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On the heels of Absinthe 2.0 being released this morning, Firecore has released an update to their Apple TV jailbreak, Seas0nPass. Today we are happy to release a brand new version of Seas0nPass that provides an untethered jailbreak of the latest 5.0.1 (iOS 5.1.1) software for the 2nd gen Apple TV. Massive thanks goes to @pod2g and Co. for the countless...

The iPhone 4 and 4S cameras are stellar, producing great pictures. But it can be tough to capture fast moving subjects. But what if there was a way to shoot video using the iPhone and then pull a still picture out of it? You can with StillShot from Macadamia Apps. I've been using this app...

Today marks the release of the much anticipated untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1. Absinthe 2.0 was released earlier this morning, finally bringing the new iPad into the jailbreak family. If you have an older device, and have been using a tethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, there is no need to restore and re-jailbreak with Absinthe...

As expected, pod2g, The Chronic Dev Team, and planetbeing have released Absinthe 2.0. This is a cross platform, untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, across all devices that support this firmware, excluding the newest Apple TV. It is a simple one click solution, with no need to put your device into DFU mode. After copious amounts...

As of the time of this post, the above jailbreak dream team is now on site at the HITB SecConf, prepping their presentation, and are about to take the stage. A lot of iOS users, waiting for the new jailbreak, would consider these guys the next Avengers. :P From left to right, we have: @pimskeks, @iOPK, @pod2g, @p0sixninja , and @planetbeing....

James McQuivey has written a neat post at his blog at Forrester that looks at Apple's possible future in the television business. The post indicates that the television arena is not really about the actual television. Instead, it is about big names such as Apple, Microsoft, and Google wanting to add the television to their...

In a new Kickstarter project, the "cookoo" watch enables you to connect to your smartphone, or iPhone, and keep you updated on the device's status without having to look at the smartphone. The watch connects through Bluetooth 4.0 and gives you alerts when you have a call, message, email, or low battery on the smartphone. In...

The Verge has posted a comparison video that puts Apple's Siri versus Samsung's S Voice. The latter was introduced by Samsung when they debuted their latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III. Early on many noted S Voice 'resembled' a clone of Siri on the iPhone 4S. Cosmetics put aside--how do both of these...

Bump for iOS has been updated today with a hot new feature--the ability to send images to your Mac/PC with just a quick 'bump'. For those that always email images to themselves, this will be just another method to get your images quickly onto your computer. Here's a quick tutorial on how to send images...

Canada Post has released an augmented reality app called "Stamps Alive" that enables users to see their stamps in a whole new way. Using the app, Canada Post customers can interact with specific stamps. In this case, the app currently works with Franklin the Turtle and Calgary Stampede stamps. Using the stamps, simply point the...

In December of last year Shaw announced they had undergone WiFi trials in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton at various malls, restaurants and other retail venues to offer free WiFi for its existing customers. You might have already downloaded this, but the Shaw Exo WiFi Finder iOS app hit the App Store a while back and...

Yahoo! Axis, a unique search browser for iOS has just been released that brings one of a kind browsing experience to the world's most popular mobile platform. Available for download in the App Store (U.S. only) as a universal binary for iPhone and iPad, Axis does not return a list of links for your searches, but...