Stories by Gary Ng

PCMag reports the upcoming authorized biography on Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson will include the final details of yesterday's resignation, from Steve Jobs' point of view. According to publisher Simon & Schuster spokeswoman Tracey Guest: Isaacson "speaks to Jobs regularly and is still working on the final chapter of the book." The biography was...

The New York Times takes a look at the 313 patents attached with Steve Jobs' name, and they range from product design for Macs and iPhones down to details in packaging and power adapters and glass staircases. It's an interesting look at various patents for products that came into fruition and some concepts that didn't....

Google's Senior Vice President of Engineering, Vic Gundotra shared an interesting scenario of one of his encounters with Steve Jobs on back in January of 2008. This was posted last night on his Google+ page. Even though Gundotra's role for Google is to downplay the competition, he had some really nice things to say about...

A day after the resignation of Steve Jobs, ArsTechnica has obtained a copy of an internal email sent out to Apple employees from newly-crowned CEO, Tim Cook Thursday morning. The email reassures everyone that 'Apple is not going to change', and essentially marks the turning over of a new page for the future of Apple....

The web has been reacting to the shocking headline Steve Jobs had stepped down as Apple's CEO. When I first saw the news headline I seriously did a double take--was this a joke? Nope. The day Apple enthusiasts had been blocking from their minds had come to fruition--Steve Jobs would no longer be front and...

The iPhone Dev Team reacts to the resignation of Steve Jobs, in a blog post titled, "The Coolest Cat": We loved the chase! Good luck, Steve. Signed, Jailbreakers and tinkerers everywhere. I don't think there's a better picture than that.

Some breaking news here, folks. Steve Jobs has resigned as Apple's CEO, as announced by Apple's Board of Directors, to be replaced by Tim Cook, the former Chief Operating Officer. Steve Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board and Cook will also join the Board effective today. “Steve’s extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple...

Apple enabled the use of iTunes Gift Cards for App Store purchases back in May of last year. So if you are funding your account balance with gift cards, Future Shop currently has $50 iTunes Cards selling for $40. You can also apply these cards toward the Mac App Store as well. That $10 in...

Back in mid-August, the online Apple Store went down and when it came back new social sharing options were available for only Macs and iPods. It now appears Apple has completed their addition of social sharing options as all products show a facebook/twitter sharing feature. Upon selecting the drop down menu on any MacBook, iPod,...

Who says the iPhone 4 can't make a feature film? Christos Sourligas, a Montreal filmmaker will debut his movie, Happy Slapping, tonight (9:30pm, Quartier Latin) at the Montreal World Film Festival. It is the world's first feature film shot entirely with five iPhone 4s. The actors in the film also were cinematographers, and the $250,000...

It appears Jay Freeman a.k.a. "Saurik", the creator of the Cydia jailbreak store, has filed a lawsuit to acquire the domain cydia.com from a company named Cykon, as reported by Domain Name Wire. Freeman's first attempt to acquire the domain failed as it was determined Cydia.com was registered in 2002, years before the creation of...

More iPhone rumours are coming your way, this time it's an 'exclusive' report from Reuters, reviving cheaper iPhone rumours from before and also speculating on the iPhone 5 launch date. According to two sources with 'knowledge of the matter' (I love that line), a cheaper 8GB iPhone 4 has already undergone manufacturing by Apple's Asian...