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Prototype iPad with two dock connectors spotted on eBay
Like most companies engaged in cutting-edge hardware design, Apple carefully disposes of its prototypes. Every once in a while, though, one slips through the cracks and lands on eBay. The most recent prototype to leak out Apple’s research labs is an unusual iPad with two dock connectors. As reported by MacRumors, the iPad includes a standard connector underneath the home button and a second one on the right hand side next to the volume rocker. Both connectors are fully functional and can be used to charge and sync the iPad in … Read more
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Kelly Hodgkins
Over 1 million iOS devices jailbroken using recently-released Absinthe 2.0
According to a tweet from the Chronic Dev team, the Absinthe 2.0 jailbreak tool has been used to jailbreak over 1 million iOS devices. The group has logged over 211,401 jailbroken iPad 3 tablets and 973,086 jailbroken devices. The lasest version of Absinthe was released on Friday May 25 and these figures were announced two days later on May 27. Absinthe 2.0 will jailbreak all current Apple hardware with iOS 5.1.1 including the iPad 3 and iPhone 4S. It will not jailbreak the third generation Apple TV. You can download the Absinthe software … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
ooVoo updates its iOS and Android app, launches Facebook video-chat application
Multi-party video chat service ooVoo updated all of its apps, including those for desktop and mobile platforms. We don’t care about the former, but we definitely want to look at the latter. Here’s what you should know: – Both iOS and Android apps have been updated, featuring a new user interface and simplified registration using Facebook. – The new iPad app allows users to host a 12-way video chat with the ability to view four simultaneous video streams at once. – ooVoo is making free the option to record and … Read more
Dusan Belic
NewsLook launches personalized video news app to iPad
We’ve already seen a number of personalized magazine and news apps like Flipboard and Zite, but none of them was focused on video exclusively. Enter NewsLook, a 24-hour global streaming video news service, which newly launched iPad app features a vast, curated library of news video from over 50 sources including Associated Press, Bloomberg and Reuters. As you can imagine, you are able to create your own custom channels like sports, politics, lifestyle, fashion, art and entertainment. Moreover, you can also select a specific type of interest such as some … Read more
Dusan Belic
New iPad usage already exceeds original iPad
After two months on the market, usage for the new third-generation iPad has already surpassed usage on the original first-generation iPad released in April 2010, according to a report. Analyzing data from iOS apps it has access to, Localytics has been able to determine first-generation iPad, iPad 2 and third-generation iPad usage and compare them over different timeframes. During the launch week of the most recent iPad model in which Apple sold three million tablets in that single weekend, the new iPad was hastily able to snatch up 14 percent … Read more
George Tinari
Apple rolls out new Editors’ Choice and free App of the Week promotions
Apple is launching some minor changes to the featured sections of the iOS App Store and Mac App Store that help promote the very best apps each week. The company is slapping on Editors’ Choice label to what it considers the best app and best game of the week. The new free App of the Week series is self-explanatory — each week an app that normally has a price tag will go free. The Editors’ Choice promotion starts with the new Facebook Camera app, which the social network just unveiled … Read more
George Tinari
Apps I’m digging lately
Every time I do these lists, you can tell what’s going on in my life. Sometimes, I’m very focused on fun games or things that help me cook but this time, I’m all business. So, let’s take a look at some of the productivity apps I’m digging lately. Evernote Evernote is one of those “no-duh” productivity apps that I never really gave a chance. Everyone I know who uses it raves but I never felt like it was me. After seeing what Dusan is able to do with the pro … Read more
Marin Perez
One plant in Zhengzhou, China makes 70 percent of Apple’s iPhones
When you think iPhone and Foxconn, you think Shenzhen, suicide nets and FLA inspections. According to an M.I.C Gadget report, we should forget Shenzhen and think Zhengzhou instead. M.I.C. Gadget says Foxconn has transferred its primary iPhone production line from Shenzen to it’s Zhengzhou plant. Zhengzhou now makes 70 percent of Apple’s iPhone handsets. Located in the inland province of Henan, the Zhengzhou plant is on its way to becoming the largest smartphone manufacturing plant in the world. The plant has 200,000 workers and intends to push out 400,000 iPhones … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Absinthe 2.0 now available, brings untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1
Planetbeing, pod2g, and other members of the chronic dev team were at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam where they announced the details on Absinthe 2.0. The jailbreak tool is now available to the public and includes an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1. If you’ve already jailbroken your device using RedSn0w for iOS 5.1.1, you can easily convert the tethered jailbreak to an untethered jailbreak using the Rocky Racoon 5.1.1 Untether package. The package is available in Cydia. The lastest jailbreak is compatible with the following devices: iPhone … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Gameloft launches Men in Black 3 for iOS, Android
Gameloft launched the Men in Black 3 game for iOS and Android users. Available as a free download, it sees you building your very own MIB agency while interacting with friends. Some of the things are free to use/build, some can be earned by playing mini-games, while some others are available through in-app purchase. This “freemium” strategy is obviously working for Gameloft since it keeps launching such titles for popular smartphone platforms (iOS and Android). Needless to say, you should expect to encounter elements from the movies, including the ability … Read more
Dusan Belic
Because We May offers steep discounts on Android and iOS apps
Starting today, Because We May is offering a huge sale on a very long list of apps from a variety of developers in the iOS App Store, Mac App Store, Google Play, and Steam in celebration of the ability to freely price games the way developers choose. On its website, Because We May writes, “We believe that developers should have the freedom to price their games how they like, without interference from the online stores that sell the games. Why? Because it allows us to promote our games more freely, as … Read more