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Pod2g, the hacker that is supposed to be working with the members of the Chronic Dev Team on an untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 6 and iPhone 5, has had a pretty interesting conversation with i0n1c today. (more…)

Pebble, the Kickstarter watch project that shattered records, has announced it will be holding a press conference at CES 2013 to announce some "big news". For those not able to attend in person at CES, you will be able to watch the announcement streamed live at getpebble.com on January 9th, 9:00AM PST. Pebble has not...

The folks over at Soundwaves of Tampa, who are famous for their latest in car entertainment system installs, have installed the iPad Mini in the dash of a 2010 VW Jetta as an in car entertainment front end. They have demonstrated the integration of iPad Mini with the Sony CDX-GS600BT controlled by Sony's App Remote (via iMore). Those looking...

A couple days ago the added extras to Fido's $57 unlimited plan expired--the 1GB of extra data and $1 off. Some of you procrastinators missed out but you're in luck because this morning Fido brought them back, as their website reflects the change: The reason for the return of these promos? Probably because rivals Koodo...

In an effort to beef up its popular gaming unit the Xbox, Microsoft has acquired Silicon Valley based id8 Group R2 Studios Inc., a small home-entertainment technology startup, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Microsoft has also acquired some patents owned by the startup related to controlling electronic devices as part of the deal. While...

Although the App Store has been heavily criticized by many, it has won ABI Research's Competitive Assessment of mobile application storefront (via CNET), pushing Google Play into second place, while Microsoft's Windows Phone app store ranked third. (more…)

Forbes has an interesting article that reveals some details on how AT&T (when it was still branded Cingular Wireless in 2006) chief operating officer, Ralph de la Vega, helped Steve Jobs and Apple create the original iPhone. Jobs had questions about smartphone radio design in 2006 and called up de la Vega for advice: ‘How...

The China Times reports (via AppAdvice) that Apple is already testing Chimei Innolux's touch-on-display technology, which -- if the results are positive -- will be used in the next-generation iPhone(?). (more…)

Tired of listening to Siri try to pronounce those difficult names, and failing miserably? While one may give her an "E" for "Effort", it may quickly become annoying. Here's a tip that some of you may not know. For each entry in the Contacts app, iOS allows you to enter fields called "Phonetic First Name"...

Apple is set to announce their Q1 2013 fiscal earnings on Wednesday, January 23rd. The quarter should reveal a record number of phone sold, as the roll out of the iPhone 5 continues to be one of the most aggressive we've seen. In mid-December Apple launched the iPhone 5 in 33 more countries including China,...

Zynga's popular game Words with Friends has received an update to allow more competition for players that have signed in without Facebook. These users can now challenge their Facebook friends to play. Plus, there is now better support for the iPhone 5 as the app now takes advantage of the faster A6 processor. What's New...

Cross platform messaging giant WhatsApp has announced on Twitter it reached a new milestone for total messages processed in one day: 18 billion. Those messages were sent on New Year's Eve and totalled 7 billion messages inbound and 11 billion messages outbound. The discrepancy between inbound and outbound messages is due to the nature of...