Stories by Gary Ng

For Blackberry users, the 'best' twitter client out there has been ÃœberTwitter. For the iPhone, it's SimplyTweet in my books. The developers of ÃœberTwitter have released an iPhone version of their app. Let's go over some of the positives and negatives of this much anticipated app, which @justinluey told me about. iTunes Description: A full...

The iPhone Dev Team remains hard at work. Yesterday they released an updated version of PwnageTool (Mac only) to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 GM. Today, they've updated redsn0w to 0.9.6b3 (Windows users) to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 GM, but this is primarily for developers who want to do testing. It does not install the newest version of...

PwnageTool has just been updated to 4.1.2 by the iPhone Dev Team. This new releases includes bug fixes involving Cydia as stated below: [Update: Version 4.1.2 should fix any issues that OS X 10.5.x users were seeing.  You only need to run this version if you’re at OS X 10.5.x and were seeing Cydia errors]...

With Apple's iAd roll out slated to go live in Europe in December, and in Japan in early 2011, Apple has recently updated their iAd page that highlights campaigns created with major brands: On Apple's iAd page, here is the creative they use to lure in high profile iAd campaigns: Passionate. Responsive. Connected. Tap into...

With the iPhone iOS 4.2 update hotly awaited, information has come to light that might support the spreading rumour that Apple could be offering free MobileMe services with the update. Error messages imbedded into both the iOS 4.2 and 4.2.1 build frameworks (specifically the AppleAccount.framework) seem to reference "maximum number of free accounts" for MobileMe...

When Real Racing was released for the iPhone, the graphics and gameplay was amazing for the iPhone. It looks like Firemint is coming back even stronger with Real Racing 2. It will feature real cars such as the following: 2006 BMW Z4 M Coupe Race Car 2010 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 2010 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500...

Since we in Calgary got our first big dump of snow and the resorts in the Canadian Rockies have started to open for the season, it's time to explore those apps that help you with your skiing or snowboarding adventures. The first to be reviewed is the North Face Snow Report app. This FREE, simple...

Here's a video from earlier today of Mobilicity staging a rally outside Rogers' headquarters. Dressed in 'militia-style' gear, the 4 minute video shows the Mobilicity team drumming for unlimited wireless from Rogers. Mobilicity has recently introduced unlimited data for only $10. Here's the same video, but filmed from 'another angle', sent in by anonymous: Courts...

It's Friday--yay! Be warned that it is not iPhone-related and has nothing to do with Canada--but it is downright hilarious. I happened to be at the Bellevue Square Mall a week ago with my wife, and I was surprised to see a Microsoft Store in preparation for opening on the 18th. The interesting thing is...

iTunes Connect just sent out an email reminder to developers that they will have their holiday shutdown from December 23-28. That means during this time, new releases, app updates and pricing changes won't be in effect during this period. Even iTunes Connect needs a holiday, right? As per the email: iTunes Connect will be temporarily...

A couple of my favourite apps had some major updates yesterday. The Globe and Mail and Boxcar had some nice updates. Be sure to check out our Globe and Mail and Boxcar reviews. The Spreed feature of the Globe and Mail app is pretty cool. Boxcar adds support for Foursquare, Gowalla, Reddit and twitter @anyone....

Apple has just released a new GM seed of iOS for developers. iOS 4.2.1 has just been posted. Apple previously released iOS 4.2 GM, only to seed a new version for the iPad (to fix a WiFi issue). When will iOS 4.2.1 final come? Your guess is as good as mine. There's less than two...