Stories by Gary Ng

In a story documented by Forbes, hacker Charlie Miller was able to upload a malware-infested app into the App Store: At the SysCan conference in Taiwan next week, Miller plans to present a method that exploits a flaw in Apple’s restrictions on code signing on iOS devices, the security measure that allows only Apple-approved commands...

It appears iOS 5 has a built in panorama mode for the Camera app, as discovered by @conradev (via @chpwn). iPhone developer Conrad Kramer discovered this within iOS 5.0 beta 7: So, I found out how to enable Panorama is the iOS Camera app. Set the key 'EnableFirebreak' to YES in com.apple.mobileslideshow.plist Chpwn notes the...

Google’s former CEO and executive chairman Eric Schmidt told U.S. Senators that Apple’s voice-recognition system is an “interesting development,” suggesting the feature posed a “competitive threat” to its search business. “Google has many strong competitors and we sometimes fail to anticipate the competitive threat posed by new methods of accessing information,” Schmidt writes. Schmidt’s written...

PBS has released a YouTube preview of a Charlie Rose interview with Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and Sheryl Sandberg, the company’s chief operating officer. The interview covers everything from Facebook’s plans to become publicly traded, privacy, China, the Arab spring, the lack of engineering talent in U.S., and questions about their supposed "war” with other tech companies: primarily Google, Apple,...

Siri has been ported over to the iPhone 3GS by @chpwn and @stroughtonsmith, as posted by Edmonton-based developer, @rpetrich, who is currently working on Activator integration. Check out the video posted below by Ryan Petrich: We've previously seen Siri ported over to the iPhone 4 and iPod touch. As for the legality of releasing this...

Do you have multiple Google Calendars? Want to have them all synced to your iPhone or iPad? I've received a few questions about how this is accomplished and it's fairly straight forward. You'll need to setup Google Sync (push) on your iPhone first to enable it. If it's not, you won't be able to see...

If you have notification banners set in iOS 5, they are a real treat as they can show you relevant information and then disappear quickly. However, if you are in an application that requires concentration, constant notification banners can be distracting and annoying. It might seem like an eternity for them to disappear on their...

As we first noticed a few days ago, Netflix Canada now has seasons 1-3 of AMC's hit show, Breaking Bad, as announced officially on the Netflix blog: AMC's Emmy award winning Breaking Bad is now available for our members in Canada! This show is one of the most requested series by our Canadian members and...

Update 2: Turning Airplane Mode ON/OFF will also fix the issue, and save you from a reboot. Thanks @ShevCharko. Update 1: A reboot will fix the DST issue. Thanks @cdeleeuw84! We've heard from multiple readers out there about iPhone issues with reverting away from daylight saving time today in Canada, which could be related to...

Telus 2011 third quarter results were posted yesterday and the company announced revenue of $2.6 billion, a 6.5% increase compared to the year ago quarter. Wireless revenue grew 9%, led by an increase in 133,000 postpaid subscribers that caused a 53% spike in wireless data revenue. Telus ARPU (average revenue per user) has grown for...

The Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) recently released their 2010-2011 annual report. What is the CCTS? Our role is to resolve consumer and small business complaints about retail telecommunications services, including wireless, local and long distance telephone, and internet access services. Customers who cannot resolve their complaints about issues like billing, contract terms,...

A new patent application from Apple details how a future iPhone could utilize a virtual SIM card that also integrates Near Field Communication (NFC). There are a few advantages of utilizing near field technology. For one, it would allow consumers to bypass carriers when purchasing an iPhone, According to 9to5Mac, a costumer could instead utilize a carrier-chooser app, for instance, to select...