Stories by Gary Ng

Samsung Publishes Excluded Court Evidence, Angering Court Judge

Today marked the second day of the heated Apple, Samsung court case, and Samsung is already under hot water after releasing exclusive case evidence. Judge Lucy Koh denied Samsung the ability to show the jury their pre-iPhone F700 device, yet it would prove they didn’t copy the iPhone. So earlier today Samsung sent the slides...

Steve Jobs Even Had Doubts Regarding The iPhone

The iPhone was released during a time smartphones were almost unheard of. Sure, there were a few smartphones, such as the BlackBerry, but that was really all there was. Due to the bare smartphone community, Steve Jobs sure did have some doubts regarding his touchscreen smartphone. According to Apple industrial designer Chris Stringer, the iPhone's...

iWork.com Officially Going Offline Later Today

Apple's online service, iWork.com, will be shut down later today, July 31st. iWork was a document storage and syncing experiment for Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. The service never really 'exploded' with popularity as Apple had hoped, but did last three-years in the beta phase. The iWork.com discontinuation was announced to subscribers during the month of...

Bell To Rollout HSPA Network In Two Phases To Manitoba Residents On August 1st

Bell customers, it's now official! Bell will be launching their potent HSPA network in Manitoba beginning on August 1st. There will be two phases during the launch. Phase one is said to cover “69% of the Manitoba market,” comprising of Oakbank, Selkrik, Steinbach, Stonewall, and Winnipeg. Phase two will cover an additional 5 percent of the market, including Brandon...

App Store Found To Consist Mainly Of ‘Zombie’ Applications

You may not have realized this, but the iOS App Store contains more than 650,000 applications. Many of those applications have never even been downloaded. The content of the application isn't necessarily poor, the App Store was mainly poorly designed. Applications that have never been downloaded, ranked, or even reviewed, are called "zombie" applications. The...
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Now This Is An App Worth Chirping About [Review]

It’s pretty rare in this day and age that I read the synopsis of an app and say (out loud, no less,) “What? No way! Now that is cool!” In today’s crowded App Store, it’s rare to come across an app that utilizes technology in a way I’d never seen or heard of before. But that’s exactly...

Starbucks App Pick of the Week: SoundHound ($6.99 Value) [Update]

The Starbucks App Pick of the Week is SoundHound, regularly priced as a $6.99 download in the App Store. SoundHound is like Shazam, as it enables users to quickly determine what song they are listening to, but the app takes it a bit further. It also displays song lyrics and includes singing and humming recognition. This...

Low Yield Rates May Affect The Next Generation iPhone’s Shipping Schedule

Apple, just six weeks away from the proclaimed iPhone event date, could be having issues with their display suppliers. According to Digitimes, rumors around the touch-panel industry have indicated yield rates for the next generation iPhone's in-cell touch panel "are too low to generate profits". Japan Display, LG Display, and Sharp are supposedly the three tipped display...

Facebook For The iPhone And iPad Adds New ‘Save For Later’ Feature

If you're active on the internet, chances are you have a Facebook account. If you have a smartphone, I'm going to second guess you have the Facebook mobile application installed. So if this is all true, you may want to know about Facebook's latest nifty addition that allows users to save a post for later...

Bloomberg: Apple to Introduce the Next iPhone on September 12th [Update]

Adam Satariano, reporting for Bloomberg: Apple Inc. (AAPL) is preparing to introduce the next version of the iPhone on Sept. 12 in what will be a design overhaul of its top-selling product, according to two people with knowledge of the company’s plans. The people asked not to be named because an official announcement hasn’t been...

Learn How To Code iPhone Apps With The Upcoming “Try iOS” Course

Typically when people wish to learn how to code, whether it be CSS or Ruby, a college class would be an excellent choice. But a website called Code School can teach you similar information for a monthly fee of $25.00. Code School's upcoming installment to their course guide will be dubbed "Try iOS". The course...