Stories by Gary Ng

Best Buy: $50 iTunes Card for $39.99, iPads and Macs on Sale

Best Buy Future Shop has a sale this weekend on Apple products, similar to what what's going on at Staples. For those waiting for iTunes gift cards, once again $50 denominations are on sale for $39.99. This credit can be used towards the App Store, Mac App Store, iTunes and iBookstore. It should be the...

Video Demonstrates The Effect Of A 4-Inch iPhone Screen

We have a whole lump of proof that nearly proves the New iPhone will feature a 4-inch display with a 1136 x 640 resolution. A report earlier this month from 9To5Mac found that iOS 6 indeed supports a 1136 x 640 display, while iOS 5 has no-such support. Many past screenshots have shown what applications...

EA Labour Day Sale Is Offering Most Popular Titles For $0.99

EA is back with their annual Labour day sale this weekend, and they have some great deals in store. They are offering up to $9.00 off their most popular titles. They run deals like this throughout the year, but I am quickly noticing that this is the best one yet. Here is the list of...

Shortage Of 27-Inch iMacs Could Indicate An Upcoming Refresh

As of lately we haven't covered the recent reports of iMac shortages, but over the past week many U.S. retailers saw stock shortages of the 27-inch iMacs. Usually when we see shortages of the Apple TV or Mac, a refresh is on the horizon. We saw the issue with the Apple TV during late February, and sure...

Fully Assembled iPhone 5 Is Compared To An iPhone 4 [PHOTOS]

With these daily iPhone leaks, we all know what the next-generation iPhone will look like by now. All the rumors and leaks have nearly pieced together in an effort to resemble past reports. I cannot believe how accurate each and every leak has been this year. During the AllThingsD event in May, current Apple CEO Tim Cook said the...

Apple Takes Loss Against Samsung In Japan Patent Lawsuit

Outside the United States, it seems as if Apple is losing more cases than they are winning. In the most recently popular U.S. case, Apple had defeated Samsung. But rulings in the courts of other countries ruled a different outcome, saying Samsung would've won the landmark case. One specific court case we will cover today is the Japan patent...

iOS 6 App Store Search Gets New Layout, Genius Now Available

Tonight Apple has quietly updated its App Store search results within iOS 6 beta. Search results on both the iPhone and iPad now show a large tiled card view, in which MacRumors notes is influenced from Apple's recent acquisition of the app discovery company, Chomp. Moreover, the availability of Genius recommendations are now available in...

Apple’s Patent War: Some Recent Cases vs Samsung, HTC, Motorola [Infographic]

Bloomberg Businessweek covers a story in regards to Apple vs Samsung and predicts how it will play out over time: Eventually all the competitors will settle up (on confidential financial terms) and get back to ordinary competition. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates didn’t exactly become friends after their software litigation petered out in the 1980s;...

Toronto Grants First-Ever Taxi License to App-Based Taxi Company, Hailo

The City of Toronto has announced it has awarded Hailo Network Canada its first taxi license, a move that has granted the first app-based taxi company to get licensed in Canada. Hailo originally debuted in London but is now making its debut in Canada via Toronto first, later this year. The app markets itself as...

Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Larry Page Discussing Patent Disputes

The latest report from Reuters notes Apple and Google CEOs have been discussing ongoing patent disputes between both companies "behind-the-scenes": Google Inc CEO Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook have been conducting behind-the-scenes conversations about a range of intellectual property matters, including the ongoing mobile patent disputes between the companies, according to people familiar...