Stories by Gary Ng

Further reports have surfaced over the launch date of the iPhone 5, this time coming from China. According to a report by the Southern Metropolis Daily (via CapitalVue): China Telecom has instructed some of its provincial branches to begin preparations for the sales of the iPhone 5, including conducting staff training, and the operator will...

An interesting development has ensued between the CBC and Canadian developer, Cory Alder of Vancouver. He developed an app titled Canadian Radio Player, available in the Mac App Store for $2.99, to enable CBC radio streams on your Mac, from anywhere. Originally, the app contained a reference to the CBC and use of its logo,...

Looks like the race to be 'first' in the deployment of LTE networks is heating up. Bell has announced its plans to debut its LTE network tomorrow in Toronto and other cities in southern Ontario, bringing LTE to 2.6 million people in the area. Bell appears to have beat rival Rogers by a week or...

Stefan Esser, aka @i0n1c became famous worldwide with his contribution to the untethered iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak. Stefan took the time to exploit iOS, and passed on his findings to the iPhone Dev Team to implement it into their existing jailbreak tools. Now, @i0n1c has revealed his jailbreak hardware used exploit iOS in his detailed paper...

If you want to stand out from the pack with a creative looking iPhone 4 case, consider these eery designs from CollabCubed's EARonic line. The back covers are actual images of various ears, and when used in public I'm sure it'll get a reaction from people. For those that love to be 'that guy' proudly...

Update: Looks like Desjardins had an iPhone app out long ago (thanks Leo). FCF is the first to launch apps for all mobile platforms that include iOS, Blackberry, and Android. We've seen the plethora of major banks launch iPhone banking apps, but now First Calgary Financial has become the first Canadian credit union to go...

My 32GB iPhone 4 is more than just my phone, it is also my go to camera when I don't want to 'lug' around my Panasonic GF2. So when my Camera Roll and Camera apps mysteriously started to crash upon launch, I was slightly worried. Not only that, my photos became inaccessible as iTunes no...

BGR reports today on some dates involved with the release of iOS 5 to coincide with a rumoured October iPhone 5 launch. According to their sources iOS 5 Beta 8 will be released this Friday, with the GM seed to follow next week on the 23rd. we have been told that even though Apple seeded...

Special thanks goes out to this week's sponsor, Canadian developer PunkStarStudios and their new Fake-A-UFO-Video iPhone app. This neat app that enables you to create your own fake UFO videos to trick friends and family. The app has an extensive tutorial when you launch the app for the first time, and explains how it all...

Update: This RFD thread has the previous offers, which some are still available (thanks Ron!): [Time Up]: Day 4: Sep 11, the freebie is the iPhone/iTouch/iPad game called Style Studio: Fashion Designer [Time Up]: Day 3: Sep 10, the freebie is the iPhone/iTouch/iPad app called 100 Cameras in 1. Highly Recommended! [Time Up]: Day 2:...

A recent report by Digitimes states electronics manufacturer Foxconn has seen a decline in August revenues, a decrease of 6.55% sequentially to $7.39 billion USD, based on the decline of iPhone 4 shipments according to industry observers. The reason for this adjustment is linked to the production of the next generation iPhone 5, reported to...

Pixel art games are on the uprise and the latest addition to the catalogue is Pixel Ninja! by Triniti Interactive Limited. This game reminds me of Metal Gear Solid 4 in the sense that even though it's an action game with hand-to-hand combat, your main goal is to sneak around your opponents eliminating the returned...