Stories by Gary Ng

[Updated] Theme It App Launches, Competition for Cydia Theme Center

Update 1: There is some controversy over Theme It; a clash with Cydia founder "Saurik", as reported by TNW: Note to all iDevice Jailbreakers and people interested in Theme it: Well as it was to be expected Saurik/Jay Freeman (maker of Cydia) doesn't seem to appreciate our venue in "his" community. He wrote me an...

Details Emerge About Apple COO Tim Cook We’ve Never Seen Before

People always want to know more about Apple's executive time. We already know that Phil Schiller, Apple VP of Worldwide Marketing is on twitter. Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, is once again at the helm of Apple while Steve Jobs is on medical leave. Little light has been shed on Tim Cook but now...

Cydia’s New Theme Center Allows for Easy iOS Customization

One of the benefits of jailbreaking your iPhone is the ability to customize the look and feel of your phone. Cydia is full of thousands of themes and skins allowing for endless combinations of wallpapers and icon changes. New From Cydia: Theme Center Saurik aka Jay Freeman, the creator of Cydia has just introduced a...

Canadian Developer Victim of Theft

On Thursday, January 13th, the developers of a Canadian mobile and Flash game studio, Halfbot, discovered that their soon to be released iOS game "The Blocks Cometh" had  been released on the App Store, but not by them. The Blocks Cometh was originally a Flash game that the developers were working on porting to the...

Angry Birds Valentine’s Day Edition Confirmed

Here we go again. The Rovio team is raking it in with themed versions of their smash hit, Angry Birds. We've seen Halloween and Christmas versions so far, but get ready for the Valentine's Day version soon to be released on February 14th. I bet they'll get over a million downloads again, easily. In the...

Is Apple Planning a New Social Network?

When Apple launched Ping, their social music network, people were interested for about one day. I checked out Ping and it was neat and all, but it's safe to say Ping failed--miserably. New evidence dug up by 9to5Mac indicates that Apple could be in the process of creating a new social network based on media...

Leaked Pics: Multitasking Gestures Coming to the iPhone?

Update 1: There's a now a video of gestures, via YouTube user antoninygaard. (via Engadget) Some more rumours are making the rounds regarding upcoming features for the iPhone. The latest images are from BGR, which indicate some leaked screens that indicate multitasking gestures could be coming our way. There were rumours that the Home button...

This iPhone 4 Has Made a Wooden Transformation

There is a market out there to customize the backs of the iPhone 4. Want to add some 'life' to your iPhone 4? You can give your iPhone that wood-finished look by jumping on a kit from the folks at Material 6. That's exactly what Marco Vane did and the finished product looks pretty cool...

Apple Lists All-Time Top Free and Paid iPhone Apps

Currently the race to 10 billion iPhone app downloads will result in a winner of a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Apple has also listed a page within iTunes that shows the all-time top free and paid iPhone apps. Preview of the Top Paid iPhone apps: Preview of the Top Free iPhone apps: Also listed on...

iTunes to merge with Safari?

An interesting article from our friends at 9to5Mac surmising that with the purchase of Lala coupled with Apple's new North Carolina data centre facility, we could see our venerable iTunes replaced with Safari!? Say it isn't so! Then I got to thinking: iTunes is basically a browser now, a front-end for your iTunes library safely...

Steve Jobs Takes a Medical Leave of Absence to Focus on Health

Apple sent out the following Media Advisory today: Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent the following email to all Apple employees: Team, At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic...

Do You Know How Many Apps Are Downloaded Per iOS Device Sold?

How many iOS devices do you own? With each device comes downloads from the App Store. Reaching 10 billion app downloads very soon, the App Store has been nothing short of a success story. Asymco.com breaks down just how many apps are downloaded per device sold: The number of apps downloaded for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch is...