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iFrogz Memorial Day Sale: 50% Off Everything!

iFrogz is a company that makes iOS accessories along with headphones that is now part of the ZAGG family. So that means they also qualify for the awesome 50% off Memorial Day sale, just like ZAGG.com. Everything on the iFrogz.com website is half price, and that includes iPhone/iPad/iPod touch cases, the iFrogz Boost audio speaker, their...

Just How Big Is Apple? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Apple is the world's only company to pivot from computer maker to device maker. With its annual new product releases being the most highly anticipated in the world, the company is looking to become the world's first trillion dollar company in near future. But how do Apple's eye-popping statistics translate to the real world? To give you an...

Add Cool Unlock Animations To Your iOS Device With ‘Unlockize’ Tweak [Cydia]

A brand new customization tweak called Unlockize has just hit the Cydia store that lets you pick cool unlock animations for your jailbroken iOS device (via Modmyi). Developed by John Coates, Unlockize allows you to change the default crossfade unlock animation using a simple preferences pane in the Settings.app. There are 6 different animations to choose from. You also have the...

Pilot Production Of Apple HDTV Reportedly Begins At Foxconn’s Shenzhen Plant

Despite the fact that Foxconn CEO officially denied in a written statement any involvement of Taiwanese manufacturer in the production of an Apple branded television set, a new report by Chinese news portal Sina (via The Next Web) is suggesting that Foxconn has received new orders to begin trial production of the product. While the report does not share much details, it...

Facebook Reportedly Has Hired Former Apple Engineers to Build a Smartphone

The New York Times has an apparent scoop in regards to Facebook's plans to release a smartphone in the future. The kicker? The social network has hired former Apple software and hardware engineers to make it happen: Employees of Facebook and several engineers who have been sought out by recruiters there, as well as people...

Over 1,000,000 iDevices Jailbroken With Absinthe

Earlier tonight the Chronic Dev-Team announced that 1,000,000 iDevices have been jailbroken with Absinthe. Some stats since release of #Absinthe - 211,401 jailbroken iPad3's and 973,086 devices newly jailbroken! #JBFTW ! ;D Absinthe was released earlier this week and then recently updated with support for all iOS 5.1.1 builds. For an Absinthe jailbreaking tutorial, click...

Lomokino MUBI Limited Edition Now Available

If you’ve seen people walking around taking a movie using a handcranked gadget, chances are you’ve seen a “wannabe” filmmaker taking part in the art of analogue movie making, thanks to the LomoKino. The LomoKino is an analogue movie maker that uses 35MM film, turning it into a one-minute visually-stunning home movie. The popularity of...

How to Jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 with Absinthe 2.0 [Video Tutorial]

Absinthe 2.0 was released to the world the other day to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 untethered, thanks to the incredible work of @pod2g, the Chronic Dev Team, @planetbeing, @pimskeks and more. Updated versions 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 (updated for the newest iOS 5.1.1 firmware for the iPhone 4) have been released, but the jailbreak process is more...

Apple’s New SVP Of Retail Announces 3 Month Advance On Employee Salary Raises

Earlier this year, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced special discounts on Macs and iPads for Apple Store employees, starting from June 2012. Today, the freshly appointed Senior Vice President of Apple Retail John Browett has announced a 3 month advance on employee salary raises, starting from June 30th, who were previously scheduled to see their raises on September 30th of this...