There's definitely a perverse pleasure in seeing expensive, pristine gadgets being blown up, shot at, and generally defaced for no reason other than pure entertainment.
Often, if you try and bring up the subject of jailbreaking to the uninitiated, you'll find yourself abruptly rebuffed, usually accompanied by predictable comments such as "it can mess up your device," "it voids your warranty," or, my personal favorite, "it's not legal."
With the Worldwide Developers Conference set to be held in San Francisco next month, the attending developers along with Apple device loving consumers will be keeping their eyes and ears firmly fixed on Moscone Center to see what innovations and updates the company will showcase.
According to one analyst, a mobile payment service - likely incorporating NFC technology - is in the offing from Apple, and will be implemented into both the iPad and iPhone in the not-so-distant future.
Facebook's eye-watering $1 billion acquisition of Instagram last month shocked many, but certainly outlined its intentions to reign supreme in the increasingly popular socio-image market.
Due largely to the success of the iPhone and subsequently, the iPad, Apple's increased wealth is becoming something of a spectator sport within the tech industry, and although Samsung has recently overtaken its fruit-loving rival in terms of smartphone market share, Apple's sales continue to rise through the roof - as does its bank balance.
There's been much talk about Liquidmetal as of late, with the rumor mill speculating Apple would use it to encase its upcoming iPhone device.
If you missed last month's $0.99 sale of Chair's iconic Infinity Blade title, you'll be pleased to know that the sale is once again on, and those partial to an epic swordfighter (or games that simply look phenomenal), can grab the game for that same low price right now.
After months of waiting and frantically sweeping through the App Store, loyal users of the Spotify music service can now treat themselves to the official free-of-charge app on their beloved Apple tablet, the iPad. A lot of users have been left perplexed about Spotify's big delay in pushing out an iPad version of their app, but after recently signing a branding partnership with Coca-Cola, the update has finally come through and the Spotify app is now universal.
For those of you who think that using a smartphone should require the minimal amount of effort possible to operate, then having to arrange icons on the iPhone’s home screen may involve more effort than some are willing to expend. Thankfully, those who are jailbroken, and pay regular visits to the Cydia store will more than likely have managed to find some packages to automate certain processes.
