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By Usman on November 30th, 2011

Couple of days back, a tweak named Siri0us was released on Cydia which allowed owners of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch to use Siri dictation feature on their jailbroken handsets. Today, Siri0us developer Eric Day announced on Twitter that the tweak has been pulled from the Cydia since Nuance has denied him the rights to…

By Stephen Cleary on November 29th, 2011

According to Bloomberg, the two largest app providers, Apple and Google, will not participate in a new mobile app rating system created by CTIA-The Wireless Association. Participating in the new ratings system are Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular Corp. Of those, only Microsoft, AT&T and Verizon Wireless operate their own app stores. The voluntary program will be operated…

By Gary Ng on November 29th, 2011

If you have enjoyed the beautiful iOS settings shortcuts designed by @brdrck, you might want to avoid iOS 5.1 beta. The latest beta release of iOS has resulted in these shortcuts no longer working properly.   In our conversations with Jeff, he notes this block could be a beta issue, and that the final build…

By Stephen Cleary on November 29th, 2011

Apple is continuing to roll out ways that streamline the shopping process, including a new retail self-checkout app and the ability to pick up online purchases in select stores. Late last week, The New York Times took a look at Apple’s internal retail software that responds to customer requests for assistance and further streamlines the…

By Gary Ng on November 29th, 2011

Today RIM announced the upcoming debut of a device management software that will protect iPhone (and Android) users. Set to launch in March of 2012, Mobile Fusion will function alongside Blackberry Enterprise Servers (BES) behind corporate firewalls, according to Reuters: “What our enterprise customers are looking for, and the opportunity for us, is to become…

By Usman on November 28th, 2011

Earlier today, we published a report on iPad In Canada about a possible leaked reference of next generation iPad in iOS 5.1 beta, which was seeded to the developer community yesterday by Apple. Now, an even bigger discovery has come forth, thanks to 9to5Mac once again. It seems that Apple has just referenced the 6th generation…

By Gary Ng on November 28th, 2011

Details of the next generation Apple TV have been uncovered in the latest code strings within today’s newly released iOS 5.1 beta. 9to5Mac notes the codename J33 represents the next Apple TV: As you can see above, the new Apple TV is rocking a the J33 codename, the second JXX product we’ve seen from Apple….

By Stephen Cleary on November 28th, 2011

Bloomberg reports that the original founding documents establishing the Apple Computer Company, signed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, is set to appear at auction on December 13th at Sotheby’s in New York. The original four-page founding contract and the legalese of their partnership was drafted by Wayne on a typewriter in 1976. In Steve Jobs,…

By Gary Ng on November 28th, 2011

If you don’t have an iPhone 4S, well, you don’t have an iPhone 4S. And if you don’t have an iPhone 4S, you don’t have Siri (logic from Apple’s TV commercials, duh). Well you don’t need an iPhone 4S to make your own Siri conversations because iFakeSiri.com is here to do it for you. Just…

By Stephen Cleary on November 28th, 2011

BGR points to a press release from Australian airline Regional Express describing an incident where an iPhone self combusted onboard an aircraft just after landing. Regional Express (Rex) flight ZL319 operating from Lismore to Sydney today had an occurrence after landing, when a passenger’s mobile phone started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied…