Stories by Gary Ng

Update 1: According to ATD, Apple has already signed deals with two of the major record labels (unlike Amazon): And sources tell me that Apple has already procured deals from at least two of the big four labels (Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony and EMI) within the last two months. One source tells...

With yesterday's Q2 2011 earnings call by Apple, another milestone has been reached by the surging California-based company. Apple is now the world's largest handset maker by revenue. Apple’s revenues from the iPhone: $11.9 billion for the quarter Nokia's revenues from all phones: $9.4 billion for the quarter Apple iPhones shipped: 18.6 million Nokia's handsets...

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During today's earnings call by Verizon, it was revealed by their CFO that the next generation iPhone will be a world-capable phone, as in working with both GSM and CDMA networks. Verizon CFO Fran Shammo: The fluctuation, I believe, will come when a new device from Apple is launched, whenever that may be, and that...

Yesterday news broke that our iPhones have been saving our location info secretly since iOS 4, unencrypted. A temporary fix is available via Cydia, but we're all still waiting to hear from Apple. John Gruber's sources tell him that this tracking is in fact a "bug" and will be fixed in an update: The big...

Earlier today it was revealed that since iOS 4, your location has been tracked and saved on your iPhone in an unencrypted file. There hasn't been a way to stop this--until now. Canada is here to save the day, via iPhone developer Ryan Petrich, from Edmonton. He has created a tweak called Untrackerd that will...

Update 1: Here are some more details from the conference call, via the WSJ: On iPhone sales: "We saw stunning iPhone sales," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer On how the disaster in Japan: "Apple employees have literally been working around the clock with our supplier partners in Japan and have been able to...

As if there weren't enough ways to share your location with friends (think Foursquare, Facebook Check Ins, Google Latitude), it's now even easier with the new Facebook feature Find Your Friends, that unleashed today via an update. What's New in Version 3.4.1 - Find your Friends on Facebook using your phone - Add your phone...

The story of the day is that your iPhone has been quietly tracking you--in the background. Are you scared? Here's what Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden from O'Reilly Radar have to say: ...your iPhone, and your 3G iPad, is regularly recording the position of your device into a hidden file. Ever since iOS 4 arrived,...

Update 1: Apparently Crackle keeps Location Services on when you close it, causing battery drain. You can disable this in Settings. If you're looking for some entertainment on your iPhone, Netflix works flawlessly. However, for a free solution, a new app called Crackle aims to keep you busy with free movies and TV shows. What...

Yesterday it was revealed Apple had launched a lawsuit on Friday against Samsung for 'copying' the iPhone and iPad. Samsung as already responded against the suit, and will defend vigorously. With the release of that lawsuit, total sales numbers of iOS devices were also revealed. Asymco provides a breakdown of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch...

Yesterday news broke about Apple apparently changing the algorithm in the way apps are ranked in its Top Charts. Today, new reports state that apps with pay-per-install incentives are being rejected from the App Store, according to one of the largest providers, TapJoy. Pay-per-install apps are ones that ask users to download and 'try out'...