Stories by Gary Ng

iFrogz Memorial Day Sale: 50% Off Everything!

iFrogz is a company that makes iOS accessories along with headphones that is now part of the ZAGG family. So that means they also qualify for the awesome 50% off Memorial Day sale, just like ZAGG.com. Everything on the iFrogz.com website is half price, and that includes iPhone/iPad/iPod touch cases, the iFrogz Boost audio speaker, their...

Facebook Reportedly Has Hired Former Apple Engineers to Build a Smartphone

The New York Times has an apparent scoop in regards to Facebook's plans to release a smartphone in the future. The kicker? The social network has hired former Apple software and hardware engineers to make it happen: Employees of Facebook and several engineers who have been sought out by recruiters there, as well as people...

How to Jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 with Absinthe 2.0 [Video Tutorial]

Absinthe 2.0 was released to the world the other day to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 untethered, thanks to the incredible work of @pod2g, the Chronic Dev Team, @planetbeing, @pimskeks and more. Updated versions 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 (updated for the newest iOS 5.1.1 firmware for the iPhone 4) have been released, but the jailbreak process is more...

EA Memorial Day Sale: Up to 90% Off iOS Games This Weekend

Electronic Arts has once again noted an upcoming Memorial Day sale, where you can get iOS games for up to 90% off. This is the biggest sale of the year with almost 50 App Store titles on sale: So celebrate your extra day off with extra savings on some of your favorite EA games. Hit...

Apple’s Response to the U.S. DoJ Over eBook Price Fixing

In April, Apple along with seven other publishers were sued by the U.S. Department of Justice, accused of ebook price collusion. Apple and the accused disrupted the traditional wholesale model, where prices are determined by retailers such as Amazon. Instead, the agency model was adopted (with Steve Jobs playing a hand in the role) where...

Absinthe 2.0.1 Download Now Available to Fix Hanging Issues

Earlier this morning we saw the release of Absinthe 2.0 to jailbreak your iOS devices on iOS 5.1.1. As always, initial releases always reveal bugs and updates get released to squash them. @pimskeks tweeted out that Absinthe 2.0.1 has been released with to fix a hang in certain situations: #Absinthe 2.0.1 is out fixing a...

Head to Head Comparison: Apple’s Siri Versus Samsung’s S Voice [VIDEO]

The Verge has posted a comparison video that puts Apple's Siri versus Samsung's S Voice. The latter was introduced by Samsung when they debuted their latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III. Early on many noted S Voice 'resembled' a clone of Siri on the iPhone 4S. Cosmetics put aside--how do both of these...

How to Send Pictures from iPhone to Mac/PC Using Bump for iOS

Bump for iOS has been updated today with a hot new feature--the ability to send images to your Mac/PC with just a quick 'bump'. For those that always email images to themselves, this will be just another method to get your images quickly onto your computer. Here's a quick tutorial on how to send images...

Shaw Exo WiFi Finder iOS App Helps Customers Find Free Hotspots

In December of last year Shaw announced they had undergone WiFi trials in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton at various malls, restaurants and other retail venues to offer free WiFi for its existing customers. You might have already downloaded this, but the Shaw Exo WiFi Finder iOS app hit the App Store a while back and...