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By Ex on March 2nd, 2011

When Apple released the early betas of iOS 4.3, the Personal Hotspot feature caught the eye of many iPhone owners. We all wondered whether the feature would be available in Canada, and even more importantly, would it be free? For those that don’t remember, Personal Hotspot is a new feature in iOS 4.3 that enables…

By Ex on February 4th, 2011

Today, MacStories reports that it has heard from a “reliable source” that Apple is planning a February 14, 2011 public release for iOS 4.3 at 10AM PST. According to several reports surfaced earlier this week, Apple is targeting a release of the next major iOS update, version 4.3, in two weeks. We just got word…

By Ex on February 3rd, 2011

With the recent reviews of the Verizon iPhone 4, one review seems to have stood out from the rest. NYTimes’ David Pogue did a review of the Verizon iPhone 4, which as far as reviews go, was your typical technology review. However, looking a little closer revealed some key information. The following block of text…

By Ex on February 1st, 2011

Canadian iPhone users who are looking to install the beta of iOS 4.3 need to be aware of a bug that resets your Home Screen. 9To5Mac reports that when users go to update their apps through the App Store (when on iOS 4.3) and are promoted to input their password to confirm the download, tapping…

By Ex on February 1st, 2011

Today, Apple seeded the third beta release (8F5166b) of iOS 4.3 for iPhone 3GS/4, iPad, and iPod touch 3rd/4th generation. As many know, iOS 4.3 is the anticipated release of the next iOS firmware rumored to be due in March 2011. iOS 4.3 is also expected to bring “Personal Hotspot” to the iPhone, as we…

By Ex on February 1st, 2011

A new feature today found in iOS 4.3 (beta) allows users to delete an app that is in the process of downloading. With iOS 4.2.1, users have the ability to pause and resume downloads by tapping on the downloading app, but deleting the app in mid-download is a new function. This is a nice feature,…

By Ex on January 25th, 2011

As reported by AppAdvice, Apple’s App Store seems to have started to approve apps that take advantage of AirPlay video found in iOS 4.3. These app approvals have already started with iOS 4.3 yet to be publicly available. So while an app may have been updated, the majority of users will be unable to take…

By RoryPiper on January 19th, 2011

Apple has released beta 2 of iOS 4.3 to developers. Features include the WiFi hotspot, as advertised on the Verizon iPhone 4, and more should be revealed as developers open it up and take a look. If you are a developer wanting to test this firmware, the minimum system version required for iOS 4.3 development…

By Ex on January 19th, 2011

We all use apps on our iDevices and on our Mac computers, but something that many of us may not know (I sure didn’t!) was that these icons hold deep and dark secrets! It is without a doubt that Apple makes great products, which includes the icons for their various applications. This week, Electricpig has…

By Ex on January 15th, 2011

This week, Trend Micro chairman Steve Chang said in an interview that the Google Android operating system was much more open to attack than Apple’s iOS. The reason for Android’s security flaws reportedly comes from Google’s decision to allow open-sourcing and the very light approval process for Android apps. These decisions allow malicious coders to…