Stories by Gary Ng

Looks like Canadian banking on the iPhone is getting popular nowadays. CIBC was one of the first banks to launch a full featured iPhone app, but yesterday ING Direct Canada launched iPhone and Blackberry apps simultaneously. This means if you're an ING Direct customer, you'll be able to do the following: • Check your Account...

In early February news broke that a preview of Opera Mini was coming for the iPhone. Yesterday Opera announced they submitted their web browser to the App Store for approval. What's interesting is Opera has publicly announced this and has even created an Opera Mini Countup contest. Talk about putting some pressure on Apple to...

Are you a Digg user? Digg is either the biggest time waster or the source of 'hot' tech/geek news on the interwebs. Currently I use the app Shovel to surf Digg, but it looks like today will be the debut of the official Digg iPhone app. According to Mashable on the Digg app: Now, Diggers...

News broke late yesterday that US Apple Stores are now selling contract free iPhones, without the requirement of being an existing AT&T customer or provide ID. Previously, customers had to be an existing AT&T customer to buy iPhones without contracts. Apple could be trying to clear stocks to make way for the next iPhone coming...

Apple has added a new feature to the App Store. Called "Gift This App", it will allow you to purchase apps for your family and friends. Here's how you 'gift an app" to your friends: 1. Open up iTunes. Navigate to the App Store. Click on any paid app. 2. Click the down next to...

This year marks the fourth annual Pwn2Own contest held by the TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). Once again the contest will be held in Vancouver at the CanSecWest security conference on March 24th, 2010. The total cash prize up for grabs is $100,000 USD. In a nutshell security experts that are able to hack and...

Here we go again! Get your sleeping bags and coffee ready, as Apple Canada will be opening British Columbia's third Apple Retail Store. According to the Monster job site, the location is to be opened in Richmond, British Columbia, specifically located inside of Richmond Center. This will mark the third Apple retail store in Metro...

My good friends over at the Apple Store recently replaced my iPhone 3GS. I was having some intermittent issues and my battery was lasting about 2 hours with minimal use. As usual, the experience was painless and I left with a new iPhone 3GS. When I got home to sync it I noticed that the...

When Microsoft released their Bing iPhone App, it was a pretty nice app to use. Easy on the eyes and it actually resulted in accurate searches. I'm a Google fanboy more than anything, so I rarely used the Bing app after testing it out. Microsoft Pulls Bing From International App Stores Seems like Microsoft is...

If you haven't tried the free Meebo IM app, you're missing out on one of the best IM apps available for the iPhone. The Meebo team has been hard at work and just released their 1.2 update which allows users to send pictures via chat. Pics can be taken from the camera or the camera...

Role Playing Game (RPG) fans have a lot to celebrate after Final Fantasy I & II was released for the iPhone/iPod Touch. To add to this mix, Square Enix recently released a trailer for their upcoming RPG called Chaos Rings. This new RPG takes advantage of the graphics capabilities of the iPhone OS and looks...

We know that the iPad will go on sale April 3 in the USA. Canadians will get the iPad near the end of April. As for the upcoming iPhone, if history is any indication it should arrive in June/July. That has been the case for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. Should You Buy an...