Stories by Gary Ng

Canada's tech darling, Research in Motion (RIM) has started to fire off its senior level staff, according to a source close to the matter, reports the Globe and Mail: “Lots of high level people within RIM were let go today,” this person said. “Quite a few. Big shake up.” An example would be co-CEO Jim...

The Guardian details how Google makes more money from the iPhone rather than its own Android smartphones, as revealed by data provided to Oracle from Google in their patent and copyright infringement trial: Android generated less than $550m in revenues for Google between 2008 and the end of 2011, if figures provided by the search...

It was revealed in his biography that Steve Jobs wanted to spend 'every penny' of Apple's cash on hand to battle Android for stealing ideas from iOS: Our lawsuit is saying, “Google, you fucking ripped off the iPhone, wholesale ripped us off.” Grand theft. I will spend my last dying breath if I need to,...

Apple CEO Tim Cook has been busy with his recent visit to China, and now Bloomberg reports he made a visit to a new Foxconn iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China. The new Foxconn Zhengzhou Technology Park employs 120,000 people, and is home to the iPhone production line, according to Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu. Zhengzhou is...

Not much to say here other than a plethora of bug fixes and improvements in the latest update of iTunes, version 10.6.1., and should work fine with your jailbreak. • Fixes several issues that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit while playing videos, changing artwork size in Grid view, and syncing photos to devices. •...

The Rick Mercer Report has some of the funniest spoofs, and the latest one is just pure gold. It involves our favourite wireless carriers, Rogers and Bell as part of the new dating service called 'Conglomermate'. I'm not going to say anything more--just watch the video below: Previously, we've seen the RMR break down the...

Looks like some stores released different or incorrect app 'Pick of the Week' cards at Starbucks locations. Earlier we reported users back East saw Golfplan, but numerous reports note week's pick is actually the crossword-type game W.E.L.D.E.R.: Weld words in the word machine! Create clever combos and multiply your score using gem and gold tiles. Increase...

One of the earliest apps promoted by Apple was Urbanspoon, the popular food guide. It was featured in a commercial Apple used to promote the iPhone 3G, way back in November of 2008. A year later Urbanspoon received an augmented reality feature to help you 'scope' out restaurants. Fast forward to 2012, and the latest...

Apple is not looking for people to 'test and keep' the new 'iPhone 5'. That's contrary to what the latest SMS spam wants you to know. We've heard from numerous users about spam being received to their cellphones that read the following: Apple is looking for people to Test & Keep the new iPhone5! But...

Wind and Mobilicity have some enticing voice and data plans that the 'Big 3' cannot compete with. But, the newer entrants stumble based on the fact their AWS network does not support the latest GSM smartphones, such as the iPhone. In an attempt to entice Wind and Mobilicity users, Rogers/Fido are offering a $100 credit...

It was noted Tim Cook was in China to meet with government officials on Monday, now we have learned he met up with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing yesterday to talk about intellectual property issues, according to the WSJ: The executive met with Mr. Li on Tuesday to discuss intellectual-property issues and greater...

The co-founder of Siri, Dag Kittlaus, was a keynote speaker at a monthly start-up pitch event in Chicago yesterday. It was there he revealed information on how Steve Jobs went about his quest in acquiring Siri shortly after its launch. What's interesting to note is Steve Jobs did not like the name 'Siri'--but Apple stuck...