Stories by Gary Ng

Last August, Forbes profiled famous iOS hacker @comex, also known as 19 year old Brown University student Nicholas Allegra from Chappaqua, New York. Later in the month he announced he was hired by Apple to work as an intern and also posted an AMA on Reddit regarding his experience jailbreaking iOS. Now, it appears that...

The Globe and Mail reported earlier this afternoon the CRTC overturned the merger deal between BCE and Astral, as it would have put too much power into one media company and would have required numerous safeguards which would have been a detriment to other companies; essentially it would cause competition concerns: “BCE failed to persuade...

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 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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

Zite started off as an iPad app (but later released an iPhone version) and has Canadian roots tied to the University of British Columbia. The app curates articles for you based on what you like to read and 'learns' your preferences as time goes along. The complex algorithms used within Zite impressed many, and it...

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...