Stories by Gary Ng

All Things Digital currently has their D9 Conference happening, and this is where the tech industry's giants sit down and chat with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. During the most recent chat with Google Executive Chairman (and former Apple Board of Director), Eric Schmidt, it was revealed Apple and Google will be continuing their search...

With today's Apple press release announcing Steve Jobs as the keynote speaker of next week's WWDC, along with the announcement of iOS 5 and iCloud, expect more rumours to come our way. The latest involves twitter integration into iOS 5, in particular with pictures. TechCrunch claims sources have told them iOS 5 will include native...

Lodsys has written a lengthy response on their blog today responding to Apple and also filed lawsuits against developers. The company also boldly claims to pay out $1000 USD to developers who prove them wrong. Here's some info from their blog: Lodsys' Response to Apple The letter was very surprising as Apple and Lodsys were in...

The latest report from the World Heath Organization claims cellphone use is 'possibly carcinogenic' and can cause brain tumours: A working group of 31 scientists from 14 countries meeting at the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said a review of all the available scientific evidence suggested cellphone use should be classified as...

Whoa. Hot on the heels of this morning's announcement of iCloud at next week's WWDC, Apple PR just dropped a huge bombshell via press release: iWork for the iPhone and iPod touch! Press release below: CUPERTINO, California—May 31, 2011—Apple® today announced that its groundbreaking iWork® productivity apps, Keynote®, Pages® and Numbers®, are now available for...

Netflix Canada launched last Fall, to mixed fanfare. You either love it or hate it. Sure, the library is improving but there's no denying Netflix has big plans for its growing Canadian subscribers, on pace to exceed 1 million. They've signed deals with Paramount for content, have future plans to stream David Fincher's TV series...

My favourite cross platform messaging app for the iPhone is WhatsApp Messenger, one of the most popular apps in the App Store. It allows me to communicate with anyone who is using an iPhone, Blackberry, Android, or Nokia device. You can group chat, send pictures, videos, audio, and even share your location. WhatsApp Messenger is...

Here we go again with more 'juicy' iPhone rumours. Japanese blog Macatakara claims the upcoming iPhone 4S this year will feature the dual core A5 chip from the iPad 2, an improved 8 megapixel camera, and dual mode support for both GSM and CDMA via a unified SIM. We've learned from iFixit teardowns the Verizon...

Some more Memorial Day sales coming your way, this time from the fine Canadian folks at GelaSkins. To celebrate achieving 100,000 Facebook likes, they have a special 20% off promo code for all! Use the code 'HIGHFIVE' during checkout to save 20% off your order. The coupon expires Tuesday, May 31st at 12pm EST. We've...

Justin Luey and I are back! Once again, we discuss the latest iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad, Apple TV) news on Episode 39 of The iPhone Podcast. We also talk about the coolest must-have apps of the week. You don't want to miss this! Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with other RSS Readers You can follow and comment...

We broke the news about the 'connection' between the departure of Peter Hajas from his MobileNotifier project and his possible move to Apple. To celebrate before his leave Peter and his team have released MobileNotifier Beta5, the final release. Here is what's new: - MobileReply. Reply to text messages while within other applications! It works...

...from the iPhone 5 and iPad 3, of course. What else were you thinking? ;) Apple sued Samsung earlier over their Galaxy line of tablets and phones, claiming it copied the iPhone and iPad. As the lawsuit went on, Samsung was forced to hand over their future prototypes to Apple lawyers for inspection. Now, Samsung...