Stories by Gary Ng

Conan O’Brien Reveals Zooey Deschanel’s Siri is ‘Sick and Evil!’ [VIDEO]

Last month Apple debuted new Siri commercials featuring the Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson. It was just the beginning of celebrity appearances involving Siri, with a later commercial starring John Malkovich. Although Siri looks spectacular on TV, Conan O'Brien and Team COCO show us the 'sick and evil' personality of Zooey's Siri. Here's how...

Jean-Pierre Blais Appointed New Chairperson of the CRTC

Today Prime Minister Harper announced the appointment of a new head of the CRTC, veteran public servant Jean-Pierre Blais. The five year term is effect June 18th, 2012 and will replace the current chair, Konrad von Finckenstein. “Mr. Blais is well qualified for the position of Chairperson of the CRTC. He brings a strong legal...

OtterBox Armor Series iPhone Cases Set to Return for the iPhone 4/4S

OtterBox originally had an Armor Series case for the original iPhone, which we reviewed back in 2008. We never did see the Armor series after that but now OtterBox plans to bring it back for the iPhone 4/4S: OtterBox has been there since the rise of handheld technology pushing the boundaries of protection through innovation....

Apple Will Unveil iOS 6 at WWDC 2012 as Banner Confirms

iOS 6 has been confirmed for WWDC 2012, even though it was pretty obvious we would be hearing about it. New banners raised within Moscone West have affirmed iOS 6 will be a major headline on Monday's keynote. As posted to Instagram via Zac Altman (via MacRumors), the banner clearly shows the new logo for...

Apple Executive Phil Schiller Profiled, Known Within Apple as ‘Mini-Me’

L to R: Scott Forstall, Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller Bloomberg Businessweek has a profile on Apple's Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller. It's based on more than a dozen interviews with former managers and paints the picture of a strict and disciplined 'trusted lieutenant' of Steve Jobs: Fairly or not, Schiller and other Apple...

Rumour: Apple TV SDK to Be Unveiled at WWDC Next Week

With WWDC 2012 set to kick off on Monday, expect the weekend leading up to the initial keynote to be filled with rumours and more reports about what juicy tidbits Apple will reveal to the world. BGR is now reporting we will expect to see an Apple TV SDK for developers: We have heard from...

iTunes App Store Recommends Picks for Father’s Day

The App Store within iTunes has a new section dedicated to app picks for Father's Day, coming up on the 17th of June. Within the section apps are organized by categories such as: Dad's Time, Celebrate with Family, Cards & Gifts, and Tools for Dads. Apps within the Dad's Time section are typical things dads...

Apple’s ‘Free App of the Week’: Monsters Ate My Condo

Apple has been highlighting Free App of the Week downloads in the App Store (last week it was Snapseed), and this week it's Adult Swim's Monsters Ate My Condo for the iPhone and iPad, a former iPhone Game of the Week pick by Apple. The latest 1.4 update included Retina graphics for the new iPad. Here's...

Camera+ Celebrates Two Year Anniversary, 8 Million Downloads Later

Camera+ today celebrates its two year anniversary of the launch of 1.0, and coincidentally 8 million downloads as well (they hit 6 million downloads in January). Camera+ now has a team of 17 people and already have their latest update planned in the works: Some of these areas are pretty substantial and you’ll all be...

Facebook’s New App Center Leaks Within iOS App

Last month Facebook announced the coming launch of their App Center to iOS, a dedicated section to allow users to download apps for the social network. At the time Facebook encouraged developers to create their 'app detail page' prior to the launch of App Center. Now, it appears App Center has started to leak out early,...