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Upcoming Jailbreak Tweak: IntelliScreenX For iOS 5 [Cydia]

A cool upcoming jailbreak tweak from Intelliborn called IntelliScreenX promises to bring Notification Center alerts and widgets right on to your iPhone's Lock Screen. The tweak will require iOS 5 to function and will allow users to access system toggles, read full emails in Notification Center, view upcoming calendar events as well as view and post to...

How to Get Siri to Pronounce Difficult Names: Phonetic Name Fields

One can be easily frustrated with Siri if your contact list consists of hard to pronounce names. The workaround is to set phonetic first or last name fields for your contacts. This isn't new, but now that Siri is relevant on the iPhone 4S, it's probably one of the more important tweaks to maximize your...

Remember the Milk Tasks Can Now Be Added By Siri

The creators of the free 'To Do' app Remember the Milk have come up with a way to enable Siri to enter tasks into the app, as noted on the company blog. They have demonstrated how it works with the following video: Here's how to setup Siri to add tasks to Remember the Milk: Open Settings on...

[Update] City of Cupertino Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs

Update 1: YouTube video embed now below. Today has been a day of tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs. The City of Cupertino staff created a short video and posted it on the city blog to pay tribute to Steve Jobs. Apple headquarters are located in Cupertino, but plans for a new second campus are...

Remembering Steve

Apple has updated its Remembering Steve tribute page with messages from fans: Over a million people from all over the world have shared their memories, thoughts, and feelings about Steve. One thing they all have in common — from personal friends to colleagues to owners of Apple products — is how they’ve been touched by...

Fido Eliminates Free WiFi Hotspots for Pre-Paid Customers

Fido has eliminated access to Rogers/Fido WiFi hotspots for its pre-paid iPhone users and now offers it exclusively to its customers on monthly plans. Previously, pre-paid Fido users could login to designated Rogers/Fido hotspot areas, such as Second Cup coffee shops, various golf courses and Denny's restaurants. Now, when users connect to a Rogers/Fido SSID,...

[Update] Siri Running Successfully On All iOS 5 Devices

Update 1: @jackoplane updates Siri on other iOS devices will require a jailbreak. They haven't posted a video for legal reasons. Just 3 days ago, we told you how 9to5Mac in collaboration with developer Steven Troughton-Smith ported the Siri technology from iPhone 4S to iPhone 4 and had shown at on video as well. Today, another claim comes from...

Rogers Discontinues the 16GB iPhone 4

An internal note on Rogers' retention systems page reveals the 16GB iPhone 4 has been discontinued. The iPhone 4 is now solely availably in 8GB capacities only. Leading up to the iPhone 4S announcement, Telus dropped its 16GB iPhone 4 prices to $99 on contract, with other carriers following suit afterwards. Apple slashed prices on...

Apple 2011 Q4 Posts Record $28.27 Billion in Revenue, 17 Million iPhones Sold

Apple has announced their 2011 fiscal fourth quarter earnings this afternoon, with a record $28.27 billion in revenue and a net profit of $6.62 billion. A year ago, these numbers were at $20.34 billion and $4.31 billion respectively. 63% of revenue in this most recent quarter came from international sales. Sales by the numbers: 17.07...