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Cydia founder Jay Freeman (@saurik) has issued new numbers on the status of jailbroken iOS devices, as noted by @pod2g. There are now 14,051,500 unique devices running Cydia on iOS 6.x, with 23 million devices seen in the last month only. Impressive. https://twitter.com/pod2g/status/307796622270689280 Shortly after the release of evasi0n, Jay Freeman (Saurik) told Forbes in...

Evernote has issued a service-wide password reset as a precaution for its entire user base this morning after it was discovered hackers had attempted to access secure parts of their servers. The infiltrators were able to gain access to user information such as usernames, emails and encrypted passwords. According to the Evernote blog: In our...

The Future Shop and Best Buy iPhone apps have received an update today with some new features. You can now utilize Reserve and Pick Up within the app (some orders within 20 minutes), plus also view items that quality for free same day shipping. Also, this version prepares the app for an upcoming update that...

The third annual Recycle My Cell Student Challenge, as part of Waste Reduction Week in Canada, has resulted in students from K-12 and post secondary recycling 4,260 cellphones and other wireless devices, plus 270 kilograms of accessories and batteries. The challenge took place from Oct. 15th to Nov. 15th, 2012 with 131 schools across Canada participating: “I...

Fido has updated their monthly plans this morning and quietly updated their website just a couple hours ago. As for the changes? All plans now include Canada-wide calling, evenings and weekends now start at 6PM (previously this was at 5PM), and caller ID and voicemail are now standard (Rogers added this recently to their plans...

A five-year-old Bristol (UK) boy has spent more than £1,700 (roughly $2,555) in less than 15 minutes by playing a free game on his parents' iPad. Apple has informed the family they will refund the money. (more…)

Judge Lucy Koh struck down roughly $450 million from the $1.05 billion damages awarded by a jury back in August 2012 in a patent infringement case against Samsung, and also ordered a new trial for some Samsung products. (more…)

Oxford University's new project “auto drive” is directed at modifying a Nissan Leaf electric car into a self drive "robotic" car controlled by an iPad, iMore reports. The project's target is to enable the car to drive itself for short stretches, which could allow a "stress free school run for parents or a productive work commute for others". The...

Apple has updated their online sales page for the iPad mini to remove the two per customer limit on purchases in both their Canadian and US online stores. Now, during checkout customers can enter in a number between 1-999 iPad minis for purchase, as seen below: This removal looks to signal Apple's ability to keep...

Analyst firm DisplaySearch has published its latest data on Monthly TFT LCD Shipments, indicating that tablet panel shipments shifted dramatically towards smaller screen sizes during January, fuelling expectations that 2013 could be the year of smaller tablets such as the iPad mini. The report suggests that 7-9” tablets would become a larger part of the market than 9.7” or 10.1”...

David Bowie's new album The Next Day, his first album in 10 years since 2003's Reality, is currently streaming for free exclusively on iTunes, as noted by AppleInsider. Apple will be streaming the album for free through March 12, the day it will be officially released for sale. Pre-orders for the album have already grabbed it the top...

Last April, Astral Media confirmed they planned to launch HBO GO to Canadians in the Fall, but now it has arrived in the form of the free app The Movie Network GO for iOS. This app allows existing TV subscribers to watch over 1,200 titles and 1,500 hours of content from HBO Canada, The Movie...