Stories by Gary Ng

A Mac computer is light-years ahead of a Windows computer in terms of security, they do however experience rare exploits a few times a year. Earlier this year nearly 600,000 Macs were affected by Flashback malware, spread through Java. Only days later, a trojan called 'LuckyCat' took advantage of an exploit in Microsoft Word on...

With Twitter's latest announcement, they've added a limit to the amount of users a third-party application can support. The limit allows up to 100,000 user tokens, anything beyond will have to be negotiated with Twitter. Due to the changes, Tapbots has removed the download link to its Tweetbot for Mac Alpha application and released the following...

Apple has announced the promotion of Craig Federighi and Dan Riccio to senior vice presidents, to join the executive management team at Apple, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Moreover, Bob Mansfield was noted to remain at Apple even though he 'announced' his retirement in June. As senior vice president of Mac Software Engineering, Federighi will...

The Verge reports on the Samsung devices Apple seeks to ban in the U.S., as noted in their court filing: "Apple respectfully submits the following chart, reflecting the eight out of the twenty-eight adjudicated infringing products for which it seeks a preliminary injunction pending a final injunction..." Galaxy S 4G Galaxy S2 (AT&T) Galaxy S2...

Flurry, a mobile application analytics company, decided to study just how fast iOS and Android devices were growing these days. So they compiled data and provided us with some interesting facts and charts. In effort to prove their point, read the following facts: Compared to recent technologies, smart device adoption is being adopted 10X faster than that...

We reported yesterday that AT&T was holding a vacation blackout September 21st to September 30th based off a Techcrunch report, but now it turns out it may have been a  simple rumor. With a similar Verizon report a few weeks ago, we were nearly assured the accuracy of the report. Fellow Apple blog 9To5Mac decided to contact...

With the Apple vs. Samsung case coming to a brutal end for Samsung this past Friday, what's to come next? Apple's stocks have already soared above and beyond $680 this morning, hitting a new all-time high. While all is good for Apple, Samsung is suffering as their market value plummeted 12 billion due to the loss....

We've showed you the email Tim Cook sent out to Apple employees over winning  the verdict at the California court, now it's time to present the Samsung version. In the memo, Samsung begins telling employees how the case began in the first place. The company then basically states the U.S. court was wrong, and court...

A set of leaked next-generation iPhone alleged photos have hit the internet, and were highlighted by the Apple.pro blog. At hindsight, I wasn't going to post these because we've seen the same old leaked images in the past, but then Japanese blog Macotakara pointed out an unrecognized chip on the iPhone, claimed to offer NFC capabilities. The claimed...

Reuters reports investors have punished Samsung's stock during the opening hours of trading as shares fell as much as 7.5% (a 1.183 million won drop; its largest drop in four years), causing the South Korean company to lose $12 billion in market value: "An adjustment in the next few days is unavoidable as the damage amount was...

Apple's Retina display glory will soon make ways over to the 13.3-inch Macbook Pros. CNET has learned a 2,560-by-1,600 pixel display has hit the production lines most recently. CNET has the report: Production has begun of a 2,560-by-1,600 pixel density display that will land on a 13.3-inch MacBook Pro, NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim told...

Dropbox has now enabled 2-step verification for accounts, which is similar to what has been available for Google Accounts for a while now: Two-step verification is an optional but highly recommended security feature that adds an extra layer of protection to your Dropbox account. Once enabled, Dropbox will require a six-digit security code in addition...