Fresh from its acquisition of the popular Instagram service, Facebook is continuing to take large strides in its mobile push, and according to sources close to 9to5mac, the social site is preparing a Messenger app native to iPad, as well as video chat capabilities for the iPad.

The popularity of social networking sites has resulted in some of the most popular mobile apps, being those that allow users to access their social accounts and timelines on the fly. For that very reason, applications such as Facebook and Twitter are just a couple of the most downloaded apps of all time and will always continue to be popular with users.

Browsing the web is one of the primary uses of an iOS device, and while Apple’s stock Safari app does the job to a satisfactory standard, it’s not spectacular by any stretch of the imagination, and for that reason, there are many third-party offerings vying for consumer approval.

Although iOS 4 brought a multitasking experience to iOS per se, it’s not exactly the most functional, and the fact that only one app can be viewed at any given time is much to the annoyance of many iDevice users, particularly those rocking the 9.7-inch display of the iPad.

Despite its imperfections, it’s hard to fault Cydia – the nucleus of the open-source jailbreak community, and with such a wide range of tweaks available serving different purposes, it’s quite easy to forget that actually, there isn’t much in the way of an alternative.

A lot of seasoned and hardcore jailbreaks are often heard reminiscing about the times in the jailbreak community when a number of innovative and unique tweaks and packages are released through Cydia. It seems that, as of late, most of the good ideas and concepts have already been covered and released, meaning that we as jailbreakers are seeing a large amount of mediocre offerings being made available.

Here at Redmond Pie, we dedicate a great deal of our time and resources to covering as much of the Cydia scene as possible, and while we’re all more than aware of the many benefits a jailbreak can bring in terms of functionality and customization, we’d never have pitched it as a potential tool for aiding the disabled.

The Protect My Privacy tweak, available through the usual hub known as Cydia, is a package that exists to help users protect their personal information when using their jailbroken iPhone. Since the turn of the year, we have been treated to a number of mobile app scandals surrounding apps that accesses certain information on the device without asking the user for permission before doing so. In some instances, this is a breach of Apple’s developer terms and conditions, but it is also a large breach of a user’s trust and in some instances the device owner doesn’t even know what it being accessed by the app.

It doesn’t matter how much money we spend on buying the latest gadgets and owning the latest must-have pieces of technology. When it comes down to the nitty-gritty, everyone loves a bargain and the feeling of getting great value for money. That it especially true in the world of mobile apps. And although I don’t think anyone can argue that good mobile apps are definitely worth a few dollars, they are even better when they are free.

With the iPhone’s camera having reached the wonderful level of clarity it stands at today – allied to the impressive Retina display – it’s of little surprise that many of us are filling the Camera Roll album with hundreds upon hundreds of new entries every month.

Now that Apple’s tablet device has been blessed with that “Resolutionary” display, images appear sharper, colors more vivid, and sliding through a photo album is an infinitely more pleasing experience.

Forgive us for going on something of a meme frenzy just lately, but with so many good apps entering the App Store of late, it would be rude not to share each and every one of them with you guys. Meme Cam, the latest in a growing list of meme/ rage face focused apps, automatically adds a meme to one’s face using the face detection technology of the iPhone’s camera.

The developers over at LinkedIn Corporation have finally got their iPad appreciation hats on and pushed out an update to the professional network app, bringing full universal support along with a Retina-enabled user interface for Apple’s third-generation iPad. The LinkedIn app had previously only been available as a native iPhone or iPod touch app, but version 5.0 should appease those business professionals who have been craving for a little bit more.

Talk of a potential release for N.O.V.A 3 began pretty much as soon as the second installment hit smartphones and tablets, but there has been little in the way of concrete news regarding the hotly anticipated shooter.

Every individual who owns a smartphone or a tablet device have their own reasons for doing so, and will more often than not utilize a certain set of features on a more regular basis than others. From a personal point of view, and surely something that is echoed by many more people, I happen to extensively use my iPhone for web browsing more often than not using Apple’s Mobile Safari.

All of the big guns are looking to get in on the cloud computing act, and Microsoft is no exception with its SkyDrive service. As per the MSDN blog, much work has gone into improving SkyDrive over the course of the last couple of months, and now, a preview of the SkyDrive desktop client has been released, along with a plethora of improvements to existing services.

Reddit is a great place to share, promote and find some of the web’s most entertaining, useful, and informative content. Used by millions worldwide, it is one of the most influential social hunts of today.

As has been pointed out on a number of occasions, Siri, Apple’s system-wide voice recognition software introduced with the iPhone 4S was, by no means, the first delve into such technology. Nevertheless, although there will always be skeptics, it cannot be denied that Apple has certainly brought the technology to the center of public interest, and predictably, there are a bunch of third-party apps purporting to offer similar services.

The world is becoming a much smaller place thanks to the fact that we are all connected through the internet and the numerous mobile devices that we use on a daily basis. However, for those mobile users who travel on a regular basis, whether it be a business or personal trip, there can be no getting away from the fact that the barriers imposed through varying languages can cause a problem.

Launch+, a new launcher app for the iPhone and iPad, brings the power of widgets to Apple’s Notification Center, whether the iPhone maker wants it to or not. When Apple added Notification Center to iOS 5, we all thought that it signaled the beginning of the addition of widgets to iOS. Unfortunately, so far at least, Apple seems reluctant to open Notification Center up to third-party developers in a way that would facilitate the addition of widgets, especially in the traditional sense.