Stories by Gary Ng

Yes, here comes another Angry Birds story. This time around, Rovio has announced the release of Angry Birds in the Chrome Web Store. That's right--you can now play the hit iOS game right in your Chrome web browser! This is only a beta release of the game, and so far we have 63 levels of...

Update 1: The support document is now available online. Apple has just released an update for the second generation Apple TV. iOS 4.2.2 is build 8F305 and most likely fixes bugs and has performance improvements, like previous updates. If your Apple TV 2G is currently on an untethered jailbreak, MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev Team...

Now this is what you call the power of the iPhone. Health Canada has recently approved an app to allow doctors to diagnose a stroke--right from their iPhone. The app is called Resolution MD, developed by the University of Calgary that allows doctors to view 2D/3D brain and diagnostic images right on their iPhone. Studies...

Ever since I posted my review of ZAGG's invisibleSHIELD for the iPhone 4, I've had emails from people asking how I perform my flawless installs. To put those requests at rest, I decided to make a short video tutorial from start to finish. Filmed with a Panasonic GF2, and 20mm f/1.7 lens (watch in HD!)....

One of the best live-streaming video applications for the iPhone is Qik. Making its debut in Cydia in the Fall of 2008, it eventually hit the App Store a year later on Christmas Eve. Qik made live instant sharing of video mainstream, and led to other similar apps like Ustream and Justin.tv to be launched....

Justin Luey and I discuss the latest iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad, Apple TV) news on Episode 37 of The iPhone Podcast. After a week hiatus, we're back in action! You don't want to miss this episode. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with other RSS Readers You can follow and comment on all the news we discuss at...

With Microsoft confirming its outright purchase of Skype for $8.5 billion today (to possibly rival FaceTime), we noted last night the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board was expected to gain a notable return on investment. This should come as fantastic news for Canadians. The CPPIB invested $300 million in September of 2009, with Morgan, Barclays,...

If you're into leather (insert crude joke here), you might want to consider LEATHERskins from ZAGG. Currently, there is a huge blowout sale with all skins selling for over 60% off. The iPhone 4 LEATHERskin is selling for 66% off at $9.99 (regularly priced at $29.99). These are 100% genuine cattle-hide leather, not fake leather...

Late last night news broke that Microsoft had purchased Skype for a reported $7 billion dollars. That number has been confirmed to be $8.5 billion dollars, and today at a press conference, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer explained the reason behind Skype's acquisition. Ballmer explains: "We will move beyond email and text to rich experiences. Talking...

According to a new IHS iSuppli report, Apple's iPhone sales in Q1 propelled it to achieve double-digit growth in the smartphone market, eluding an overall decline in smartphone shipments in the first quarter. Apple shipped 18.6 million iPhones, up 14.9% (16.2 million a year ago), and their increase was the highest growth among its competitors,...

MyGreatFest 2011 is the world's first jailbreak convention taking place in London on September 17th. It's billed as a huge community event for jailbreakers, and Jay Freeman (aka Saurik, the founder of Cydia) will be attending. Tonight it was confirmed that another huge player in the jailbreak industry, @p0sixninja (Joshua Hill) from the Chronic Dev...

For those unaware, free movies are available on your iPhone by visiting www.YouTube.com/movies. The page isn't optimized for the iPhone, but once you play any movie it'll go full screen and work fine. Today Google announced on their YouTube blog that movie rentals will be available to the US--but not Canada. The existing site does...