Stories by Gary Ng

WIND Mobile launched their Value Calculator the other day to show Canadians how much they would save if they switched over to WIND: WIND’s new Value Calculator is also available today. The new online application allows visitors to enter in their current wireless plan and compare exactly how much they can save when switching from...

Just a few months ago the Pebble e-paper smartwatch was launched, which we note happened to be a highly successful Kickstarter project. Now another similar watch called the MetaWatch Strata has hit Kickstarter. The initial public outcome hasn't yet turned out similar to the Pebble, but the project has raised a swell $54,000 out of...

The title of an application can be the most important detail a developer presents on the market -- setting aside the application's actual content. After all, the title is the typically the very first detail you notice within the App Store. So it's always important the name is thought out wisely and thoroughly. With the App Store containing...

Bell has just adjusted their consumer rate plans during this past day, and based off comments I've read, consumers aren't all too happy with the changes. Bell began to shift away from their various numbers of plans to leave just three category plans: Voice & Data, Voice & Data Lite and Voice. But the name alone...

The London 2012 Olympics had their opening ceremonies yesterday and during that time Apple launched three new Mac TV ads, profiling the magical Apple Genius. Check them out below: Mayday: An Apple Genius shows a fellow passenger how easy it is to make great home movies with iMovie. All before the tray tables are returned to...

Nick Bilton over at the New York Times reports Apple could be investing a stake in Twitter, according to unnamed sources: Apple has considered an investment in the hundreds of millions of dollars, one that could value Twitter at more than $10 billion, up from an $8.4 billion valuation last year, these people said. They...

Siri has been caught red faced after mistaking poison ivy for poisonous oak in their latest paper advertisement on the back of the The Economist. The advertisement clearly asks Siri, "What does poison oak look like?"--the response pulls up a photo of poison ivy instead, courtesy of Wolfram Alpha. If this is myself making the...

If you think back years ago, even before the initial release of the iPhone, many teens didn't own a phone. That was just five to six years ago. The smartphone around that time was just beginning to evolve. With the release of the iPhone, the mobile phone market was supercharged in my opinion, and that's...

If you haven't followed Apple patents closely over the years, you may not realize that they've filed many patents regarding video glasses. Dating back to 2006, Apple has filed patents similar to Google's, "Project Glass" glasses; one interesting patent has come into light earlier today. Apple wants to bring their high resolution Retina display to...

According to the latest IDC report on worldwide smartphone marketshare, Samsung and Apple continue to dominate over traditional cellphone makers such as Nokia and HTC. The latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report notes on 2012 Q2 smartphone marketshare and Samsung dominates with 32.6% (50.2 million phones shipped), while Apple trails at 16.9% (26...

If you waste away hours of your life on YouTube then you should know about those bacon-filled Epic Meal Time videos that air every Tuesday, led by Montrealer Harley Morenstein and his crew. Epic Meal Time has now become one of the most popular YouTube channels in the world with 2.6 million subscribers and over...

Another week and another free 'App of the Week' from Apple. This week it is the universal game Catapult King, made by Chilingo. Regularly priced at $0.99, this app has been described in the reviews as a 3D version of Angry Birds, as you are the catapult. There are 64 levels where your job is...