Stories by Gary Ng
Steve Jobs Biography Author, Walter Isaacson, to Appear on ’60 Minutes’
If you haven't pre-ordered your copy of Steve Jobs' official biography, you can get a glimpse of what the author, Walter Isaacson, is all about as he is set to appear this Sunday on CBS' 60 Minutes, the day before the book hits newsstands. Earlier excerpts revealed why Jobs wore his classic black turtlenecks. Announced...
Apple Employee Celebration of Steve Jobs’ Life [PIC]
Apple has posted an image of today's Celebration of Steve Jobs' Life event at their headquarters in Cupertino. Pictured below is CEO Tim Cook addressing Apple employees:
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...
[Update] Apple Stores to Close Wednesday to Stream Cupertino Event Celebrating the Life of Steve Jobs
Update 1: Just talked to the Richmond Centre Apple Store and Metrotown Apple Stores. They will be opening at noon tomorrow. Normal store opening hours are 9:30AM for Richmond, and 10AM for Metrotown. The WSJ has reported Apple Stores are set to close tomorrow to celebrate the life of Steve Jobs: Apple plans to close...
[Update] Apple TV 4.4.1 Software Update Released to Fix ‘Connect to iTunes’ Bug
Update 1: Users are reporting the 4.4.1 update has been pulled as it has been 'bricking' some Apple TV2 units. Stay tuned. Just after the release of the second generation Apple TV 4.4 software update, Apple has pushed out 4.4.1. This minor release fixes the bug where a small number of units are required to...
1.3 Million Pictures Analyzed to Create the Biggest iPhone Photo Infographic
Back in August we reviewed the app Photo Stats, which would analyze your photos and turn them into an infographic to reveal details about your Camera Roll. The company has now examined the data from over 1.3 million photos to create a large infographic that reveals where, how and when users took photos: Most people...
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...