Stories by Gary Ng

For new and existing Fido users, the company has released a 2G/$25 data plan, with an additional 1GB for $10. According to the fine print, if you exceed your included data you will be charged in $5 increments. In terms of $/GB, this plan does not beat the coveted 6GB/$30 data plan is currently available...

With the success of Apple's iOS devices, more and more people want to be seen with them. This also leaves room for counterfeit artists and scammers to take advantage, such as we've seen earlier in the year. Electronics retailers such as Future Shop, Best Buy, London Drugs and Walmart fell victim to people returning iPads...

Apple appears to be continuing its expansion of retail stores in Canada and in particular the Lower Mainland. Coquitlam looks like the next location for the Lower Mainland's 5th Apple Store, according to job postings on Apple's website. The screenshot below shows 'Coquitlam - BC' under 'Stores accepting applications': Coquitlam Centre is the most likely location...

Skype for iOS is probably one of my most used apps. With the release of the iPhone app, then eventually the iPad app, it has been incredibly easy to access the chat and VoIP service. The service just announced on their blog of hitting a major milestone of 32 million users online at once, which occurred yesterday:...

If you're looking to switch to Bell, they currently have a promo to entice users coming over from rival networks. Switch to Bell with your device and you'll receive a $35 activation credit and also 10% off select monthly plans. It applies to Consumer-Personal, Consumer-Small Business and Consumer-Small Business Personal accounts and new activations only....

Today Apple had its hour long shareholders meeting, and it was the first time Tim Cook took the stage as the new CEO at this annual event. At the meeting, Tim Cook had this to say about the products we can expect this year: “You can be assured we are working as hard as ever...

Update 1: Bloomberg reports Apple paid $50 million for the acquisition of Chomp. It was first reported by TechCrunch that Apple has acquired Chomp, a three year old startup: I haven’t been able to learn the exact terms of the deal, but I hear that all the investors should be very pleased with the outcome. This...

Early this morning comScore released their 2012 Mobile Future in Focus annual report, that included notable mobile insights for Canada and other markets abroad like the U.S (with data from up to Dec. 2011). We've pulled the Canadian data from the report and the major stat here is Apple is set to dethrone RIM as...

Over at Adweek, they have compiled every single iPhone ad ever made by TBWA\Media Arts Lab, the agency behind Apple's 'Get a Mac' ads, which had 66 ads over four years. The iPhone ads have now reached 84 in total, surpassing those classic Mac ads. ...the iPhone campaign is now entering its sixth year, and is...

Canadians patiently waited to receive the ability to pay for our Starbucks with our iPhones, as that option finally arrived last November. In the U.S., our neighbours also had access to free App Store promo codes via Starbucks 'App Pick of the Week' cards. Finally, this too has arrived in Canada. Just visit your local...

Samsung heavily promoted their new Galaxy Note smartphone (or is it a mini tablet?!) prior to and after the Super Bowl, with various ads poking fun at iPhone users. A recent ad on their YouTube channel showcased a 'Street Challenge' to demonstrate the awesome 'groundbreaking' S-Pen (it's a stylus) pitted against other smartphones, such as...

Recently app privacy has blasted into the media spotlight, especially when it was discovered that Path uploaded all of your contact info to their servers without you knowing. Now, it appears a step has headed in the right direction as Apple, Google, RIM, Microsoft, Amazon, and HP have all come on board to an agreement...