Stories by Gary Ng

When Gmail for iPhone hit the App Store, it failed to impress and was pulled due to the app not working as advertised. Gmail for iOS has now received yet another update, with this one being the most significant. New changes include better label management, a new notification sound for incoming mail, mobile signature, vacation...

Grand Theft Auto III for iOS is now available in the App Store. This version celebrates the 10th anniversary of GTA, and returns the saga back to Liberty City. Rockstar Games previously told us about this hotly anticipated game arriving on December 15th. It appears it's now available in the Canadian and US App Stores....

If you're a football (or soccer) fan, be sure to check out FIFA Superstars for iPhone, as it's free today as part of EA's Daily Deals page. The game appears to be a good one as reviews are quite positive. I'm going to download this now because I can't resist free games. Other free games...

It appears Apple has held true to its promise of releasing iTunes Match in Canada before the end of the year, as the service debuted registrations for a short window, then disappeared. Based on emails received, some of you have been able to subscribe to iTunes Match in Canada, only to have the service 'disappear'--similar...

Pod2G recently announced on twitter the successful iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4, and now he has added the iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 4th gen, first gen iPad, and Apple TV2 (on 4.4.3), as noted on his short and sweet blog entries: Apple TV 2 4.4.3 untethered Done also. Rush mode = off...

Microsoft has released their SkyDrive for iPhone app, as noted on their Inside Windows Live blog. This app allows all Windows Live users to take advantage of free cloud storage, similar to DropBox, and also features from iCloud: On the iPhone, we’ve taken the next step by making the new SkyDrive app for iPhone available...

Last Tuesday, Google announced that Android users had downloaded 10 billion apps from their market and that the number of downloads was growing at a pace of one billion per month. Not to be out done, Apple announced yesterday that its customers have downloaded 18 billion from the Apple App Store, and like Google, its number are growing by more...

If you're looking to get someone an iGift for the holidays, Apple has posted shipping information for those who would like their orders to arrive before December 24th.   For the majority of products, orders must be placed by December 19th in order to receive pre-Christmas delivery with the free shipping promotion. Select products do carry earlier...

Apple has released iTunes 10.5.2 for download. The minor fixes involve iTunes Match (US only, but coming to Canada soon) and audio problems when dealing with certain CDs: What's new in iTunes 10.5.2 iTunes 10.5.2 includes several improvements for iTunes Match and fixes an audio distortion problem when playing or importing certain CDs. The update...

Looks like hard work and a creative talent pays off. Jan-Michael Cart, known worldwide for his iOS concept videos has announced he has achieved his goal of working for Apple as an intern, as posted on his updated blog: Welcome to the new blog section of my website. Soon I will be embarking to California,...

Apple has posted iOS 5.1 beta 2 to developers. One new feature is as described as follows: NEW: Photos taken using iOS 5.1 can be deleted from Photo Stream on your device and will be removed automatically from Photo Stream on your other iOS 5.1 devices. Older photos can be manually deleted from your iOS...

Rogers will be launching an interesting an innovative service later this month. Dubbed Rogers One, the service allows customers to use their existing Rogers wireless number to text, email, and talk from a computer. A summary of the full feature list includes: Text and Talk from your personal computer using your wireless number Manage emails...