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A new tweak called VolumeCustomize has just gone live in the Cydia store which gives users complete control over iOS volume HUD customization. The simple tweak lets you pick just about any color and gradient combination for the volume HUD using RGB sliders. You also have the option to choose a picture for the HUD background,...

While the CEOs of Apple and Samsung, along with their chief lawyers, are about to hold a court-moderated meeting in San Francisco today in an effort to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies, the Cupertino giant has filed yet another injunction against its Korean competitor, requesting an immediate ban on Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the U.S, according to FOSS...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

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...

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...