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If you are one of the 4 million+ jailbreakers who set your iDevice free, then you know that the hack triggered the crash of the Weather app, and in some instances also caused the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch reboot to take longer (reboots getting stuck). (more…)

Apple has announced this morning the iTunes Store has sold a record 25 billion songs. The 25 billionth song was purchased in Germany and the lucky recipient received a €10,000 iTunes® Gift Card for downloading “Monkey Drums” (Goksel Vancin Remix) by Chase Buch. “We are grateful to our users whose passion for music over the past 10...

Following the public release of evasi0n, Jay Saurik said their stats show the untethered jailbreak tool for iOS 6 was used 1.7 million times. But that was yesterday morning. The most recent numbers tweeted by Jay Freeman aka @saurik show that more than 4 million devices have been jailbroken since evasi0n became available. (more…)

Okay, maybe not the best iPhone giveaway but today marks the official retail launch of the latest BlackBerry Z10 and you're going to get a chance to win one from iPhoneinCanada.ca, thanks to our friends @TELUS. We think the iPhone of course blows the BlackBerry Z10 out of the water (we've been testing one since...

The new year brings changes in Apple PR strategy: it was the first time Apple ever reported an iOS software update (since 2010 when they announced the arrival of iOS 4.2), and the first time it sent five third-party reports to reporters related to its market share since the start of the year, the Wall...

Instagram has announced today they have now made your feed available from the web. All you have to do is visit instagram.com and login: Your Instagram Feed on the web functions much like it does on your mobile phone. You can browse through the latest photos of people whom you follow with updates as people...

The evad3rs jailbreak team had long teased a Sunday release of their latest evasi0n jailbreak tool, which has been downloaded over 1.7 million times. However, "fun day" Sunday ended up becoming Monday. On Sunday though, Apple updated a support document outlining the dangers of jailbreaking your iOS device. Were they anticipating the evasi0n release as...

Apple has posted at least 10 job listings for iOS Software Engineers in an effort to quickly fix the widely criticized iOS 6 Maps application (via AppleBitch). Apple made a big mess when it decided to replace Google's maps with its own Maps app in iOS 6 and now, the company is advertising to hire a number of Software Engineers, all...

Chitika Insights has released its January tablet update today, with numbers clearly reflecting iPad's domination in tablet web share, owning over four-fifths of Web traffic in January for the US and Canada (via TNW). The iPad now has 81% tablet web share in North America, while Kindle Fire grabs 7.7%,and Galaxy line takes 3.9%. It must...

Apple has been granted 40 new patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office today, the most stunning of them all is display panel technology that integrates both touch and solar cells on a single panel, reports PatentlyApple. Apple may use this breakthrough configuration on portable devices, particularly handheld portable devices such as the iPhone and iPod touch....

Pod2g has posted detailed instructions on how to fix the crashing Weather app issue caused by the latest evasi0n iOS 6.1 jailbreak, which causes com.apple.mobile.installation.plist to malfunction. Below are instructions on how to fix this yourself, if you're an advanced user. Pod2g recommends making a backup before attempting this: If you are a power-user, and want...

Canadian jailbreak hero @iH8sn0w has just updated his Windows exclusive jailbreak tool sn0wbreeze to support iOS 6.0.x/6.1 untethered jailbreak, while preserving the baseband update by creating custom firmwares. (more…)