There are a lot of apps floating around which make you wonder what we did before we became so digitally dependent? Once upon a time, people had to write things down and look after the paperwork (or at least, hire a secretary to do so). Nowadays, we can store things digitally, forget about them, and have them remind us when they need to be read.
Comex Answers Your Questions About His Future Involvement In Jailbreak Community After Joining Apple
Just a few days ago, the jailbreaking community was taken by surprise when one of its most prominent figure, Comex, joined Apple as an intern. Many have wondered whether he'll continue developing jailbreaking tools in the future and whether his current ones would be kept.
If you're a regular reader of this site, then you're probably aware of iOS 5, the next major release of the operating system that runs on iPhones, iPads and iPod touches. While the system's main features have been outlined by Apple two months ago, and the brilliant piece of software is believed to be very close to a public release, some still expect new features to be introduced at the last minute, perhaps exclusive to the long-awaited iPhone 5.
Facebook For iPad App Could Be Released At Facebook’s 2011 f8 Developer Conference On September 22nd
If you're an avid Facebook developer, or just someone hoping to make more online friends, you might be pleased to learn that Facebook is holding its traditional developer event, known as "f8", on September 22nd in San Francisco. Out of the additions that might be introduced there, a Facebook client for the iPad seems to be the most obvious one.
The Smart Cover, which Apple rolled out with the iPad 2 in March, creates a novel way to keep the tablet as blemish-free as humanly possible, while helping to preserve battery life by putting the device into an instant sleep.
Over the last few weeks, it has become clear that Apple has already begun working on a new iPad, presumably to succeed the 6-month-old iPad 2. According to a report, the company's suppliers will begin assembling it in small quantities, presumably for testing purposes: all of them, except Samsung.
Those familiar with the iOS jailbreaking world are probably aware of Nicholas Allegra, commonly known as Comex, the author of the incredibly popular jailbreaking tool JailbreakMe. Now, he revealed in a tweet that he will be working as an internee at the company whose devices he loves hacking; Apple!
Considering it was created in the image of an iPod, you would have thought that the iPhone series would have the iPod feature down to a tee. That hasn't turned out to be the case, with many users unimpressed with the music functions on a device which were derived from the world's most iconic portable music player.
Despite learning over the last few weeks that Apple would be delaying the release of the iPad 3 until early next year, it looks as if Jobs and Co. are in the process of securing a decent supply chain for the display, with 3 shortlisted candidates.
If you're a regular reader of this site, or just a registered Apple developer, you're likely aware that iOS 5 Beta 6 was released on last Friday, as the system edges closer to its final form. If you have jailbroken iOS 5 Beta 6 using Redsn0w 0.9.8b5 (the old version), as we have mentioned before, you should have noticed some stability issues. Thankfully, all of these issues have been fixed in a new version of Redsn0w which was just released.
