Stories by Gary Ng

Audyssey Media Player ‘amp’ Aims to Improve your Music Experience

Audyssey Labs made its way onto iOS via an update to Songza last December, bringing its audio technology to free streaming music app. The audio technology improves the listening experience via implementing specific profiles for each model of headphones from numerous manufacturers. Just recently, Audyssey launched its own standalone media player, 'amp' in the App...

Dropbox 2.0 Released for Mac with New Notification Menu

Dropbox has announced an update to its Mac desktop client (and Windows as well) to bring a new and improved notification menu which makes it easier to accept invitations to shared folders, links or albums. Everything you want from Dropbox can now be accessed in the new menu, which also has an even easier view...

TELUS iPhone 5 User Disputes Bill Over Lack of Network Coverage

According to a report by CTV BC, one particular iPhone 5 user in South Surrey was unhappy with his TELUS network reception to the point where he decided to cancel his contract early with the company. Steve Lee's neighbourhood in South Surrey previously had decent cell reception but as of last April, the coverage had...

Chipworks: A5 Chip Within Latest Apple TV Still Manufactured by Samsung

It was recently discovered the latest 'silent' Apple TV update contained a smaller A5 chip, with speculation it could have been manufactured by TSMC's 28 nm process, possibly part of a production trial to create smaller chips for Apple. Now, Chipworks (via MacRumors) has confirmed the A5 within the latest Apple TV is still being...

TELUS 4G LTE Network Launches in Saint John

TELUS has announced its 4G LTE network is now officially live in Saint John, part of its ongoing rollout in Atlantic Canada. The launch comes as other areas such as St. John's, Moncton, Charlottetown and Halifax all have their LTE networks up and running as well. The company notes 70 per cent of the Canadian...

Evasi0n 1.5.3 Download Release Fixes Bugs for Windows Users

The Evad3rs jailbreak team has been busy over the past day or so as two updates have been released for the evasi0n jailbreak tool. The latest is version 1.5.3 which aims to fix bugs for the Windows version; this release was published shortly after the 1.5.2 version that provided language support for French, Chinese and...

Apple Debuts iPhone 5 TV Ads ‘Brilliant’ and ‘Discover’ [VIDEO]

Apple has uploaded a couple new iPhone 5 TV ads to its YouTube channel tonight, titled "Brilliant" and "Discover". Both ads feature the following description: With an iPhone, there's an app for that. And that. And that. The ads showcase the numerous apps available for the iPhone and the format is similar to recent iPad...

Marvel’s 700 Free Comics Giveaway Paused as Servers Melt from Demand

Marvel announced late yesterday at SXSW plans to give away 700 of their comics for free as part of a promotion to gain more readers. At $1.99-$3.99 per issue, giving away 700 number one issues is definitely a way to overwhelm comiXology servers, and that's just exactly what has happened. ComiXology CEO David Steinberger announced they...

iPhone Camera as Mobile Microscope Yields Modest Accuracy in Worm Diagnosis

According to a study published today in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene by Isaac I. Bogoch, MD, from the Divisions of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Toronto General Hospital, says the iPhone camera modified as a microscope can yield modest results in detecting worms based on their field study: The researchers mounted a 3-mm...

Amazon Shows Off How Awesome Kindle eTextbooks Are–On the iPad

When Amazon isn't targeting the iPad mini against its Kindle Fire HD on its homepage, it is showing off how cool its eTextbooks are for students looking to take their studies to another level. What's interesting about the following Kindle eTextbooks demo is Amazon pimps out the Kindle iOS app for iPad, rather than showing...