Stories by Gary Ng

YouTube has updated its iOS app to bring access to live streams and also allow users to queue up videos to play on TV, which has long been a feature on its Android app counterpart. The sidebar also adds quick access to new videos from your subscriptions, plus the app gains some stability and performance...

Earlier this month Facebook announced its new 'Facebook Home' app for Android which essentially puts the social network front and centre on any smartphone. Now, it appears Facebook Home could possibly makes its way to the iPhone. In an interview with Bloomberg, Adam Mosseri, who is basically in charge of Facebook Home had this to...

Banks in the USA have long been able to deposit cheques via images taken with their iPhone camera, such as the Chase Bank app, which has had more than $3 billion US cashed since July 2010. Last March, a report by NCR in Waterloo noted Canada's 'Big Six' banks were in a race to offer...

Lululemon recently launched a new app called Om Finder, to enable yogis to locate yoga classes wherever they may be worldwide, using location services. The app allows users to find new teachers, classes, studios, get inside news from trusted local yogis, connect with the local community and also schedule for coordinating your yoga sessions. Users...

Starting today, Quebec court rooms are going to be unique compared to others in Canada. How so? Quebec judges have decided to end electronic communication in their court rooms which means no more tweeting, texting or emailing out information about what happens in court. According to the Canadian Press the decision came after months of...

The Wall Street Journal reports Microsoft is jumping into the smart watch race to rival Apple's rumoured ambitions for a similar device (Samsung also is rumoured to release a watch as well). According to executives within Microsoft's supply chain: Microsoft Corp. is working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining...

Here are a couple concepts this Sunday to display the creativity of some designers when it comes to their vision of possible Apple design ideas. The first video shows off visions of an iPhone 6 with 4.5-inch display and gone is the Home button (via iClarified): Update: Here's another video comparing this concept to other...

Bloomberg Businessweek reported yesterday Apple board member, Bill Campbell, was on hand at Intuit to give a talk, where he is chairman. Campbell is a close friend of the late Steve Jobs and has long been known as a 'chief executive whisperer' and corporate adviser who likes to operate behind the scenes, so his rare...

Earlier today T-Mobile started selling the iPhone 5, a version where 1700MHz/2100MHz bands have been enabled by Apple to support the AWS spectrum. Some Canadians have already made their way down to purchase iPhone 5 units from T-Mobile and have successfully connected them to WIND Mobile and Mobilicity. Howard Forums user "jattdesi" says he spent...

LinkedIn has confirmed it has acquired the news reader Pulse for $90 million dollars. Senior VP, of Products & User Experience at LinkedIn, Deep Nishar explains in a blog post how he first met Ankit Gupta, one of Pulse's founders years ago at a technology innovation competition in India--which the latter won. Nishar knew Gupta had...

After much anticipation, Pebble has released their Watchface SDK over at http://developer.getpebble.com/, as previously promised: Pebble is a customizable, Bluetooth-enabled smartwatch that connects to iPhone and Android smartphones. It features a 144×168 1-bit display, a 3-axis accelerometer and a Cortex-M3 ARM microprocessor. Pebble can be customized by installing new apps developed with its Software Development...

How many text messages do you send in a day? According to a University of Winnipeg study, students who send more than 100+ texts per day are more inclined to value wealth and image over leading an ethical life. A study from the University of Winnipeg found that students who text that much are 30...