Stories by Gary Ng

Apple’s Cash Sits at Almost $100 Billion Dollars

Apple reported their 2012 Q1 earnings today, a record $46 billion dollar quarter. During the earnings call, Apple reported they now have $97.6 billion dollars in cash. The last quarter earned Apple $17.5 billion in cash during their record quarter. Apple clearly emphasized they are 'actively discussing' the uses of their cash balance, with nothing...

Rogers Updates its Cancellation Fee Policies, Introduces New Terminology

Update 1: This new cancellation policy only affects customers who signed on after January 22, 2012. Existing customers aren't included, until they enter a new term. == Rogers has updated their cancellation policy as previously noted and a new blog post details the changes on the Rogers Redboard. We now see the emergence of new...

‘Geohot’ No Longer Works for Facebook–He’s Back to Hacking

The last time we heard from Geohot, aka George Hotz, he had just started a job at Facebook. Hotz's claim to fame was being one of the first people to jailbreak the original iPhone, plus more recently being sued by Sony (they settled the case out of court). Business Insider's Boonsri Dickinson caught up with Hotz at...

Apple was the World’s Largest Semiconductor Customer in 2011

A new report from Gartner notes the rankings of OEMs and their purchase of semiconductor chips in 2011. Guess who topped the list last year? Yes, your favourite company, Apple. They spent $17.2 billion in 2011, a 34.6% growth compared to the $12.8 billion spent in 2010. Apple just edged out Samsung (their growth was...

First Look: Roam Mobility Liberty Mobile Hotspot [Gallery]

We first told you about Roam Mobility, the Vancouver-based company that offers affordable roaming solutions for Canadians heading down to the U.S. via their agreement with T-Mobile. Roam Mobility offers an easy way for Canadians to setup their own roaming plan prior to landing in the U.S. with cheaper plans versus roaming off the 'Big...

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...