Stories by Gary Ng

Some notable updates in the App Store today to twitter, Skyfire, and Simplenote. Twitter for iPhone got a new addition called the Quick Bar that shows trends and adds autocomplete for usernames and hashtags. What's New In Version 3.3 - Quick Bar, shows trends and other important things without leaving your timeline! Swipe the Quick...

Did you update to the latest iPhone version of twitter? Then you probably noticed the new Quick Bar. Personally, I don't like it. The bar gets in the way of scrolling for tweets and reduces the size of my timeline. iOS developer @chpwn appears to have felt the same way. He just created a tweak...

Canadians are now complete. All of our iPhone carriers have confirmed they will support the Personal Hotspot feature coming next week in iOS 4.3. First it was Rogers/Fido, then Telus, and now Bell/Virgin. It's true--our telecom giants do like to make moves in unison. Our friends at MobileSyrup received confirmation from Bell: “Yes, we will.....

Yesterday, Apple announced that iOS 4.3 would be released next week on March 11th along with iPad 2. Today, 4.3 GM has been seeded to developers. This release is build number is 8F190. iTunes Home Sharing and Personal Hotspot are some of the most anticipated features. From a developer email: Get your apps ready today...

Update 1 (March 8th): Here's another picture of the upcoming Apple Store in Mapleview, thanks to @jonmanna: Looks like Apple is setting up shop in RIM's backyard in Waterloo, Ontario. An Apple Store is under construction at Conestoga Mall. There's been no official confirmation but Apple job postings have revealed the location. What makes this...

Yesterday Rogers confirmed that they would support the Personal Hotspot feature coming in iOS 4.3. Today, Telus has done the same via twitter via a conversation with user @nickfruhling: @TELUSsupport Good morning, wondering if Telus will support iOS 4.3 Personal Hotspot feature when it comes to iPhones next Friday. Thanks! @TELUSsupport replied: @nickfruhling Hi, Anthony...

BGR reports that RIM's popular Blackberry Messenger is coming to iOS and Android. BBM is the popular chat application that allows for exclusive communication between Blackberry users. However, with cross-platform chat apps such as WhatsApp, is BBM on iOS even relevant anymore? BGR: ...we’ve been told RIM will offer stripped down versions of the BBM...

During yesterday's iPad 2 Event, Steve Jobs presented some very interesting updates. Here are the numbers that will impress iPhones users: 100 millionth iPhone just shipped 100 million books downloaded from iBooks Store (Random House just joined to bring in their 17,000 strong library) 200 million iTunes accounts with credit cards Over 350,000 apps in...

Infinity Blade, one of the most epic games (no pun intended) on the iPhone (read our review here) has been updated with a new content pack, and a 50% off sale. Yes, for $2.99 you can now own the iOS game with the best graphics ever, and one of the fastest grossing apps of all...

Apple has released iTunes 10.2 for the masses, in particular to add support for upcoming iOS 4.3 and iPad 2. What’s new in iTunes 10.2 • Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.3. • Improved Home Sharing. Browse and play from your iTunes libraries with Home Sharing on any iPhone, iPad,...

At today's iPad event, Apple introduced the iPad 2, which is shockingly thinner than the iPhone 4 and uses a new dual core A5 chip. Also, Apple announced the release date of iOS 4.3, slated for March 11th. Here are the iOS 4.3 highlights from their press release: The Safari mobile browsing experience gets even...

Apple introduced new in-app subscription policies that have caused quite a stir in the publishing world. We questioned whether the new model will succeed or fail, but at the end of the day consumers will decide. New competition is coming from Google's One Pass that will undercut Apple's 70/30 revenue split. John Gruber from Daring...