Stories by Gary Ng

comScore has released their May 2012 report on the state of the US mobile industry, a key area that reveals how the smartphone wars have played out. The comScore MobiLens service noted both OEM and smartphone share from over 30,000 mobile subscribers. In terms of the top handset manufacturer, Samsung led the way with 25.7%...

The Quebec-based V Télévision (formerly TQS) has updated their iPhone app with AirPlay and interface enhancements. Along with minor bug fixes, the update will now save the last position of formerly watched video. The app's television experience is powered by Telus and allows viewers to get engaged and comment on what they are watching in real...

Happy Canada Day everyone! What a great day to go eat some back bacon covered in maple syrup while playing hockey along with drinking beer in your beaver pelt hat, after designing your new multi-room igloo. Anyways, here are a few free apps to help you celebrate Canada Day today: Official Canada Place Event Guide...

Earlier in June, Telus launched two concept business stores in Saskatoon. Yesterday, the company announced the launch of a similar store in Toronto: "Today's smartphones and tablets are loaded with technology and features that can help manage and grow businesses in ways we couldn't have imagined a few years ago, and we are evolving our...

Reuters reports Apple has been granted an injunction to ban Galaxy Nexus sales in the U.S., which comes to a blow to Samsung. Earlier in the week, Apple won a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1. According to Judge Lucy Koh: "Apple has made a clear showing that, in the absence of a preliminary...

Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray has published the results of an unscientific test to put Siri against Google text searches. iPhone 4S and new iPad users know Siri is able to return Google search results via voice--but how accurate are they compared to actual text searches? Here are the results from asking Siri 1600 questions...

According to a survey of 1000 iPhone and iPad customers, Bill Shope from Goldman Sachs estimates this vital customer base is worth roughly $295 billion dollars, based on the calculated lifetime value of each customer at $1,053 multiplied by an estimated installed userbase of 281 million. Other questions posed to users included how likely they would...

Remember Steve Jobs' 'thoughts on Flash' back in April of 2010? It turned the tech world upside down from that day on, and further supplanted the fact that iOS devices did not support Flash and Apple was not willing to put their faith into a third party company like Adobe. Critics leveraged the lack of...

The original iPhone activation screen Today marks five years since the original iPhone went on sale. It was only available in the USA, but Canadians and others were able to easily buy one down south and bring it home. After visiting the Alderwood Mall Apple Store in Lynnwood and having played with the iPhone a...

Another week, and another free App of the Week from Apple. This time around it's for all the young ones out there, the perfect sing along app made by Little Fox Music Box, Kids Songs Sing Along. The app includes three songs (they include Old MacDonald had a farm AND London Bridge) that feature over 100...

Earlier this afternoon a SEC filing noted the impending retirement of Apple's corporate controller, Betsy Rafael. Soon after, Apple issued a press release to announce the retirement of Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Bob Mansfield: Apple® today announced that Bob Mansfield, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will retire and the role will...

Security Exchange Commission filings today reveal Apple's Vice President and Corporate Controller, Betsy Rafael is slated to retire from Apple as of October 19, 2012. Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers (b) Betsy Rafael, Apple Inc.'s Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal...