Stories by Gary Ng

The iPhone Dev Team, as part of their initial blog post that detailed today's Absinthe A5 jailbreak tool, has released their command-line interface (CLI) to jailbreak the iPhone 4S and iPad 2: iPhone Dev have also incorporated the exact same flow into an alternative command-line interface (CLI). This will allow us to help users through...

We've heard some bizarre iPhone and iPad stories lately. First, there was the Toronto lawyer that sued Apple when his goods got stolen, along with the professor who claimed Apple should also be responsible when she was robbed of her iPhone. Then there is the ongoing story about iPad 2 models being purchased only to...

Update 1: Absinthe v0.2 has been released. Download it here. Pod2g has just notified the world that an update has been released to GreenPois0n Absinthe just now. Version 0.1.2-2 is a new build that will point the Absinthe web clip to greenpois0n.com rather than the absinthe dedicated page, notes @pod2g. He says this will handle...

The Chronic Dev Team has just announced the release of Greenpois0n Absinthe to jailbreak your iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1: To jailbreak your iPhone 4S (running iOS 5.0 or either 4S version of 5.0.1**) and/or your iPad 2 (all Wi-Fi only, GSM & CDMA devices supported; must be running iOS 5.0.1**) –...

The iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak dream team has been doing a great job of keeping the rest of the jailbreak community in the loop as to the progress of the impending tool's status. This morning, or evening depending on where you are, the most definitive and shortest ETA yet along with the upcoming...

Technology that allows a merchant to begin accepting payment for their goods or services directly within a mobile device has been getting a lot of ink lately. Recently, we reported on PAYD, one of the new smartphone dongles that put the power of a credit card terminal in your pocket. But now, thanks to Card.io,...

Twitter has acquired Summify, the startup that takes news from all of your personal social media accounts and your favourite blogs and condenses it all down to the most important stories. The purchase price has not been announced but this marks the second big announcement from Vancouver-based social media startups as HootSuite recently announced hitting...

Wrapsol has launched a contest help push their Facebook page past 10,000 followers and want to reward users in the process. How to enter? Just 'like' their Facebook page and you will be eligible to win the following prizes up for grabs: Grand Prize: Amazon Kindle Fire, Wrapsol Ultra, Wrapsol Grip Pad (read our review/contest...

The iPhone 4S jailbreak is currently being worked on for a release by @pod2g and his hacker 'dream team'. So far, we have seen teasers of the A5 jailbreak as images of jailbroken iPad 2 units have been posted by online by @pod2g and @planetbeing. Now, @p0sixninja from the Chronic Dev Team has tweeted another...

Apple has posted their Education Media Event stream online that announced iBooks 2, iBooks Author, and iTunes U. Watch the first Apple media event since Steve Jobs' passing. Click here to watch it or download the HD event in iTunes.

For those looking to upgrade to the iPhone 4S on contract, Best Buy has a sale coming up. Bell and Telus 32GB models on a three year term will be discounted to $199.99. Normally, the regular price is $269.99 on contract so it's a $70 savings. Let us know if you're going to jump on...

Today Apple made some major education announcements with the release of iBooks 2, iBooks Author, and iTunes U. Everything sounds fine and dandy until you realize the Canadian iBookstore does not have the 'Textbook' category. Either the category is coming soon in a magical update, or it's not coming at all. You're probably thinking "oh...