Stories by Gary Ng

Do you have a personal blog? Or are you looking for an easy platform to do some miscellaneous blogging? Posterous is an amazing service to consider as it will let you share any multimedia easily on the web for free. Looking for a place to post a funny clip taken with your iPhone, or a...

It's been a great week for the iOS jailbreaking community. Geohot came out of nowhere and released his limera1n jailbreak, which incorporated a different exploit from the Chronic Dev Team's greenpois0n jailbreak. The CDT finally released their revised greenpois0n jailbreak today, which used Geohot's exploit instead of SHAtter. Now, both limera1n and greenpois0n are Windows...

Four months after the iPhone 4 was release, SquareTrade has released a report today claiming that the hotly coveted phone has a higher accident claim rate than it's predecessor, the iPhone 3Gs. Significantly higher. In fact, 4.7% of their iPhone 4 owning customers submitted an accidental claim in the first four months compared to 2.8% of...

Finally! After all that drama in the jailbreak scene with geohot's limera1n, we have some good news. The Chronic Dev Team has released their highly anticipated jailbreak for iOS devices. First off, compatibility. From The Chronic Dev Team: "Initially, this will be a Windows-only release. This is due to some technical complications that we soon...

We recently reviewed DataMan, one of the latest apps to track your data usage, for those that don't want to incur expensive overages from their mobile carriers. Monitor your cellular and Wi-Fi data usage in real time * Stop additional charges on your bill * Geotag your data activities * Be alerted of your consumption...

Looks like the much anticipated Yahoo! Messenger 2.0 iPhone app has been released in the App Store. This latest update now allows for video calls from your iPhone to your Yahoo! Messenger friends on their computers. It will also allow for video calling over 3G, like the free Tango app. • NEW - Video calls:...

If you're trying to find the best iPhone apps, be sure to check out the App Hall of Fame. Created by the founder of 148apps.com, this process for voting on the best apps is from over 40 web and print-based writers (including yours truly representing Canada!). The App Store is exploding with new apps and...

The recent iOS 4.1 jailbreak scene has hit some 'drama' as notorious iPhone hacker Geohot has splashed back into the scene out of nowhere with his recently released limera1n jailbreak. The iPhone Dev Team has responded with a recent blog post shedding their opinions and thoughts on the latest limera1n jailbreak:   After a few...

Update 1: limera1n updated for iPhone 3GS units with new bootrom. Geohot announced he was going to release his universal jailbreak limera1n on 10/11/10, a day after the Chronic Dev Team was going to release their greenpoison jailbreak. Looks like Geohot has decided to release his jailbreak a day early limera1n is now available for...

The Chronic Dev Team is set to release an iOS 4.1 jailbreak on 10/10/10 as we previously reported. A couple days ago, the iPhone Dev Team released an update to redsn0w for Windows to jailbreak the iPhone 3G/iPod touch 2G. So far, some great news for the Jailbreak community right? Well, things have taken a...

One of the biggest complaints Canadians have is the lack of unlimited data plans from the Big Three. They claim 97% of Canadians use less than 500 MB of data per month. I have that plan, and I worry about going over the limit and accruing astronomical overcharges. Thank God, DataMan is here to save...

We recently wrote about how Xmarks is closing shop, and with it along with their iPhone app. If you're not familiar with Xmarks, it's a free solution to sync bookmarks across all your browsers on your PC/Mac. It's an amazing service and right now Xmarks needs your help to continue on. They have created an...