Stories by Gary Ng

According to a report from the Globe and Mail, Microsoft has plans to open up its first retail location in Canada. The rumoured location is Yorkdale Shopping Mall in Toronto, which is also home to an Apple Store. Microsoft has 14 stores in the U.S., and locations are typically near Apple Stores, and cosmetically look...

Apple's stock price has hit a new record high today, closing at $502.60 per share. During today's trading the stock high an all-time high of $503.83 per share. It was only last week that shares surged beyond $490 based on speculation of an impending iPad 3 announcement in March (which was again today rumoured for...

Kickstarter has been some to some incredibly successful projects such as the $1.2 million dollar funded Elevation Dock. Now, there's another cool project, the AppTag Laser Blaster that brings laser tag to your iPhone. Your iPhone or iPod touch attaches to the gun unit via a clamp, and also works to be compatible with existing...

PayFirma is a mobile payment solution for the iPhone and BlackBerry (Android coming soon) and recently their iOS app received a much-improved update compared to before. Headquartered in Vancouver, the company sent us their swiper for a quick hands on review. The swiper is very small and portable, and comes in a plain cardboard box...

Apple has initiated the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to start inspections of Foxconn factories in Shenzen and Chengdu, China, as announced earlier this morning in a press release. Inspections are to begin on Monday morning in Shenzhen by teams of FLA experts. “We believe that workers everywhere have the right to a safe and fair...

When will the carriers make the popular 6GB/$30 data plan permanent, instead of running it constantly as a promo that emerges randomly? An internal Bell posting reveals the 6GB plan is back for smartphones such as the iPhone. The plan will typically require a three year contract, and no expiry on the plan is noted....

The Instagram team has posted an update as announced on their blog, and the latest version 2.1. This update brings a new featured called Lux to help brighten photos, the new filter Sierra, and an improved user interface. What's New in Version 2.1 New: - Lux: a new way to enhance your photos - Simplified...

Telus has announced their 2011 Q4 earnings. The company had increased data revenue based on further smartphone and tablet adoption, voice revenues have declined, and they added 148,000 wireless subscribers (74% were smartphone adopters), to a total of 7.3 million. Here are the detailed stats: Data revenue increased by $140 million or 43 per cent to...

Apple uploaded a couple new iPhone 4S TV ads to their YouTube channel. One of the first ones is titled 'Rock God': Siri knows all kinds of things -- even your nickname. The ad documents a teen and his journey with his electric guitar, and showcases how Siri can learn a nickname for you. From...

With today's report from AllThingsD about the iPad 3 being announced in the first week of March, it has pushed Apple's stock during intraday trading to an all-time high of $496.75US per share. Apple's market cap is now at 459.82 billion, and is close to breaking a half trillion dollar valuation. Apple alone is now...

Yesterday was Bell's Let's Talk Day to raise money for mental health awareness in Canada. The company asked people to call, text, or tweet for a 5 cent donation towards mental health programs. The result? 78.5 million texts, long-distance calls and retweets that raised almost $4 million dollars: Canadians responded with 78,520,284 texts, long-distance calls...

Foxconn just had a hacker group called SwaggSec gain access to some of their sensitive information, as of yesterday evening.  The information contained in the dump includes logins and passwords to various servers and intranet sites. 9To5Mac were able to find this from one of the servers: They also located the details for Foxconn's CEO...