Stories by Gary Ng

Update 1: Looks like Gizmodo sheds some more light on the 'spy photo' posted below. It was originally posted by a twitter user @rob1p, then re-posted to MacRumors this morning by a 'newbie' user. The catch? The text he forgot to leave out from his original tweet en Francais: Une photo comme ça pourrait rendre...

The latest iPhone rumours come from Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White, speaking to Sohu.com via AllThingsD. China Telecom has apparently reached a preliminary deal with Apple to sell two models of the iPhone in October. One will be the iPhone 5, and the other a 'simplified' iPhone 4: “According to Sohu.com, China Telecom will offer...

If you're an online shopping enthusiast, you're going to enjoy the latest app to hit the App Store, Deal Flow. Created by a team of former Amazon employees, this app has some of the best implementation of daily coupon 'deals' in one place, along with online retailers. Not only that, the best part is it...

Update: Geohot also won an award for 'Best Song', with his rap titled 'The Light it Up Contest. Check that song out below: --- Comex, the brains behind the notoriously brilliant JailbreakMe.com for iOS devices, has just won a 2011 Pwnie Award for 'Best Client-Side Bug'. The Pwnie awards happen yearly in Las Vegas to...

Gmail for the web has just received a slight refresh this afternoon, as noted on the Gmail blog. The most notable features include Retina Display graphics and icons for iPhone 4 users, pull to refresh for your inbox, and transitions that slide left to right when navigating between inboxes and menus. Now, what I don't...

The latest report regarding Foxconn was their intention to employ 1 million robot workers to replace humans for certain tasks within their factories. The Taiwanese company helps supply Apple with their popular iPhone and iPad devices. NMA.TV has animated a video with their impression of how the whole takeover will go down. NMA.TV is notorious...

Instagram has quickly become the place to share photos for iOS users. Launched back in October of 2010, the service announced today they have exceeded 150 million shared photos by over 7 million users. Oh, and this has been accomplished on iOS devices only. Users love Instagram so much, photos have been shared at a...

Does Apple have plans to launch an actual streaming service to showcase their content from iTunes? The answer is yes, according to sources AppAdvice spoke to. Just the other day Apple TV users in the US received iCloud capabilities for their previously purchased TV shows. Now, it appears Apple is set to launch a new...

The start up Onavo has been making some buzz lately. Essentially, their app shrinks your data usage to help extend your data plan. This app runs in the background, and is a god send for those with smaller data plans, like the common 500MB plan in Canada. How Does Onavo Work? You download the free...

Jan-Michael Cart has just released another one of his beautiful iOS 5 concept videos. The latest video demonstrates improvements to Notification Center and introduces the 'Persistent Badge', a way of alerting users via tiny badges in the status bar. Also, there's other improvements to Widgets, collapsable notifications, and incoming calls as notifications. It's a nice...

According to Digitimes, Pegatron Technology will ship the iPhone 5 in September. The company has landed orders for 10 million units, according to sources. Pegatron Technology has landed orders for 10 million units of iPhone 5 to become the second ODM of the smartphone. Shipments will start in September The report goes on to mention...

Data only plans seem pretty hard to come by in Canada, but that is going to change soon. According to MobileSyrup, sources tell them Telus' discount brand, Koodo Mobile is set to offer data only plans 'in the future', with no requirement for voice or text plans. No prices were revealed, but given the fact...