Stories by Gary Ng

Firemonkeys Announces Real Racing 3 iPhone and iPad Application

Firemonkeys, the new studio from EA, combining the IronMonkey and Firemint gaming studios, has just announced the third iteration of Real Racing. The original cutting-edge game was released during the summer of 2009. With great public out-roar, Real Racing 2 was released a year-and-a-half later in December of 2010. From the App Store, here is a...

Apple Requests The Court Sanction Samsung Over Leaked Evidence

Samsung sure is taking a beating lately. After publicizing documents including banned trial exhibits, Apple is now asking the court to sanction Samsung. The evidence that was publicized was meant to help Samsung prove they had previously developed a phone with similar elements to the iPhone prior to the original iPhone announcement at Macworld in 2007....

This Is The Phone Samsung Believes The iPhone Copied [Photo]

I'm not sure what your thoughts are, but I've found this Apple vs Samsung court case hilarious thus far. Everything seems to be heading in the correct direction for Apple. Samsung sent a countless number of emails trying to convince judge Lucy Koh to include important evidence into the case. The evidence was never granted...

Apple Passed Up A Curved-Glass iPhone Design Due To Cost

The Apple vs Samsung trial has brought us a boatload of information during this past week. We've seen mainly prototypes, but I find it interesting to know what Apple considered in the past, don't you? Anyways, we are now going to take a blast into the past, and view another iPhone prototype that Apple cogitated about. Douglas...

Sharp: iPhone Displays Will Start Shipping This Month

Sharp's new president Takashi Okuda is already violating Apple's number one rule. Just earlier during a press briefing,  Okuda acknowledged that iPhone displays would begin shipping out sometime during August. He failed to provide additional information. Here's what Okuda disclosed, via Reuters: "Shipments will start in August," Sharp's new president, Takashi Okuda, said at a press...

Angry Birds Update Brings 15 New Tropical Levels and Power-Ups

Still can't get enough of Angry Birds? Today Rovio released a 2.2.0 update to the original iOS game to bring 15 new tropical levels plus the introduction of four unique power-ups to help you get three stars on every level: What's New in Version 2.2.0 The piggies continue their beach vacation with fifteen new tropical...

Koodo’s ‘City Koodo’ Plan to Increase by $5/month Starting Tomorrow

For Koodo users on the "City Koodo" plan, it was previously noted last month the plan was set to increase by $5 to $40/month. MobileSyrup now notes the changes will come into effect tomorrow on August 3rd. The plan includes unlimited local calling, caller ID and voicemail, 50 texts and is available in the following cities: Toronto, London,...
WIND mobile goes live in Kingston

Live In Kingston? The Forecast Calls For WIND

  WIND mobile promised they’d be up and running in Kingston this year, and it seems they’ve come through on their promise. The updated coverage map on WIND’s website shows the network is now live, and the retail store is open. If you’re interested in checking it out, the store is located at 70 Princess...

Watch This Parody Of The Martin Scorsese Siri Advertisment [Video]

Apple's latest Siri advertisement, starring film director Martin Scorsese, was released just over a week ago. This is the Cupertino company's fourth Siri advertisement starring an iconic celebrity. They've all ceased to impress, but I find it hilarious Siri always outperforms in commercials compared to reality. With barley a week under the advertisement's strap, a...

Samsung: The Shared Evidence Was Requested By The Public

In a report yesterday, Samsung shared some critical evidence to the public, in which was denied to be involved with the case by Judge Lucy Koh a day prior. Although this evidence would help Samsung prove its innocence, the Jury was forbidden access to these slides. So Samsung went ahead and publicized them anyways. After...

Apple-Twitter Talks Were Strictly Regarding Product Integration

Late last week, a rumor surfaced stating Apple was ready to make a huge investment in Twitter. The investment would've valued Twitter at $10 billion, up from $8.4 billion. Then later on, the Wall Street Journal chimed in noting the investment talks were from over a year ago. So albeit the talks regarding the investment...

Apple Store Now Stocks Thunderbolt To Firewire Adapters

Apple's long awaited Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter is now available for purchase on Apple's online store for $29.00. If you decide to make a purchase, the product currently has a one-to-three day shipment estimate. This product was first announced at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference  around the middle of June alongside the Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet...