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iOS 4.3.4 Tethered Jailbreak Available via redsn0w 0.9.8b3

With iOS 4.3.4 released yesterday by Apple to patch up the PDF exploit that made JailbreakMe.com 3.0 possible, a tethered jailbreak has been released by the iPhone Dev Team, via redsn0w 0.9.8b3: Update #3: For the convenience of kernel hackers like @comex and @i0n1c, we have a new redsn0w 0.9.8b3 that supports a TETHERED jailbreak...

How to Become an iPhone Hipster

Want to be cooler than all your friends with iPhones? Miss the feeling of holding a phone while talking? You can change all that with the POP Phone from Native Union. This French designer made accessory looks and feels like the phone handle of an old rotary phone. It contains a speaker and microphone, and...

Apple 2011 Q3 Earnings Conference Call Takes Place July 19th

Apple has just released a press release detailing their upcoming 2011 Q3 earnings call, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 19th at 2PM PDT/5PMP EDT: WHAT: Apple® FY 11 Third Quarter Results Conference Call WHERE: Via conference call. The dial-in number for press is (888) 505-4388 (toll-free) or (719) 325-2433. Please enter confirmation code...

Cold Calc MDA: The Must-Have App for Any Commercial Airline Pilot

During my time at Apple Expo in Toronto, I met Captain R. Sulpizio, an active Canadian commercial pilot. He has developed an ingenius app to help pilots make instant calculations for the minimum descent altitude (MDA) by quickly filling in a few fields. If you're a pilot, or one in training listen up, as the...

Apple Releases iOS 4.3.4 To Patch PDF Exploit

This morning Apple released iOS 4.3.4 to patch the PDF exploit used in the jailbreak tool JailbreakMe.com. iOS 4.3.4 Software Update Fixes security vulnerability associated with viewing malicious PDF files. The update is available for the iPhone 3GS/4, third/fourth-generation iPod touch, and all iPad models.  

BonAppie: Canadian Restaurant Menus Right On Your iPhone

BonAppie recently hit the App Store and is decent app to help you decide and locate what to eat, and where. Before you think this is just another food app, think again. What makes different from UrbanSpoon or Yelp! is that BonAppie provides detailed restaurant menus for you to look at, and ability to add...

Mesmerizing iPhone 4 Video Recorded From Inside a Guitar

YouTuber justkylevids throws his iPhone 4 inside his guitar and starts recording via the front-facing camera. As he explains: I just happened upon this trick when testing what it was like filming from inside my guitar. *Note this effect is due to the rolling shutter, which is non-representative of how strings actually vibrate. Tips: •...

iPhone Games: Harbor Madness For iPhone

If you're a fan of Harbor Master or Flight Control, then Harbor Madness will be another addictive game to add to your iPhone. Like the similar games before it, Harbor Madness is a simple and addictive iOS game that will continually challenge you to try again and again, each time increasing your score and success....

Apple Bypasses Samsung as TSMC Starts Trial Manufacturing of A6 Processors

In a report tonight by Reuters, Taiwan-based TSMC has started trial manufacturing of the next generation A6 processors, adding fuel to reports from two weeks ago that Samsung could be losing its biggest customer. TMSC has experience with ARM architecture, making them a suitable candidate to help build on Apple's existing A5 chip technology. The...

Don’t Have a Google Photovine Invite? Download Piictu Instead!

Google has launched a new photo-sharing service called Photovine, and the app has launched only for the iPhone so far. But, knowing Google and their ways this service is invite-only at the moment, similar to what they're doing with Google Plus (and Gmail in its early beginnings). The premise behind Photovine is sharing pictures of...

iPhone Games: Word Chaos

Canadian iOS developer Alphabet Photography has released a new universal iOS game called "Word Chaos". The game is an engaging word scramble game that makes use of Official Alphabet Photography letters that feature worldwide landmarks. The concept is rather interesting; the game uses worldwide landmarks that look like letters and you have to first interpret the...