Stories by Gary Ng

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...

Formerly known as ipswDownloader, openIPSW helps Windows users determine their jailbreak status. It helps identify your device (you should know this!), iOS version, what jailbreak tool to use, unlock status, baseband version, and status of SHSH blobs. Ryan mentioned to me on twitter that Mac/iOS support could be coming in the future. Essentially openIPSW does...

The iPhone Dev Team released updated jailbreak tools for iOS 4.3.3 today. Ultrasn0w 1.2.3 was also updated for iOS 4.3.3. This is NOT a new unlock. ultrasn0w has been updated to v1.2.3 to be compatible with iOS 4.3.3 and earlier (the ultrasn0w update does not include any new baseband support!). Please reboot your iPhone using...

Leave it to Canadians to develop some uber technology right? Queens University announced today the PaperPhone, a super thin smartphone that they describe as 'a bendable iPhone'. Here's the description: PaperPhone is the world's first nextgen, thin film smartphone and interactive paper computer. It is based on a 3.7" flexible electrophoretic (E Ink) display that...

Five years ago Apple's market cap was worth $60.5 billion. Other tech titans Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Google, Cisco, HP and Nokia were worth more. Royal Pingdom breaks down the growth of Apple, and also the decline of others in the following graph: The biggest losers are Nokia and Dell. It's tragic to see the decline...

Angry Birds, the hit iOS game has been downloaded millions of times over, and they also have their own line of plush toys, starting at $11.99. However, if you visit the Minoru Aquatic Centre in Richmond, BC, you can get some knock offs for only $2. Seems like somebody is trying to profit off Rovio...

Most of us have learned to love the THX sound, known as 'deep note' during the intro to THX-certified movies and trailers. The man behind the Lucasfilm THX audio system is Tomlinson Holman, who has apparently been hired by Apple. He was the first to develop a 10.2 sound system and won an Academy Award...

Just like iOS 4.3.2, the latest release of iOS 4.3.3 is still vulnerable to i0n1c's untether exploit. This was confirmed by @comex and @dpdesilva: What does this mean? It means an untethered jailbreak will soon arrive for jailbreakers. Stay tuned as we hear from The iPhone Dev team on the status of updated PwnageTool/redsn0w jailbreak...

Peter Hajas has just released MobileNotifier beta4 (decadent dinobites as he calls it), and it's now available in Cydia. MobileNotifier gained a lot of attention for improving iOS notifications, and this new version brings some new changes. Here's what's new: - Brand new alert style that lives in the doubleheight statusbar. Takes unobtrusive notifications to...

Kickstarter is slowly becoming the place for creative and innovative entrepreneurs to showcase their inventions and get pledges from members of the public. We've seen the Glif and GoPano Micro as neat accessories for your iPhone. The next best thing? How about Tembo Trunks--the first collapsible earbud speakers for your iPod/iPhone. These aren't actually speakers--they...