Jobs delivers a tribute to the recently deceased Morita Akio at a new product launch event. (October 5, 1999) The Japanese publication, Nippon, writes a translated article about Steve Jobs and his close connection to Japan: Apple founder and CEO extraordinaire Steve Jobs had a close relationship to Japan. Hayashi Nobuyuki, an IT journalist who...
We've made it to the halfway point of the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas, and it has landed on New Year's Eve (how is it NYE already?!). For Day 6, Apple has offered up the LMFAO single, Party Rock Anthem (featuring GoonRock & Lauren Bennett), the Audiobot Remix, that runs six minutes long. Also available to...
To kick off 2012, Griffin Technology has kicked off their 20% OFF site wide weekend sale. The discounts started yesterday and are good through Saturday and until 11:59 PM CT on Sunday (New Year's Day). Just enter the following coupon code NEWGEAR20 at checkout to save 20% off everything. Not a bad way to start...
A new episode of The iPhone Podcast has hit iTunes, episode 46. This is our 2011 Year in Review, going over the major stories of this year. Justin Luey and I look back at what has been an amazing year for Apple. Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with other RSS Readers The iPhone Podcast will be back in the New...
The BBC reports Apple's famed Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Jony Ive has received a knighthood as part of the New Year Honours list. We can now call him Sir Jonathan Ive as he is now a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE). His award was even appreciated by Phil Schiller on twitter....
The second generation Apple TV recently received an untethered jailbreak for 4.4.4 using Seas0nPass, as released by Firecore. Now, iOS developer @stroughtonsmith has posted a video of an Apple TV 2 hacked to run multiple iOS apps natively: Using @TheMudkip's MobileX window manager for iOS, and @chpwn's MobileLaunchpad launcher to go with it, we now...
Some pretty cool images have surfaced of the 'original' iPhone designed by German-born Hartmut Esslinger, the designer of 'The Snow White Look' for the Apple IIc. This tablet/phone concept has a corded handset along with a stylus-controlled touchscreen. Check them out below: The Origin of 'Designed in California' on Apple Products As noted in his...
Apple has accused Samsung of copying their products and their back and forth legal wars appear to be never-ending. We've previously seen Samsung use App Store icons in their stores and also produced similar chargers. Now it appears Samsung wants to emulate Apple's commercials by using the same child actor that was first featured in...
The latest mobile data charts from Statcounter reveals Apple's iOS and mobile Safari continue to dominate the mobile landscape in Canada and the U.S, but competitors such as Android aren't far behind and have made it a close race. Statcounter receives their data from the more than 3 million sites that use their tracking code....
The folks at Firecore have released an untethered jailbreak for the latest 4.4.4 firmware (iOS 5.0.1 - 9A406a) on Apple TV2, as announced on their blog. What is the point of jail breaking your Apple TV? Well, for starters you will get access to a plethora of third party plugins, such as XBMC (to stream .AVI...
The following is an updated tutorial to assist you in achieving an untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch using redsn0w 0.9.10b3. The untethered jailbreak is currently for non-A5 devices only (will not work with iPhone 4S or iPad 2). Warning: do not proceed if you're unsure about what you're doing....
Day 5 of the iTunes 12 Days of Christmas has arrived, and today we have four TV pilots to download, a selection that has been deemed, 'Unforgettable Dramas'. On Day 3, we also received free TV pilots, but those were 'Homegrown' in Canada. Today's compilation of 'Unforgettable Dramas' have separate downloads for English and French. Here...
