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If you are not familiar with jailbreaking, and the tools involved, TinyUmbrella is a great tool that allows you to easily save your device's SHSH blobs, allowing some devices on certain firmwares to be restored from a 3rd party server. The creator of this software, @notcom, has released an update, which is compatible with Apple's...

Wow! This could actually be the fastest jailbreak ever. Merely two hours after the official launch, @MuscleNerd of Dev-Team has jailbroken the all new 3rd generation Retina iPad on iOS 5.1. Just moments ago, he posted the following tweet with screenshots: jailbroken iPad3: twitpic.com/8x48rt twitpic.com/8x48xg(Just a first step, still lots of work to do!No ETA!) —...

A new report by DigiTimes claims that slimmer 13-inch & 15-inch MacBook Pros are currently in production. The report also suggests that the 2012 MacBook Pro line will retain more advanced specs than the MacBook Air line but will most likely be losing the optical drives like the MacBook Air. The sources inside the supply chain have also hinted that currently 100,000-150,000 MacBook Pro...

A new app developed by Canadian company Syrp just launched in the App Store this week. It's called Cloud Photos. The premise is a way to capture, store and share your pictures in the cloud using Dropbox. Now you may be thinking you can just drag your photos into Dropbox manually, but what's great about...

Apple has once again gained another accolade, and this time it is another familiar one because they have now won it seven years (shouldn't it be six?) in a row--the customer satisfaction survey from J.D. Power and Associates: For a seventh consecutive time, Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of smartphones in customer satisfaction. Apple achieves...

Yesterday the Federal Government announced changes to foreign ownership rules of telecoms in Canada and noted details about the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction. Feedback to the news has been mixed from newer entrants such as Wind and Mobilicity. Wind Mobile CEO Anthony Lacavera thinks the rules don't really change anything, but continue to protect the...

If you are an outdoors kinda iPhone person, or just someone who is clumsy with your iPhone, you're probably always on the look out for a case that is going to save you from any kind of accident. We got to take a look at the Vapor Pro case from Element Case. Element Case make...

A new iPhone accessory company called Detached has just unveiled their first product, on Kickstarter. "The JuiceTank is the first iPhone case to feature an integrated wall charger that folds flat to provide maximum portability. The automated plug deploys easily and allows you to plug your phone directly into any outlet. No cords required." There...

PayPal has announced their foray into the mobile payment solution by introducing PayPal Here. A credit card dongle plugs into the iPhone's headset jack, and the initial rollout of this new payment system includes Canada, the U.S., Australia, and Hong Kong. Here are the details: PayPal Here comes with our world-class fraud management capabilities, and...

If you are a blogger on the go, you most likely have used the Wordpress app for iPhone, iPod Touch and/or iPad. Wordpress has made some great improvements to the app since the initial release. They have just pushed out a new update that brings compatibility for iOS 5.1, and new high resolution graphics for The...

Just moments ago, famous iOS hacker Stefan Esser a.k.a @i0n1c who is known for his untethered jailbreak exploit for iOS 4.3.1, has just published screenshots of his iPad 2 showing a successful A5 jailbreak on iOS 5.1. The screenshot clearly shows Cydia running on an iPad 2 with iOS 5.1 firmware installed. However, he hasn't given any details...

Last night, Sparrow for iPhone hit the App Store for $2.99, but the highly anticipated email client was released without one major feature--push notifications. If you're shaking your head, you're not alone. Push was included in its beta versions for testers, but pulled by Apple because the Sparrow team was caught using an API reserved...