Stories by Gary Ng

Update 1, 12:19 PDT: The Apple Store is back online. I didn't spot any changes, did you? The Apple Store is down in Canada and the rest of the world. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?    

Camera+ recently released another significant update to their popular photography app. Tap Tap Tap, the company behind Camera+ just revealed on their blog they've hit $2 million in sales. Not only that, they've also revealed some interesting sales data that will make any developer jealous. Fresh off the heals of the Camera+ 2.2 release including...

The iPhone Dev Team released an untethered iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak thanks to i0n1c's untether exploit. With the release of redsn0w and PwnageTool, some people have run into 'cosmetic' signal bar issues after jailbreaking. The issue results in having 1 bar for signal (for those with older basebands), even though the signal is broadcasting at full...

Apple released an app for their US customers today, called iAd Gallery. The premise of the app is to showcase advertisers running iAd campaigns (which start at $500,000--previously $1 million). Only Apple can release an app to get customers to check out ads. If you have a US iTunes account, you can easily download the...

Recently ModMyi reported Toyota started an ad campaign in Cydia to target jailbroken iPhone users. A custom theme advertising the Scion brand was free for everyone to download. It was a giant step forward for the jailbroken community as Toyota was the first corporation to invest in this market. People were excited about this--except for...

Everytime we record an episode of The iPhone Podcast, Justin Luey and I come up with some App Store 'picks of the week'. Every single time we continue to surprise each other with noteworthy apps. This time around, it's GasBuddy, which helps you find cheap gas prices. Hey, who doesn't like to save money? Find...

Justin Luey and I are back at it again this week, to discuss the latest iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad, Apple TV) news on Episode 33 of The iPhone Podcast. We're listed in iTunes under the New and Noteworthy in the Technology category, and currently #6 in Gadgets! If you aren't listening, you're missing out! Subscribe...

A few days ago Facebook updated their mobile version of the site, and today brings an iPhone update with the following new features: What's New In Version 3.4 - Added Map View for Places - Added the ability to Check in to Events that you're attending - Added the ability to unfriend from the phone...

For the golfers out there, this week marks the start of the prestigious Masters tournament at Augusta National. To celebrate this week, here are some notable golf apps worth downloading and checking out: Tiger Woods My Swing, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, and TSN at the Masters (a reminder). Tiger Woods My Swing - The Official...

Let's be crystal clear about this: the untethered iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak only happened due to Stefan Esser, aka i0n1c. He discovered this untether exploit, shared his videos of it on YouTube, and the world immediately noticed. Stefan shed some details about his role in the recent release of PwnageTool and redsn0w by the iPhone Dev...

The iPhone Dev Team has released their jailbreak tools for iOS 4.3.1, thanks to i0n1c. You can use PwnageTool (or sn0wbreeze from iH8sn0w) or redsn0w to perform your jailbreak. During the restore process in iTunes, I previously had issues with a frozen restore state. My iPhone would restore to just near the end (about 95%...

Update (May 6, 2011): Sn0wbreeze has been update to 2.7 for Windows users. If you require an unlock, you should ONLY use sn0wbreeze. Click here to download. Changes: Now Supports iOS 4.3.3 [untethered] (except iPad 2) Now Supports iOS 4.2.8 [untethered] (Verizon iPhone 4 users) Multitasking Gestures are enabled in the Settings app as usual....