Stories by Gary Ng

Update: We just spoke with Payfirma's CEO, Michael Gokturk, who provided us with more information about Payfirma's payment system. Here are the details: - Cost of Payfirma card swiper: $99+tax - For accounts doing about $500K in volume, the swiper is free - Fees: 2.50% + 25 cents. No annual fees or additional surcharges -...

Just follow the flowchart: What's your favourite photo sharing app? I still think Instagram is king. It's just so darn easy to use. [TechCrunch via Sean Percival]

The past 24 hours haven't been Research In Motion. Yesterday the Waterloo-based company announced their Q2 revenue numbers and they were below estimates, disappointing investors. Revenue was expected to be between $4.2-4.8 billion, a billion below analyst estimates of $5.47 billion. Not only that, RIM will be laying off workers as well. The stock price...

British Chef Gordon Ramsay has one of the dirtiest mouths and shortest tempers on television as we've seen on Hell's Kitchen. Yesterday, Ramsay was on Jimmy Kimmel Live and explained passionately how he takes advantage of Apple's Find My iPhone feature to keep track of his 13 year old daughter: Earlier today we reported on...

Have you ever had to use Find My iPhone to locate your lost or stolen iPhone? This feature originally was part of a $99/year MobileMe subscription, then eventually turned free for the masses by Apple. Patently Apple writes about some upcoming security features for Find My iPhone, as described in some recent patent applications submitted...

As indicated by rumours, Apple's Back to School 2011 promo launched today and the deal includes a free $100 iTunes Gift Card with the purchase of any Mac. The promotion goes from June 16 to September 20, 2011 in Canada. Here’s the deal: When you buy a new qualifying Mac with Apple education pricing* from...

If you've been patient enough waiting for Apple's annual Back to School Promo, the 2011 offer starts tomorrow, as confirmed by MacRumors. This time around though, there won't be a rebate on an iPod touch as in the past, but a $100 iTunes Gift Card as earlier discovered by 9to5Mac. As you can see from...

Koodo never officially supported the iPhone 4, but we first posted about users getting carrier updates for Personal Hotspot. Today, that has all changed as Koodo Mobile now offers the iPhone 4, which will be available at all Koodo Shops on July 15, 2011. Here are a couple plans users can get with the iPhone...

Do you use Gmail on your iPhone via the Mail app? There are two ways to setup your Gmail account: IMAP or Exchange (Google Sync). The IMAP method is rock solid in my books, but the Exchange setup results in slow loading emails. The following is a simple fix if you're encountering missing emails on...

Yesterday Google introduced an update to their mobile search page. Today they have announced on their mobile blog three new updates to Google Sync for the iPhone and iPad. Google Sync will keep your Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts in sync. It's what I use and love for my email and calendar. Here are three new...

A couple days ago we posted about the top 10 passcodes every should avoid using, based on data by Daniel Amitay, the developer of the app Big Brother. As documented on his blog, Daniel writes Big Brother was removed from the App Store as of last night. A contact from Apple's Developer Relations called Daniel...

Update: TechCrunch just posted more photos. Here are a couple more of the upcoming Facebook photo sharing app: Are you a Facebook photo sharing junkie? Users of the social networking site upload 6 billion photos and has almost 100 billion photos altogether. Now that's a lot of pictures of your night out at the bar!...