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Just a few days ago @planetbeing explained the status of the iPhone 5 jailbreak and noted new exploits had been discovered, but a public release was still far away. However, as the days went by @planetbeing along with @pimskeks and @pod2g kept on hinting the future of jailbreaking was "looking bright" based on further progress...

First photos of Samsung's upcoming iPad Mini rival, the Galaxy Note 8.0, have been leaked on the web today by website dday.it (via SamMobile). Looking at the photos, the device is an 8-inch white tablet that appears to be simply a large version of Galaxy S III.  The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is one of the devices...

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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has today announced that it has accepted Samsung's request to review the preliminary ruling made by Judge Thomas Pender last year that Samsung infringed on four Apple patents, reports the Korea Times. Judge Pender had recommended the ITC to order a ban on the U.S. imports of Samsung devices found to infringe...

After reporting an impressive holiday quarter earnings, Apple's stock price fell by more than 11% to $450.66, as investors were eager to hear an old-school Apple beat – which didn’t come. Well, sort of… (more…)

Twitter has today announced its brand new video sharing service Vine, that allows users to attach video clips to their tweets. Vine is currently available as a free app on the iOS App Store but according to Twitter's blog post, the service will soon make its way to other mobile platforms as well. Last year, Twitter acquired...

AllThingsD reports Automattic (the company behind Wordpress) has acquired Simperium, the maker of Simplenote. The buy isn't based on just talent acquisition; Automattic wants to continue the work of Simperium and Simplenote: “Simperium seems like a genuiune utility for our own apps, and for other people as a service,” said Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg yesterday....

Last year Tim Cook was talking about a record holiday quarter with 37 million iPhones sold, the highest number ever. But this year Apple went even further: 47.8 million units have reached their new owners. Following the reports of this amazing quarter, Tim Cook has emailed a letter of congratulations to employees. (more…)

You may recall that alongside a cheaper, lower-cost iPhone rumour there was speculation about a bigger, 4.8-inch screen iPhone being in the works. The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg sources couldn't confirm it, yet they still reinforced the rumours of a cheaper iPhone. And yesterday, even Tim Cook had a couple things to say about...

TBS has a new TV ad promoting Conan O'Brien's late night talk show. Once again, Team Coco pulls off some punches at the expense of Apple (TBS Flash video; click here to see it): Missed out on other hilarious Conan spoofs? Check them out below: Conan plays life-sized Angry Birds Conan's Siri TV ad parody...

The Hollywood Reporter reports the Ashton Kutcher jOBS biopic is set to hit theatres on April 19th--the 37th anniversary of the founding of the Apple computer. Previously it was noted the movie would launch in April, but now the specific date has been set. Kutcher and co-star Josh Gad are set to kick off Macworld/iWorld...

This morning the Pebble team announced their e-paper watch would start shipping today. During that update, the team noted their iOS app was still waiting approval from Apple. Well, that didn't take long because the accompanying iOS app has landed in the App Store. The Pebble app provides a dashboard for your Pebble smartwatch: -...