Stories by Gary Ng

With JailbreakMe.com utilizing the PDF exploit to allow over 1 million users jailbreak their iOS devices, Apple has officially spoke on the record an update is coming to fix this security hole. It was already hinted this would be coming, the moment JailbreakMe.com 3.0 was leaked. Here's what Apple told the Associated Press: Apple Inc....

Do you use mobile banking on your iPhone? The 2011 "Mobile Money & Banking Report", a study from Solutions Research Group based in Toronto found 54% of all iPhone users in Canada use a banking app. The study found 2.5 million Canadians have widely adopted mobile banking apps on their smartphones, a number that was...

Earlier today the Wall Street Journal's well-informed Yukari Iwatani Kane reported Apple is preparing a new iPhone for the third quarter that will be 'thinner and lighter', with an estimated 25 million units shipped as part of target estimates (read here on how Apple masters its supply chain via its billions in cash). As with...

Last night JailbreakMe.com 3.0 was released in the early morning, thanks to the amazing work of Comex and all those involved. This jailbreak is the easiest ever as it exposes a PDF exploit within iOS (a patch is available via Cydia). JailbreakMe.com has now surpassed 1,000,000 jailbreaks--a phenomenal achievement in less than 24 hours, as...

Apple recently spent $2 billion dollars to purchase Nortel's LTE patents, as part of a consortium that spent over $4.5 billion to acquire the former Canadian telecom's valuable mobile-related patents. These windfall patent sales are now faced with a possible federal review, to see if the deals bring a 'net benefit' to Canadians. Christian Paradis,...

Late last night JailbreakMe 3.0 went live around the globe, allowing all iOS devices on iOS 4.3.3 to be jailbroken. The method to jailbreak your device relies on a malware exploit via an infected PDF. This gaping security hole does not have an unofficial fix from Apple yet (it will come in the next firmware...

Still thinking about using trying JailbreakMe.com to jailbreak your device on iOS 4.3.3? The iPhone Dev Team has posted some FAQs to help clarify: Q: Which devices and firmware versions are supported? A: In this initial release, the following configurations are supported: iPad1: 4.3 through 4.3.3 iPad2: 4.3.3 iPhone3GS: 4.3 through 4.3.3 iPhone4: 4.3 through...

Comex has unleashed his latest untethered, over the air jailbreak to the world. The site is getting hammered and there were some initial caching issues, so keep trying and be patient. It will work for all iOS devices--but you must be on iOS 4.3.3. I suggest syncing your iPhone to backup before proceeding. Once that's...

Another brilliant comic from The Joy of Tech. I'd buy an Orange iPhone 5--wouldn't you? 15 million orders for the iPhone 5 have apparently been placed, and Apple continues to leverage its billions in cash to stay head of the competition. September can't come any sooner. [Joy of Tech]

It was announced in April an official Steve Jobs biography would be released in 2012. The biography is to be written by Walter Isaacson and published by Simon & Schuster. The latter decided to go with the title "iSteve: The Book of Jobs"--turns out that isn't going to fly anymore. According to Fortune, the publicity...

Based out of Toronto, our fellow friends from Helium Digital have recently re-branded and redesigned their website from the ground up. It now provides more information in a cleaner look and the shopping experience is now thoroughly improved. If you've seen their original website, this new interface is definitely a lot nicer. We've previously reviewed...

Apple's cash war chest, as of their last quarterly earnings report was sitting at $65.8 billion dollars. By the time they announce their Q3 earnings on July 19th, that number will most likely exceed $70 billion. Apple COO Tim Cook is the wizard behind the company's supply chain operations, and with all that cash in...