Stories by Gary Ng

Just a quick update for those that have been waiting for an iTunes Card sale. Real Canadian Superstore currently has a coupon that will get you $10 off a $50 card. The coupon is good until June 21st and can be found within the current Real Canadian Superstore flyer. Here's a picture of where to...

Simon Wheatcroft was chosen to run as a torch bearer for the 2012 London Olympic Summer Games. There's one problem though--Wheatcroft is blind, but that won't stop him because his iPhone paired with the running app RunKeeper will make it all possible. "If you had asked me three years ago if training alone was possible...

Earlier we showed you a quick video preview of the new updated Siri coming in iOS 6, with tuned language support for Canadian English and French, along with local search support. We've had numerous queries asking about turn-by-turn directions in iOS 6 within the Maps app in Canada. Turn-by-turn directions appear within Maps, BUT... ...they...

It appears Telus prepaid users are set to experience some changes to their data plans. Customers have been receiving text messages from Telus notifying them of the following changes forthcoming to the Data plus messaging 20 plan, as noted by MobileSyrup: - Data will reduce from 100MB from 250MB. The price will remain at $20...

You know who MuscleNerd is, right? He's one of the high profile members of the iPhone Dev Team, well known around the globe. Normally he has stayed out of the limelight but now you can see him in action from a recent presentation he gave at the Hack in the Box (HITB) conference in Amsterdam...

The last time we posted about these iPhone 5 renders by Martin uit Utrecht, we have to admit they looked so real we almost believed they were genuine. That's a testament to Utrecht's skill and ability to make these gorgeous renders look so real. His latest iPhone 5 renders show the rumoured taller body in white,...

According to Peter Kafka's sources over at AllThingsD, Apple is set to introduce a standalone podcasts app when the final version of iOS 6 is released to the public this fall: People familiar with Apple’s plans tell me that when its new iOS 6 software becomes widely available this fall, podcasts will have their own...

For those looking to get an iPhone 4S with Telus, Western Canada retail chain London Drugs is offering the iPhone 4S for $99 on a 3 year contract, available on the Telus network. The regular carrier subsidized price for the iPhone 4S is $159 on a three year contract. This deal saves you $60, but...

TechCrunch reports on a new app called Carat that will attempt to increase your iPhone battery life--by telling you what apps to kill. Sometimes rogue apps cause unnecessary battery drain and by sending your anonymous phone data to Carat (they promise not to sell your data etc), over a few days the app will reveal...

Apple's WWDC 2012 keynote is now available on their YouTube channel. Check it out below: You can also stream the keynote from Apple's website or download it to watch in iTunes. Apple introduced new MacBooks, iOS 6 and also new features from Mountain Lion OS X.

A recent survey by PayPal Canada has noted more than 70% of Canadians are ready to go 'cashless'. The poll, conducted by Leger Marketing on behalf of PayPal Canada, revealed 71% of Canadians are okay with never having to handle cash again for purchases, up 27% from 2011. A quarter of respondents noted they already...

Dropbox has released an update to their iOS app to introduce automatic photo and video uploads over 3G/WiFi. By choosing to uploading your photos automatically to Dropbox, you'll be able to earn up to 3GB of extra storage in 500MB increments. Other new features include a gallery view for your photos, and the ability to...