Stories by Gary Ng

Apple’s ‘Santa loves Siri’ ad was 2011's most effective holiday advertisement according to viewer reaction as measured by Ace Metrix, a television advertising analytics company. The ad scored higher than any other brand and also eclipsed every category in creating a human connection. Other ads that did well include Pillsbury, Coca-Cola, Nintendo and Duracell. Santa was featured in...

For all you air travellers, how many times have you had to listen to flight attendants ask you to turn off your electronic devices during take off and landing? Many passengers have questioned this policy, but recent research has resulted in evidence that anything with a battery has the possibility of interfering with onboard instruments,...

Looks like there's some more deals out there for Boxing Day, and this time the iPhone 4S joins in on the fun from Best Buy's Boxing Day sale. The 16GB iPhone 4S will be $99 on a 3 year term for new customers, a savings of $60. That's the cheapest price we've seen so far...

Future Shop and Best Buy are launching their online Boxing Day sale early this year--on Christmas Eve at 5PM PST/8PM EST. As for Boxing Day itself, physical store hours vary by location. Part of their sale includes a plethora of discounts on Apple products. Most are 'doorcrashers', which means limited stock, so be sure to...

Apple typically hosts one sale a year, on Black Friday, forgoing any sort of Boxing Day discounts. However, this year, Canadians are getting an exclusive iTunes Boxing Week sale. Boxing Day is recognized in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and a few other Commonwealth nations, but so far, the iTunes sale is only appearing in the Canadian iTunes Stores. The sale includes a...

With iOS 5, iPhone and iPad users began reporting a new curious behaviour: the label under some apps would occasionally change to read “Cleaning…” Facebook does it; Instapaper does it; Twitter too. It's a feature of iOS 5 that, to my knowledge, has not been explained. Rene Ritchie has the details: Since adding iCloud and Wi-Fi sync options, it’s become important to...

Bell and Telus have lowered their price of the 8GB iPhone 4 on a 3 year contract to $49, a reduction from $99, as noted on their websites. The 8GB iPhone 4 is a model with a lower capacity, compared to the 16GB and 32GB sizes when the iPhone 4 first launched. Rogers recently lowered...

Another day, and another update from pod2g in regards to the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak. He has decided to hand over the A4 jailbreak to the Chronic Dev Team to test and release, so he can focus his efforts on the A5 jailbreak (iPhone 4S, iPad 2) before iOS 5.1 is released: I read the...

Back in early December Rockstar announced the 10th anniversary edition of Grand Theft Auto III would be coming to the App Store for the iPhone and iPad. It was released just over a week ago at $4.99, but now it appears the price has been dropped to $2.99, a significant savings. The game comes in...

Last year, Shaw Communications purchased the TV assets of CanWest Global in a $2 billion dollar deal. The Global Video iPhone app was released this past April (the iPad app debuted in December 2010) and recently an update brought the much anticipated support for AirPlay. This feature allows iPhone and iPad users to stream videos right to...

The iPhone Dev Team has released an update to the iPhone unlock ultrasn0w, version 1.2.5 to support older basebands in iOS 5.0.1., as described in the description: iPhone Dev Team's iPhone 4, 3G, and 3GS software unlock, now with added PwnApple. Compatible with iPhone 4 baseband 01.59.00 and iPhone 3G/3GS basebands 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04...

The Recording Academy has honoured Steve Jobs with a Grammy Trustees Award, which is described as: This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of The Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance*, to the field of recording. (*Through 1983, recipients included performers.)...