Stories by Gary Ng

Telus continues to broadcast its commitment to expand its 4G LTE network across Canada. Manitoba is the latest province the company will spend $7 million in to build the infrastructure for their 4G LTE network. “TELUS’ $7 million investment will enhance our world-class wireless network for Manitobans living and working in the province,” said Michael...

Yesterday we showed you a video of Siri's new local search capabilities in Canada on iOS 6, and today we're going to take a look at the differences between Apple Maps and Google Maps. The latter was removed in iOS 6 and replaced by Apple's own mapping solution, a combination of technologies from acquisitions C3...

Apple announced at WWDC 2012 Siri would be getting a huge list of updates, along with tuned support for Canadian English and French to go with local search support, something we didn't get with the debut of the iPhone 4S. Here's a brief video below of Siri on iOS 6 with full support for restaurants,...

Scott Forstall mentioned on stage at WWDC 2012 that numerous automobile manufacturers have agreed to implement a new wireless feature called Eyes Free. This allows for drivers to speak to Siri and perform other actions, built into the setup of the car. Fast Company spoke with numerous car makers noted within Forstall's presentation, such as BMW,...

Could we soon see '.apple' internet suffixes? Possibly, as today the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced a list of almost 2000 proposals that could change the way we see the web. New suffixes will allow companies to create new domains for their brands. Within the list we see proposals for '.apple'...

Apple announced the features of iOS 6 yesterday (to be released this Fall), but they didn't clarify explicitly what features will work or not work depending on your iPhone or iPad version. On their iOS 6 page, they have clarified a nice visual of which devices are supported--but as for the features, we have to...

Apple's social network for music, Ping, was a dud the moment it was released back in September of 2010. Sure, it was fun to try out when it was new and all (it had over 1 million registered users in 48 hours), but many of us haven't touched it since. AllThingsD now reports Apple is...

Another week, and another Pick of the Week from Starbucks. These are the free promo codes for various apps that debut every Tuesday. The free app this week is the game Where's My Water (regularly 99 cents), by Disney (a couple weeks ago it was Instapaper). The game currently features over 200 levels and has positive...

Apple announced the biggest update to Siri yesterday at WWDC 2012, with new sports, restaurants and movie capabilities. During the keynote, Scott Forstall was on stage to announce the latest features. Most of them appeared shortly on a slide. We took at look at that slide and listed the details of what to expect for...

Apple has just added the WWDC 2012 keynote video to its Apple Keynote (HD) collection in iTunes, to allow you to download it to your iOS devices for later viewing. The short description reads: Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook and team unveil Mac OS X Mountain Lion, iOS 6, and the all-new MacBook Pro with...

TomTom has confirmed it has partnered with Apple to license its maps, as noted in a short (really short) press release: TomTom (AEX:TOM2) has signed a global agreement with Apple® for maps and related information. No further details of the agreement will be provided. With the introduction of the new Maps app in iOS 6,...

Today was an exciting day at WWDC 2012. Apple released a refresh to their notebook line up and introduced a brand new next generation 15" MacBook Pro with Retina Display. We learned about OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6 as well. Here's a round up of today's news: Apple Reportedly Used a Private Fleet...