Stories by Gary Ng

Let the 'iPhone 5' frenzy begin. This morning Apple confirmed the rumoured September 12th announcement date originally reported by iMore, with the latter noting its sources had 'confirmed' leaked designs are something we will expect next week. Our friends over at RazorianFly have posted a new concept video dreamed up by designer @SamJohnBeck that visualizes...

iMore's Rene Ritchie has reported they have learned recent dummy 'iPhone 5' hands-on models are what the next iPhone will look like, according to "sources who have been reliable in the past": iMore has learned that recent parts leaks and dummy phones are accurate representations of what the new iPhone (iPhone 5,1) will look like...

In early August 9To5Mac brought a few photos of the New iPhone's battery to the table. The capacity was slightly higher than the iPhone 4S at 1440 mAh. The battery even packed a higher voltage, at 3.8V. Now just a month later and nearly a week before the iPhone event, iResQ has obtained an iPhone 5 battery and...

Starbucks has released their App Pick of the Week, which happens to be the game Scribblenauts Remix. Here's the app description: Help Maxwell acquire the Starite by creating any object, bringing it to life and using it to solve each challenge. Let your imagination run wild in this groundbreaking puzzle game. Summon to life a...

This day has certainly been crazy, it all started off with a privacy breach. The Antisec hackers claimed to have leaked out 1 million of the 12 million iOS UDIDs they hacked from the FBI. That wasn't all either, the president of the United States (Barack Obama) allegedly had his UDID on the leaked list, sparking a...

Apple confirmed the rumoured September 12th media event this morning when it sent out invites to the media. The invite noted a mysterious shadow that resembled the number 5, leading to some ongoing outrageous speculation about what that cryptic message means. As for what else could grace the stage, 9to5Mac speculates on what they believe...

Since the iPhone launched in 2007, each initial launch has topped all previous launches. With news earlier today that the iPhone event will be held on September 12th, an analyst has re-evaluated his sale estimates. Analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray retracted his previous prediction and now believes that Apple will sell 6 to 10 million units...

The Globe and Mail has updated their iOS news app to include a new weather pane at the top of the app based on your location (or you can set it yourself), and has also made some major bug and performance tweaks. A previous update still had the app suffer from repeated crashing after customizing...

Ottawa's second Apple Store located at Bayshore Shopping Centre is set to have its grand opening this Saturday, September 8th at 9AM local time as announced on Apple's website. A week and a half ago, the location received its painted white Apple logo on the storefront, a sign of an imminent opening. This second Ottawa...

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) has released new numbers for text messages sent in Canada during the Q1 2012 period, with over 23 billion messages sent. They noted in March of 2012, 7.8 billion messages were sent, or 254 million messages per day. Total messages sent in 2011 were 78 billion, up from 56.4...

When the iPhone 4S was released in October of 2011, the phone was thereafter ranked the best selling smartphone month-after-month. Ten months later, Apple's phone may have been outsold by Samsung's flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone. In the month of August, the Galaxy S3 ranked higher than the iPhone in two-of-three U.S. based carriers. American carriers,...

With Apple's win in the Samsung case during late August, they were granted around $1 billion in damages. They haven't received any cash amount yet, and will likely have to wait until 2013 before they see the money. Unfortunately for Apple (and Samsung), the case isn't sealed, they still have to undergo a December 6th hearing in...