Stories by Gary Ng

(via Martin Hajek's Flickr page) Rumours this year have suddenly shifted towards the anticipation of Apple releasing a less expensive iPhone for emerging markets, with both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg further fuelling the fire. The most recent report from Digitimes claimed the chassis of this less-expensive iPhone would consist of a hybrid combination...

Do you always have the 'need to go' at the movie theatre? Then RunPee looks to be a clever app to solve your dilemma on when to make a run for the washroom, as it details specific moments within flics that are more opportune than others. How it works is you start the timer within...

A couple days ago we saw a clever concept to toggle Do Not Disturb within Notification Center, created by designer 'Sentry'. He has now created a follow up concept to showcase how he would like to see push notifications when Do Not Disturb is enabled. The idea is to eliminate pop up alerts that would...

If you were a fan of the original Temple Run for iOS, then you are going to be excited to know Temple Run 2 has hit the App Store. The original game from Imangi Studios was a smash hit with over 170 million downloads and the successor brings beautiful new graphics, new environments, more obstacles,...

Readdle has released an update to ReaddleDocs for the iPad--it's now known as Documents for the iPad and it's completely free. The app allows users to view Office documents, read and annotate PDF files, search within documents, edit text files and also read books and other articles. The app is a complete file manager for...

Audi Canada along with ad agency Zulu Alpha Kilo created a documentary detailing the company's project of creating a pretty cool slot car race track, as part of a marketing program known as the Audi quattro Experience. The coolest part? The scaled down model cars had cameras mounted inside to provide a point of view racing...

From left to right: Ron Johnson, George Blankenship, and Jerry McDougal Apple has confirmed its Retail VP Jerry McDougal has resigned, according to AllThingsD. Earlier this afternoon, ifoAppleStore broke the news McDougal had quit to spend more time with his family. His replacement will be the former VP of Finance, Jim Bean. Apple spokesman Steve Dowling...

TELUS has started to offer the iPhone 4 for $0 on…get ready for it…a two year contract, instead of three. Available in both white or black, 8GB models are available for free on two year terms with a minimum spend of $50 per month. Rogers and Bell are still offering the iPhone 4 for $0...

After all the immense hype, Facebook did not launch a phone and they did not launch Messenger for iPad either. Instead, they introduced Graph Search Beta for its web users: What is Graph Search? Graph Search is a new way for you to find people, photos, places and interests that are most relevant to you...

For those wondering what famed iOS hacker Pod2g has been up to, he's been busy creating and running his new company called 2G Lab. Pod2g notes his absence from the iOS exploit hunting game is due to the fact his 2G Lab has been occupying his time. The latter focuses on development and security research....

The NHL lockout is over but the league is trying to win back the hearts and minds of its fans. The shortened 48-game season starts this Saturday and if you want to catch all the action live from your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, Android, PC, Boxee, PS3, Roku XBOX 360 and Sony device as...

This week's App of the Week at Starbucks is the physics-based puzzler Fibble, which is priced at $0.99. The game involves extraterrestrial Fibble who crash lands inside a home. Your job is to navigate Fibble through 40 levels to help reunite with his crew. The game has 3D graphics and was recently updated last October...