Stories by Gary Ng

Chrome for iOS has been updated today to include easier access to your tab history by tapping and holding on the back button, but the ability to share web pages via Messages: What's New in Version 25.0.1364.86 • Long press on the back button to quickly access any page in your tab history • Share...

The Starbucks App Pick of the Week is Brian Cox's Wonders of the Universe, an app that regularly retails for $5.99. This app features over 2.5 hours of BBC video from the Wonders TV series (Wi-Fi required) and over 200 in-depth interactive articles to let you tour the universe. This app was part of App...

Samsung previously announced their next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S IV on March 14th in New York City. According to the New York Times, a Samsung employee who has tried the latest phone says it will come with a new feature known as 'eye scrolling': The phone will track a user’s eyes to determine where...

The CBC reports another case of Canadian carrier 'bill shock' has a Canadian family after a dad received a $22,000 data roaming bill from Fido. The massive bill was accrued after his 11 year old son streamed YouTube videos while roaming on a family vacation in Mexico. “When I heard $22,000 and my son happened...

Wireless wars in Thunder Bay continue to heat up as Tbaytel now offers a $50 unlimited voice plus 6GB data plan (via MobileSyrup), to rival what is also available from Bell/Virgin Mobile, and what TELUS similarly launched when their LTE network went live in the city (that offer has expired but you could probably still get...

If you're looking for extra Lightning USB cables, you might want to consider the following BoxWave 4 foot long cable for just $0.99 from Amazon.ca. This version claims to be 'new and improved' and according to user reviews, it works equally as good as Apple's cables for a fraction of the price. At 99 cents, you...

Tanmay Bakshi is an app developer who has created a math app to help students learn their multiplication tables. What makes him special is he's only 9 years old, a student from Great Lakes Public School in Brampton. Because he isn't 18 yet, the app is under his father's name (Puneet) in the App Store, reports Mississauga.com (via...

If you want to take your iPhoneography to another level, check out the following iOS Camera Lens 3 Pack offer. This compact lens kit includes 3 lenses that fit over your iOS camera lens via an adhesive magnetic ring, for just $25 (over 50% off). You will get the following lenses, in your choice of...

It appears Apple has continued to rollout 3D maps with the latest addition being Metro Vancouver. Downtown Vancouver, along with other cities throughout the Metro Vancouver area such as Richmond, Burnaby, Surrey, Coquitlam, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, and more have received 3D views for buildings and homes.   Last September, Calgary received 3D maps, while...

The Panic blog has made an interesting discovery behind Apple's Lightning digital AV adapter. After noticing the adapter did not display a clean 1080p signal to their TV, they decided to do a teardown. To their surprise, and the rest of the world, here's what they found: Your eyes don’t deceive you — that tiny chip...

Cydia founder Jay Freeman (@saurik) has issued new numbers on the status of jailbroken iOS devices, as noted by @pod2g. There are now 14,051,500 unique devices running Cydia on iOS 6.x, with 23 million devices seen in the last month only. Impressive. https://twitter.com/pod2g/status/307796622270689280 Shortly after the release of evasi0n, Jay Freeman (Saurik) told Forbes in...

Evernote has issued a service-wide password reset as a precaution for its entire user base this morning after it was discovered hackers had attempted to access secure parts of their servers. The infiltrators were able to gain access to user information such as usernames, emails and encrypted passwords. According to the Evernote blog: In our...