Stories by Gary Ng

Fido has modified their $50 Canada-wide talk and text plans to allow for three year terms, instead of just two, as of March 9th, 2012. This means those signing up for three year plans for a maximum hardware subsidy will now be eligible for this plan. It is available for new and existing customers. Here's...

Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design was recently knighted late last December, and is known to be the force behind the design of iOS devices. Sir Jonathan Ive recently did an in-depth and rare interview with the London Evening Standard, which shared insight around design and working at Apple. Here's a snippet: Q: What...

We've heard from many of you that newly released iOS 5.1 has resulted in better battery life, as promised by Apple. The question remains--are you willing to lose your iOS 5.0.1 Absinthe jailbreak to get access to increased battery life in iOS 5.1? The A5 jailbreak for the iPhone 4S was a long time coming....

A year ago, Steve Jobs approached CBS CEO, Leslie Moonves, to hammer out a deal to get CBS TV content for the rumoured Apple TV, but he declined the offer, as noted in his weekend talk at the UCLA Entertainment Symposium: Moonves told a conference audience that he met with Jobs, the late Apple CEO,...

Apple has submitted the third revision of its new Apple Campus 2 project to the City of Cupertino. The campus will consist of 2.8 million square feet and be over four stories tall, while taking the environment into consideration. Amenities will include a cafe, fitness centre, corporate auditorium (to seat 1000 people), and the campus...

Justin Luey and I recap Apple’s iPad Keynote on Episode 50 of The iPhone Podcast. Listen to our thoughts on the event and the announcement. Everybody wants the new iPad with Retina Display, right? Subscribe to the podcast via: iTunes | Instacast | RSS You can follow all the news we discuss at our blog. Play on iPhone / iPod / iPad (...

Bell has announced their Mobile TV arm will now include Whitecaps FC games, to kick off the 2012 MLS season, which has the Montreal Impact visiting BC Place tomorrow: "As Premier Founding Partner, Bell is proud to offer Vancouver Whitecaps FC fans access to their favourite team on our innovative and industry-leading Bell Mobile TV...

Ars Technica recently noticed that file sizes on 1080p videos were smaller then you would normally expect. The updated 1080p files hold more 2.25 times as many pixels as 720p files, so you would expect the files to be 2.25 times larger. But of course due to some Apple magic (and compression) they were able to...

For those in Quebec, there's a deal from Rogers for the 8GB iPhone 4, as part of a March Madness sale. Normally $49 on a 3 year term, the iPhone 4 is available for only $1. It is available for new and existing customers that renew, and will require a minimum monthly service fee of...

Did you read Archie Comics growing up as a kid? I can't remember how many countless hours were spent 'hanging out' with the crew from Riverdale. Today Archie Comics and New Brunswick's Gogii Games have announced they will release an iOS video game based on the iconic comic series. The iPhone and iPad will will...

After speculation yesterday about Apple's maps within iPhoto for iOS, it has now been confirmed by the OpenStreetMap Foundation themselves that Apple has used their map data. What is the OSM all about? Here's how they describe themselves: The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a UK-registered not-for-profit organization that supports the OpenStreetMap Project. The OpenStreetMap Project based...

Earlier, we confirmed that AppleCare+ was available for the new iPad for Canadians, but it is now also supported for iPhones. Apple updated their website today to reflect the changes. Here's how they describe AppleCare+: Every iPhone comes with one year of hardware repair coverage through its limited warranty and up to 90 days of...