According to sources, Google is working on its own version of iMessage, the exclusive instant messaging client that's built into iOS. Details are scarce at the moment, but it would make perfect sense for Google to jump on board, like other competitors have.
A feature that many iOS users wished for (and finally had their wishes heard on Monday) was wireless sync, which was introduced at last in iOS 5, on Monday. It has now surfaced that Apple essentially ripped off the idea from a UK-based University graduate, who released a similar app on Cydia last year.
The makers of Evernote, one of the best-known note-taking Apps for iOS as well as other mobile desktops, have released a new application: Evernote Peek, a really interesting academic app which uses iPad 2’s Smart Cover to make you smarter.
If you use FaceTime often, you're probably familiar with how frustrating it is to have to get on a Wi-Fi network in order to use the service. According to reports, that's not the case with iOS 5 beta, which also allows FaceTime over 3G.
Just one day after showing off new products at WWDC, Steve Jobs headed back home to pitch the company's new campus in a Cupertino City Hearing. Apple, which has always been based in the city, is now Cupertino's largest tax payer, so as you might expect, all the lawmakers were loyal Apple fan boys.
If you're thinking of applying a tethered jailbreak on your iOS 5 device, your dreams might be shattered, if what Stefan Esser, the guy who previously developed jailbreak exploits for iOS 4.3.x, has been told is to be believed.
We barely get one rumor-filled event out of the way and another rumor surfaces to take its place. The new murmurings surround Apple's as yet unannounced iPhone 5 which, according to DigiTimes, will sport an 8 Megapixel camera.
If you desperately want to get your hands on iOS 5 beta but aren't willing to pay for an Apple developer account, there's a way to get around the activation process. Kudos to Mert Erdir, a young Turkish developer, who beat thousands of developers at figuring out a fix.
One of the much anticipated announcements to come out of WWDC 2011's opening keynote was Apple's new iCloud service. Offering new cloud-based syncing and storage for iOS devices and iTunes, iCloud takes what MobileMe started and promises to turn it into something both useful and that actually works. But with iOS 5 not available to the public just yet, what can existing iOS 4.3 users do that will put the new iCloud service through its paces?
According to a tweet posted by @MuscleNerd, a member of the iPhone Dev-Team, which has authored many jailbreak-related tools and tutorials, iOS 5's new automatic over-the-air updates shouldn't make jailbreaking harder.
