Stories by Gary Ng

Kik Messenger was founded by ex-RIM employee Ted Livingston and has become one of the most popular cross platform messaging apps. Even being sued by RIM could not stop its popularity, as Kik continues to grow and thrive. The company announced today the app has surpassed 30 million users, adding 20 million in 2012 alone. Currently, the...

Almost a week ago Koodo introduced new Canada-wide promo plans that included double the data of what competitors Fido and Virgin Mobile were offering. The only difference was the Koodo unlimited plan was $60 compared to the $57 offering by Fido and Virgin Mobile (both quickly doubled data to 2GB to match Koodo). Now, MobileSyrup...

iTunes 11 was released today by Apple as expected. The new look of iTunes 11 is clean and minimal without all the clutter from before. But for those who want to revert back to the old look, a couple quick switches can make everything seem normal again. In this case, bringing back the sidebar and...

Apple's free App of the Week pick this week is Flick Golf for both the iPad and iPhone, by developers Full Fat. The game was first released in November of 2010 and brings an intuitive twist to golf that takes full advantage of multi-touch on your iOS device. Both versions are regularly priced at $0.99,...

Pocket for iOS has received an update today to include better integration with apps such as Evernote, Twitter and Tweetbot, as noted on the Pocket blog: We have some good news for Pocket users who use apps like Evernote, Twitter and Tweetbot: Our latest iOS update includes improvements for each. For Evernote, we’ve added new...

According to a report by the Mercury News, Apple has started construction on its new Santa Clara campus for its expanding employee base. The new site, southwest of Apple's existing headquarters in Cupertino will house up to 1,200 employees: Cupertino-based Apple has struck a deal with developer Peery Arrillaga for a custom-tailored two-building campus that...

The WSJ has a lengthy article profiling 48 year old Apple executive Eddy Cue, a 23 year veteran of Apple and current senior vice president of Internet Software and Services: Mr. Cue has lately managed crises related to Apple's mobile maps and iCloud and iMessage outages. He has taken on iBooks and the iAd advertising service and...

Do you strive to be the most fashionable iPhone nerd around? Are you tired of those people that wear their smartphones attached to their belts with a clip? If you answered "yes" to either of those questions, this news story just might be for you. A brand called "WTF Jeans" (no seriously, it's actually called...

Today has been a good day for app updates, as earlier we noted Chrome for iOS and Google Drive received some nice updates. There are some other worthy apps that received updates today worthy of your time. Skype for iOS can now chat with Messenger, Hotmail and Outlook.com contacts. Users can sign in and merge...

We've seen various concept designs for the rumoured Apple television and also iOS user interface updates for notifications. But what about a concept design for the popular photosharing network, Instagram? TechCrunch shares a video created by designer Stephen Levinson, who redesigned a concept version of Instagram to be more intuitive and take advantage of gestures....

Apple is now guaranteeing new iPad mini orders on its website before Christmas to Canada and the USA. Its instructions to customers on Apple.ca states: Order iPad mini by midnight December 4 for guaranteed delivery before Christmas. Check cart for details. Or buy at your favourite Apple Retail Store. As for shipping times, the iPad mini...

Google has updated Chrome for iOS to allow for more options when it comes to opening PDF files (you can choose an app to open the files in) and also Passbook support. The latter will allow you to save your boarding passes and tickets right to Passbook. Full change log: What's New in Version 23.0.1271.91...