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Make iOS 5 Look Like iOS 6 With These Cydia Packages
When iOS 6 was introduced earlier this month at WWDC 2012, we got a preview of what's to come. There are a few UI changes coming, that are simple, but distinctive from iOS 5. If you jailbreak your iDevice, you can get the look and some of the features of iOS 6 right now, with...
Meebo Messenger Reiterates the Service Will Shut Down on July 11th
Google acquired Meebo and all of its services back on June 4th, including its popular Messenger service. It quickly became known that Google was going to shut down the Meebo Messenger service, and today the team reiterated the closure in an email to its users and encouraged them to download chat logs: With Google's acquisition...
Kickstarter: Hone For iPhone 4S – Never Lose Your Keys Again [VIDEO]
Louis Gerbarg and Geoff Litwack from Los Angeles have just come up with a brand new Kickstarter project called the Hone which is a small low-energy Bluetooth device that works with iPhone 4S as well as the New iPad. Hone simply attaches to a keychain that lights up and audibly vibrates when triggered using an iOS app, so you...
Sparrow Mail App For iPhone On Sale ($0.99) For 2 Days Only, Download Now
Back in March, the makers of Sparrow, one of the finest email clients for Mac OS X, introduced Sparrow for iPhone which has been getting better and better ever since in an effort to become the perfect Mail.app alternative for iOS devices. Having recently added the ability to support POP accounts, the company has decided...
Apple Store Masonville in London Set to Have Grand Opening on June 23rd
The Apple Store in London at Masonville Place is set to have its grand opening this weekend on June 23rd at 10AM, as announced on Apple's website. Just over a week ago we told you the new storefront finally received its white Apple logo and URL, a sign of an imminent opening. The store's location...
iFixit Teardown Of Macbook Pro’s Retina Display Uncovers An ‘Engineering Marvel’
Folks over at iFixit have performed a teardown of the next generation MacBook Pro's Retina display to find out what Apple has done to make the new display so gorgeous and as expected, they were so amazed with its technology that they've labelled it "an engineering marvel". iFixit has found out that new MacBook Pro's LCD is essentially the entire...
Teen Developers at WWDC 2012 Enjoyed Skittles and Bean Bag Chairs
The Wall Street Journal details the stories of a few teen developers (out of the 150 free passes given out) that were treated to attend WWDC 2012 thanks to Apple. This year marked the inaugural opening of the event to 13-17 year old developers by Apple, part of their WWDC Student Scholarships. Phil Schiller, Apple's...
Real Canadian Superstore iTunes Card Sale: $10 Off $50 Cards Until June 21st
Just a quick update for those that have been waiting for an iTunes Card sale. Real Canadian Superstore currently has a coupon that will get you $10 off a $50 card. The coupon is good until June 21st and can be found within the current Real Canadian Superstore flyer. Here's a picture of where to...
Blind Olympic Torch Bearer Able to Run Solo Thanks to his iPhone and RunKeeper
Simon Wheatcroft was chosen to run as a torch bearer for the 2012 London Olympic Summer Games. There's one problem though--Wheatcroft is blind, but that won't stop him because his iPhone paired with the running app RunKeeper will make it all possible. "If you had asked me three years ago if training alone was possible...
Do Turn by Turn Directions in Maps on iOS 6 Work in Canada?
Earlier we showed you a quick video preview of the new updated Siri coming in iOS 6, with tuned language support for Canadian English and French, along with local search support. We've had numerous queries asking about turn-by-turn directions in iOS 6 within the Maps app in Canada. Turn-by-turn directions appear within Maps, BUT... ...they...
Ryan Petrich’s Display Recorder “Stolen” and Released in the App Store
If you jailbreak your iDevice, you may have heard about an awesome app from Ryan Petrich called Display Recorder that allows you to record video of your iPhone's display. It has been in the Cydia store for years now and is a very useful tool. Now is seems developer Bugun Software has taken this idea,...
iOS 6 – More New Features Uncovered
The first beta of iOS 6 has been out for a week now, and we are seeing more and more features come to light. Scott Forstall only showed us a few new features, but said there would be over 200 in the final release of iOS 6. Today, Cult of Mac is reporting they have found...