Stories by Gary Ng

Developer Evan You from New York City loved the Clear iOS app so much he decided to replicate the app with HTML5, and was able to get a neat demo completed in just two days. He demonstrated the app in a video posted to his Vimeo earlier this morning. A HTML5 replica of the awesome...

Update 1: A report from AppleInsider claims underage workers were 'hidden' in anticipation of the FLA audit. Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) project officer Debby Sze Wan Chan relayed the claims in a recent interview withAppleInsider. SACOM is a Hong Kong-based NGO that was formed in 2005 and has been researching labor rights...

Last December an update to the official iPhone Twitter app introduced a new, simpler interface. The changes were made to clearly make the app easy to use, but in doing so it removed some elegant shortcuts and features originally implemented by Loren Brichter's Tweetie, which the app was based on. Today, a new update brings...

If you're in the search for a Certified General Accountant (CGA), then take a look at CGA-Canada's iOS app offering, 'Need an Accountant'. This is a searchable online directory of Canadian CGA accounting firms and allow searches by location, name, and service type. The app also includes full details of names, numbers, addresses and diving...

The next time you ask Siri what she is wearing, you can do so in the knowledge that it'll at least be coloured green, thanks to Apple's environmental efforts. In the company's updated environmental report, Apple describes two very large steps it is taking in its quest to become ever more environmentally friendly. The first...

Justin Luey and I discuss the latest iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad, Apple TV) news on Episode 48 of The iPhone Podcast. We had some issues with Apple related artwork and had to revamp, but we're back. You don't want to miss this episode! Also, don't forget to listen in on Episode 47, dedicated to Steve Jobs. Be...

To foster 'real' wireless competition in Canada, WIND and Public Mobile want to build a new network to support newer smartphones, such as the iPhone. These companies are threatening to once again sit out the next wave of wireless auction bidding, as they feel there's no point in even trying when they are put up...

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The iPhone 4S did not debut in the Summer like previous generation models, but was announced and released in the Fall of 2011. Could 2012 be the same? According to Macotakara, sources have told them this Fall cycle will again be the norm for the next iPhone (Google Translation): According to reliable sources of information...

Rogers is set to announce its quarterly earnings this Wednesday, and many analysts are speculating the carrier will release numbers that show a levelling off in growth within its wireless division, notes The Globe and Mail: Rogers’ early success with the iPhone has given it the largest base of iPhone users in the country. When...

Apple recently noted the Fair Labor Association would begin audits of its supply chain factories in China, an industry first. Now, Apple is taking a further step towards transparency by giving exclusive access to ABC 'Nightline'. Bill Weir is the first journalist ever inside factories in Shenzhen, China to get a real glimpse at what...

The iPhone 4 'Antennagate' fiasco resulted in 18 class action lawsuits down in the U.S. against Apple, and that has now been settled altogether. iPhone 4 users in the case (25 million total members) launched legal action against Apple during that time and now the case has been settled, and argued Apple was: "misrepresenting and...