The recent update of Absinthe has left many prospective jailbreakers drunk with excitement, and given it even provided iPad 3 users with their first taste of jailbreak freedom - untethered no less - the joyous reaction is most certainly justified.
The benefits of gaining root access to your Android device are huge, and although much of the news over the last couple of days has circulated around iOS exploits, the Android community is also very active, and root access is gained on new devices weekly.
If you're a power-downloader of apps, you may find that all those icons can be difficult to manage. Folders are helpful in keeping things tidy, but given that they aren't automated, it can still be a trying task keeping everything in a prim and proper category.
Most of you will have been in a situation whereby you're on a desktop or notebook, and after a while, realize you've missed a couple of notifications from your smartphone. Whether you're just browsing the web due to boredom or working hard researching on a college assignment, it's one of the few occasions where the reliability on a portable device is somewhat minimized.
We're currently experiencing that wonderful, rare period of time where all devices have been jailbroken on the latest firmware, but before you iOS users get too carried away, it's of paramount importance that you save your iOS 5.1.1 SHSH blobs now, before Apple ceases signing the firmware.
The Cydia platform is an extremely popular playground for those jailbroken iOS device owners who wish to download tweaks and extensions to modify their installed operating system. But while Cydia does contain a massive number of tweaks, it is also packed to the rafters with themes which digital artists and designers have created to amend the look of iOS.
Famed iPhone developer ih8sn0w has just released Sn0wbreeze 2.9.4 for Windows which brings support for iOS 5.1.1 untether on A4 powered devices such as the iPhone 4, iPad 1, iPod touch 4G, Apple TV 2G and below.
Apple has a knack for supporting one-generation-old devices, mainly because they focus more on the end user-experience rather than forcing people to go for new hardware, which by the way is, not entirely true. Sticking true to their laurels, Apple has - moments ago - silently pushed out a small update for the GSM version of iPhone 4 only.
It wasn't merely coincidence that Samsung opted to launch its eagerly-awaited Galaxy S III device in London earlier this month, since it's a major sponsor of the Olympic Games, and as you're most probably aware, London is 2012's hosting city. The device will likely be pushed into the faces of those tuning in to watch the events, and even though there a couple of months still to go before the opening ceremony, the Korean electronics company has already kicked things off by offering free Olympic tickets to the first 50 owners of its flagship device.
Facebook's IPO just a week ago has been surrounded by controversy ever since, with the consensus being that the social network was grossly over-valued, while CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also been accused of not being wholly transparent with the numbers.
