Stories by Gary Ng

On Tuesday, XM Radio Canada released its App called "XM Online+" giving iPhone and iPod users the ability to access XM programming from anywhere in the world. This follows suit with Sirius and their application for the iPhone. XM Online+ will have 100 channels offered initially, including commercial-free music, NHL Home Ice, talk shows, MLB...

When I first laid my grubby fingers on Fring, I knew the company behind this program was onto something. My first download of Fring was on 1.1.4 firmware (yes, I said 1.1.4!) via Installer. Next up, there was the official Fring iPhone app. Well today, the makers of Fring have announced something pretty awesome: iPhone...

Canadian wireless and cable provider Bell on Monday has began offering the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot. The MiFi device uses Bell's recently launched HSPA network, which offers simultaneous Wi-Fi connectivity for up to five devices including computers, portable gaming devices and media players. The device, which weighs about 3 ounces, is compatible...

TELUS officially launched their HSPA (3G+) network back on November 5th and they have expanded to reach residents in Kelowna, B.C. TELUS reps say they now cover an additional 1.1 million square kilometres. Steve Jenkins, general manager of Customer Solutions Delivery for the Interior South said: “Thanks to the tremendous efforts of our 144 employees...

There are now over 100,000 applications available in the iTunes AppStore, there really is an App for anything that uses the iPhone's features. Well, almost everything. Do you always feel the need to have your apps with you everywhere you go? Have money burning a hole in your pocket? Craving that iPhone fix? Well now...

Juan Xavier Larrea has released an update to his application for the iPhone called 360Live. With this update it is one of the first Xbox 360 apps that lets you do more with your GamerTag and gives you almost complete management over your account. With over 1 Million people that have been banned this November,...

Oh snap. It looks like this could be the start of even more next generation iPhone rumors "in the wild". MacRumors is reporting that the iPhone developer Pandav has seen evidence of an unreleased iPhone in their App's analytics (within their app iBART). This is the same developer who reported iPhone 2,1 a year ago,...

The iPhone Dev Team has created quite the gem with their custom iPhone firmware tool, PwnageTool. The downfall though? It is only availabe for OSX, which leaves out a huge chunk of iPhone users on the PC. Well, Sn0wbreeze is coming to town fairly soon and it is the Windows equivalent of PwnageTool. It is...

Last month SaskTel released an Saskatchewan Roughriders app for the Blackberry and iPhone that has received incredible response. It's no surprise as Canadians get ready for the Grey Cup in Calgary, Alberta this Sunday featuring the Montreal Alouettes vs. the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Since the app was released on October 8th, it’s been downloaded over 11,000...

Here in the Great White North, traditionally Boxing Day is the biggest shopping day of the year. In the USA, our neighbours celebrate Black Friday as one of the most important retail periods of the year! Black Friday is seen as the start of the Christmas shopping season. The joy has spread over to us...

One of the best iPhone accessories for my iPhone 3GS is my 13" MacBook Pro. You might recall that I previously bought a unibody MacBook, but I ended up giving that as an Apple hand-me-down to my wife (she's the lucky recipient of all my "old" Apple goods hehe). Anyways, with the advent of so...

Remember our review introducing the world to ZAGGskins, the latest custom skins from ZAGG? Well, ZAGG has decided to kick off Black Friday early by offering a limited time 50% off sale! You got to love it when ZAGG offers these periodic 50% sales. They are the best times to stock up on skins especially...