Stories by Gary Ng
VoiceMan: Tracks Your Voice Minutes in Real Time [Contest]
Tracking your allotted voice minutes are pretty important in Canada, since overages can be costly. Thankfully, there's a new app for that from the makers of DataMan. The new app is called VoiceMan and it tracks your minutes in real time and sends notifications when you're close to exceeding your limits. Here are the key...
Some Must-Have Back to School Apps to Go from Paper to Pixels
School is approaching for some of us, and though you may moan and gripe over the things you didn't get around to doing over the summer, try looking ahead. Here is my personal plan for staying completely organized during the coming school season. The main idea is to stay as paperless as possible, while keeping...
Leaked Screenshot of Steve Jobs’ Calendar [Humour]
Steve Jobs has stepped down as Apple CEO, and handed over the reigns to former COO, Tim Cook. The Joy of Tech has revealed what they believe to be Steve Jobs' calendar as his first day as ex-CEO. Check it out below: This is one of the funniest comics I've read in a while! Can't...
More Leaked ‘N94’ Component Images Reveal Cheaper iPhone ‘4S’ Design?
Macpost has obtained more leaked images of purported 'N94' iPhone parts, this time pictures revealing the LCD, digitizer screen panel and Home button. The design is identical to the iPhone 4. Former leaked white 'N94' back panels also revealed similar design to the iPhone 4. Notice the Home button is the same and nothing has...
Comex Posts Q&A on Reddit About His Jailbreaking Experience
The hacker Comex is widely known for his popular JailbreakMe jailbreaks. He has been profiled by Forbes, and also won a 2011 Pwnie Award for 'Best Client Side Bug'. More recently, he tweeted out of his upcoming internship at Apple. Now, Comex has posted a Q&A on Reddit, answering questions from users about his experience...
‘The Second Coming of Steve Jobs’, Esquire, December 1986
Here is an incredible Saturday read, courtesy of Joe Nocera from the New York Times. Nocera, writing for Esquire back in 1986, was invited by Steve Jobs to accompany him for a week to help bring some attention to his new start up, NeXT. Jobs at the time had just been exiled from Apple. Nocera...
Rumour: AWS iPhone 5 for T-Mobile USA–What About WIND, Mobilicity, and Videotron?
Last week reports in the U.S. mentioned Sprint would carry the iPhone 5. Now, TiPB has heard whispers of an AWS-compatible iPhone 5 coming to T-Mobile as well, likely to launch in October, coinciding with their earlier rumoured timeline. The T-Mobile network runs the AWS spectrum on 1700/2100MHz bands, similar to the same 3G networks...
New Apple CEO Tim Cook Awarded 1 Million Shares of Stock
Apple is already the largest company on earth in terms of stock valuation, having exceeded that of oil giant Exxon Mobil, as of the end of today's trading day. With the resignation of Steve Jobs, new CEO Tim Cook has been rewarded 1 million shares of Apple stock, as revealed in a form 8-K filing...
PlainText: The Evernote of Dropbox
I have been using Dropbox for a couple of months and I have loved every minute of it. I actually switched from Evernote when I did because I like the feeling of having everything in one place, rather than spread across two diffent services. The one thing I have missed about Evernote, is its ease...
Cupertino to Hold Environmental Impact Report on Apple ‘Spaceship’ Campus
The City of Cupertino has extensive links to former Apple CEO, Steve Jobs. He grew up in the area, and also started his journey with Apple there. Steve Jobs put Cupertino on the map, and more recently, appeared on surprise notice to present a proposal for Apple's new massive 'spaceship' campus to the city council. When...
Doodle Cam: Why Doodle When Your Camera Can?
There's been a resent surge of photo filtering apps released on the App Store recently and among them is Doodle Cam. The premise behind it isn't new, but I believe that it is it's direct simplicity that is. Doodle Cam's basic controls are as follows; tap the screen to change filters, tap the camera button...
CanadaWest.TV Launched: Watch Live CIS University Sports on your iPhone
CanadaWest.TV is a partnership between the Canada West Universities Athletic Association and Stretch Internet, and will enable live viewing of CIS basketball and volleyball on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Action will also be enabled on the web as well. The live sports will begin for the 2011-12 season and beyond, with the first...