Stories by Gary Ng

The rumoured Apple event related to education has been officially announced by Apple to take place on January 19th, notes The Loop: Apple on Wednesday sent out an invitation to The Loop and other media outlets to attend a special event being held in New York City next week. Apple says the event will be...

T-Mobile has launched a free app called Bobsled that was recently updated to allow for free calls from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to landlines in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico over WiFi or 3G. The app requires a Facebook account to login. Once connected, you will have access to all your Facebook...

Looks like iPhone owners aren't going to the only ones enjoying Visual Voicemail, the service that makes listening to voicemail incredibly easy. Visual Voicemail was created by Apple to allow users to listen to messages without dialing into their voicemail service. It now appears Rogers has created their own application to offer a similar service...

Reeling from an 88% drop in its stock value last year, Kodak is looking to its expansive patent library as a source of recovery cash to mount a comeback.  Today, the 131-year-old imaging company sued Apple and HTC over imaging patents while, yesterday, Apple’s stock hit an all-time high. FOSS Patents lays out the particular...

It’s been three years since Apple has officially attended its last conference, Macworld 2009, but that doesn’t mean that its employees, and in this case one of its executives, don’t make low profile appearances in an effort to keep tabs on other leading technology companies. Today, PaidContent spotted Greg Joswiak, head of iOS product marketing...

Yesterday we noted the upcoming release of the latest iOS app from Activision, Call of Duty ELITE for the iPhone. The app allows existing CoD players to manage their multiplayer progress from right within the app. The app is now available for download in the App Store. Here's the iTunes description: Immerse yourself in Call...

Corning has officially announced their latest Gorilla Glass 2 at CES. The glass is now 20 percent thinner and comes in at 0.8 millimetres, and is much stronger than before, along with its scratch resistant qualities. Corning Gorilla Glass is the world's most deployed cover glass, and this latest iteration will result in thinner devices,...

According to a new survey from Ipsos Reid, Apple took the top spot as a 'leading edge' brand in Canada. Just what makes a brand 'leading edge'? Over 1000 respondents had to refer to the following 14 statements that were tested among 10 brands: Is a trendsetter Is unique Are unconventional Stand-out Is innovative Is...

Pod2g earlier assembled a hacker 'Dream Team' to help him release the untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. He recruited the help of MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev Team, p0sixninja of the Chronic Dev Team, and Canadian hacker Planetbeing. The latest update provided is that a new member has joined--Saurik, the founder...

As news emerges from the latest iOS 5 Developer Beta release, MacRumors is reporting on the return of the “Enable 3G” switch (it's currently absent from the 4S) which allows users to chose between the faster 3G network or the EDGE network using less battery power. iPhone 4S users will note that this switch is...

It's only natural that the world's fastest-selling entertainment product would make its way to the already bustling App Store in one way or another and tomorrow, the Call Of Duty Elite app will get more than a few downloads. The "Elite" online counterpart to the immensely successful franchise offers the ability to create teams, track...

Today during mid-day trading, Apple's stock price reached an all-time high at $427.75 per share, beating its previous high of $426.70 back in mid-October. Today's shares ended up falling to close at $421.73.  At one point last September, Apple's stock valuation made it the largest company in the world. In other news, Apple also filed its proxy statement...