Stories by Gary Ng

Samsung Galaxy S4 versus iPhone 5 Hands-On [VIDEO]

Yesterday Samsung announced their new flagship Galaxy S 4 smartphone in New York City, in a crazy theatrical event held at Radio City Music Hall. HTC took the time to throw in a jab on Twitter: http://twitter.com/htc/status/312348122753953792 HTC CEO Ben Ho basically thrashed Samsung, speaking to Engadget: "With a continuation of a plastic body, and...

Boom–Dropbox Acquires Email Startup Mailbox [Update]

Here's some big news for Friday--Dropbox has announced it has acquired email startup Mailbox: Today we’re really excited to welcome the Mailbox team to Dropbox. Like many of you, when we discovered Mailbox we fell in love—it was simple, delightful, and beautifully engineered. Many have promised to help us with our overflowing inboxes, but the...

Tubetime Launches Free All-In-One TV Guide, Remote App in Canada [u]

Tubetime is a new all-in-one TV guide and remote app for iOS users, launched earlier this week in Canada. Users have the option of purchasing a reasonably-priced $9.95 CDN dongle to turn your iPhone or iPad into a remote for your TV, PVR and other electronics. Features: • Easily search, browse and personalize your TV guide...

Starbucks App Pick of the Week: Wikiweb [Promo Codes]

This week's free Starbucks App Pick of the Week is Wikiweb, known as a 'delightful' and beautifulWikipedia reader for the iPhone and iPad, regularly priced at $2.99. The app makes reading article from Wikipedia easier as it visualizes connections and also helps you discover new unexpected articles via the interface. Looks like a pretty neat...

Samsung Unveils the Galaxy S4 with 5-Inch Display in New York City [PIC]

Samsung this afternoon unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4 at an over-the-top, cringeworthy theatrical event held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Here's a breakdown of what the S4 is all about: 5-inch, 1080p 441ppi Super AMOLED display 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon CPU Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean 13MP camera, 2MP front...

Apple Releases OS X 10.8.3 Software Update

Apple has released OS X Update 10.8.3 this afternoon, which includes numerous fixes to include the stability, security and compatibility of your Mac. Here's a partial list of what's new (full details here): Redeem iTunes gift cards in the Mac App Store via your Mac's built-in camera Boot Camp support for Windows 8, Macs with...

Feedly for iOS Vaults to the Number One Spot in the US App Store

Google Reader will die on July 1st, so the race is on to become the best replacement. Earlier we told you how Feedly and Flipboard can help you save and import your existing Reader feeds. It's clear people still love Google Reader dearly because Feedly has announced its iOS app is now the top free...

Rogers to Launch New Single Rogers Anyplace TV iOS App on March 25

Rogers has informed its customers via email the Rogers Anyplace TV Live and Rogers Anyplace TV Mobile apps will be replaced by a unified app on March 25th. The existing apps will be discontinued on April 15th and cease to function. Users will be notified of the new TV app within existing apps upon launch....

Future Shop, Best Buy iOS Apps Updated with iPhone 5 Screen Support

In the beginning of March, the Future Shop and Best Buy iPhone apps were updated with reserve and pick up options, plus it hinted iPhone 5 screen support was coming. That promise has been fulfilled as today both apps received updates to support the iPhone 5.   Back in late January, Future Shop and Best...

Digg Announces Plans to Build Google Reader Replacement

With Google Reader set to disappear on July 1st, the race is on create the next best RSS reader replacement. Digg has announced its plans to do just that, in the next 108 days: We’ve heard people say that RSS is a thing of the past, and perhaps in its current incarnation it is, but...

YouTube Capture Updated with Support for iPad, iPad mini

YouTube Capture has been updated today to support the iPad and iPad mini. The app lets users film, edit and upload videos right from their iOS devices to YouTube, making it a one-stop app to do it all: What's New in Version 1.2 New for iPad and iPad mini. Film a video and instantly make...