Apple released iOS 5.1.1 – a software update for all iDevices – just yesterday. The update contains the usual bug fixes and has basically been released in order to appease users who have been complaining about the new iPad’s performance. The update brings the following bug patches and improvements with it:
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Although Apple, Microsoft and Google (the recently launched Google Drive) all have cloud-based services, Dropbox is definitely the most popular cloud service out there as well as being amongst the first to be launched. The large numbers of competitors ensures that the very best cloud service possible is provided and the amount of free storage [...]
The hackers working on an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1 have kept people informed throughout, whether they’re working on new exploits or they’ve found a few. Pod2g especially has been rather active on Twitter and has made keeping up with updates regarding the jailbreaks status easy. Just a few days back, he told us about [...]
Facebook has made it a routine to introduce annoying new features every now and then. Based on the face that the Facebook user count is approaching 1 billion, it is least bothered by the fact that a certain feature is not generally liked by the public. We have seen that in the past with the [...]
The very best mobile apps of 2012 were celebrated last night in an event hosted by Dermot O’Leary and sponsored by Carphone Warehouse – Europe’s largest independent mobile phone retailer. The ‘Appy Awards’ marked successful and popular apps in twelve different categories.
As the belief that Apple computers are immune to malware prevails, despite being recently tarnished, a research firm Sophos has challenged it with a study. This recently released study claims that 1 in 5 Macs have malware based on a 100,000-strong snapshot of the millions of Macs that downloaded Sophos’ free antivirus software for Macs.
Not too long ago, an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 was released. Absinthe was a huge, long awaited accomplishment but it’s a thing of the past now. The entire jailbreak community now has their eyes glued to the developers once again, this time for the iOS 5.1 and its untethered jailbreak.
This past weekend the entire jailbreak community was pleasantly surprised by the revelation of a new unlock method for iPhones that works for any baseband and firmware at all, given the iPhone is jailbroken. The method was long, but worthwhile; the unlock is permanent and there is no need to pay anything either as it [...]
The other day, we wrote about some great news. A new unlock method for jailbroken iPhones was made available and the technique was verified to be working by none other than MuscleNerd himself, who successfully unlocked an iPhone 4S using this method and made it work on T-Mobile’s network. For those who are unaware, unlocking [...]
Today, we can contact anyone we want, but we can’t always choose not to be contacted by certain people. Seeing a call from a pesky relative or friend, or even some unknown number prank calling gets pretty annoying sometimes, especially when you’re already waiting for a call by someone else. The ignore button is there, [...]
The wait probably seems interminable to those waiting for a jailbreak or unlock. Previously, it didn’t take too long after a firmware update for developers to come up with something and publicly release it. However, it appears that the difficulty of doing so has increased dramatically over time and the whole process has slowed down [...]
Cloud storage is used by pretty much everyone these days. Being able to access your files from any device anywhere is definitely convenient. Everyone is familiar with Dropbox and how it works. Then there are other cloud storage options from companies like Apple (iCloud), Amazon (Cloud Drive) and Microsoft (Skydrive). With so many other companies [...]
The popular jailbreak tool, Redsn0w, has been updated to version 0.9.10b7- the seventh beta of the current Redsn0w tool. This version is obviously a result of the iPhone Dev team’s hard work. New features have been implemented. Additionally, preliminary support for an exciting new feature has been added, making it likely that the feature will [...]
Voice Answer is an app developed by Sparkling Apps and is believed to be a strong alternate for Apple’s voice assistant ‘Siri’. The app was rejected by Apple and did not initially get approved for the App Store, owing to how similar it was to Siri. After three months of tweaking the app and submitting [...]
Fragmentation within Android remains a big problem for Google. Where Apple’s software updates are comparatively uniform, only a miserably percentage of around 1% Android devices are currently on the latest and supposedly greatest Ice Cream Sandwich. This percentage is bound to increase though, as official ROMs begin to arrive in increasing numbers. Another one is [...]
Fierce opposition by a broad alliance of companies and civil liberties groups, backed by innumerable internet activists, led to the demise of the detested SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIP (Protect IP) act earlier this year. And now, a worrying, similar rendition of these earlier bills has come into the limelight- H.R. 3523 or [...]
