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Apple Invites Its Cupertino Neighbors Asking For Feedback On New ‘Campus 2? [BROCHURE SCANS]
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer has reportedly sent a brochure to Cupertino neighbors, asking for their feedback on 'Camps 2' project since a lot of residents had shown concerns regarding traffic and other environmental impacts of the huge building which according to them, could adversely affect their town. According to 9to5Mac, the brochure was mailed this week to...
Russians Develop A Software That Can Easily Access iCloud Backups In Real Time
ElcomSoft, a Russian forensics firm, has just revealed a new method that can access iCloud backups of just about any iPhone, iPod or iPad in real time, as noted by MacRumors. The Russian firm has incorporated this functionality inside its software called Phone Password Breaker. All it needs is an Apple ID and password to get initial...
Video Demo Of New Jailbreak, Absinthe 2.0
Well, we are getting much closer to a release of the new jailbreak. Earlier today we mentioned that pod2g's new untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 was merely days away, and now one of the members of the Chronic Dev Team, @xvolks, has posted a demo of the new jailbreak on YouTube. This demo shows an...
Fold To Unlock Concept, Now A Reality
Last week we were raving about a great new concept from designer Anton Kudin. He posted some images of a new way to unlock your iDevice, by folding the lockscreen, like an accordion, revealing your home screen. This "fold to unlock" tweak is no longer just a concept. An iOS developer/hacker, by the name of Jonas...
Faster Memory And Greater Storage Could Be coming To Mobile Devices, Via “ReRAM” Chip
Researchers at UCL have successfully developed a new type of silicon memory chip called ReRAM, or Resistive Random Access Memory, that can be 100 times faster than current NAND memory. This new technology would be cheaper to produce and require less room inside devices. The memory chips are composed completely of silicon oxide, improving resistance. This...
Pod2g Says New Jailbreak Is Just Days Away From Release
If you have a newer iOS device, and have been waiting for a new jailbreak, I'm sure you have been following the progress of pod2g's newest untethered jailbreak, for iOS 5.1.1. Early this morning, pod2g posted on Twitter that the team working on the new jailbreak have made some great progress, and they are getting close...
Today is the 11th Birthday of Siri’s Dad, The Apple Store
Today is a very special day for many Apple Stores around the world. On this day 11 years ago Apple opened their first retail stores. On May 19, 2001 Apple opened their first store in Tysons Corner Center Mall in Virginia, USA. Since then, Apple has opened over 360 stores across 13 countries! In Canada,...
CordLite: Illuminated Charger Cable For iPhone
If the idea of an illuminated USB to dock connector cable for your iPhone sounds interesting, then check out a new Kickstarter project called CordLite. CordLite is a dock connector cable for your iOS device that has a pair of forward facing LEDs to provide illumination. Unlike the regular Apple dock connector cable, CordLite is...
Next iPhone May Have A Camera With Multiple Focus Zones
In another Apple patent application, plans show that future iOS device cameras may allow users to select two or more areas on an image to focus or apply settings on. As noted in the patent document, the patent was originally applied for in 2010 and describes the ability for a user to tap-to-focus an area...
iPhone Accessory Giveaway: InvisibleSHIELD For iPhone 4/4S
For those of you currently using, or looking to purchase, an iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S, then how about you get a free full body protection film for it? We're going to do a quick 24-hour giveaway of the InvisibleSHIELD from ZAGG! The Giveaway! I have six InvisibleSHIELD full body protection films to giveaway to iPhoneinCanada.ca...
Steve Jobs Biopic ‘jOBS’ Will Begin Filming In The Garage Where Apple Started
Earlier this month, Sony Pictures announced that Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) will be adapting Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography into a screenplay. Yesterday it was reported that the screenplay will see Apple co-founder and longtime friend of Jobs, Steve Wozniak, assisting the Oscar-winning writer as a technical tutor on computers and to also offer...
Apple To Soon Enable FaceTime Over 3G?
According to a new warning found in the latest version of Apple's iOS, FaceTime may soon work over 3G. When the FaceTime feature was originally released in 2010, the feature only worked over a Wi-Fi connection. At the time there were ongoing plans to bring FaceTime to 3G so that users can use their wireless...