Stories by Gary Ng

Absinthe v0.3 Download Updated for Mac, Windows, Now Linux Too

An update has been updated for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak tool, Absinthe. The popular tool has by now exceeded over 1 million downloads in about three days. Version 0.3 has been released and has been updated to include a version for Linux users, as noted by Chronic Dev Team member @pimskeks. As...

The Virgin America Aircraft Named After Steve Jobs

Virgin America has branded one of their jumbo jets with a tribute to Steve Jobs. On the side of an A320 reads the quote "stay hungry, stay foolish", taken from The Whole Earth Catalog Jobs mentioned in his famous 2005 Stanford commencement speech. The airline told MacRumors the name was decided based on an internal...

Analyst Projections Ahead Of Apple’s 2012 Q1 Earnings Call Tomorrow

It’s that time again. Tomorrow, Apple will hold its usual quarterly earnings call. This one will revolve around the Cupertino-based company’s revenue and sales over the course of the first quarter of 2012, expected to be a $37 billion dollar quarter. In advance of this, Philip Elmer-Dewitt has put together his list of analysts' expectations...

Siri Competitor ‘Evi’ Available And Not Just For The iPhone 4S

Evi is the new girl on the block and she wants to be your new voice-activated personal assistant. True Knowledge has released their version of the assistant in your pocket. It’s a tall order, creating an app with the ability to convert speech to text, understand the context of that text and apply it to...

iPhone Dev Team: Almost 1 Million New A5 Jailbreaks As of Today

The iPhone Dev Team has released some official A5 jailbreak numbers in detail, as noted in a recent post titled 'Welcome new A5 Jailbreakers!'. Earlier, we noted the numbers mentioned by Chronic Dev Team member @p0sixninja, and these numbers are similar but in more detail: Here’s a quick breakdown of how many A5 owners have...

RIM Co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis Set to Resign

The Wall Street Journal reports that the end of an era has occurred for Canada's tech darling, Research in Motion, as both co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have resigned as co-chairmen: RIM was expected to announce early Monday that Mr. Lazaridis, who in 1984 co-founded the company using a loan from his parents, and...

Edmonton Company Shipping Unique Wooden iPhone Cases

At iPhone in Canada, we like to show off iPhone accessories that are creative and interesting, such as the BookBook. Today we have another one for you. YEG Wood, an environmentally conscious accessory outlet based in Edmonton is producing some uncommon iPhone cases. The wooden cases are part of a larger line of environmental and...

The NYT Profiles How the U.S. Lost Out on Manufacturing the iPhone

As much as we love to see 'Designed in California' on our Apple products, the reality is not much is actually manufactured in the U.S. Apple has outsourced its production of products overseas to more efficient and lower cost alternatives that can scale much quicker than anywhere else on the planet. The New York Times...

Absinthe Windows Jailbreak for iPhone 4S Download Now Available

The Windows version of Absinthe has been officially released, as announced by Chronic Dev Team member @pimskeks. This will allow you to jailbreak your iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1. Yesterday, the iPhone Dev Team updated the command-line interface (CLI) version of Absinthe for Windows, but now the GUI version is available. Click...