Stories by Gary Ng

Good morning! We have some exciting news this early Tuesday! It looks like the iPhone Dev Team has been hard at work once again! They have just released PwnageTool 3.1.4 (Mac only) which will let you create a custom 3.1.2 firmware, allowing your iPhone to stay unlocked! Here's a quick summary of their most recent...

The beauty of the iPhone is that with each revision of the OS, the features and user experience gets better each time. At first we had firmware 1.x, 2.x and now up to 3.x (3.1.2 to be exact). What's next for iPhone users when iPhone OS 4.0 drops? We can expect 4.0 firmware to drop...

Happy Thanksgiving to every single one of our readers out there--hope you enjoy your day and take some time to think about what you're thankful for (aside from the iPhone). How many of you out there are avid Skype users? You were probably excited to hear about Skype launching for the iPhone--except for Canada. Well,...

It's always handy to have your iPhone camera around when a pictures needs to be taken. But when it comes to photo editing on the iPhone, most of the decent apps are paid. What about free photo editing apps? If you've been waiting for one, be sure to take a look at the Photoshop.com iPhone...

We all love our iPhones, and want to keep them looking at nice as they did when we pulled them out of the box.  We've seen reviews of skins like the invisibleShield for the people who like to keep the form of their iPhone intact.  Another option is the sleeve style case from Waterfield Designs...

Just hearing that title sounds quite strange doesn't it? Given that Rogers has dominated the iPhone landscape in Canada since introducing the iPhone 3G in 2008, and the iPhone 3GS in 2009, it's going to get crowded now that Telus and Bell are joining the fray. Rumors Become a Reality: Telus and Bell Will Sell...

Canada seems to be always a step behind our American counterparts when it comes to transactions related to electronics or online purchases. Take for example, how Canada was one of the last countries to get the Skype for iPhone app. Or how Canada was recently shut out from the latest Amazon Kindle launch. Canada Seems...

Remember when we posted about the Live Traffic feature in Google Maps going "live" in Canada? This feature is pretty darn awesome, and many people have been wondering how the service actually works to find all the busy hot spots. The answer is quite simple, according to the Official Google Blog. Google wrote about this...

It looks like GeoHot (also known as George Hotz) is at it again. He is one of the iPhone hackers out there that always seems to discover exploits and releases jailbreaking tools apart from the iPhone Dev Team. This time around, in his recent blog post titled "Meet the Family", he talks about the upcoming...

Way back in 2004, I got an invite to setup my first Gmail account. At the time I was suffering with the abysmal interface and slowness of Windows Hotmail. Well, after fully making the switch to Gmail, my life has changed for the better. IMAP, Push, and cloud computing with all those Google services make...

Earlier last week we broke the news that the iPhone Dev Team had jailbroken 3.1 firmware for the iPhone 3GS. A few days later the team released PwnageTool 3.1.3, an updated version that iPhone 3GS users had been eagerly waiting for. Now, previously the Dev Team had released the jailbreak tool redsn0w for both Mac...

How often do you use Google Maps on your iPhone? It's one of my most used applications for finding directions and locating phone numbers of businesses etc. One of the features I've been waiting to try out was "Live Traffic". The USA has had this feature for the longest time but it now looks like...