Stories by Gary Ng

Flipboard yesterday launched three new Content Guides that are localized to Australia, Canada and the UK and Ireland. Support for the iPhone arrived last December, and recently Flipboard added a dedicated section to 'iPhoneography'. Flipboard detects which region the iPad/iPhone is set to and automatically provides the location specific content. If you wish to revert...

Apple announced this morning that from April, John Browett will become their new senior vice president of retail. "Our retail stores are all about customer service, and John shares that commitment like no one else we’ve met,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We are thrilled to have him join our team and bring his incredible...

Italian designer Antonia De Rosa, who recently released his concept for the iPhone SJ, is now showing off his imagination and talent for design with a fictional production called the iWatch 2. Antonia released the original iWatch back in March of 2010 and, much like Apple, he's already got the iWatch 2 featured on his...

The legacy of Steve Jobs will continue to live on in the halls of Apple as his quotes and images are now adorning the the campus. 9to5Mac is reporting on the appearance of several Steve Jobs memorabilia throughout the Cupertino, California-based offices of Apple Inc. Steve Jobs passed away in October of last year and...

Not too long ago, I took a look at the Moneris PAYD card reader for smart phones and today I’ve had the chance to get hands on with it. Here’s the rundown. To bring you up to speed, PAYD is a device meant to allow users to turn their smart phones into mobile payment terminals...

Recently we posted about a cool little Canadian company called YEG Wood who creates interesting wooden iPhone cases. Now we have another wood based iPhone accessory to share with you. The STiCKSTAND Keyring is a handy piece of shaped wood that connects to your keys and allows you to prop up your iPhone 4 or...

Last October Apple released AirPort Utility for iOS, and the layout looked pretty slick on the iPad. Today, Apple released an update to AirPort Utility on OS X Lion that resembles its iOS counterpart. AirPort Utility enables users to control and manage settings for their wireless routers such as the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, or...

The factory unlocked iPhone 4S is now available online from the Apple Store. Black and white models in all capacities are in stock and offer free shipping, with a limit of two per customer (as always). Previously, Apple changed their iPhone 4S ordering system to a reservation system that required in-store pick up, after accepting...

Payfirma has updated their mobile payments app to bring a faster, improved user interface and French language support. Transactions should now be faster, with an improved receipt interface that includes location data. The slick demo within the free app gives users a good experience of how easy it is to use the app. Businesses can...

Rogers has announced further expansion of its LTE (Long Term Evolution) network in cities around Montreal (Laval, Terrebonne, Brossard, Longueuil and Vaudreuil) and also plans to expand to 25 more cities this year, and ultimately reaching more than 20 million Canadians by the end of the year. The Rogers LTE network launched last July in...

Earlier we told you about a Corona 1.0.6 update to address a DRM issue with iBooks. The iPhone Dev Team has released an updated version of redsn0w 0.9.10b5 for download to address these issues: Update #5: redsn0w version b5 incorporates yet another fix for iBooks, this time involving DRM. @planetbeing wrote a utility called “crazeles” that...

This past week, Bell quietly launched their new Mobile TV app in the iTunes App Store. Bell Mobile TV is currently one of the featured apps if you browse the store from your iPhone or iPod touch so we thought we'd take a closer look at exactly what the telecom giant has to offer. Bell...