Stories by Gary Ng

Fraser Spiers debunks the common 'tip' he frequently hears about how people should kill iOS multitasking apps as they 'slow down' your iPhone. To counter this incorrect advice he details specifics about how multitasking works on iOS, and how the system is smart enough to manage itself on its own. It's a comprehensive read for...

The world has to thank @pod2g for uncovering an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1. After he figured out the jailbreak for A4-powered devices, he handed over the untether to the Chronic Dev Team and iPhone Dev Team to test and release updated tools. The latter released an updated version of redsn0w, and the Chronic Dev...

Vancity Credit Union recently launched their iOS banking app last December. Available for the iPhone and iPad, the fee download enables registered online banking customers to everyday banking activities, such as checking balances, transferring funds, paying bills, and send INTERAC e-Transfers. Upon launching the app, the same online banking login is all that is required...

Welcome to Day 8 of the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas. Today's free offering is Icebreaker Hockey, from Natural Motion Games. The hockey game entered the App Store this past June. The developer's other claim to fame was Backbreaker Football that had over 1 million downloads. With the WHJC (go Canada!) and the NHL season...

Update, 11:47AM PST, Jan. 2/12: The app is no longer free, but was free at the time of publishing more than 13 hours ago. Apple's pick for the 2011 iPad app of the Year, Snapseed, is currently free in the App Store. The universal app also works on the iPhone and iPod touch with a...

iOS hacker @stroughtonsmith previously demonstrated a hacked second generation Apple TV running iOS apps without AirPlay. Further progress has resulted in day 2 of his tinkering, and last night he released another video this time showing fullscreen iPad apps running in 720p: More MobileX goodness! Much of today was spent making apps run as the...

Happy New Year! To start off 2012, the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas has reached Day 7 and today's free download is the Lonely Planet's, Best in Travel 2012. This book is normally $11.99 and is free for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. This 208 page book comes in at a 129MB download. Here...

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year from iPhoneinCanada.ca! Here's to a prosperous 2012. For those that haven't had the clock strike midnight yet, you can watch the ball drop in Times Square in New York City with this official app on your iPhone.  

Jobs delivers a tribute to the recently deceased Morita Akio at a new product launch event. (October 5, 1999) The Japanese publication, Nippon, writes a translated article about Steve Jobs and his close connection to Japan: Apple founder and CEO extraordinaire Steve Jobs had a close relationship to Japan. Hayashi Nobuyuki, an IT journalist who...

We've made it to the halfway point of the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas, and it has landed on New Year's Eve (how is it NYE already?!). For Day 6, Apple has offered up the LMFAO single, Party Rock Anthem (featuring GoonRock & Lauren Bennett), the Audiobot Remix, that runs six minutes long. Also available to...

To kick off 2012, Griffin Technology has kicked off their 20% OFF site wide weekend sale. The discounts started yesterday and are good through Saturday and until 11:59 PM CT on Sunday (New Year's Day). Just enter the following coupon code NEWGEAR20 at checkout to save 20% off everything. Not a bad way to start...

A new episode of The iPhone Podcast has hit iTunes, episode 46. This is our 2011 Year in Review, going over the major stories of this year. Justin Luey and I look back at what has been an amazing year for Apple. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with other RSS Readers The iPhone Podcast will be back in the New...