Stories by Gary Ng

Remember the Milk Tasks Can Now Be Added By Siri

The creators of the free 'To Do' app Remember the Milk have come up with a way to enable Siri to enter tasks into the app, as noted on the company blog. They have demonstrated how it works with the following video: Here's how to setup Siri to add tasks to Remember the Milk: Open Settings on...

[Update] City of Cupertino Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs

Update 1: YouTube video embed now below. Today has been a day of tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs. The City of Cupertino staff created a short video and posted it on the city blog to pay tribute to Steve Jobs. Apple headquarters are located in Cupertino, but plans for a new second campus are...

Remembering Steve

Apple has updated its Remembering Steve tribute page with messages from fans: Over a million people from all over the world have shared their memories, thoughts, and feelings about Steve. One thing they all have in common — from personal friends to colleagues to owners of Apple products — is how they’ve been touched by...

Fido Eliminates Free WiFi Hotspots for Pre-Paid Customers

Fido has eliminated access to Rogers/Fido WiFi hotspots for its pre-paid iPhone users and now offers it exclusively to its customers on monthly plans. Previously, pre-paid Fido users could login to designated Rogers/Fido hotspot areas, such as Second Cup coffee shops, various golf courses and Denny's restaurants. Now, when users connect to a Rogers/Fido SSID,...

Rogers Discontinues the 16GB iPhone 4

An internal note on Rogers' retention systems page reveals the 16GB iPhone 4 has been discontinued. The iPhone 4 is now solely availably in 8GB capacities only. Leading up to the iPhone 4S announcement, Telus dropped its 16GB iPhone 4 prices to $99 on contract, with other carriers following suit afterwards. Apple slashed prices on...

Apple 2011 Q4 Posts Record $28.27 Billion in Revenue, 17 Million iPhones Sold

Apple has announced their 2011 fiscal fourth quarter earnings this afternoon, with a record $28.27 billion in revenue and a net profit of $6.62 billion. A year ago, these numbers were at $20.34 billion and $4.31 billion respectively. 63% of revenue in this most recent quarter came from international sales. Sales by the numbers: 17.07...

How Dropbox Turned Down a ‘Nine-Digit’ Offer From Apple and Steve Jobs

Dropbox has emerged as one of the best cloud storage solutions to sync files across your iOS devices and Mac/PC. Forbes today uncovers further into the startup, one of the hottest tech companies to date. Within the article emerges information the Dropbox founders were invited to Cupertino by Steve Jobs--to discuss a takeover of the...