Stories by Gary Ng

Instagram Surpasses 80 Million Users, 4 Billion Photos Shared

If you're an Instagram user, then you're part of history in the making. The photo sharing network launched exclusively on iOS back in October of 2010, and soon reached Android users as well, and then was snatched up by Facebook in a $1 billion dollar deal. Today, the Instagram team announced they had surpassed 80...

Boxcar Acquired by Kwaga, Service Set to Restore to 100 Percent

Over the past couple of months, our favourite push notification service Boxcar had run into consistency issues and was just plain not working. We recently thought the service was about to die, but now Macworld reports Boxcar has been acquired by Kwaga, the company that runs WriteThat.name, a service that will soon join Boxcar's notification...

OS X Mountain Lion’s AirPlay Mirroring Requires Mid-2011 Macs

With the release of OS X Mountain Lion, one of the most anticipated features was being able to use AirPlay Mirroring from your Mac to your second generation Apple TV. Many users have experienced AirPlay on their iPhone and iPads, and the ability to use the feature from your Mac seemed really appealing. Some Users...
Steve Jobs named one of Time magazine's top 20 "most influential Americans".

TIME: Steve Jobs is One of the Top 20 “Most Influential Americans”

  George Washington, Albert Einstein, Muhammad Ali and…. Steve Jobs! The late Apple leader has been named by TIME magazine as one of the top 20 “most influential Americans.” The list contains “the trailblazers, visionaries, and cultural ambassadors who defined a nation.” Jobs is specifically referred to as the “high priest of the digital age.”...

Starbucks App Pick of the Week: Draw Something [Update]

For all you Starbucks fans, you have probably been enjoying their weekly app and song picks of the week. This week's app pick is the popular (is it still popular?!) Draw Something, which is regularly priced at $2.99 in the App Store. Draw Something exploded onto the world stage and surpassed 20 million downloads in...

Apple Ranked as the World’s No. 1 Chip Purchaser in 2012

According to a recent report by IHS iSuppli (via Digitimes) as part of their Semiconductor Spend Analysis H1 2012, Apple has again retained their rank as the world's top purchaser of semiconductors, buying at a faster rate than its competitors. Apple is expected to purchase close to $28 billion in semiconductors, an increase of 15%...

Podcasts iOS App Updated with New Features and Bug Fixes

Apple has updated the Podcasts iOS app today with various improvements and bug fixes. Numerous users have noted laggy and buggy issues with the app that was released a month ago. As for new features, the number of new episodes now show up in your library and playback speed is remembered to name a few....

Apple iWork iOS Apps Updated for iCloud Support

Apple has updated its iWork iOS apps to version 1.6.1 to bring iCloud support for Documents in the Cloud as part of OS X Mountain Lion. Essentially when you make changes to a document on your Mac or iOS device, changes will be synced in real time. What's New in Version 1.6.1 Pages/Numbers/Keynote 1.6.1 works...