Stories by Gary Ng

Here we go again. The ZAGG Memorial Day sale is around the corner on Monday and Tuesday, with all items up to 50% off. If you missed last year's 50% off sale, this is your chance for redemption. The sale starts Sunday, May 29th at 9pm PDT, and ends Wednesday at 1am PDT. Once you...

Memorial Day is on Monday in the US, essentially like Remembrance Day in Canada. It also is a time for sales as we've seen from EA's 99 cent iOS sale. Looks like Gameloft is also joining in on the fun. The following iPhone titles are on sale for 99 cents: Fast Five the Movie: Official...

Update 3: Click here for an updated story that confirms Peter's employment with Apple. Update 2: It appears Peter Hajas has been confirmed to be working for Apple. One of his tweets from a few weeks ago, via Redmond Pie: @brittaahh I’m glad you like it. I’ll see what I can do I will be...

More iOS 5 speculation coming your way, this time it's regarding the use of Google Maps. Apple's acquisition of mapping companies Poly9 and Placebase surely would hint at Apple's own mapping system coming our way right? Not so fast, according to 9to5Google. They are 'claiming' sources mention Apple will remain using Google Maps in iOS...

Next week will kick off Apple's 2011 WWDC, and right now rumours are rampant about what we can expect to be announced. We've seen Apple invite members of the British and Australian media to the keynote. TechCrunch is reporting their sources have told them some interesting news about what's coming from iOS 5. The connection...

Here are some jailbreak tweaks that should already be in iOS. Could of any variation of these tweaks make an appearance in iOS 5? We'll find out next week at WWDC. ScreenDimmer – Lets you change the minimum time until the screen dims or turns off entirely. You can also set a whitelist so that the screen...

With Apple's sold out WWDC 2011 kicking off next week, the world will get a 'preview of the future of iOS and Mac OS X'. Earlier rumours hinted that Apple PR had invited members of the British press to attend the keynote, which we can allude to a major announcement coming soon. Now, members of...

Next Monday is Memorial Day for our American friends down south, essentially the equivalent of Remembrance Day up in Canada. That also means some sales, and once again Electronic Arts (EA) has just launched their massive 99 cent Memorial Day sale. They also have up to 80% off HD titles for the iPad. The last...

We've consistently heard rumours about what Apple plans on doing with its massive $1 billion dollar North Carolina data centre. The most notable is that a 'music locker' service called 'iCloud' will result. Apple has already negotiated deals with three of the four major record labels, and is said to be nearing completion with the...

Update: Here's a promo video showing participating retailers. Can't wait for this to hit Canada: Google just unveiled Google Wallet, an app that will turn your smartphone into a payment system using NFC (near field communication). Google Wallet will debut on Sprint's Nexus S 4G, and the app will be tested first in New York...

With more and more people subsribing to data plans in Canada, it appears the days of only using your desktop at home for Internet are coming to an end. A new study by IDC Canada reported 40% of Canadians accessed the Internet using a mobile device in January of 2011. Rogers also reported 45% of...

The recent list of winners for the 2011 Webby Awards were announced earlier this month. What are the Webby Awards? The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which includes...