Apple has fired another salvo against the iPhone jailbreaking scene with their claim that jailbroken iPhones could be used to attack and disable cell-towers, as well as helping drug dealers avoid getting pinched by the “fuzz.” In the ongoing battle between Apple and iPhone hackers, Apple would have us believe that iPhone hackers could levy…
iPhone SMS text message bug puts all iPhones at risk
Security researchers have stumbled across an iPhone SMS bug that could be used by nefarious pranksters to “quickly take over every iPhone in the world.” If that sounds somewhat doomsday-ish, that’s because it kind of is. The iPhone SMS text message bug was discovered by Charlie Miller and his similarly-named research colleague Collin Mulliner. The…
GV Mobile resurrected as jailbreak app!
Almost as soon as Apple pulled the third-party Google Voice iPhone app GV Voice from the AppStore, the app shows up in the jailbreak scene. Today, Sean Kovacs gives Apple the mighty “finger” by releasing GV Mobile as a jailbreak application through Cydia. For those of you still not familiar with the the iPhone hacking…
MeetMe iPhone app uses Yelp to help find a place to meet
Meeting someone for a business lunch? Catching up with old friends? Just need to find a place to grab coffee on the way to work? There’s an app for that! MeetMe is an iPhone application that helps you find places to eat, shop, drink, whatever between any two points. The idea is to help two…
Meet Robochan, the iPhone 3GS robot!
When will geeks’ obsession with smartphone-controlled robots end? Well, if they’re half as cool as Robochan, we hope it never does! Meet Robochan, a Kondo KHR-2HV humanoid robot controlled by an iPhone 3GS that also serves as the ‘bot’s head and face. Robochan comes to life with the iPhone 3GS connected through the dock connector.…
iPhone SDK 3.1 goes beta 3
Two weeks after the previous release, Apple has made a new beta of the iPhone SDK 3.1 available. Details are scarce at the moment, but we’re hearing video APIs are included with the update, allowing for cut and paste of small videos. Moreover, more augmented reality “enablers” were to be found in the package, as…
Apple pulls Google Voice apps from AppStore
Chalk up another controversial AppStore policy for Apple. This time around, the iPhone maker has pulled third-party apps that help iPhone users take advantage of Google Voice services. Both GV Mobile and VoiceCentral have been taken down from the AppStore. According to GV Mobile developer Sean Kovacs, Apple pulled his iPhone app on grounds that…
Apple brings back iPhone app promo codes for 17+ apps
iPhone developers, your complaints have not fallen on deaf ears. Following the iPhone developer backlash that Apple brought on themselves by prohibiting iPhone apps with a 17+ age-rating from being issued promotional codes, Apple is once again doling out promo codes to interested devs. Apple has apparently given in to consumer and developer-demand by lifting…
Resident Evil 4 for iPhone goes live!
Just as expected, Resident Evil 4 for iPhone has gone live on the AppStore. Capcom’s more highly rated Resident Evil title is now available for iPhone gamers itching to take fire a couple rounds into a zombie head… or two. At $7.99 (iTunes link), Resident Evil 4 for iPhone isn’t one of the cheaper games…
Foxconn pays iPhone suicide victims $44,000 and a computer
First off, Foxconn employee and graduate student Sun Danyong is the real victim here. Sun is the 25-year-old Foxconn worker entrusted with a gaggle of next-generation iPhone prototypes. After losing a prototype, Foxconn allegedly interrogated Sun through physical abuse and humiliation. On July 16, Sun apparently jumped to his death from the 12th floor of…