Stories by Gary Ng

H&M iPhone App Offers 20% Off Any Item in Store

If you shop at H&M or know someone who does, the following will make them pretty excited. Right now users of the H&M iPhone app can get access to a 20% off coupon to save on any item in store. Just download the app, launch it, and 'shake' to reveal the pop up coupon. The...

iPhone 5 Details Being Closely Guarded More than Before?

Rumours about the iPhone 5 mention a delay until the Fall instead of the typical schedule of a WWDC announcement and subsequent Summer launch. Normally around this time of the year iPhone 5 "details" would emerge but right now nothing substantial has been 'leaked'. Did Apple learn its lesson after the iPhone 4 was 'stolen'...

Review: Magic Mouse Fix Solves the Uncomfortable Magic Mouse

The Magic Mouse is a great mouse with multi-touch gestures. I picked mine up soon after it was launched by Apple. However, I have relatively large hands. After a few hours I noticed my hand and wrist didn't 'agree' with the contours of the Magic Mouse. I've switched back and forth between mice and it...

Pizza Pizza iPhone App Brings Ordering Right on your Phone

Pizza Pizza has been serving Canadians since 1967, and recently released their iPhone app. This app allows for orders straight from your iPhone--it doesn't get any easier than that. The future is here, folks. Here's the app description: Come on board and be a part of the Pizza ordering revolution by: • Creating your favorite...

iPhone Apps Look Better Than Android Apps From the Same Company

iPhone apps look pretty darn good, especially on the iPhone 4's Retina Display. What about Android apps versus iPhone apps from the same company? How do they compare? Android Gripes, a Tumblr blog self-described as: "Gripes about UI/UX of Android phones/tablets and so called "openness" that is nonsense to consumers," goes on to explain: When...

Apple Patent Reveals ‘Smart Bezel’ Details

Patently Apple has revealed plans by Apple to introduce 'Smart Bezels' for upcoming iOS devices: Apple intends to introduce a method that employs a very cool secondary display scheme that utilizes a printed segmented electroluminescence display. Apple intends to use the secondary display to introduce a set of new illuminated indicators that are able morph...

LiveProfile Cross Platform Messaging App Does Not Live Up to the Hype

The App Store is full of cross platform messaging apps such as WhatsApp, which is the best one out there. It allows for chat between iPhone, Android, and Blackberry users. Whenever I get asked to check out messaging apps, I always go back to the comparisons to WhatsApp. The latest app called LiveProfile has entered...

[Update] redsn0w 0.9.6rc11 Download Released, Brings Boot Animations

Update 1: 0.9.6rc11 just released right after rc10. redsn0w_0.9.6rc11: (rc11 makes the boot animation a bit more robust across all devices) OS X redsn0w Windows redsn0w The iPhone Dev Team just released redsn0w 0.9.6rc10, an update for both Mac and Windows. This new version brings the ability for boot animations, and removes some settings. You...

Global Video iPhone App: Watch News and TV Shows

Global has released their Global Video app for iOS, and so far it looks great on the iPhone, except the content is limited. Some shows show no episodes at all, and some only have a few from mid-way through the season and so on. Global National appears to be uploaded consistently though. As for everything...

Zapd: Create Beautiful Websites from your iPhone

Zapd is a relatively new app that allows you to share your pictures via easily customizable website templates. We've seen photo sharing apps like Instagram but Zapd makes it easy and fun to create awesome looking sites to send to friends and family for special occasions. Each "site" gets its own unique web address. I...

[Sponsor] MOBiLE CLOTH Microfibre Cloths

MOBiLE CLOTH™ is made of a high tech split microfiber material, designed to clean your mobile and touchscreen devices without any spray or chemicals. It works effectively to remove fingerprints, smudges, bacteria, and germs from screens. MOBiLE CLOTH is washable and reusable, starts at just $2.99, and has a 30 day money back guarantee. iPhoneinCanada.ca RSS...

iPhoneinCanada.ca Featured in May Issue of Canadian Living

Readers of the iconic Canadian Living magazine have something special to look forward to in the May 2011 issue. iPhoneinCanada.ca is featured in their story, "Don't Worry, Be Appy". Yours truly had the honour of providing some insight to the readers of Canadian Living about banking 'apps' and why we use them. If you don't...