Stories by Gary Ng

Canada's sixth largest bank and the leading bank in Quebec, the National Bank of Canada (French: Banque Nationale du Canada), has recently updated their website to support mobile devices. The new mobile site supports French and English and works for both bank accounts and their MasterCard. According to a study done by ING Direct last month, 35% of Canadians...

Via Twitter handle RogersBuzz, Roger's has posted a coupon for iPhone 4 and Blackberry Torch skin kits. The coupon discounts iPhone skins to just $5, which is significantly lower than the regular retail price. As a sign of the times, the coupon is meant to be presented on your mobile device upon check out. It expires Thursday, December 15...

As I noted last night on twitter, Flight Control for the iPhone and Flight Control HD for the iPad are both free for today, as part of EA's Daily Deals (Firemint was acquired by EA back in May). When this epic game took off into the App Store it become an instant hit. Last September...

Yesterday we were first to report on the free animated book download, The Beatles Yellow Submarine in the iBookstore. Today, a press release was issued to make it official, and this evening Apple has uploaded a new iTunes TV ad to its YouTube account called 'Covers', featuring The Beatles: Let iTunes take you on a...

Brazilian web-designer Fabio Fiss spent a long weekend creating Stevenote.tv, a platform that aims to gather every Steve Jobs videos in a single search-friendly place-- not only keynotes, but also documentaries, interviews, videos from his time at NeXT, as well as Apple ads. The site is still in development with some holes to fill. In the long run he hopes to...

Yesterday Twitter released an update to its iPhone app that overhauled the interface away from its Tweetie origins. It was basically simplified to accommodate new users. If you weren't happy about the update, consider downloading Tweetbot. It's a fantastic twitter client that is currently on sale for $0.99 (limited time sale). Read our review here....

For all the investors out there, ETF Central will let you keep track of all your Canadian exchange-traded funds on your iPhone. You can browse ETFs and get updates, create your own customized portfolio, and read ETF news. There's also an in-depth educational section to help you learn more about the world of ETFs. It...

Back in February, HP announced the Veer, Pre 3, and TouchPad to compete with iOS. Six months later, the company reported they were discontinuing webOS hardware (that led to $99 TouchPad firesales). WebOS was orchestrated by former Apple engineer, Jon Rubinstein, when he moved to Palm, eventually acquired by HP. Today, HP has even bigger news,...

Zite has Canadian origins, as the app originally developed for the iPad was started by a team of University of British Columbia researchers, but was recently acquired by CNN (jackpot!). It has now been updated for the iPhone. What makes Zite so different from other news reader apps such as Flipboard, Pulse, or Google's new...

The Jawbone UP was one of the most documented and hyped iOS accessories we've seen so far. Reviews for the Jawbone have been mixed, and at a cost of $99USD, there's a lot on the line. Stories of hardware failure, breakage, and endless problems have been documented in the Jawbone forums. The device has captured...

iTunes is featuring a free book download right now that is pretty awesome--The Beatles Yellow Submarine. This illustrated book features animation, and is read by the English actor, Dean Lennox Kelly. The original Yellow Submarine cartoon debuted in 1968, with The Beatles playing themselves as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Here's the iTunes description:...

Last night, Apple TV units in Canada were silently given an over the air update to introduce the TV Shows menu. Everything looked fine and dandy, however users were unable to purchase rentals, watch previews and more. It was essentially a useless update. Here's what we saw yesterday: Today, we now know why it wasn't...