Stories by Gary Ng

Another day, and another free download from the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas event. Yesterday we received a couple free downloads from Kelly Clarkson, and for Day 4 we get a free rental of the snowboarding documentary, The Art of FLIGHT: A new breed of action sports film comes to life as Red Bull Media...

Back in mid-November Apple implemented the first gen iPod nano replacement program due to faulty batteries that could cause overheating. Apple setup a specific page to instruct users to enter the serial numbers of their old iPod purchased between September 2005 and December 2006 to see if their device was eligible for replacement. Eligible customers...

Developer @chpwn (Grant Paul) has just announced his latest tweak, Zephyr. Available in Cydia for $2.99, Zephyr introduces multitasking gestures to the iPhone and iPod touch, similar to those available on the iPad and iPad 2. Instead of double-tapping Home to show the multitasking tray, a one finger slide up does the trick. Swiping left...

Manitoba and Quebec are two provinces that have legislation to protect their consumers when it comes to cellphones. Bill 60 was an amendment to the Consumer Protection Act in Quebec in 2010 to allow consumers to cancel cellphone contracts without paying cancellation fees and other penalties, along with a clear stipulation of terms and policies....

Yesterday sources told Digitimes Apple's supply chain would begin to prepare materials in Q1 of 2012 in preparation for a launch in the third quarter. Not only that, the unit itself would not be a traditional set top box, but an actual TV: Instead of a form of set-top box (STB) like the Apple TV...

Another day, and another download from the annual iTunes 12 Days of Christmas. Yesterday, we received free TV pilot episodes and Francophone music. Day 3 brings a free download of former American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson's new single, Mr. Know It All, along with the official video. iTunes now has direct links to the 12 Days...

A few weeks back, we reported that the National Bank of Canada (Banque Nationale du Canada), had recently updated their website to support mobile devices. Since then, they've launched a dedicated banking application. The application is free. [iTunes link] The application allow users to access all their important banking information, instantly and in real-time: • Check bank balance and view activity; • Transfer between accounts;...

Another day, and another download from the annual iTunes 12 Days of Christmas. Yesterday, we received free downloads of Coldplay. Today, we have five free TV pilot episodes from Entertainment One Television: Haven: Welcome to Haven Hell On Wheels: Pilot (great series!) Rookie Blue: Fresh Paint Sanctuary: Sanctuary for All, Pt. 1 Almost Heroes: Terry...

The Chronic Dev Team has released Corona, a tweak available in Cydia that will untether your tethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak (built upon pod2g's untether work, which was then turned over to them). You can quickly access, download & install Corona 5.0.1 Untether (Chronic Dev team’s version, packaged in the Cydia store) for your iPhone 4,...

Jonathan S. Geller of BGR is reporting that Apple plans to launch a redesigned iPhone in the fall of 2012. The release is said to be around the same time that the iPhone 4S launched this year. The report goes on to detail that the next iPhone will utilize an aluminum back panel and use a rubber or plastic bezel...

Update 2: The iPhone Dev team has released an update to redsn0w, version 0.9.10b3: Update #3: The b3 version of redsn0w fixes a problem where re-running redsn0w over an existing jailbreak would cause MobileSubstrate-based apps to stop running until MS was installed again.  Now you can re-run the redsn0w jailbreak step without worrying about that (but...

Pod2g has been working solo on the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for A4-powered devices and finally figured it out. He passed on his completed work to the iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team to test and distribute. That day has finally come, as announced by @pod2g: Hello, as expected, the Chronic Dev Team and...