Stories by Gary Ng

Black Friday has come and gone, and shoppers have been quite busy. Well, the fun can't stop yet because Cyber Monday is now upon us. ZAGG once again has their annual 50% off sale, and it starts Monday, November 28th and ends Tuesday, November 29th. Your discount will be applied during checkout, and other promo...

A new tweak called Siri0us has hit Cydia to allow you to bring Siri Dictation to your iPhone 4. On your jailbroken iPhone 4, just add the following repo to Cydia to download Siri0us: http://apt.if0rce.com Currently, Siri0us supports the following languages: ??/??(??) ??/??(??) English (United States) Deutsch (Europa) English (United Kingdom) Français (Europe) Italiano (Europa)...

Update 1: Windows version of the crash reported now available. Download here. The Chronic Dev Team has released a new tool in an attempt to ask the jailbreak community for their help in discovering the next exploit for an untethered jailbreak, as explained in their latest blog post titled, 'Weapons of Mass Exploitation'. Earlier this...

Muscle Nerd from the iPhone Dev Team sent out an interesting tweet this morning in regards to the iPhone 4S unlock. Crazy Thanksgiving weekend! Very promising 4S unlock (http://twitpic.com/7kku4t) is in the works (Not i4, just 4S..that's crazy part) He mentions progress is coming along for the iPhone 4S only via ultrasn0w. Only iPhone 4...

We've seen some creative uses of Siri, such as being setup to control a car remotely. Now, a developer has used Siri Proxy to control his Plex Media player on his Apple TV. What is Siri Proxy? Siri Proxy is a proxy server for Apple's Siri "assistant." The idea is to allow for the creation...

A couple days ago we posted about the comments made by a Microsoft executive that Apple's voice offering in Siri is 'nothing special', and that it comes down to 'good marketing': People are infatuated with Apple announcing it. It’s good marketing, but at least as the technological capability you could argue that Microsoft has had...

On October 31, the Brazilian telecommunications agency ANATEL issued the go ahead for Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn to begin assembling iPhones in Brazil. Just under a month later it seems as if the made in Brazil iPhone are getting into the hands of locals. Brazilian website MacMagazine (via Google Translation) has posted images of an 8GB white iPhone...

Apple Canada has posted the details of their 2011 Black Friday sale online. The prices are as follows: iMac/MacBook Pro/MacBook Air: Save $101 iPod nano: Save $11 iPod touch: Save $21 iPad 2: Save $41 Apple TV: no sale Airport Extreme/Express: Save $11 $50 iTunes gift card: Save $5 Here are the prices from the 2010...

Update 2: ZAGG has a 50% off sale starting Sunday and Monday. Update 1: Added iSkin's Black Friday info Today will become one of the busiest shopping days of the year in both Canada and the US. Here is a round up of some of the best deals around, and this post will be continuously...

Update 1: Our own tipster notes: You can't use iPhone on this plan. In other words, if you want an iPhone at $159, you can't use this plan. Unless you sign up for a 3 year voice/data term, cancel, pay ECF (early cancellation fee) and DECF (data early cancellation fee) and switch to the new...

The Canadian Automobile Association has launched an iPhone app to assist both members and non-members in the event of a need for roadside assistance and more. Available in both French and English, the app allows for members to login and for non-members to explore the app. The bottom line, it's an all-in-one app for CAA...

Ticket to Ride began as a hugely successful board game, winning the 2004 Spiel des Jahres (German for Game of the Year) and selling over 2 million copies. Earlier this week, Days of Wonder (the publisher) made the jump to the iPhone and iPod touch with the release of Ticket to Ride Pocket. If you...