Stories by Gary Ng

Have you ever had little ones play with your iPhone, only to cause an in-app purchase? Well, Apple today has changed the way in-app purchases are made, to prevent incidents like $1400 in charges via Smurfs' Village (shame on them for having $99 in-app purchases for "snowflakes" and "Smurfberries"). According to the Washington Post, iOS...

Do you ever check out the "Tips" on Foursquare? What if you could ask questions and get back instant responses in real time? That is the premise of Localmind, a brilliant crowdsourcing app that calls upon those checked-in via Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places. Made in Canada, but Making History Around the World Developed in...

Yesterday Rovio posted a trailer of Angry Birds Seasons St. Patrick's Day. Yesterday evening, the St. Patrick's Day update was finally released. What's New In Version 1.3.0 Go Green With Angry Birds! Have the Luck of the Irish and Go Green with this episode of Angry Birds Seasons: The St. Patrick’s Day Edition! After the...

iPhone users of the native Twitter app were up in arms after the latest major update introduced the Quick Bar. This new feature showed trending topics but its placement obstructed the main timeline. Jailbroken iPhone users were able to remove the feature via a hack called Twizzler, but for everyone else they spoke their minds--140...

Update: the image has been removed from the Rogers website. The Rogers website has various images of Apple products, such as iPads and iPhones. However, on their Internet page, there is an image of an Apple iMac that has a missing Apple logo on the front--but poorly removed. First spotted by our very own Ex...

Yesterday we wrote about the 64 GB iPhone 4, and today it turns out that phone is indeed real. The folks over at M.I.C. Gadget got hands on with the 64 GB iPhone 4 prototype, which appears to have been leaked from the Foxconn factory. The prototype is similar to the one Gizmodo 'found' in...

Air Video has been a favourite of ours since RoryPiper reviewed it back in late 2009. The beauty lies that you can stream .AVI videos from your computer to your iPhone, via live conversion over the air. It's brilliant, and works even better on the iPad. Air Video was updated yesterday to include AirPlay support...

Update 1: Just synced my iPhone (4.2.1) with iTunes, it's jailbreak safe. iTunes 10.2.1 just dropped via Software Update, hot on the heels of 10.2 which was available six days ago. It can be downloaded here. This latest update to iTunes could support earlier rumours of iOS 4.3 is coming tomorrow, instead of Friday. What's...

At the iPad 2 event, we didn't hear anything from Apple about iOS 5. We have heard rumours about MobileMe's upcoming revamp, that surely will take advantage of Apple's $1 billion dollar data centre in North Carolina. The latest rumour comes from German blog Macerkopf.de, which states that Apple will be previewing iOS 5 and...

Update 1: Check out this in-depth article about Angry Birds here via Wired. Kudos to the Rovio team for providing these free updates to Angry Birds Seasons. First it was Halloween, then Christmas, Valentine's Day, and coming soon, St. Patrick's Day. All this for a buck--it doesn't get any better (even Conan O'Brien plays Angry...

Google just announced Instant Previews for iOS (4.0+). This feature has been available for a while now on web browsers, but is making its debut on iOS today. Instant Previews allows for a quick snapshot of your search results, making searching easier and faster. Instant Previews provides a fast and interactive way to evaluate search...

Update 2: picture sent to MacRumors indicates iOS 4.3 coming tomorrow. BGR was wrong. Update 1: Jim Dalrymple from The Loop says iOS 4.3 is dropping tomorrow, not today. Either way, iOS 4.3 coming this week. Patience is a virtue folks! Steve Jobs mentioned at last week's iPad 2 event that iOS 4.3 would be...