Stories by Gary Ng

Critics were predicting the end of hand-held HD cameras like the Flip almost before they had a chance to make their mark on consumer electronics and while the devices had a great run, it was always fairly clear that camera phone technology would eventually outrun such a business. Last April we posted about how the...

Even if you're an Apple "fanboy" you were probably surprised by the enormous reaction and outpouring of sympathies that came with Steve Jobs passing. The advertising team at Best Buy certainly noticed it and has apparently adjusted their strategy for their upcoming Superbowl ad. Bloomberg reported yesterday on the decision by Best Buy in the wake...

Here's one way to sell some iPhone cases--make them shaped like breasts? Julio Ojeda-Zapata from the Pioneer Press reports on one local man in Minnesota taking his iPhone cases to another level to raise money for breast cancer research. The "Breastie" iPhone case has the back part shaped like a breast, which is supposed to...

[via cartoonstock] A recent survey 1,068 Canadian singles conducted by Zoomerang on behalf of Match.com from last October 13-15th has revealed some interesting data based on what particular smartphone people use. Here are the numbers: 25% of iPhone singles have had an office romance in the last five years. 72% of BlackBerry users will drink alcohol...

We have previously seen Samsung's ads mocking Apple users waiting in line for the iPhone. The South Korean giant has now released a teaser trailer leading up to their upcoming Super Bowl ad this Sunday. The video showcases the upcoming and monstrous-sized Galaxy Note. Check it out below: "Is that a Galaxy Note in your...

Apple has just released OS X Lion 10.7.3, and it's available via Software Update on your Mac. Here's what's new: The OS X Lion v10.7.3 Update includes Safari 5.1.3 and fixes that: Add Catalan, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, and Ukrainian language support Address issues when using smart cards to log into OS X Address compatibility issues with...

Absinthe v0.4 is now available for download, as noted by @pimskeks. This latest version brings support for OS X 10.5 and PowerPC and Intel Macs. Here's the full change log: Version 0.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~ - Mac: added support for OSX 10.5, PPC and Intel CPU - added consistency check on startup to make sure required files...

Last week we announced we won the 2011 Canadian Blog Award for 'Best Tech Blog', a process that involved voting by the public. This week, we're proud to announce we earned 2nd place in the 'Best Media & Journalism' category at the 2011 Ninjamatics Canadian Weblog Awards (similar name, I know). This complex process consisted of...

King Camera is an impressive little photo app now available on the app store. I had never used the application before but it's making quite a splash lately with it's most recent update and the fact that it is now free. Your iPhone is capable of a number of things that aren't immediately available in...

Nushka Labs, creators of the calendar application known as PhotoCalender HD which incorporates your photos to create your own custom calendar, has made their new calendar app, Tribute Calendar, available for free on Cydia. For those who don't already know, Cydia is the app store accessible by jailbroken iPhones. The application looks fairly elegant and...

With the recent 'departure' of RIM co-CEOs Jim Basillie and Mike Lazaridis and the elevation of Thorsten Heins into the new role, it appears RIM was on the road to change. Well, think again because the RIM marketing team has unveiled their plans on how to save the BlackBerry by introducing four new 'cool' cartoon...

An interesting discussion took place last week at the Macworld | iWorld expo last week. The Macworld stage hosted Macworld editor Jason Snell, John Gruber from Daring Fireball and Chicago Sun Times columnist Andy Ihnatko. The discussion covered whether or not there have been any noticeable changes since Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple. It's a pretty insightful...