Stories by Gary Ng

Popular Canadian developer Ryan Petrich has announced TweakWeek, a new promotion to enable 3rd party devs to get their tweaks out there. The premise is to have one free tweak a day by Ryan, then thereafter tweaks by other notable developers. Apps must be open source. Here's what's been released so far: June 1: DietBar...

Jan-Michael Cart is back in action with his iOS 5 concept videos. This morning he posted an update to his blog about his latest video titled, "Dynamic Icons". The premise involves homescreen icons being updated to reflect push notifications--making a formerly dead homescreen into something that is full of life. As described by Cart: Users...

MobileNotifier is a fantastic notfication tweak available in Cydia, from developer Peter Hajas. We first reviewed MobileNotifier back in February, and it has soon evolved into a viable notification alternative (that is until iOS 5 is revealed!). Recently, Peter blogged about his departure from MobileNotifier, shocking most people including yours truly. He said he couldn't...

Until we hear it from the horse's mouth, the details of iOS 5 have remained pretty quiet so far. Earlier rumours via TechCrunch stated twitter integration within iOS 5, and John Gruber declared it could possibly be natively integrated. Today, Robert Scoble claims his iOS 5 connections have told him twitter will be deeply integrated...

Update 2: This is a clever photoshop job. The 'glare' on the badge on the newer image is different from the original. Fake. Update 1: Here's another iCloud image posted by @chpwn of the apparent iCloud Beta login page (via RazorianFly/@markgurman), an actual screenshot instead of a picture of a monitor:     Speculate in...

It's Friday, Friday...gonna ge...errr... We've seen previous iOS 5 concept videos before, but here's another cool one from the folks at Monkey Color. They believe iOS 5 should have Widgets, Settings, Notifications, and Favorite Friends--what do you think? [iSpazio via iClarified]

Apple is serious when it comes negotiations, and according to the New York Post, they have paid up to $150 million dollars to have the four major music labels sign on and agree to Apple's upcoming iCloud service. Apple will fork over between $100 million and $150 million in advanced payments to the four major...

Do you still care about the lack of Adobe Flash on your iOS device? Adobe was supposed to deliver Flash for the iPhone but that never materialized. Apple CEO Steve Jobs previously described his 'thoughts on Flash' and why he feels this plugin is an old and outdated technology. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, on the...

The LA Times is reporting some new details regarding Apple's iCloud, announced earlier this week: Dubbed iCloud, the service initially will be offered for a free period to people who buy music from Apple's iTunes digital download store, allowing users to upload their music to Apple's computers where they can then play from a Web...

Update: Here's a clearer snap from AppleInsider, which shows LION + 5 + iCloud = WWDC! With WWDC less than a week away, the 'leaks' are coming in fast and furious. Apple announced their intentions about iCloud earlier this week, and now the official iCloud logo has been spotted at Moscone Center West, as snapped by...

If you're looking to achieve a better night's sleep, there are various aids available. The App Store has been ripe with apps that help wake you up at the optimum time during your sleep cycle. The pitfall with some apps is you need to sleep with your iPhone underneath your pillow, which isn't exactly the...

Twitter today has introduced a new photo hosting service and media search, as explained on their blog: One good search can take you #anywhere. Today we're starting to roll out a completely new version of Twitter search. Not only will it deliver more relevant Tweets when you search for something or click on a trending...