Stories by Gary Ng

Instagram Deal With Facebook Finally Closes And 5B Photos Shared Announced

Facebook has announced today that they've finally completed the acquisition of the photo-sharing network Instagram. The deal was formed on April 12th, 2012 for $300 million cash and 23 million shares of stock. Facebook is committed in supporting the network's growth and notes "Instagram isn't going anywhere." Here is more from the Facebook Newsroom: As we said...

Customers Can’t Sue Apple Over Cracked iPhone Displays, Says Court

Just the thought of cracking my iPhone's display has me cringing. The display on my iPhone has only cracked once, courtesy of my cat pushing it off the table. Luckily the Apple Genius Bar fixed it free of charge, on the other hand though, some customers have had a more aggravating experience with Apple. In...

Amazon Could Introduce An iPhone-Competing Smartphone Today

These past few weeks have been absolutely crazy in-terms of technology media events. Nokia announced two new Windows 8 phones yesterday, the Lumia 820 and 920. Also in the craze include Samsung and Motorola, who announced a range of new tablets and phones. Next up is Amazon at 10:30 Pacific time later today; they are...

That Previously Thought ‘NFC Chip’ Was Just The Earpiece Speaker [PHOTO]

A broad range of speculation was brought up late last month on whether Apple was going to install an NFC chip on the iPhone. The situation seemed very noteworthy because of Apple's Passbook installment in iOS 6. When photographs hit the internet of an unknown chip within the iPhone, many believed it was related to near-field-communication. Just...

Grooveshark Launches Updated HTML5 Web App [Free Music]

Grooveshark has announced a revised HTML5 web app to stream their library of 15 million songs, which works on iOS devices and also plays in the background. Back in May, we noted the initial release of this HTML5 player to circumvent the App Store and Google Play, where the app is banned (it is available...

Apple Store App Compatibility Update Indicates iOS 6 Is Coming Soon

Well folks, iOS 6 will be released soon. Apple has updated their Apple Store application minutes ago with the description "iOS compatibility update." It has been months since we last saw an update to iOS 5; allowing us to assume this is for a final release of iOS 6 Looking back at history, iOS 5 was released...