Stories by Gary Ng

Just the other day we mentioned the QR-code virtual store phenomenon happening in South Korea. Now it appears that trend could take off in Canada as Well.ca has launched North America's first QR-code virtual store in a downtown Toronto. The store's location is at Brookfield Place, one of the entrances to Union Station. By downloading...

In Anandtech's review of the new iPad, they reveal knowledge of an internal Apple project that involves a physical controller for iOS gaming: Although many casual Android/iOS games do just fine with touch, some are certainly better suited for some sort of a controller. While controller support in Android in its infancy at best, it's...

Fellow Canadians over at Jailbreak Matrix came up with 100 reasons why you should jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It took their team of three a span of 56 days to make the following video showcasing some of the must have tweaks available from Cydia. Check it out below if you want to...

When was the last time you used a pay phone? With the proliferation of the cellphones, the classic pay phone is slowly being phased out. But for those still around, they can be invaluable when your precious iPhone battery runs out (too bad you won't be able to remember any contact numbers!). Bell Canada and...

Rogers has announced today the launch of their LTE network in two more cities: Calgary and Halifax, as noted on their Redboard: Our LTE network is available in select Canadian cities and now reaches close to 12 million or one third of the Canadian population. It will expand to nearly 60 per cent of Canadians...

According to reports from Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, Ashton Kutcher will play the role of Steve Jobs in an upcoming indie pic titled "Jobs," with production to start in May. The film will be directed by Joshua Michael Stern, script written by Matt Whiteley and financed and produced by Five Star Institute's Mark Hulme:...

Foxconn's Chairman, Terry Gou, has announced the company will continue to raise worker salaries, even though it planned to reduce overtime hours available to workers, in response to findings from the Fair Labor Association (FLA) audits, notes Reuters. "We are a saying now in the company, 'you work fewer hours, but get more pay'," Gou told...

Conan O'Brien has acquired Mashable.com and replaced Pete Cashmore as CEO. Listen to his reasons why he bought the company below: His first initiative as their new CEO was to leak Apple's rumoured iTV prototype. It's a stunning looking device, and I really, really want one. It'll go well with the new 'Skype for String'...

It has been widely known Apple was the first tech company to join the Fair Labor Association, as revealed in the release of the 2012 Supplier Responsibility Report. When ABC went 'on the ground' in China to observe Foxconn factories, they just happened to run into the FLA while an audit was being conducted, which...

Canada's tech darling, Research in Motion (RIM) has started to fire off its senior level staff, according to a source close to the matter, reports the Globe and Mail: “Lots of high level people within RIM were let go today,” this person said. “Quite a few. Big shake up.” An example would be co-CEO Jim...

The Guardian details how Google makes more money from the iPhone rather than its own Android smartphones, as revealed by data provided to Oracle from Google in their patent and copyright infringement trial: Android generated less than $550m in revenues for Google between 2008 and the end of 2011, if figures provided by the search...

It was revealed in his biography that Steve Jobs wanted to spend 'every penny' of Apple's cash on hand to battle Android for stealing ideas from iOS: Our lawsuit is saying, “Google, you fucking ripped off the iPhone, wholesale ripped us off.” Grand theft. I will spend my last dying breath if I need to,...