Stories by Gary Ng

Update: It's been confirmed--Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion dollars. A huge story has been leaked tonight: Microsoft has purchased Skype for a reported $7-8 billion dollars as confirmed by the Wall Street Journal. Earlier this year Microsoft and Nokia teamed up to 'disrupt mobile ecosystems'. A deal could be announced as early as Tuesday,...

Automotive App just launched today for the iPhone. This app puts car information in your pocket, and it's geared towards the Canadian car market. Here are the major features: - New Vehicles - Auto Repair - Test Drive - Industry News - Financial - Vehicle Recalls - Car Wash - Gas Stations In each section...

TechCrunch has uncovered some more evidence to build on the previous rumour about Apple's relationship with Nuance. According to sources Apple's $1 billion dollar North Carolina data centre might already be utilizing Nuance technology. The announcement of this relationship will be announced at the upcoming WWDC. The data centre is rumoured to already house Nuance...

BiteSMS allows you to send a text to anyone from any application with the help of the free tweak, "Activator". For me I use "swipe to left on status bar" but you can set it to whatever you want. After swiping your finger across the top, a message box will come up and you can...

According to BrandZ 2011 rankings, Apple has topped Google in the Global Top 100 to become the world's leading brand. Google previously held the title for four years, but with the success of the iPhone and iPad, Apple has grabbed the distinguished title. Apple's brand value is worth $153 billion, an increase of 84% compared...

Rovio continues to build on the success of its Angry Birds franchise. Angry Birds Rio was a partnership to promote Rio, a movie by 20th Century Fox. Fans of this version will be happy to note an update is coming titled 'Beach Volleyball'. If you're a big fan of Angry Birds, you're going to enjoy...

If you like to live life on the edge, say, by carrying around your iPhone 4 'naked' without a case, you certainly will pay the consequences should you drop your phone on any hard surface. Even though it's Corning Gorilla Glass that engulfs both sides of the iPhone 4, an awkward impact can shatter your...

Update: @i0n1c states this newest jailbreak should fix the battery drain issue with the previous PwnageTool 4.3.3/redsn0w 0.9.6rc15 jailbreak. BTW: by using the latest RedSw0w you also might decrease the battery drain. Process Priority was not restored after the kernel exploit. That might have caused some battery drain. The iPhone Dev Team has released a...

Fortune's latest issue (which is available for download on the iPad for $4.99) has a featured story titled 'Inside Apple', a 22 page story covering everything about Apple. It's an inside look written by Adam Lashinsky, and it's a fantastic read. The section that caught my attention was on the so called 'Top 100', a...

Nuance is the company behind the powerful software Dragon Naturally Speaking for desktop computers. They also have iOS versions featuring their technology in Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search. The latest rumour according to TechCrunch is Apple will be working closely with Nuance to integrate some sort of voice recognition as part of iOS 5, which...

When the original Globe and Mail iPhone app was released, it was built by Spreed Inc and their speed reading technology. The Globe and Mail has started to release their own individual news apps, and thus this original version has become obselete. Free Press News Comes Out of Nowhere Now, what's interesting is how the...

A new tool has been released by the folks at Planet iPhones, and it's called Cydia Search. This will allow you to search for new Cydia packages on the web easily and quickly. Typically searching for packages on Cydia can be slow, and this new search makes it easy. Cydia Search is updated every hour...