Latest news

Today, Apple has officially issued details regarding first-generation iPod nano replacement program due to battery overheating issues. The units affected were sold between September 2005 and December 2006 carrying a manufacturing defect caused by an Apple battery supplier for the first-generation of ultra-thin screened iPods. Even though the possibility of overheating is small but since the product...

Until a couple of weeks before the release of iPhone 4S, rumors floating around the internet regarding iPhone 5 were so strong that they actually led everyone to believe that Apple will launch an all new re-designed iPhone that sports a bigger screen and a thinner body. But despite all that, Apple eventually unveiled the iPhone 4S. But...

While most of us are still trying to adjust to the Micro-SIM cards in iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S handsets, the developers of the original SIM card Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has just introduced the first ever Nano-SIM card. It is 30 % smaller than the current micro-SIM cards and almost 60 % smaller than conventional, full-sized SIM cards....

In a NYT blog post, David Pogue discusses a thoughtful feature that's available on all iOS 5 devices: something called AssistiveTouch. Turning on the feature in Settings->General->Accessibility, causes a white circle to appear on the screen that overlays apps and the homescreens. Tapping on it brings up a floating on-screen palette. Its buttons trigger Multi-Touch gestures using...

Apple has reached out to The Loop to inform users it continues to investigate some issues of battery life in iOS 5: “The recent iOS software update addressed many of the battery issues that some customers experienced on their iOS 5 devices,” an Apple spokesperson told The Loop. “We continue to investigate a few remaining...

(image from: Engadget) Yesterday Apple released iOS 5.0.1, its first 'delta update' which meant only necessary files were downloaded, instead of the entire iOS. Also, this update debuted over the air updates, which so far in my experience have worked exactly as described. iOS 5.0.1 was released to address iOS 5.0 battery life issues for...

Two apps you need to download today: We Remember and Veterans Matter. Let's take a minute out of our day today to remember our soldiers that have sacrificed their lives in wars and conflicts past and present. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in...

Jailbreaker @iH8Sn0w has just updated his windows exclusive sn0wbreeze custom firmware creation tool to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1. The latest version is sn0wbreeze 2.8b11 which fully supports the latest build of iOS 5.0.1 (9A405). Like previous couple of releases, this one also fixes iBooks sandbox crashing and location services issues with re-addition of iPad baseband install option...

Here comes an all new iOS app called Arrived which is simply a private and personal notification service that lets you notify your friends when you've arrived at a meeting, work place or a rendezvous point. When you arrive at a certain point, the app automatically notifies people that you've reached the spot, without the hassle...

Just a couple of days back, @pod2g of Chronic Dev Team gave a heads up warning to all those waiting for an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0 to stay put from iOS 5.0.1 update as Apple is likely to patch Charlie Miller's newly found security exploit in iOS which according to hackers, would lead to creation of a new...

The voice behind the UK English version of Siri has been revealed as Jon Briggs, a former tech journalist. Briggs formerly recorded voiceovers as 'Daniel' for the company Scansoft, that was later swallowed up by Nuance, the company whose technology Apple utilized in Siri. The notoriously secretive Apple has, it should be said, asked Briggs...

Remembrance Day is tomorrow and we should all take time out of our busy schedules to give a moment of silence to Canadian soldiers that sacrificed their lives in previous and existing wars and conflicts. We Remember Updated for 2011 Remembrance Day Events Last year, we saw Veteran Affairs Canada launch an app called We...