Stories by Gary Ng

Famed Canadian iOS hacker Ryan Petrich has managed to port Google Maps over to iOS 6, and previewed the early version on YouTube. Here's what Petrich had to say in his video description: Preview of the old Google Maps application from iOS5.1 and earlier running on an iPhone 3G S updated to iOS 6.0 Still...

For those that ordered an unlocked iPhone 5 from the Apple Online store last week but didn't make the first pre-order (they sold out in an hour and quickly moved to a 2 week estimated delivery date), it looks like the next batch of orders have started to ship with shorter than expected wait times....

Even though the iPhone 5 was met with incredible fanfare at our 'Big 3' wireless carriers, one analysts believes the new phone will not drive growth in the short term. This is due to the massive subsidies Rogers, Telus and Bell have to pay out for customers upgrading or renewing contracts to the new iPhone....

With iOS 6 there is a flood of 'hidden' features that you may be unaware of. We recently revealed a guided access tip and we will now reveal how to set your alarm tone to the music within your own library. It's a feature that Apple has been bugged to add for years; users even began...

After many months of waiting, Koodo is finally lighting up many popular Canadian cities with their recently launched LTE network. Koodo hinted that LTE was coming on September 21st via their Twitter account, but they never made an official announcement on their website. Koodo will be using the LTE coverage of Telus, its parent company. This ultimately means that...

The iPhone 5 officially launched yesterday in Canada. You either waited patiently for your factory unlocked iPhone from Apple at the door like a dog, or you dealt with Rogers, Telus, Bell and their dealers to get access to the new phone. With the huge influx of activations, systems were overwhelmed but some carriers fared...

The iPhone 5 public release was yesterday, and that means millions of older model iPhones are being sold or trashed. One specific site benefiting from the situation is Kijiji, Canada's go-to website when it comes to local classified advertisements. Hot off the heels of the iPhone announcement, they launched an iPhone 5 landing page, in-which resulted in a 90-percent traffic...

Apple has uploaded new TV ads, with three of them for the iPhone 5 and one for the new EarPods. The ads were uploaded to their YouTube channel just over 25 minutes ago. Check them out below and tell me which is your favourite: "Physics": The iPhone 5 is here. The biggest and tallest yet...

just a quick note for Fido users--monthly plans have been updated on their website to include double the data and $5 off the Standard Plans. So that means the Smart plans (Max Plans) now have 1GB-2GB of data for the various plans. Note the addition of the $55 plan, which did not exist when these...

Did you just pick up your iPhone 5? Were you able to activate it? Anyways, one of the first things you should consider is installing some sort of protection on your new phone. Earlier today we noted people complaining the back part of the aluminum can be scratched easily. By installing a protective film such...

Ouch, earlier we reported that the iPhone 5 rear-casing may be vulnerable to scratches. Since then, iFixit has released a video to prove just how easily the device could be scratched. Melissa Jenna of iFixit and her 2-year older daughter presented some real-world situations of how the iPhone 5 could be scratched. With minimal power, the 2-year old...

Our own Kris Meador (@meadorsmusings) in Edmonton got his iPhone 5 nice and early. So of course the natural thing to do would be to film an unboxing video for those still on the fence. Check out his unlocked 64GB White iPhone 5 unboxing video below: Meador doesn't mess around when it comes to Apple....