Stories by Gary Ng

Rogers Promo: 1 Month Free and Unlimited Incoming Calls on Contract

Rogers has offered some new promos for the holiday season to help sales agents 'activate new customers'. For contracts of 1, 2, or 3 years, users will be eligible to receive: - Free incoming calls for 1 year - First month free calls, no GRRF/MSF for the first month - MY10 Voice and Data promo...

BundleHunt Mega Holiday Bundle: 95% Off 12 Mac Apps and Tools

BundleHunt.com is back, and this time around they have launched their much-anticipated 'Mega Holiday Bundle'. Users will get 12 Mac apps and tools, a total value of $1100, but on sale for 95% off at just $49.99. They're also giving away two 16GB iPad 2s to people who purchase the bundle, plus every person who...

BBC Global iPlayer iPhone App Launches December 8th in Canada

The BBC Worldwide has officially announced the launch date of iPhone and iPod touch versions of their Global iPlayer, set to debut December 8th in Canada, as part of its pilot trial. The iPad-exclusive app launched in Canada five days ago, with a $8.99 CDN monthly subscription price (or $84.99 annually), which we have reviewed....

‘Apple TV’ to Be Powered by Siri, A6, and Come in Three Sizes?

Image via i-kreate Near the end of the Steve Jobs biography, author Walter Isaacson explains what Jobs details to him about his vision for a television set: "I'd like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use," he told me. "It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and...

ShopCatch Brings Deals from Malls in Canada to your iPhone

ShopCatch is a new app with one purpose--to bring you in-store deals from shopping malls across Canada. The app takes advantage of your location to offer deals via Push Notifications, plus includes maps and store directories too. The app allows for social media sharing of deals, plus the ability to submit your own tips. The...

EA is Discounting Games for the Holidays

Electronic Arts (EA) has a 100 games listed in the iTunes Store that range from console to iOS ports (FIFA, NBA JAM) as well as exclusive iOS content (Max & the Magic Marker, Fantasy Safari). Today EA has created a Daily Deals page that highlights many of their most popular games by offering deep discounts. Updated daily, the site will feature...

Steve Wozniak on the Problem with Smartphones

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was in Bangalore last week to give a talk to up-and-coming entrepreneurs about Apple. While there, he gave a great interview to Indian television program Sunday MIDDAY. As always, everyone’s favorite geek had interesting thoughts to share, particularly on the state of todays mobile industry. Woz likened today’s competing smartphones (read as Android, Blackberry,...

H1Siri Brings Siri to the iPhone 4 and iPod touch via Cydia

People will do anything to get Siri onto non-iPhone 4S devices, and we saw that with the tweak Siri0us (which was ultimately removed). This time around, H1Siri has emerged by a group of hackers in China called the CD-Dev Team. This hack brings full-fledged Siri to your iPhone 4 or iPod touch 4th generation on iOS...

Are you Having iPhone WiFi Issues on iOS 5.0.1?

It appears iOS 5.0.1 has some WiFi issues for some people. I have received a few emails about this and I've experienced it lately on my own iPhone 4S. All signs point to being connected to WiFi, but no data is being transferred. At first I thought I was going crazy. A reset of network...

Apple Code Names for iOS Firmware Revealed: They’re Named After Ski Resorts

Developer Steve Stroughton-Smith has revealed Apple's code names for iOS firmware all the way back from iPhone OS 1.0. The code names are from the book iOS Forensic Analysis: 1.0: Alpine (1.0.0 – 1.0.2: Heavenly) 1.1: Little Bear (1.1.1: Snowbird, 1.1.2: Oktoberfest) 2.0: Big Bear 2.1: Sugarbowl 2.2: Timberline 3.0: Kirkwood 3.1: Northstar 3.2: Wildcat...