Stories by Gary Ng

Facebook has announced today that they've finally completed the acquisition of the photo-sharing network Instagram. The deal was formed on April 12th, 2012 for $300 million cash and 23 million shares of stock. Facebook is committed in supporting the network's growth and notes "Instagram isn't going anywhere." Here is more from the Facebook Newsroom: As we said...

This video is late if you consider the timing of the "Shit ____ says" YouTube video genre. But alas, it's well done and is funny as hell if you're an Apple fan. Check it out below: ...and if you're Canadian, 'Shit Canadians say' below: [via @Applespotlight]

According to a report by The Telegraph, sources tell them Apple will soon drop the iPhone 3GS from its line up as the entry iPhone model, to be replaced by the 8GB iPhone 4, with suggestions an 8GB iPhone 4S could be introduced as well. The iPhone 3GS (or originally the 3G S; remember that...

I've seen multiple iPhone 5 concepts that I've wished were real, and here is another one. Aatma Studio had previewed a iPhone 5 concept at the end of August that racked up 60 million Youtube hits. Now the same design company is back with their sequel, previewing some more mind blowing features. The video that we are about to...

Approximately 100 CBC national and international news reporters will have the capability to broadcast live video from their iPhone or iPads using the Dejero LIVE+ mobile app, which connects with Dejero LIVE+ transmitters and servers. The technology has already been in use for some regional and national news broadcasts, with the ability to transmit both...

Just the thought of cracking my iPhone's display has me cringing. The display on my iPhone has only cracked once, courtesy of my cat pushing it off the table. Luckily the Apple Genius Bar fixed it free of charge, on the other hand though, some customers have had a more aggravating experience with Apple. In...

We have learned from Reuters this morning that Samsung is currently under investigation by South Korean regulators over abusing wireless technology patents. We learned previously that Samsung owns a majority of the industries LTE patents and had plans to sue Apple if a 4G capable iPhone was released. Considering LTE is an industry standard, Apple...

These past few weeks have been absolutely crazy in-terms of technology media events. Nokia announced two new Windows 8 phones yesterday, the Lumia 820 and 920. Also in the craze include Samsung and Motorola, who announced a range of new tablets and phones. Next up is Amazon at 10:30 Pacific time later today; they are...

A broad range of speculation was brought up late last month on whether Apple was going to install an NFC chip on the iPhone. The situation seemed very noteworthy because of Apple's Passbook installment in iOS 6. When photographs hit the internet of an unknown chip within the iPhone, many believed it was related to near-field-communication. Just...

Grooveshark has announced a revised HTML5 web app to stream their library of 15 million songs, which works on iOS devices and also plays in the background. Back in May, we noted the initial release of this HTML5 player to circumvent the App Store and Google Play, where the app is banned (it is available...

iResQ has once again posted more pictures of the upcoming iPhone 5 (via MacRumors) and this time they concentrate their images around the thinness of the new device compared to the iPhone 4S, as they received the new screen assembly and was able to install it into the back casing. Based on the pictures below,...

Well folks, iOS 6 will be released soon. Apple has updated their Apple Store application minutes ago with the description "iOS compatibility update." It has been months since we last saw an update to iOS 5; allowing us to assume this is for a final release of iOS 6 Looking back at history, iOS 5 was released...