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.
For a lot of Apple device owners and jailbreak fans, it’s always good day when a new tool or an update to an existing jailbreak tool is released with additional firmware or device support. As we know already, Apple pushed out an update to the Apple TV yesterday, taking the current firmware version to 5.0.2, and thanks to the guys over at FireCore, today will go down as a good day.
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.
All the smart money is on Apple announcing iOS 6 at the upcoming WWDC, and we don't see any reason to believe otherwise. We're even rather hopeful that the Cupertino firm will let developers give the new version of iOS a try, with the first beta being made available to iPhone and iPad developers after the initial announcement. If that is indeed the case, we'll be telling you all about it.
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.
When it comes to chopping up fruit, a simple kitchen knife will usually do the trick, and although some fruits have particularly tough skin, the Samurai sword is seldom necessary. Luckily, nobody told that to Halfbrick Studios, who, two years ago, created the immensely-addictive iOS marvel that is Fruit Ninja.
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.
Not long ago, there was a rumor that Microsoft was going to announce a feature called SmartGlass for tablets and phones at E3, allowing users to interact with content on the Xbox using their "second-screen" devices. Well, that rumor has panned out to be true; during its E3 keynote, Microsoft did officially announce the service.
The Redsn0w jailbreak tool is what the jailbreak community considers to be the "Old Faithful". Sure, plenty of other groups get in on the act with their various jailbreak utilities, but it seems as though no matter what firmware version is released, the iPhone Dev Team always comes though with alterations to its iconic tool in order to help iOS users liberate their otherwise heavily-restricted devices.
Regardless of whether you are the type of person who fully embraces the social network culture and repeatedly update your status and timelines, or the type of person who totally disagrees with broadcasting your every move while waking through the world, the fact is that Facebook and Twitter are big business and are undoubtedly here to stay. With the public launch of iOS 5 last October, we saw the first steps of a social trend, with Apple integrating Twitter into iOS and allowing system-wide sharing of information directly to the service.
