Stories by Gary Ng

Apple has announced the winners of the Apple Design Awards (ADA) at WWDC 2012, as noted by The Loop. Apps are chosen based on the following criteria: Design: Well designed apps are delightful, elegant, intuitive, engaging, exciting, compelling, and reliable. Innovation: Innovative apps are revolutionary, inspirational, unique, and do things in completely new and exciting ways....

It was reported last minute prior to WWDC 2012 that Apple planned to launch their Back to School promo today, and indeed they did. The promo is now live on Apple.ca and will offer a $100 iTunes Gift card to go with Mac purchases and $50 towards iPad purchases. You must purchase your Mac or...

Apple has released iTunes 10.6.3 for download on its iTunes download page. The update has not made its way into Software Update yet, but is it available directly from Apple's site. The updates within are most likely to support iOS 6. Tipsters have informed us iTunes 10.6.3 is also available in Apple's iOS Dev Center....

Apple has released their keynote video for WWDC 2012 on Apple.com for viewing. Currently, it appears the video is being slammed as you can access it via Apple.com, but the page itself shows 'Available shortly'. So, keep trying, stayed tuned and enjoy they keynote! Requirements: Streaming video requires Safari 4 or 5 on Mac OS...

Apple has quietly noted on their iOS 6 preview website that the App Store, iBookstore and iTunes Store will be redesigned in the next version of the mobile operating system. Here's the description from the page: iOS 6 brings a new kind of shopping experience to the redesigned iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore. See...

Apple has quietly released a newly designed Airport Express. The new design resembles an Apple TV with rounded corners in its classic all-white. The price is advertised at $99 CDN on Apple.ca (the Apple Store is down as of publishing). Simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi. Incredibly easy setup from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or...

At WWDC 2012 today, as part of its iOS 6 announcement, Apple has confirmed Canadians will finally get language support for Siri. We will now get local search in Canada, as noted on stage by Scott Forstall! ...and now…in iOS 6 we're adding English and French tuned for Canada…**crowd laughter**...EH? When the new voice feature...

With the kick off of WWDC 2012 just under an hour away, here's a quick round up of some last minute rumours to keep you occupied. Clayton Morris from FOX News sent out the following tweet to note his sources indicate two new native iOS apps are set to debut today, with Maps being one...

It appears Apple's Back to School promo is set to debut tomorrow. The deal this year around reportedly will offer $100 iTunes Gift Cards with Mac purchases and $50 towards iPad purchases, notes MacRumors. Last year's 2011 Back to School promo debuted from June 16th to September 20th in Canada, and offered a $100 iTunes...

Widespread rumours have anticipated Apple will announce its own maps to replace Google Maps on iOS, alongside a 3D feature, at WWDC 2012. Now, the Telegraph is reporting Apple hired their own aircraft fleet armed with military grade cameras to assist them in their new mapping project (which was started by the so called 'Geo...

Tomorrow is the kick for one of the most important Apple events of the year, the keynote to launch WWDC 2012, at Moscone West in San Francisco. Tickets for the event sold out in less than two hours. Of course, leading up to June 11th the web has been floating with numerous rumours about what...

Last December it was reported Masonville Place in London, Ontario, would be getting an Apple Store. In March, the store's existence was confirmed via job postings on Apple's own website, and by this time the store front of the rumoured location was already covered in Apple's classic pre-construction black paint. A couple days ago the...