Stories by Gary Ng

Twitter’s Slick New iPhone Music App Now Available [Hands On]

Twitter has announced it has finally released its music app for iPhone, after teasing everyone by giving exclusive access to the new app to celebrities such as Ryan Seacrest first. What's the app all about? The Twitter team explains: Today, we're releasing Twitter #music, a new service that will change the way people find music,...

Yahoo! Launches New iPhone Weather App, Revamped Yahoo! Mail iPad App

Yahoo has announced the launch of a new iPhone weather app powered by images from the user-submitted Project Weather Group: The new app combines Flickr photos from the Project Weather Group with accurate and detailed weather information from around the world. Rain in Tokyo? Snow in Paris? You’ll not only get the facts, but also...

Montreal Woman Posts Controversial Photo to Instagram, Gets Arrested

Should we be wary of what we post to social networks like Instagram? Montreal resident Jennifer Pawluck found out the hard way. She posted a picture of Cmdr. Ian Lafrenière, a Montreal police spokesman, shown with a bullet hole piercing his head on March 26th to Instagram, reports the CBC. According to the law, something deemed...

Pocket: Over 35M Items Shared Per Month; Update Brings New Share Menu

Pocket has announced its one year anniversary today and has revealed its users now share over 35 million items per month. On this birthday Pocket has also released an update to add a new sharing menu to share items with friends, Twitter, Facebook, Evernote, Buffer or email. The latter is the preferred sharing method by...

Amazing Concept Shows Off 10,000 iPhone 5 Domino [VIDEO]

Back in August of 2011 Aatma Studio released a viral concept video that showcased an iPhone 5 with a laser keyboard and holographic display. The designers are now back in the mix as they have released a crazy 10,000 iPhone 5 domino concept to show off the power of NFC, should it come to the...

Feedly 14.3.1 iOS Update Brings New Denser Title-Only View

Google Reader replacement Feedly has released its 14.3 iOS update to introduce a new denser and cleaner title-only view, along with bringing back the old list view as well. The update also fixes some bugs so users do not need to keep logging in again, titles are no longer cut off for the iPhone 4,...

Wunderlist Pro Will Focus on Collaboration, Coming Soon for Mac, iOS, Web

The 6Wunderkinder team has announced Wunderlist Pro will soon be released, a new version focused on collaboration and teams, allowing users to assign tasks to others: So, what can you expect exactly? Without going into too much detail, Wunderlist Pro will arrive with the most requested feature for using Wunderlist in teams — Assigning. You’ll...

Is Quebec a Model for Wireless Competition?

A report from The Globe and Mail says to increase wireless competition in Canada, we could look at the model being used in--Quebec. The province introduced Bill 60 back in late 2009 which limited cancellation fees and ensured they were transparent for all consumers: To end the abusive practices of the wireless triumvirate, Quebec imposed...

More TELUS 4G LTE Network Launches in Ontario: Bowmanville, Cornwall

TELUS has announced this morning its 4G LTE network has launched in Bowmanville in the Durham region and Cornwall, again expanding its network in Ontario, part of an ongoing $650 million investment that started last year. The company says LTE coverage now serves 70 per cent of the Canadian population in roughly 170 markets. Coverage maps...

Funny or Die Releases 79-Minute Long ‘iSteve’ Biopic Early

Funny or Die has released their Steve Jobs biopic "iSteve" early and it is now available for viewing online. The movie runs 78 minutes and 55 seconds long, starring Justin Long as Steve Jobs and Jorge Garcia as Steve Wozniak. The film was originally set to launch yesterday, but was delayed to Wednesday. Looks like...

Facebook Said to Hire Ex-Apple Maps Director Williamson for Mobile Efforts

According to a report by Bloomberg, Facebook has reportedly hired a former manager from Apple's maps team, to help expand the social network's mobile-software group: Facebook Inc. has nabbed another member of Apple Inc.’s original iPhone team, hiring Richard Williamson, the manager who had led Apple’s mapping efforts, according to people with knowledge of the...