Stories by Gary Ng

Kik Messenger is a popular cross platform messaging client (2.5 million users in one month!) that was recently removed from RIM's App World. It caught on like wildfire for Blackberry users because it was free--and it would enable users to chat with Kik contacts on iPhones and Android devices. Why was Kik removed suddenly? Rationale...

Some big news coming out of Google today. Google has a new e-book ventured called Google Editions that will be coming soon. Google says that it's coming before the end of the year, and that the store will feature a massive library of books, similar to that of Amazon. From the WSJ: Google Editions hopes...

Well we've had AirPrint for a few weeks now but it's not all it's cracked up to be, other than a few new AirPrint enabled printers it doesn't really work for most of us. Lets fix that. Regardless of your OS of choice we're going to show you how to get it working with ANY printer...

A recent survey by German research firm Gfk noted that Apple iPhone users are the most loyal compared to other smartphone brands. According to Reuters: "Loyalty with a handset is a lot more complicated these days in that people buy into experiences at the high-end level," Ryan Garner, the lead analyst on the survey, told...

Looks like iOS 4.2 has some new performance enhancements under the hood, according to Nokia Siemens. The new included tech is called Network Controlled Fast Dormancy to minimize network congestion and improve battery life. Here's what Nokia Siemens had to say: With its latest iPhone iOs 4.2 software, it looks like Apple is joining efforts...

When I purchased the iPhone 3G from Rogers back in 2008, the 3G network performed like one. Everything was lightning quick and I was amazed at how fast data was on my new iPhone. As iPhone data subscribers multiplied with the subsequent release of the iPhone 3GS and this year's iPhone 4, speeds have suffered...

For some who tried to jump on ZAGG's 50% off Cyber Monday sale, the website was either slow loading or just not working at all. Due to this downtime, ZAGG has decided to extend the sale for another 24 hours! Details below: Hello ZAGG Fan, We have had an overwhelming response to our Cyber Monday...

What's after Black Friday? Cyber Monday! That means more shopping, and more 'deals' for consumers. Apple has their 'Merry Monday' deals now online. Some deal highlights: Beats by Dr. Dre Solo HD Headphones - $224.95 ($249.95) Beats by Dr. Dre BeatBox - $404.95 ($449.95) Shipping is free on all orders over $50. On top of...

If you've been waiting for a deal on invisibleSHIELDs and other ZAGG accessories, the time to buy has arrived. ZAGG is holding a huge 50% off site wide one day Cyber Monday sale. It applies to everything on the site (40% off the ZAGGsparq--read our review below). This is the perfect time to stock up...

Update 1: If you're on iOS 4.2.1, and inject the 06.15 iPad baseband, you won't be able to restore to stock firmware, or downgrade your baseband to 05.xx. Explained by the Dev Team: WARNING — YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!  PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF UPDATING TO 06.15. There is no way to...

Update 2: from the Dev Team: There’s an error in the bundle for the iPhone3GS 4.1 that prevents the new baseband from being used.  If you know your way around OSX, please download the fixed bundle, and unzip it if Safari hasn’t already done so.  Then “Show Package Contents” of PwnageTool.app, navigate to Contents->Resources->FirmwareBundles and...

The jailbreak community comes up with some amazing stuff. Today the latest tweak is Pull to Refresh for the iPhone's Mail app. Pull to refresh first came to the iPhone via Loren Brichter's Tweetie app. Now, that feature is commonplace amongst various iPhone apps (E.G. Facebook app). Pull to Refresh for Mail is something that...