Stories by Gary Ng

Foxconn Gets Hacked By Group Called SwaggSec

Foxconn just had a hacker group called SwaggSec gain access to some of their sensitive information, as of yesterday evening.  The information contained in the dump includes logins and passwords to various servers and intranet sites. 9To5Mac were able to find this from one of the servers: They also located the details for Foxconn's CEO...

Bell LTE Network to Expand to 7 More Cities Tomorrow, 2011 Q4 Results Announced

Bell has announced its existing LTE network is set to expand tomorrow to hit seven more Canadian cities: Montréal, Québec City, Ottawa, London, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. These cities will join the existing LTE centres of the Greater Toronto Area, Halifax, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Belleville and Yellowknife. LTE speeds mean customers can get up to...

Telus LTE Network Launches Tomorrow in 14 Canadian Cities

Telus has announced their anticipated Long Term Evolution (LTE) network will go live on Friday, February 10th in 14 Canadian cities. These include: Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, Kitchener, Waterloo, Hamilton, Guelph, Belleville, Ottawa, Montreal, Québec City, Halifax and Yellowknife. By the end of 2012, their LTE network plans to reach...

iOS 5.1 Release Date Rumoured for March 9th?

iOS 5.1 beta has been available to developers since the end of last November, and currently sits at beta 3, released last month. When will the final GM release come out? According to YourDailyMac (via BGR), evidence within carrier profiles leads them to believe it will be Friday, March 9th: We today discovered that Apple...

Save $10 Off $50 iTunes Cards at Shoppers Drug Mart [COUPON]

Shoppers Drug Mart has a coupon available for customers to save $10 off $50 iTunes Cards, a 20% discount. Just click here to download the coupon and print it. The deal goes until February 15th. Other iTunes Cards sales are also upcoming at London Drugs starting February 10th (a similar deal), and also 7-11 has...

aTV Flash 1.3 (black) Update Brings Automated Firmware Backups

For those using aTV Flash (black) for their second generation Apple TVs, Firecore has just announced their 1.3 update that includes automated firmware backups and other miscellaneous features and bug fixes. The former 1.2 update was released back in mid-January brought various zoom options. It's not quite Valentine's Day, but we couldn't wait to show...

The Crown in Canada iPhone App Launched to Celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee

Queen Elizabeth II recently celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, 60 years of ruling the throne and to celebrate the Government of Canada has launched the Crown in Canada iPhone app, as part of Diamond Jubileeweek. The Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, James Moore: "Our Government supports commemorating important milestones in Canadian history, such as the Diamond...

Apple Notifies Developers Retina Display Optimized Screenshots Are Now Required

Apple has notified developers via its iTunes Connect email blast of a couple important updates, including the requirement of Retina Display optimized screenshots and also a new notification for binary app sizes larger than the cellular network download limit size of 20MB: Dear _________, We would like to make you aware of the following: Required...

Telus Launches Optik TV ‘On the Go’ iOS App for BC and Alberta

Telus made two official announcements today: Optik TV for the Xbox 360 that allows users to control their TV using their Kinect, and the Telus Optik TV iOS app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The Optic TV 'On the Go' iOS app allows existing Telus customers in BC and Alberta watch on demand...