Stories by Gary Ng

The Globe and Mail: News iPhone app has been updated to fix a crashing bug based on their previous update back in early June. When users updated to that version and tried to load a customized layout, the app crashed immediately. This latest update, version 2.0.13 addresses that crashing bug, which was the result of...

Rovio has been one giant success story thanks to the viral explosion of their hit game, Angry Birds. The franchise has moved to every accessory imaginable. More recently, they have managed to hype up another release, Angry Alex which has gone live in the App Store today. This puzzle and physics game could become another...

iPhone in Canada's visit to the Microsoft Store at University Village in Seattle When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wasn't dropping the gauntlet against Apple at their annual Worldwide Partners Conference (held in Toronto), they confirmed a retail store would open at upscale Yorkdale Mall in Toronto before the end of this year, as reported by...

Image via the Vancouver Sun Back in May, we reported on Samsung's announcement of its plans to open its first Canadian retail store in Vancouver. Two months later, it looks like the store has been completed. Our friend Gillian Shaw from the Vancouver Sun happened to get a sneak peek at Canada's first Samsung retail...

One of my favourite push notification services, Boxcar, has been down and out over the past few months and it has gotten progressively worse. I've long noted about the downtime on twitter and just today The Next Web highlights the Boxcar website no longer is up and running, along with users being unable to connect...

According to a report from the Globe and Mail, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is set to be the first bank to offer a mobile digital wallet to Canadians, with a debut slated for October of this year: Royal Bank of Canada is expected to be first into the market in October, when it...

TomTom has released the results of their TomTom Congestion Index, an initiative that started in 2007 with the purpose of revealing real-life driving patterns captured by anonymous user data around the world. The company notes they have built the world's largest database of historic travel times and the most detailed and accurate real-time traffic info...

In an exclusive interview with CRN held in Toronto, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had some tough words against fellow tech rival Apple. He noted Microsoft in the past had "ceded some of the boundary between hardware and software innovation" to Apple but with the upcoming release of the Surface, that will soon change. "We are trying...

Earlier this week it was reported Apple had removed itself from registering its products via EPEAT, an environmental rating system. Apple has responded to concerns over their withdrawal from EPEAT in a statement released to The Loop: “Apple takes a comprehensive approach to measuring our environmental impact and all of our products meet the strictest...

The folks over at Gotta Be Mobile have posted purported images of an engineering sample for the next generation iPhone 5: Exclusive photos of an iPhone 5 engineering sample straight from a factory in China show the new phone will be slightly taller, slightly thinner and about the same width. A trusted source inside the...

9to5Mac has posted an internal video of an Apple corporate employee recruiting video that documents what life is like working at their Cupertino headquarters. The four and a half minute video is narrated by Apple VP of Human Resources and Dean of Apple University, Joel Podolny and covers a wide range of areas about engineering, design...

It was leaked earlier a huge Twitter for iOS update was coming, and now it has finally arrived. Here's what's new: What's New in Version 4.3 Twitter for iPhone 4.3 - Expanded Tweets: when you view Tweet details containing links to partner websites, you can now see content previews, view images, play videos and more...