In 5 years you will no longer need to buy a new car. The coming Autono-cab Now there are exceptions to this of course, but when I tell people that in five years they will no longer need a new car, I get a look like I’m nuts. But once I explain that you are getting a new(ish) car and its a ‘need’ not want, then they are a little less… Read More
Why MS Cortana is a minor threat to Apple’s Siri, for now. Just read that in June Microsoft will release their voice assistant Cortana for Android and iOS. This is great for those of us who want to try something new who use Android and Google Now search, which is very good, but sometimes you want something a little more conversational. For my friends who have been complaining about Siri not… Read More
Apple Watch sells out in the first day. Does that close the Apple Watch market from other watch makers? Short answer mostly no. Long answer, there are still watch to be sold to Apple owners, you just have to sell it the right way. Now even though Apple sold out of their first batch of pre-orders, they did not release any numbers to indicate how many that is. Some analysts have predicted the company… Read More
Jailbreak for iOS8 and 8.1 is out. Overhead and battery issues addressed. DO NOT UPDATE TO 8.1.1 Been awhile since I did an jailbreak update eh? I read when jailbreak 8.0 came out and it came without Cydia but with a host of issues. A few updates took care of that. Again, DO NOT UPDATE to iOS8.1.1. The patches the hack. From Redmond Pie UPDATE: Team Pangu has released a tool to… Read More
How to put your iphone in developer mode to install Pebble apps There are two ways to write a pebble app, use c code and release to the Pebble store, or as I have done with NewsSnacker, write in JavaScript and release to the Pebble app store. They only problem is Apple has not released an update to allow iOS users to install apps written in JavaScript. … Read More
The Bidding For An iPhone 6 Prototype On eBay Is Up To $94,000 What appears to be a rare iPhone 6 prototype is currently up for auction on eBay after Apple mistakenly sent it out, a customer claims. According to one eBay seller, Apple accidentally sent her an early version of the 6 upon renewing her contract; so far, there are 166 bids on kimberlyk1018 ‘s product. The… Read More
Apple patent application reinvents remote control for the smartphone age Apple says today’s remote control is outdated. With that in mind, Apple laid out in a patent application published Thursday a new kind of digital remote control for its Apple TV set-top box that uses icons and pictures, similar to those graphic interfaces on TV, but shrunken down and customized for a smartphone or tablet… Read More
iOS 8.0.1 May Have A Link To Apple Maps Fail From 2012 The disastrous iOS 8.0.1 update that curtailed users’ cellular signals and created other bugs earlier this week may have a connection to another major glitch in recent history: the shaky rollout of Apple Maps . The company said less than 40,000 users downloaded iOS 8.0.1 before it was pulled over an hour after its release… Read More
Thoughts on the Apple Watch from a Pebble and LG owner. Its been 24 hours since the Apple Watch debut. Now that we have seen more pictures of the watch and learned a bit more about it, I think I can finally give my impressions. This of course is tempered by the fact I have not seen it in person and there are still things we… Read More
If you have not heard already, change your iphone password because of phishing hack The details are still dripping out, but it seems a hacker called ‘Oleg Pliss’ is accessing peoples iPhones by using your Apple iCloud account and invoke the ‘Find My iPhone’ service.’ Oleg will then lock your phone and charge you £55 to unlock it. There is not much you can do about it right now… Read More
Apple security hole patched. We hope This has been a rough few days for Apple. A ‘goto fail’ hole appeared in the OS that lets people defect a security server key which lets them do .. well not sure. From a quick read of the code, seems like if you can get a false handshake to work then depending on the… Read More
Rumors of a larger iphone 6 most likely true, and here is why. Funny enough, a few days back I wrote a post on how I thought my iphone 4 looked small compared to my Samsung. Too small in fact. Sure I can still use it, but the difference is very noticeable. Then later that even Mashable broke a story with leaks images of the iphone 6 that… Read More
Switched from iphone to Galaxy. Now my iphone looks small. And I’m not the only one Funny thing, I have been using the iphone since day 1. I have been jailbreaking for almost as long. However, once the iphone 5 and my first view of iOS7 surfaced, I started to question if I wanted to keep playing this cat and mouse game of jailbreaking, reinstalling everything, losing some functionally because the… Read More
Pebble 1.2 released! Gmail support for iOS without jailbreak Today Pebble released update 1.2. So far, the only thing I have noticed is Gmail support. But that is huge. I know with Android you can already do this with various tools, but for non jailbroken iOS users, this is a great new function. Now this is not the greatest thing in the world if… Read More
How to get iOS7 IU on your current iPhone via Jailbreak This is a bit late but I have been busy. So its pretty old news now that yes many of the ‘New’ UI improvements in iOS7 have been around for awhile. Many via Jailbreak. So say something you really liked in iOS7? Check out this list. Odds are you can have it. However, before we… Read More
New iOS7 UI as a jailbreaker. Apple shows some Metro love The rumors were true. Apple has finally overhauled its UI; and it looks like a combination of Metro and flaticons (Jailbreak). I guess that says something for the Metro design approach. The redesign is cleaner and more efficient, but somehow it just does not sit well. It feels like its trapped between Metro and the… Read More
Changes coming for Apple care. Fix your device on the spot. Good news for jailbreakers This is welcome news. According to AppleInsider, Apple Care will not fix your device on the spot instead of exchanging your device for a like new one. That is not the only new news. Apple is also looking to move to or add a subscription model to Apple care. This can be great for those… Read More
In game purchases pushed to the extreme, and should be illegal If you have not seen the video already, I have placed it at the end of this post. The game in question is Super Monster Bros by Adventure Time Pocket Free Games. This is a review from IGN, and its worth watching. What is unbelievable about this is the cost of in app purchases. Half… Read More
Unlocking your phone will be illegal tomorrow. Should you care? For most people, probably not. Just in case you do not know what unlocking is; unlocking your cell phone allows you to use a phone carrior other then what is ‘locked’ to your phone. For example, if you bought an iphone that is locked to AT&T, you can ONLY use AT&T. However, if you ‘unlock’… Read More
10 things that iOS could pick up from Android Seriously?!! Apple is already planning on making a new iPhone? If the iPhone5 what such a crash and burn (as alot of people think), shouldn’t they be taking a a little time to improve on some of the features that the iPhones are lacking? Android OS has quite a few things that put them ahead… Read More