Stories by Gary Ng

Want to be cooler than all your friends with iPhones? Miss the feeling of holding a phone while talking? You can change all that with the POP Phone from Native Union. This French designer made accessory looks and feels like the phone handle of an old rotary phone. It contains a speaker and microphone, and...

Apple has just released a press release detailing their upcoming 2011 Q3 earnings call, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 19th at 2PM PDT/5PMP EDT: WHAT: Apple® FY 11 Third Quarter Results Conference Call WHERE: Via conference call. The dial-in number for press is (888) 505-4388 (toll-free) or (719) 325-2433. Please enter confirmation code...

During my time at Apple Expo in Toronto, I met Captain R. Sulpizio, an active Canadian commercial pilot. He has developed an ingenius app to help pilots make instant calculations for the minimum descent altitude (MDA) by quickly filling in a few fields. If you're a pilot, or one in training listen up, as the...

BonAppie recently hit the App Store and is decent app to help you decide and locate what to eat, and where. Before you think this is just another food app, think again. What makes different from UrbanSpoon or Yelp! is that BonAppie provides detailed restaurant menus for you to look at, and ability to add...

YouTuber justkylevids throws his iPhone 4 inside his guitar and starts recording via the front-facing camera. As he explains: I just happened upon this trick when testing what it was like filming from inside my guitar. *Note this effect is due to the rolling shutter, which is non-representative of how strings actually vibrate. Tips: •...

In a report tonight by Reuters, Taiwan-based TSMC has started trial manufacturing of the next generation A6 processors, adding fuel to reports from two weeks ago that Samsung could be losing its biggest customer. TMSC has experience with ARM architecture, making them a suitable candidate to help build on Apple's existing A5 chip technology. The...

Google has launched a new photo-sharing service called Photovine, and the app has launched only for the iPhone so far. But, knowing Google and their ways this service is invite-only at the moment, similar to what they're doing with Google Plus (and Gmail in its early beginnings). The premise behind Photovine is sharing pictures of...

Update: Looks like Tweetbot is has suspended push temporarily, as noted by @davhacq and Mike J, and on the Tapbots blog: The problem lies in provisioning profile issues due to human error, and a new update has been submitted to Apple. Stay tuned. One of the most beautifully designed iPhone twitter clients, Tweetbot, is getting...

Apple sent out an email to developers a few hours ago to introduce a new program for businesses. The Volume Purchase Program will allow businesses to purchase apps in volume and sell custom B2B apps to customers. The email reads: Get ready today. Business customers will soon be able to buy your apps in volume....

Living in Canada has it's advantages like poutine, beaver tails, cottages and hockey. But there are a few disadvantages as well - one being higher prices for Apple products. Come on Apple give us a break! According to 9 to 5 Mac, we may be in luck and could see better prices soon. In the...

So you may be thinking, "What is gallium arsenide and why do I care?" Earlier today DigiTimes reported a rumour that Apple has ordered GaAs components from three manufacturers for the next generation iPhone to come out this fall. [To make this easier, GaAs is the chemical formula for gallium arsenide - just for those...

The iPhone 4 is not indestructible as I've figured out (painfully), but in certain events it maybe seem to have nine lives. The following story was sent to us by reader Ryley, documenting the story of his buddy's iPhone 4 accident: My buddy Larry works in shipping at a warehouse and had his iPhone sitting on...