Stories by Gary Ng

With the latest addition of Apple Maps in iOS 6, we received a new 3D view for select locations around the world (we compared Apple Maps to Google Maps in Canada here). How do these new 3D maps compare to those from Google Maps in the latest maps from Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (I still...

Adam Satariano and Andy Fixmer report for Bloomberg that Apple plans to overhaul iTunes by the year's end to further integrate iCloud features and better sharing media, according to their sources: Apple Inc. plans an overhaul of iTunes that would mark one of the largest changes to the world’s biggest music store since its 2003...

Today at the kickoff of Google I/O 2012, the company announced a new streaming media player device called the Nexus Q. The sphere-looking device costs $299 (it isn't available in Canada yet), has 16GB of storage, a dual core processor, runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and essentially will allow streaming of music, movies and...

According to MacMagazine (via MacRumors), the apps within Apple TV on iOS 6 beta can be rearranged like apps on iOS devices such as the iPhone. By holding down the centre select button on the Apple TV remote, on screen icons start to do the familiar 'jiggle' we have all been accustomed to. Here's a...

Are you a Facebook addict (or stalker)? If you find the iPhone app painfully slow, an update is coming soon that will transform the app into a much speedier one, according to Nick Bilton from the New York Times. He spoke with two anonymous Facebook engineers about a significant update coming this summer: I had the...

Friday is the five year anniversary of the original iPhone's first day it went on sale, and in that half-decade the sales numbers appear to be staggering, according to the latest report from Boston-based research firm, Strategy Analytics. "The iPhone portfolio has become a huge generator of cash and profit for Apple," said Neil Mawston, the...

Apple has just issued a press release to note it has launched the iTunes Store in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam: Apple® today announced the launch of the iTunes Store® in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and nine additional countries in Asia featuring an incredible selection of...

Apple's North Carolina Data Centre The Reno Memo reports Apple has plans to invest $1 billion dollars over ten years to build a new data centre and business and purchasing centre. An upcoming Washoe County staff report notes the following: ”The prospective tenant, Apple, Inc…has stated the desire to construct and operate a new data...

Rogers has informed its employees today there will be 375 layoffs coming. This comes at a time when the company faces increased competition and shrinking profits. Patricia Trott, Director of Public Affairs for Rogers told us: “This was a very difficult decision. This is part of a comprehensive approach to cost management that we announced earlier this year. We’re...

According to a recent published report, the paper products industry is now being affected by consumers choices to forgo traditional print media for digital media. The findings come from the Spring 2012 outlook via the The Conference Board of Canada. Three notable highlights from the report are below: E-readers—E-readers and tablet computers are now reaching...

Have you ever booked a hotel via Orbitz.com from your Mac? You might end up seeing some costlier hotels appear first, as the company admitted they have started to test showing different results to Mac and PC users, based on their research on OS spending habits, notes the Wall Street Journal: Orbitz executives confirmed that...

The Gmail iOS app has been updated today to offer Notification Center support along with alert options for notifications. More importantly it adds 'Send-as' support to allow you to email as an alternate sender if that is setup within your account. This makes the Gmail iOS app better than before and also the update includes...