based GLENTEL to operate their mobile stores. The latter is Canada's largest independent multi-carrier mobile phone retailer, with current stores such as Wireless Wave and Tbooth Wireless. "We are proud to be...

For Metro Vancouver commuters of the new Port Mann Bridge, PayByPhone has introduced a new tolling feature to its app to allow you to seamlessly pay your toll, coming in December of this year: By simply opting a vehicle in for tolling on the account profile page the driver will automatically receive an SMS every...

Yesterday Starbucks updated its iPhone app to add Passbook functionality but it did not include Canada (eh?!). As of writing, our American brothers and sisters are having so much fun using Passbook to pay for their lattes and frappuccinos while we have to slum it at Tim Horton's. Well, that's about to change. Looks like...

A while back there was some concern developers would not have access to the new improved lowlight capabilities of the iPhone 5's camera. Specifically, the camera app itself would allow up to ISO 3200, but third party apps were limited to ISO 800. It was eventually discovered developers did indeed have access to this higher...