Stories by Gary Ng

Most likely in anticipation of the upcoming 'iPhone 5', Rogers, Bell and Telus have simultaneously reduced the price of the 16GB iPhone 4S to $99 on a 3 year term (regularly priced at $159), available in either black or white. The Rogers website just lists both black and white entry model iPhone 4S units as...

We've all seen movies involving robots, right? We all thought those days were far from near, but Double Robotics has invented a nifty iPad-controlled robot dubbed 'Double.' While this robot may not nearly include the far-fetched features of that in movies, Double will be very useful around offices, schools, and stores. Double, being controlled by...

Yesterday marked the grand opening of new Apple Stores in Halifax, Coquitlam and a new larger location for Market Mall in Calgary. All three stores had lines ups as expected, as the first 1000 visitors received a free commemorative t-shirt. The Halifax store had a slight glitch as power was lost early in the morning...

Having trouble deciding who has tied the knot on the Apple vs Samsung court case? I would suggest that you take a peek at The Joy Of Tech's  comical "Verdict-O-Matic." Although this info-graph wouldn't be the first chart I would turn to, I find it very comical and actually informational to those not paying much attention to the...

If you still aren't convinced with recent rumors, UBreakiFix has more photos of the next generation iPhone's purported front panel. According to the source, the smartphone and tablet repair company has received these parts from their anonymous distributor. These are yet again more recycled images of what we've seen in the past. I would fail...

We've seen images of the smaller dock connector for the next generation 'iPhone 5' and iPad Mini, but some more detailed macro shots have been posted by iResq (via MacRumors). The repair site claims they have had these iPhone 5 and iPad Mini parts 'for some time now' and have just decided to share them...

It's always entertaining when analysts publish reports on Apple products because they are always so juicy. The latest from Jefferies' Peter Misek contains numerous predictions based on supply chain notes and Taiwan sales data. He notes the rumoured September 12th Apple iPhone event will include "an announcement of the iPhone 5, possibly of the iPad Mini,...

If you've been considering a subscription to Bell Mobile TV, it looks like you will be paying a new price increase for overages. According to an internal doc, MobileSyrup reports new activations will pay $3/hour for overages instead of the original $1/hour price. Bell Mobile TV subscribers pay $5/month to get access to 10 hours...

Yesterday we wrote about a harrowing story where Find my Friends was used to locate a stolen iPad. To our surprise, the man behind it was none other than one our readers @shuether. Turns out it was his sister's iPad and he used Find my Friends to locate the iPad successfully, even though the thieves...

Tomorrow can be called 'Super Saturday' in Canada as we will have three (yes, three) Apple Store grand openings taking place. We already mentioned the brand new Coquitlam Apple Store in Metro Vancouver and the highly anticipated Halifax Apple Store in the Maritimes. These new store mark 25 Apple retail locations in Canada. But, there's...

In a blog post published in the early morning, iOS security researcher which we have all known as pod2g noted he had come across a 'severe' SMS spoofing exploit on the iPhone: I mentioned it on twitter a few days ago, I found a flaw in iOS that I consider to be severe, while it...

The Wall Street Journal has a follow up scoop on some new features of Apple's set-top box device that could change the way we interact with our TVs. Features include a digital video record (DVR) feature that saves to the internet (most likely iCloud) and the ability to view shows after they have started in...