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Without any warning, Apple has changed the build number on the iOS 5.1.1 IPSWs being downloaded from its servers, indicating that a revision was in order. Strangely, handsets already equipped with the iOS 5.1.1 builds released on May 7 aren’t offered the new build as a replacement update.Confirmed as a release ... |
26 May 2012
12:10 GMT |
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For those wondering why everyone is getting so excited at the sound of Absinthe 2.0 being officially released, infamous hacker Pod2g has a short blog entry on the reasons why a person might consider jailbreaking. “There are multiple reasons to jailbreak,” says the hacker, who told us in an interview that... |
25 May 2012
21:21 GMT |
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Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to make available new versions of its Office productivity suite, one set to arrive on Apple’s iPad, while the other is expected to hit Google’s Android tablets. A few months ago, the company was rumored to plan the release of an iPad-specific flavor of Office, but it d... |
24 May 2012
03:28 GMT |
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Speaking to The Register in Sydney, Australia, Eugene Kaspersky revealed that Apple is walking on thin ice, at least in his opinion, as the company is refusing the help of antivirus (AV) vendors when it comes to iOS, the underlying software of iPhones and iPads worldwide.Kaspersky told interviewers, “We as a se... |
22 May 2012
05:26 GMT |
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“High-profile” developers are beginning to notice their apps being used (tested) on iPhones and iPads running iOS 6, the next major version of Apple’s mobile operating system. Likely tested by software engineers with prototype iDevices, these applications are sending back logs to their respective d... |
16 May 2012
04:01 GMT |
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may fine Google millions for hacking past a key privacy setting on iPhones and iPads using Apple’s Safari web browser. The Commission is reportedly analyzing the matter to determine how big the fine should be.Google reportedly placed tracking cookies on iOS, the underlying sof... |
5 May 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Apparently fed up with all the nagging from the iOS community, hacker Pod2g is giving his ETA for the upcoming iOS 5.1 untethered jailbreak: “no clue!”The latest tweet from the Internationally-known hacker reads: “ETA for 5.1 JB: no clue! We're going to set pieces of the puzzle together this we... |
24 April 2012
04:57 GMT |
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Valve boss Gabe Newell has denied ever meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, after a rather interesting report appeared a few weeks ago, which said that Cook paid a visit to the studio's headquarters in Kirkland, Washington. While there are certainly many videogame companies out there bigger than Valve, the independ... |
23 April 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Research In Motion has been long expected to make its BlackBerry Messenger available for devices running under other mobile operating systems than its own, and it appears that things might be nearing an official unveiling. Rumor has it that the company is getting ready to have the BBM available on Android and iOS d... |
13 April 2012
06:02 GMT |
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It hasn't been long since Wikimedia launched its Wikipedia Android app, and the foundation is claiming that the app has been doing rather well. In fact, it's been downloaded 2.25 million times in less than two months.
The Wikipedia app also boasts a 4.5 out of 5 stars rating. It's getting used to it, ... |
6 April 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Apple never said it was getting serious about gaming on iOS but, eventually, it did. So the next natural step was to do that for the Mac as well. And it’s all going down in OS X Mountain Lion, available in late summer. “Mac gets in on the game,” reads the Game Center marketing page on Apple.com. &l... |
25 March 2012
13:46 GMT |
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Italo Vignoli, The Document Foundation's spokesman, talked about the upcoming cloud version of the popular LibreOffice open source office suite. According to Italo Vignoli, the LibreOffice Cloud is scheduled to be released next year, allowing LibreOffice users to store their documents in the cloud. "The Andro... |
23 March 2012
10:21 GMT |
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This fall, the world will get a full taste of the next generation operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8, as well as of the applications designed specifically for it.
Over the past several months, the Redmond-based software giant has been providing developers with details on what they need to do to have applic... |
21 March 2012
17:51 GMT |
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Apple has added a number of undocumented features in iOS 5.1, including Face Detection for up to ten faces, a “geofencing” indicator, and a subtle change in Safari’s address bar.
It is unclear why Apple failed to document this rather important feature, but Face Detection is now a part of the Camera... |
19 March 2012
09:00 GMT |
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Nokia’s renowned Maps service is available for the owners of Android and iOS devices as well, courtesy of an HTML5 flavor that Nokia made available for them last year.
Until then, Nokia Maps was available exclusively on handsets running under the Symbian platform. Today, it is also loaded on Windows Phone de... |
13 March 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a new flavor of the popular Photosynth application for the devices running under Apple’s iOS platform.
The new flavor of the software arrives on devices with a variety of performance enhancements, while also packing better sharing capabilities.
Additionally, the ap... |
13 March 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Instagram, the highly popular retro-style iPhone image creation and sharing application, is set to arrive on devices running under Google’s Android OS soon. The company’s Co-Founder Kevin Systrom has just confirmed such plans, though he did not offer specific info on a release date. In fact, it appea... |
12 March 2012
06:07 GMT |
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Apple is preparing the release of iOS 5.1 Final with Chronic Wire reporting that the Gold Master build has been “in a vigorous quality assurance phase for the past three weeks, with extensive testing being done internally by Apple as well as by various carriers/partners.”Codenamed Hoodoo, iOS 5.1 Gold Mas... |
7 March 2012
05:59 GMT |
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Google has just made a series of tweaks to its search page for mobile phones, so as to save information about places that users have searched for.
According to the company, this move is meant to offer users a simpler way to find places that they searched for in the past.
People tend to look for information about... |
6 March 2012
03:53 GMT |
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Apple this week is poised to unveil not only the iPad 3, but also the next incremental release of iOS 5. Tested by Apple developers worldwide for the past few months, iOS 5.1 is ready to be set loose, likely even before the iPad 3 becomes physically available. So here’s how to download and install the software ... |
5 March 2012
19:01 GMT |
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It’s almost certain that Apple will launch the iPhone 5 sometime later this year. This is why most carriers are preparing amazing deals on various iPhone models, including the latest iPhone 4S, which is only several months old.
US-based carrier C Spire Wireless has just discounted the iPhone 4S, both black and... |
5 March 2012
17:11 GMT |
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A new iOS software update is on its way from Cupertino, targeting users of the latest iPhone model on China Mobile’s network. The confirmation reportedly comes from China Mobile itself which, on March 1st, acknowledged a signal flaw stemming from the handset’s GSM chips.
The English version of China&rsqu... |
5 March 2012
07:31 GMT |
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After releasing the Steam mobile app, Valve has now allowed all of its users to actually access the digital distribution service using the brand new application.We were quite happy last month when Valve presented its Steam app for the iOS and Android platforms. Sadly, while you could download the small application, y... |
3 March 2012
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The official website for the classic role-playing game series Baldur’s Gate has been revived by a team at developer Beamdog and has been offering a series of cryptic messages linked to the series which might point to the development of an entire new game in the series. The messages included in the source code ... |
29 February 2012
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Digging deep inside the code of Apple’s iOS mobile operating system, a blog has discovered that Apple has been testing two processor types for its next generation of iPads, seemingly confirming rumors that the iPad 3 will boast an A5X dual core chip with enhanced graphics.
For the better part of last year, maj... |
27 February 2012
12:51 GMT |
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Ubuntu One team announced today, February 20th, that the Vodafone company has recently added the Ubuntu One Files app on their Vodafone AppSelect app store for the Android platform. Vodafone offers the Ubuntu One Files app in the following countries: United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Russia, Portugal, and Gree... |
20 February 2012
11:31 GMT |
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One of the leading developers at Chair, the developer of Infinity Ward and Shadow Complex, believes that the gaming industry is now going through a Golden Age that is mostly linked to the rise of gaming on iOS-powered devices.
Donald Mustard, who is the creative director of Chair, has stated, “I honestly think... |
15 February 2012
21:11 GMT |
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Ade Barkah, the researcher that not long ago proved that the media album of a locked iPhone 4 could be easily accessed by leveraging a simple bug, returns with new findings to show that not only the device’s address book is easily accessible, but that the video call feature is as well.
Without jailbreak or any... |
9 February 2012
15:41 GMT |
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BioWare, besides getting ready to roll out Mass Effect 3 onto full-fledged platforms like the PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, has just confirmed that two special apps based on the series will soon be released onto the iOS platform for the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. The Mass Effect series is set to end its trilogy th... |
8 February 2012
14:21 GMT |
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webOS is currently moving to open source, and should breathe new life as soon as the transition to this licensing model is completed, HP believes. In fact, the company is convinced that the OS will manage to top rival platforms such as Android and iOS, and says that it already has great advantages of them. In all fa... |
4 February 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Valve has just released a mobile version of its Steam digital distribution program, allowing users to check out the online store, purchase games and browse their library or screenshots, while interacting with their friends.
Valve’s Steam is the most popular digital distribution service on the PC and Mac platfo... |
27 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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With the entire world becoming increasingly mobile every day, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft announced more services available for users on the go.
Xbox Live is one of the services that have already been made available for mobile phone users, though only for a small number of them so far.
Soon, ho... |
26 January 2012
06:59 GMT |
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A note included with the official Absinthe jailbreak release says that jailbreakers should refrain themselves from downloading and installing the stock iOS 5.0.2 IPSW from Apple when it’s released.
This is not the first time iOS hackers warn about the potential of losing a jailbreak by installing a new firmwar... |
23 January 2012
08:08 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system is set to become the second best mobile platform in the world in the next three years, a recent report from iSuppli suggests.
The newly launched Nokia Lumia 900 is the first handset in a series that will re-establish the platform as a market leader, the firm notes. ... |
20 January 2012
09:43 GMT |
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Tango, a free video calling service with tens of millions of customers, recently introduced two new offerings allowing users to do voice mail and calls with animations overlaid on top. The first animation is free, and if you want unlimited use of a set, it will cost you $1.98.
You can use it to make calls to any oth... |
18 January 2012
08:31 GMT |
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A new discovery in iOS 5.1 beta 3 suggests that Apple is reconsidering to add Facebook integration in the software. References to next-generation hardware were also found.To be clear, the code strings in question aren’t exactly new. They’ve only resurfaced in the latest iOS beta seeded to developers, acco... |
17 January 2012
09:48 GMT |
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Activision has confirmed that it is finally releasing mobile applications for its Call of Duty Elite online service, with a version already available on the iOS platform. The Android edition is coming next week.
Call of Duty Elite was released alongside Modern Warfare 3 back in November but, while the actual game we... |
10 January 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Apple has released a new software update for iOS developers adding fixes and improvements, including one 3G toggle, strings for a Chinese-localized Siri, and evidence of an iPad port of Siri Dictation, to name some of the key changes.
According to developer reports, iOS 5.1 Beta 3 (or build 9B5141a) was served recen... |
10 January 2012
02:46 GMT |
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One of the appealing features that Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system came to the market with back in 2010 was support for Xbox LIVE, which provided users with the possibility to enjoy great gaming on the small screen of their smartphones. The feature proved a success among Windows Phone users, and i... |
9 January 2012
12:41 GMT |
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Canonical proudly unleashed yesterday, January 5th, their second iOS app, Ubuntu One Files, available for the popular Apple iPhone device. The Ubuntu One Files app for iPhone is free and lets users manage and secure their files and photos directly from the iOS device, from anywhere in the world.Ubuntu One Files is li... |
6 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
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After upgrading his iPhone to the latest iOS 5, Canadian technology consultant Ade Barkah noticed that if the device's clock is rolled back, all the images with a newer timestamp than the current one are accessible, even if the apparatus is locked with a password. The first thing Barkah noticed was that the cam... |
5 January 2012
03:38 GMT |
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A report covering the widespread audio bug on iPhone 4S handsets suggests that developers testing Apple’s latest iOS betas have encountered the same problem.A growing thread over at Apple Support Communities hosts roughly 110 pages of complaints regarding the so-called Audiogate, and Apple is yet to respond to ... |
4 January 2012
06:01 GMT |
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Google’s Android operating system and Apple’s iOS platform gained more market share in the United States subscriber segment during the past three months, a new report from comScore MobiLens service shows.
The report is based on data collected during the three months ending November 2011. The company sur... |
30 December 2011
18:31 GMT |
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Microsoft mobile products are already available on a variety of mobile platforms out there, such as OneNote or Lync, and it appears that more of them should arrive as soon as next year.In a recent interview with ZDNet’s Mary-Jo Foley, Tom Rizzo, Senior Director of Office 365, said that the company was consider... |
19 December 2011
10:01 GMT |
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Apple did not provide a changelog for iOS 5.0.1 Build 9A406, the software update targeting iPhone 4S devices released a few hours ago. However, the purpose of the update is detailed in a Support document on the company’s web site.Technote TS4148 posted December 15th reveals that the latest iOS software update a... |
16 December 2011
04:30 GMT |
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StyleTap, a Canada-based software company, has come up with a tool that allows the deployment of Palm OS application in the Apple App Store.“StyleTap iOS Wrapper SDK enables you to deploy many of the 30,000 mobile applications written for Palm OS as iOS applications that run on standard Apple iPhone, iPad or iP... |
9 December 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Google’s Android operating system is gaining more and more market share in the United States, and the latest data from comScore shows nothing different.
During the three-month period ending October 2011, Google’s mobile operating system has been loaded on 46.3 percent of smartphones, the research firm ... |
5 December 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Apple is targeted by a lawsuit over unprecedented breach of the digital privacy rights of 150 million cell phone many of which are iPhone owners. At the heart of the suit is the Carrier IQ tool used in mobile operating systems, including the iOS.Discovered in Google’s Android operating system and later in Apple... |
5 December 2011
08:56 GMT |
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Apple has responded officially to claims of collecting data via Carrier IQ, a diagnostics tools embedded in iOS 5 and previous versions of the mobile operating system, stating that any data sent back with the user’s consent did not include any personal information.In a statement provided to the WSJ-owned All Th... |
2 December 2011
03:47 GMT |
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Windows Phone has just landed on a wider range of devices around the world, courtesy of a new demo website that Microsoft has put in place for those who would like to give it a try without buying a new device.
Android or iOS users can now get a taste of Windows Phone by heading over to Microsoft’s website he... |
30 November 2011
07:54 GMT |
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