Stories by Gary Ng

It's become a holiday tradition for Gameloft and Electronic Arts to have a holiday game sale promotion, and this year is no different. This morning EA Electronics has discounted nearly all of their games, while seventeen Gameloft titles are now on sale. These games include the latest and greatest releases as well as best sellers, such as...

Pod2g has been hard at work on the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak and has now posted a video demo of his progress running on an iPhone 4. The jailbreak's release will be any time now, and as for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, support for those newer devices will come soon (he recently solved...

According to a recent study from Farm Credit Canada (via betterfarming.com), Canadian farmers are keeping up with the times when it comes to using new technology. The study reports that 29 percent of farmers own a smartphone which is consistent with Canada's general population where thirty percent own a smartphone. Other highlights from the report include: Six percent of farmers own...

Using Wi-Fi, Airplay, and an Apple Express, Craig Knudsen of Yamaha has figured out how to get Siri to play a Yamaha Disklavier; complete with moving pedals and keys in full expression. The pointer comes via Jim Dalrymple of Loop Insights: Take a standard MIDI songfile and convert it to an audio file (while maintaining the MIDI data). The songfile is...

According to the New York Time's Nick Bilton, Apple has reportedly spent the last year developing and testing wearable devices that will augment and extend the functionality of smartphones. The prototyped wearable device would send and receive data from your smartphone. In this senario, the smartphone could stay behind the scenes and users would interact primarily with these wearable peripherals. A...

Earlier this morning, pod2g updated his blog to notify users he had run into cache issues with the A5 chip (now made in Texas!) within the iPhone 4S he was testing out on the weekend. Just this afternoon, he has published another update to tell us he has solved that cache issue, and also received...

Rogers has announced they are introducing management for 'premium SMS' messages. These are SMS messages you subscribe to by texting a 5-digit number, such as entering contests or getting sports scores, etc. These expensive messages can add up and now Rogers has included options to cap them at $40 so your bill won't explode, and...

If you're planning on shopping online last minute from Apple.ca, today is the last day for free expedited shipping for orders over $75, as noted in an email reminder sent out to customers: Get the gifts they’ve been waiting for. Even if you’ve waited until the last minute.Shop online or from the Apple Store app...

Update 1: Users are reporting the number is no longer in service. We're told this promo was supposed to be for people with pending cancellations or are in the last month or two of a current contract. == It appears Rogers has offered up some more holiday cheer this season by offering one month of...

Apple has launched its preview page for the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas promo in Canada, set to take place from December 26th to January 6th (last year's event took place Dec.23-Jan.3). Once again as predicted, Canadians will receive their free goodies via visiting websites within the Canada.com Network, instead of downloading them via an...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting Apple executives have met to discuss its television plans with media executives from major companies in recent weeks. Apple is also working on its own television that relies on wireless streaming technology to access shows, movies and other content, according to people briefed on the project. In the recent...

Apple this morning uploaded a new video to their YouTube channel. The latest TV ad features a special person utilizing Siri for the holidays--Santa Claus! Siri can help anyone get through a busy day... Or night. Within the ad, it shows Santa using Siri to help get directions and also a few other funny moments....