Stories by Gary Ng

Timotheus Wischniowski, a student and traffic engineer from Germany, has created an insanely detailed mind map of all the settings from an iPhone 5 running iOS 6.0.1. Below is just a tiny fraction of what is available: The full-sized PNG image download is just over 12MB, and the mind map was created using OmniOutliner and MindNode...

Apple's free App of the Week released on Thursday was Toca Band. This app is geared for children aged 2-9 to to explore music with their parents. The app lets your kid try out 16 characters that play their own instruments within the app, which also includes 48 fun sound loops. There is no right...

(Image credit: Apple Inc.) New Apple Stores opened this weekend around the world in China, Australia and Sweden. One of the most significant openings was the new store in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. This stunning location's front facade consists of 30-foot tall sheets of glass that provides a transparent look into the three levels of...

Here's some Saturday afternoon reading, courtesy of the New York Times on their piece about how Instagram has resulted in some smart entrepreneurs: These entrepreneurs have realized that they can piggyback on the popularity of Instagram, which has more than 100 million users, and create their own businesses, some of which have turned out to...

For those running a tethered iOS 6.0 jailbreak on their iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 4th gen, a new tweak has arrived in Cydia to allow you to set the latest Google Maps for iOS app as the default map app (it also works for those on iOS 5) for links. MapsOpener is a...

The TidyTilt+ case for the iPhone 5 has debuted on Kickstarter, alongside the JustMount. The latter is a magnetic mount that secures to any surface to hold your iPhone 5 in the TidyTilt+ case, keys or just about anything that is magnetic. The TidyTilt+ made news earlier as their 'folding panel' resembles an iPad Smart...

Google has announced it will be shutting down Google Sync and Google Calendar Sync, as part of a blog post titled "Winter Cleaning". The change is only for new users signing up after January 30th, 2013: Google Sync was designed to allow access to Google Mail, Calendar and Contacts via the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync® protocol....

Google Maps for iOS was released a couple days ago and shortly after its release it vaulted into the number one spot under top free apps. Three Google apps are in the top 10 now: Google Maps, YouTube and Google Earth: Google is pushing its iOS maps app release hard. Even Google Maps on the...

Dropbox has announced the release of version 2.0 of its iOS app, which has received an all-new design (and new icon): We’ve packed a ton of love and tiny details into our new iOS design, and we think you’ll dig its simplicity. For example, we got rid of the text labels on our tabs in...

Yesterday Facebook released another update to its iOS app, which aims to improve the speed at which your timeline and news feeds load. Also added is the ability to upload photos to albums of your choosing. What's New in Version 5.3 Post your photos to albums and enjoy a speedier app. • You can now...

Rovio has announced a massive sale for their HD titles on iOS, which means you can get iPad versions for a super deal this weekend: The year 2012 has been absolutely amazing for Rovio, and as a 'Thank You' to our fans we're offering all Rovio HD titles for Android and iOS at a special sale...

  According to a report from Digitimes, Taiwan-based backlighting industry sources say Apple's next generation iPad mini will have a better display resolution, but short of any confirmation of a Retina display: The sources have yet to specify whether the device will use Apple's Retina Display technology to enhanced resolution, but market observers said it...