Sometimes technology can be used for good, and other times it can be used for evil. The development and inclusion of the Siri intelligent voice assistant on the iPhone 4S is an example of how technological advancements can be a good thing and no matter what a user’s personal opinion of Siri is, we must all agree that is represents an exciting future for human mobile interaction. With that in mind, developers involved in the jailbreak community also have the ability to modify Siri behavior, making her dance to the beat of their drum, which isn't always a good thing.
Devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch have an almost unlimited array of features, and with every next-generation release, that feature set is expanding through the use of more advanced hardware and more intuitive and intelligent software. You only need to look at the original iPhone to see the progress through the years, with the addition of new hardware sensors and faster processors along with serious advancements made within iOS.
Those of us partial to a jailbreak - moreover, an untethered jailbreak - have been well and truly spoiled for choice today. Although i0n1c demonstrated his method only a few hours ago, it can now be confirmed that there are three - yes, three - total methods of jailbreaking iOS 5.1 on 3rd-gen iPad, with the third jailbreak method coming from Grant Paul and Paul Griffin.
The world is a marvelous place. Made up of different countries, different cultures and different beliefs. Something that seems perfectly normal to one person could seem amazingly bizarre to another which is one of the things that make this world a wonderful place to live in. However, in some instances it doesn't matter what religion you belong to, what country you come from or what language you speak, some things are universal and transcend international barriers.
While the Cydia store for jailbroken iOS devices houses thousands of tweaks, enhancements and extensions, it is hardly surprising that we sometimes see modifications that offer the same functionality which we’ve already seen. The official App Store is full of apps which offer duplicate services, with the difference generally coming down to how the app is presented and how efficiently it offers its functionality. Cydia is no different, and with the repositories fast becoming saturated with tweaks, it stands to reason that some are going to be duplicated.
For those among us who are Mac OS X users, you will no doubt be familiar with the Growl notification service. Growl is described as the ultimate notification service for OS X and is by far one of the easiest methods available for keeping in touch with installed applications, and any messages or alerts that they may give. Different users appreciate the simplicity of Growl for a number of reasons, with one of the main ones being that it works right out of the box and doesn't have any complicated setup procedures. Applications that are Growl compatible will simply just work with the system without any fuss.
If you are the type of person who listens to the age old 'size does matter' saying, then chances are that you spend most of your life walking around feeling inferior to those around you. General society has this belief that bigger is always better, in every situation, all of the time which in most circumstances I would strongly disagree with. However, if you are to believe the research carried out by Strategy Analytics then it would appear that bigger is indeed better when it comes to mobile devices.
It has been quite some time since George Hotz has been in the public limelight, generally appearing to keep himself to himself over the last few months after he reportedly left his employment with social media giants Facebook. Living in the wilderness and out of the public eye is a lifestyle which doesn't really seem to suit the legendary hacker, considering we have seen him at his best and most entertaining when he was releasing his rap record retort to Sony Computer Entertainment of America or pipping the Chronic Dev-Team to the post a day before they were set to launch their Greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS.
As well as the obvious introduction of the new iPad, Apple also made what many deemed as a statement of intent towards eventual connected TV by introducing an updated Apple TV device.
My first impression of Imperium is that it doesn’t do anything that hasn’t already been done in one form or another, which on first glance is a little disappointing. However, it is never a good idea to judge a book by its cover and the already been done fact somewhat pales into insignificance after using the modification for a few minutes.
