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Dev-Team member @MuscleNerd tweeted earlier today announcing a huge update to their Redsn0w jailbreak tool for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The main highlight of this upcoming Redsn0w version is the ability to jailbreak iOS devices without even having to manually point at their corresponding .IPSW files which is quite a hassle especially for untethered jailbreaks...

Luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz has showed off an amazing iPhone integration concept at IAA Motor Show in Germany. Last year, the company demoed a "Media Interface Plus" accessory which now seems to have evolved into the “iPhone Interface Plus”. The concept will be available as a retrofit on every Mercedes Benz starting summer 2012. The interface will...

Update: I contacted my rep at Case-Mate, and this was their response from their PR department: At this time, Case-Mate is not commenting on this matter. Excellent marketing, or an actual mistake? - Gary Just a few hours back, we published the leaked iPhone 5 screen protector story suggesting a larger display with a wider...

A newly leaked iPhone 5 screen protector from Unwire.hk (via MacRumors) suggests the next Apple handset will in fact sport a larger display than the iPhone 4. More interestingly, the screen protector cutout also hints at a wider home button for the upcoming iPhone 5. The report also suggests that if the current aspect ratio is preserved, the...

In a recent tweet, @pod2g who is one the key members of Chronic-Dev Team, same guys who developed the Greenpois0n iOS jailbreak tool, has confirmed that their team is working actively on getting an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak out by the time iOS 5 goes public. Though he hasn't given a timeframe or anything like that, he did...

According to a report by MacRumors, iMessage which is one of the key new features in the upcoming iOS 5, might get integration into Mac OS X Lion's iChat in the near future. For those who don't know, iMessage is Apple’s answer to BlackBerry Messenger service using which users can exchange text and multimedia messages between iOS devices...

You might not be a big fan of iPhone themes, especially the ones that change the whole UI experience but trust me, you gotta check this one out! It's called OS X Lion Ultimatum and as the developers are saying, "this is the theme everyone has been looking for since the iPhone was first announced: a mobile version of OS X". Looking...

Stéphane Richard, the CEO of France Telecom has just claimed that the next iPhone handset will be launched by Apple on October 15th 2011. He also believes it will be an iPhone 5 and not an iPhone 4S as opposed to some recent claims which strongly suggested a minor upgrade to the iPhone 4 instead of a...

I wouldn't believe it if anyone who has ever owned an iOS device told me he or she hasn't played Angry Birds. It's simply impossible to miss! Ever since its release on iOS back in December 2009, over 12 million copies of Angry Birds have been purchased from the App Store. With a combined 300 million downloads...

A UK based iPhone repair company named iPatch has come up with an awesome mod that makes an iPhone 4's rear Apple logo glow just like the one on a Macbook. According to the developer's behind this brilliant mod i.e. Chris and Andy, the mod will be available in the market in less than a month and is expected to be priced...

Mix Master Gloves are an upcoming pair of magic gloves from Burton that allow users to navigate through their iPhones and iPads' music library without even touching them. It is certainly a pretty interesting accessory and a quite useful one too, especially in extreme colds. Using the Fibretronic technology, Burton has integrated buttons into these gloves which make...

In a recent email from to all developers, Apple has announced re-opening of registrations for its iTunes Match, a cloud based music service which costs $24.99 a year and allows users to scan and match tracks in their iTunes music library which can then be download onto other supported devices or computers anytime, anywhere. iTunes Match is currently in...