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Vonage iOS App Updated With BlueTooth Support
Vonage is an IP based telephone service that has been popular in the home, and has recently released an iOS app called Vonage Mobile. It allows for free talk and text to other devices that have the app installed. You can also buy Vonage credit, via in-app purchase, to call and text numbers not...
PasswordPilot Pro Auto Inserts Your Apple ID Password in iOS
Security has always been a huge issue in iOS. Anytime you want to purchase something in iTunes or the App Store, or even download something for free, you have to put in your Apple ID password. When installing updates from multiple accounts, you have to do this multiple times. Personally, I wish there was...
iPhone 5 To Support Dual Band WiFi w/ WiFi Direct and iOS AirDrop [Rumour]
9to5Mac has discovered that the next iPhone could come with a new WiFi chip that supports dual band WiFi with WiFi Direct that could allow for AirDrop to be supported in iOS. The new chip, the Broadcom BCM4334 is built on a smaller, more efficient 40nm process. The WiFi chip in current models of the iPhone...
iFile Update Released
Anyone who jailbreaks their iDevice is probably familiar with iFile. It is a full featured file browser for iOS. It allows you to view any file on your device, with full cut/copy/paste options for these files. With it's web server capabilities, it is perfect for installing new themes or deb files, or for another...
New Apple Guide Reveals iOS Security Features Found on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Today Apple published a detailed PDF security guide for iOS. The guide outlines the security architecture, encryption, and data protection features found on iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. While the published document was released quietly, this guide may suggest that Apple is looking to be more open with technical details...
WIND Mobile Wants to Provide Wireless Coverage Underground on Vancouver’s Canada Line But They Have to Get Through Telus First
Ever since the launch of mobile companies such as WIND mobile and Mobilicity, the biggest challenge has been competing against Canada's Big Three wireless brands Rogers, Telus, and Bell. While these new, smaller carriers provide competitive offers, their service coverage areas are plagued with blackouts and dead zones. In Vancouver, WIND mobile and Mobilicity struggle...
ETSI Chooses Apple’s Design for New, Smaller nano-SIM
As reported today by The Verge, the European Telecommunications Institute (ETSI) announced that it has adopted a standardized design for next-generation SIM cards. In this instance, next-generation SIM cards will be "nano-SIM" cards that are approximately 40 percent smaller than the current micro-SIM card found in the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. The driver behind approving...
Facebook Integration Set to Be Introduced with iOS 6 [Rumour]
When Twitter integration became a reality with iOS 5, it made things so much easier for existing twitter users with one-click logins and such. We've long wanted Facebook integration into iOS and that will soon become a reality after a longtime rocky relationship between the two companies, according to TechCrunch: Now the two sides appear...
No Big Surprises In iOS 6, Says New Report, But Core Apps Rebuilt
In a new report from iDB, a source deep inside Apple has said that iOS 6 will not have any major UI changes or new features, but all the core apps will be rebuilt from the ground up. We had already heard that iOS 6 will abandon Google Maps, in favour of Apple's own in-house...
Firecore Releases aTV Flash 1.6
The latest untethered jailbreak has not only benefited Apple's mobile devices, but it has benefited the Apple TV2, as well. Firecore released an update to their Apple TV jailbreak tool, Seas0nPass, not too long after the release of Absinthe 2.0. Jailbreaking your Apple TV2 allows you to install 3rd party software, that Apple doesn't offer....
Apple Could Buy Intel, HP & Dell And Still Have Change Left Over With Its Projected Cash Reserves In 2013
Andy Zaky, an analyst with Bullish Cross, has projected that Apple's cash reserves will grow beyond $200 billion by the fourth quarter of 2013, according to a report by Fortune. With that, Apple could buy Intel, HP & Dell and still have change left over. Wow! To give you a better idea, Apple had roughly $110 billion in cash at the...
Patent Uncovers Apple’s Amazing New Fault Monitoring Battery System
A new patent pending application from Apple published yesterday by the US Patent & Trademark Office (via Patently Apple) has revealed Apple's amazing new fault monitoring battery system, that will generate an alert or disable use of the iPhone, iPod or the iPad containing the battery pack. The patent indicates that the fault may be indicated through a...