Stories by Gary Ng

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Will Siri Support Canada in iOS 5.1?

As we reported yesterday, screenshots showing official Siri support for Japanese were leaked by BGR. But, if these screenshots are to be believed then there's a glaring absence of something near and dear to the hearts of Canadians: localization for Siri in Canada. When the iPhone 4S first launched information about Siri was suspiciously absent...

EA Launches President’s Day Sale, Up to 90% off iOS Games

Today our fellow friends in the U.S. are celebrating President's Day, and to coincide with this EA has launched a massive sale with up to 90% off all iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch games: Fellow Americans, don’t know how to spend this holiday weekend? EA Mobile has something earmarked for you. Fill your weekend with...

Apple Launches Contest to Celebrate 25 Billion App Store Downloads

Apple has launched a contest once again to celebrate the success of the App Store, and this time it's the lead up to 25 billion app downloads. The winner of the 25 billionth download will receive a $10,000 gift card towards the App Store. Anyone who downloads an app will be automatically entered to win....

Google Caught Tracking iPhone Users By Evading Safari’s Safeguards

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google and other companies have been secretly tracking iPhone users by circumventing Safari to 'trick' it into accepting cookies from third parties: The companies used special computer code that tricks Apple's Safari Web-browsing software into letting them monitor many users. Safari, the most widely used browser on mobile devices,...

iOS 5.1 ‘Pre-GM’ Leak Reveals New Camera Shortcut and Japanese Siri?

Brazilian blog BlogdoiPhone has leaked screenshots that show a version of iOS 5.1 pre-GM that shows a new screen for the camera shortcut on the homescreen and also further evidence of Siri's support for Japanese, which was previously noticed by the assistant itself. Currently the shortcut to the iPhone's camera from the lockscreen is to...

Apple Messages Beta First Impressions [Review]

Part of Apple's announcement of OS X Mountain Lion for developers today was also the availability of the download of Messages Beta, which has the following features: Send unlimited iMessages to any Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch (iOS 5 required). Start an iMessage conversation on your Mac and continue it on your iPad, iPhone, or...

Fido Value Packs and Caller ID Prices Have Increased

Fido recently made a slight change to the prices of their Value Packs and Caller ID. The Fido website was quietly updated about a week ago with increases of $1 to Value Packs and Caller ID. Value Packs are now stand at $11 and $16, whereas Caller ID as a standalone feature is now $8...

How Canadians Use Technology to Manage their Relationships [INFOGRAPHIC]

A new Rogers Innovation Report has been published today and this time around, Rogers takes a look at how Canadians are using technology to manage their personal relationships. The info graphic below shows women are better communicators in the digital world and the most connect age group are young adults from age 18-24. Check out...

iBookstore Publishers Get More App Store Like Features

Publishers that use Apple's iBookstore received a letter from iTunes Connect saying that they have rolled out some updates and changes. The most welcome improvement for publishers is most likely the ability to issue up to 50 promo codes to book reviewers, much like App Store developers can for their apps. Amongst the other changes...

Messages Beta Download for OS X Released by Apple

Apple has just released a beta version of Messages for Mac, promising a taste of what's to come from OS X Mountain Lion.   Messages replaces iChat and brings all of the functionality you get with iMessage on your iOS device, right onto your Mac, and as with iMessage, the feature list is a follows:...

Round Up of OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview First Looks

As noted earlier, Apple allowed a few select tech bloggers and media attend their preview of OS X Mountain Lion, (note that it's no longer 'Mac' OS X) a meeting that occurred last week in New York City. Here is round up of their early reviews: Daring Fireball The Loop Macworld The Verge CNET AllThingsD...

Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion Preview to Developers [Update]

Apple has announced this morning a developer preview of its next release of its operation system, OS X Mountain Lion. This new OS is set to debut in the Mac Store in late summer 2012, and will essentially bring further iOS integration to the Mac. Apple's website already has a preview page up for OS...