Stories by Gary Ng

Last year Liquipel debuted their nano coating, which required customers to send in their devices to be sprayed down entirely, making them fully waterproof enough to be submerged in water. This year at CES 2013, the company has announced Liquipel 2.0, their next generation nanotechnology, that the company claims is 100 times better than its...

Nokia currently partners with Microsoft and their Windows Phone 8 mobile OS, but in an interview with Gizmodo es Español the CEO said "anything is possible" when asked about launching an Android phone: El País: Do you discard launching an Android phone next year? Elop: In the current ecosystem wars we are using Windows Phone as...

Hyundai is the latest automobile manufacturer to announce it will jump on Apple's Siri technology and Eyes Free mode. Eyes Free mode: Hyundai will integrate Siri, the intelligent assistant that helps drivers get things done just by asking, and the much-anticipated Eyes Free mode into its vehicles. Through the vehicle's infotainment system, drivers with a compatible iPhone* running...

eBay for iOS has been updated to version 2.7.0 which brings a new listing flow for selling, a faster checkout along with search enhancements and bug fixes and other various improvements. The What's New in Version 2.7.0 • New listing flow makes it faster and easier to sell - Category, pricing and shipping guidance -...

Back in the last week of December we told you about Cycloramic, the neat app that spins your iPhone 5 around (on a flat shiny surface) using the vibrator motor to film video. Today, a very, very similar app has debuted called CamAround 360. It performs the same functions but also has filters to jazz...

Netflix has announced today it has signed an exclusive deal to stream Warner Bros. TV dramas in the U.S. The deal will make Netflix the exclusive home of prior seasons of shows from the 2012-2013 season, and customers can expect to see the following shows: Revolution (NBC), The Following (Fox) Longmire (A&E) Political Animals (USA)...

60 Minutes has a video interview showcasing IDEO design firm founder, David Kelley. The latter shares some details about working with Apple as a client, and in particular with late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs. Kelley's design firm, Hovey-Kelley (as it was known before being renamed to IDEO in 1991) was commissioned by Apple to design...

What do you do when a thief steals your iPhone, and there's an opportunity to retrieve it? You do whatever it takes, even if that means posing as a bodacious babe on a dating site to lure in the iPhone thief. That's what happened recently in Brooklyn, reports the NY Post: Nadav Nirenberg, 27, of...

Griffin Technology consistently releases some cool iOS accessories and the company has made a plethora of announcements at CES 2013. Here's a round up of what's been announced and what you can look forward to. There's accessories available for the whole family. Power Accessories PowerDock 5, $99.99 (available Spring 2013): charging bay for up to...

Apple's 12 Days of Christmas has reached its last and final day. Today's freebie is Gameloft's Shark Dash, a physics puzzle game with a fun theme. The game comes with 96 levels and four different environments, where you lead Sharkee through the bathtub world against evil ducks that have kidnapped his girlfriend. Reviews in iTunes...

We're down to day 11 of Apple's 12 Days of Christmas, the second to last day. Today's freebie is a single and video from Canadian pop star (from Mission, BC), Carly Rae Jepson. The single "Almost Said It" is from her recent album with the same name, released in December. The free video is her...

Ciccarese Design has posted what it calls its 'iPhone 6' concept based on the iPod nano form factor that runs a fusion operating system of iOS and OS X called iOSX. It’s a possible iPhone 6 version, it is remake from a test [prototype] description. Like Apple style, I show you next iPhone with new...