Stories by Gary Ng

Apple’s Free App of the Week: Photography App Vintique

Another week has arrived and that means a new App Pick of the Week from Apple. Regularly-priced at $0.99, the free download this week is Vintique, a photography app that applies vintage filters to your photos. There are 32 filters to choose from and each filter can be adjusted to your liking along with 19...

Chipworks Teardown of the Lighting to 30-pin Adapter Reveals Chips Used Inside

Chipworks has performed a detailed teardown of Apple's Lightning to 30-pin adapter and has catalogued the chips used within. It wasn't a surprise when they also found the same T.I. security chip first discovered in the Lightning USB cable, as pictured below: As seen with a previous adapter teardown, Chipworks emphasized it wasn't easy getting...

$50 iTunes Cards Are $10 Off at Staples and 7-11 [Update]

Periodically iTunes Cards are on sale at various retailers and if you missed out on the last sale, Staples is currently offering $50 iTunes Cards for $10 off, savings of 20%. These cards can be used to fund your iTunes account for purchases in the App Store, Mac App Store, iTunes, iBookstore and more. By...

Griffin Announces MOTC TC Racer/Monster iOS Remote Controlled Cars

Griffin has announced the release of a couple iOS remote-controlled accessories, the MOTO TC Racer and Monster. Both are controlled by an iOS device by downloading their respective apps, with the latter via the MOTO TC Monster app. The app will provide touch controls for a steering wheel and throttle for your iPhone/iPad and motion...

Tweetbot for Mac Released for $20 But in Limited Downloads Due to Twitter

Tweetbot has released their Mac version in the App Store and it's available for $20. The price isn't the surprising part of this release--it's the fact limited numbers will be available for purchase due to Twitter's restriction on token limits; the higher price is because Tapbots wants to be able to support the app once...

ICTC: 51,700 Total Jobs Related to the ‘App Economy’ in Canada

The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) has released a report titled "Employment, Investment, and Revenue in the Canadian App Economy," which was compiled by surveying participants from across the country. Their report sheds insight into how Canada's app economy is doing, and so far their numbers reveal 51,700 total related jobs: It is estimated...

Apple Store Carrefour Laval Undergoing Renovations, New Store Coming

The Apple Store Carrefour Laval in Quebec is currently undergoing some major renovations. The existing location is boarded up with black-painted walls and on the front a message to customers notes a new store is coming. This is further confirmed via their retail website which shows the following message: We're setting the stage for a...

Apple Reportedly Acquires Photo and Video Sharing App Color [Update]

According to a report via The Next Web, Apple has reportedly acquired the photo and video sharing app Color. The latter first launched last March and was underwhelming after much media hype and garnering $41 million in funding: Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round,...
Web Traffic Share by Mobile Phone

iPhone Dominates Smartphone Web Traffic, But Android King of Platforms

How does one measure mobile dominance? One might say - by assessing which phones are being used the most! One measurement of this is overall web traffic share. In other words, which models of smartphones are used to surf the Internet the most? According to online advertising network Chitika, Apple is the clear winner in this...

touchMS App Allows Multiple Sclerosis Patients to Manage Disease

For those who are dealing with or know of people dealing with multiple sclerosis (MS), an app has been made available to assist patients in managing the disease. TouchMS was created as an interactive tool by Canadian MS experts to engage users and empowering them to learn more about the disease and how to cope...

Apple to Meet with “Made for iPhone” Accessory Makers in China

TechCrunch reports Apple is set to hold a conference in China with their 'Made for iPhone/iPad/iPod' program partners to discuss AirPlay and Bluetooth standards as well as restrict sales of Lightning connectors to partners only: We’re now hearing from a source close to Apple’s accessory manufacturing partner that the company plans to hold a conference...