Stories by Gary Ng

The Jawbone UP was one of the most documented and hyped iOS accessories we've seen so far. Reviews for the Jawbone have been mixed, and at a cost of $99USD, there's a lot on the line. Stories of hardware failure, breakage, and endless problems have been documented in the Jawbone forums. The device has captured...

iTunes is featuring a free book download right now that is pretty awesome--The Beatles Yellow Submarine. This illustrated book features animation, and is read by the English actor, Dean Lennox Kelly. The original Yellow Submarine cartoon debuted in 1968, with The Beatles playing themselves as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Here's the iTunes description:...

Last night, Apple TV units in Canada were silently given an over the air update to introduce the TV Shows menu. Everything looked fine and dandy, however users were unable to purchase rentals, watch previews and more. It was essentially a useless update. Here's what we saw yesterday: Today, we now know why it wasn't...

Only a week after launching the iPad exclusive BBC iPlayer in Canada for the monthly subscription price of $8.99 CDN (or $84.99 annually), the BBC is rolling out the next phase for bringing UK content to all iOS devices. Today, the iPhone and iPod Touch version of the iPlayer are available for download, bringing that same great...

Canada’s CityTV has extended its iPad video app to iPhone and iPod Touch devices, where live streaming of the network’s shows are available starting today. The app is free. Shows that will stream live include Breakfast Television Toronto and CityLine, while those available on-demand include Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, 2...

Last week Safeway, a Canadian Grocery Chain located in Western Canada, discounted iTunes cards by 25%. If you bought $60 worth of gift cards you would get $15 off the purchase. Today is the last day to take advantage of that offer, but for those who can't make it to a local Safeway today, no worries,...

Google has launched their news reader, called Currents (Kara Swisher from AllThingsD had a heads up). This is similar to something like Flipboard. iTunes description: Google Currents delivers beautiful magazine-like editions to your tablet and smartphone for high speed offline reading. Editions are all free and include: * Publisher editions - Publishers such as Forbes,...

Twitter has announced a new version of its iPhone app today, as announced today at their 'Come See What We're Building' press conference, live-blogged by TechCrunch. Within the announcements, Jack Dorsey revealed twitter integration within iOS 5 has resulted in an 25% increase of sign ups globally, and now more than 250 million tweets are...

Apple has just listed its top apps and games of the year, as part of its annual App Store Rewind for 2011, as noted in a tweet sent out by the @AppStore account. The list for 2010 was posted almost exactly a year ago. The iPhone app of the year: Instagram Runners-Up: VidRhythm, Band of...

Apple has once again launched its 12 Days of Christmas app for its UK customers, notes MacRumors. The app description reads: You and your friends can download a fantastic selection of songs, music videos, apps and books for free. Each download will only be available for 24 hours. Get our special 12 Days of Christmas...

Update 1 (Dec 8, 2011): Looks like Apple has pulled the update. It appears Apple TV units in Canada have quietly received an over the air update to introduce a new 'TV Shows' menu, as noted by 9to5Mac. When I turned on my Apple TV, the 'TV Shows' menu was not there--but within 10-15 seconds...

This has got to be one of the best stories I've heard so far, involving a celebrity, an iPhone, and Zynga's smash hit, Words with Friends. Word spread (no pun intended) when Alec Baldwin tweeted his displeasure after getting booted off his American Airlines flight--for refusing to turn off his iPhone because he wanted to...