Stories by Gary Ng

The BBC reports Apple's famed Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Jony Ive has received a knighthood as part of the New Year Honours list. We can now call him Sir Jonathan Ive as he is now a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE). His award was even appreciated by Phil Schiller on twitter....

The second generation Apple TV recently received an untethered jailbreak for 4.4.4 using Seas0nPass, as released by Firecore. Now, iOS developer @stroughtonsmith has posted a video of an Apple TV 2 hacked to run multiple iOS apps natively: Using @TheMudkip's MobileX window manager for iOS, and @chpwn's MobileLaunchpad launcher to go with it, we now...

Some pretty cool images have surfaced of the 'original' iPhone designed by German-born Hartmut Esslinger, the designer of 'The Snow White Look' for the Apple IIc. This tablet/phone concept has a corded handset along with a stylus-controlled touchscreen. Check them out below: The Origin of 'Designed in California' on Apple Products As noted in his...

Apple has accused Samsung of copying their products and their back and forth legal wars appear to be never-ending. We've previously seen Samsung use App Store icons in their stores and also produced similar chargers. Now it appears Samsung wants to emulate Apple's commercials by using the same child actor that was first featured in...

The latest mobile data charts from Statcounter reveals Apple's iOS and mobile Safari continue to dominate the mobile landscape in Canada and the U.S, but competitors such as Android aren't far behind and have made it a close race. Statcounter receives their data from the more than 3 million sites that use their tracking code....

The folks at Firecore have released an untethered jailbreak for the latest 4.4.4 firmware (iOS 5.0.1 - 9A406a) on Apple TV2, as announced on their blog. What is the point of jail breaking your Apple TV? Well, for starters you will get access to a plethora of third party plugins, such as XBMC (to stream .AVI...

The following is an updated tutorial to assist you in achieving an untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch using redsn0w 0.9.10b3. The untethered jailbreak is currently for non-A5 devices only (will not work with iPhone 4S or iPad 2). Warning: do not proceed if you're unsure about what you're doing....

Day 5 of the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas has arrived, and today we have four TV pilots to download, a selection that has been deemed, 'Unforgettable Dramas'. On Day 3, we also received free TV pilots, but those were 'Homegrown' in Canada. Today's compilation of 'Unforgettable Dramas' have separate downloads for English and French. Here...

OtterBox is currently offering a pretty hot sale on existing stock. Their 'Buy One, Get One 50% Off' sale started on Boxing Day (December 26th), and ends on January 3rd, 2012. One of the best ways to protect your iPhone is the OtterBox Defender Series, which we've previously reviewed. At $49.95, you will be able...

According to a report from ifoAppleStore, Apple could have its eyes on a new store inside Masonville Place Mall in London, Ontario. Noting real estate sources, the prospective location for the store could be in the upper level where Eddie Bauer currently resides. The clothing store is set to depart this week due to bankruptcy,...

Some people are running into the iBooks 'configuration error' after their untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak: There is a problem with the configuration of your iPhone. Please restore with iTunes and reinstall iBooks. In order to fix this, you can install iBooksFix2, from the insanelyi.com repo via Cydia. This fix is an updated version of iBooks...

Update 1: Numerous readers have pointed out Safeway's deal on iTunes Cards beats this price by $2 by using this coupon, valid until January 1, 2012. The current sale is $37 for a $50 iTunes card, but this coupon brings it down to $35 (30% off)! == If you haven't stocked up on iTunes Cards,...