Whenever anyone talks about social networking, it is generally the social behemoth Facebook that crops up first in conversation, but with Twitter adding more and more users on a daily basis, the mini micro-blogging service is starting to make some serious waves in the social world. What could be better than mixing the power of a jailbroken iOS device with quick and simple access to two of the world’s largest social forums? And for good measure, throw in voice input support to update your status on said social networks, then we definitely have a winner here.
Google has recently announced big changes to its mobile mapping services, with upcoming features including an interesting-looking offline mode, and with Apple set to ditch Google for its own, in-house iOS maps offering, Google quite clearly needs to remain on its toes in the mobile game.
With all the rumors and buildup to WWDC surrounding the possible announcement of a new beta release of iOS, Bloomberg has suggested that the news could also accompany a shift in search engine choice for Chinese iOS devices.
Google has just announced some significant changes to its mobile Maps apps, with both offline mode and 3D maps heading to Android and iOS in the not-too-distant future. Given the Big G's purchase of Quickoffice - just after it was revealed Microsoft would finally bring its Office suite to mobile - we are under no illusions that Google will fight its competitors tooth and nail in every market going. Talk has been rife for several months of Apple's plans to ditch the stock Google Maps app within iOS in favor of its own, in-house solution, and with 3D mapping - courtesy of C3 Technologies - being one of the main features, Google is looking to up its game in order to retain dominance in the mapping market.
I have never been personally fascinated with any kind of extensive use of the Japanese Emoji art, but that might be because I don't feel the need to express myself in text and email messages through the use of different emoticons. Thankfully, I don't represent the majority of the user-base and the cute little Emoji icons always seem to be extremely popular.
With Apple's WWDC for 2012 set to kick off in just a few short days, anticipation is already growing to what we can only describe as fever pitch. Monday is the day that all the madness really gets into full swing, and with Apple's custom opening conference comes all the hype of an iPhone or iPad announcement. Except it isn't.
With the recent release of Absinthe 2.0 and the update to PwnageTool and Redsn0w to feature the Rocky Racoon untether, there are a lot more jailbroken iPads knocking around than there were a few weeks ago. With the jury still out about Apple's implementation of Notification Center on the iPad, it would seem that these freshly jailbroken iPads require a notification experience that goes above and beyond in providing a truly immersive experience.
Apple's famous hobby, the Apple TV, has today received a stealth software update, though Apple is so far keeping quiet about what it has added to its little black box this time around.
Exciting news for those who like their gadgets to be as sturdy as technology will allow; Liquidmetal Technologies CEO Tom Steipp has come out and confirmed that Apple has licensed the metallic glass composition for future use in its range of devices, and although he hasn't stated the Cupertino company is yet working on a product specific product featuring Liquidmetal, the comments certainly suggest Liquidmetal Apple products could be making their way to market in the not-so-distant future.
GoogleDaSH is one of the latest tweaks that is entirely dedicated to working in conjunction with the extremely popular Dashboard X tweak by cjori. As you may know by now, Dashboard X was released some weeks back as a package that allows jailbroken users to place widgets directly onto the home screen for even quicker access than ever before. At the time of launch, Notification Center based widgets were compatible but in the following weeks we have seen a number of dedicated tweaks starting to surface.
