Stories by Gary Ng

Another day, and another huge story about an iOS app using your data without you knowing (reminds me of the whole issue with Path). Last night both the New York Times and The Next Web reported your calendar entries are transmitted back to LinkedIn's servers without your permission or knowledge via the LinkedIn iOS app....

Alberta Health Services has continued to tout its iPhone app that allows citizens in Calgary and Edmonton to view emergency department wait times, aimed at patients with minor ailments (i.e. earaches). The estimates are based on how long it will take a regular patient to see a doctor after being assessed by a triage nurse....

Looks like Moscone Center now has its first WWDC 2012 banner up. It reads "Where great ideas go on to do great things". WWDC is set to kick off on June 11th next week, and Apple is widely expected to announce iOS 6 at the event. The following picture was taken a few minutes ago...

Telus has officially opened two business stores in Saskatoon, to better assist local businesses when it comes to investing in the right technology for their needs. Locations have been designed using the new Telus store concept launched earlier in Laval, Quebec. Walter Andri, TELUS vice-president of Small and Medium Business Solutions: “Our new stores are...

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) recently commissioned a study of the Canadian mobile landscape by the Quorus Consulting Group. The 2012 Cell Phone Consumer Attitudes Study was released at the end of April. One interesting conclusion of the study was that among 18-34 year old mobile users, almost 70% of them have adopted smartphones....

Apple has released a firmware update for second and third generation Apple TV units. Version 5.0.2 (9b830) is now available for download via your Apple TV by going to Settings --> Software update. No details have been released about this update, but expect them to be released soon via the Apple TV software updates page....

Telus this morning announced it plans to allocate $280 million to invest in the Greater Toronto Area to expand and improve their 4G LTE network over the next three years. The investment is part of the earlier announced $650 million set aside for other network and infrastructure upgrades in Ontario. “TELUS’ $280 million investment in...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting numerous ad networks have circumvented Apple's iOS in order to track location and preferences of users as they go from app to app. Previously, Apple allowed developers access to UDIDs but that access was revoked in iOS 5, to further protect its users: To avoid the limits of Apple's...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting tonight Apple plans to replace Google Maps on iOS with its own in-house mapping solution, adding further weight to previous reports of the rumoured change: Later this year, Apple is planning to oust Google Maps as the preloaded, default maps app from the iPhone and iPad and release a...

A few days ago we received a tip from iPhoneinCanada reader @swotam (thanks!) Instapaper was set to be the free Starbucks App Pick of the Week, and now it has been confirmed via Marco Arment, the founder of the app. Marco confirmed this on his latest podcast episode titled, "Please, Go to Starbucks" from Build and Analyze...

Google has acquired the all-in-one messenger chat startup Meebo, as announced on the latter's blog: We are happy to announce that Meebo has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Google! For more than seven years we’ve been helping publishers find deeper relationships with their users and to make their sites more social and...

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