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If you're a private person, or simply don't like prying eyes, a new app called "Safety Photo+" enables you to quickly and easily password protect your iPhone photos. Upon first start-up of the app, you are presented with a combination lock where you create your four digit password. You will then require this password to...

A latest survey has revealed that Apple is now officially on top among all U.S. retailers on the basis of nationwide retail sales per square foot. The research was published by RetailSails after analysis over 160 U.S. based retailers. Tiffany & Co. being the second largest retailer, is almost two times behind the chart leader while...

Mine Sweeper II is a new iPhone game that updates the classic Mine Sweeper with new music, graphics, and challenges. For those already familiar with Mine Sweeper and how to properly play, you will be right at home with Mine Sweeper II. The game is the classic Mine Sweeper that you know and love but...

The Wall Street Journal offers an interesting report that indicates that Sprint, a USA wireless carrier, will be offering the iPhone 5 when it launches later this fall 2011. Currently, the only US wireless carriers that officially offer the iPhone are AT&T and Verizon, making Sprint the third national US wireless carrier to offer Apple's...

Today AppleInsider reports that Apple and advertising partner TBWA/Chiat/Day are starting work on an iPhone 5 advertising campaign with the first round of ads wrapping up in the beginning of October. More specifically, one person familiar with the matter says that filming for the television spots is taking place out in Los Angeles in conjunction...

It appears Jay Freeman a.k.a. "Saurik", the creator of the Cydia jailbreak store, has filed a lawsuit to acquire the domain cydia.com from a company named Cykon, as reported by Domain Name Wire. Freeman's first attempt to acquire the domain failed as it was determined Cydia.com was registered in 2002, years before the creation of...

More iPhone rumours are coming your way, this time it's an 'exclusive' report from Reuters, reviving cheaper iPhone rumours from before and also speculating on the iPhone 5 launch date. According to two sources with 'knowledge of the matter' (I love that line), a cheaper 8GB iPhone 4 has already undergone manufacturing by Apple's Asian...

Heads up guys! MuscleNerd has just announced the release of  RedSn0w 0.9.8b6 "JetBlue Edition" which supports tethered iOS 5 beta 6 jailbreak on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G and iPad 1. No love for iPad 2 once again since the current Limera1n jailbreak exploit used in both Sn0wbreeze and Redsn0w...

Apparently a source at TechCrunch has confirmed that the upcoming iPhone 5 will carry support for both GSM and CDMA networks in a single handset, allowing users to switch seamlessly between the two wireless network technologies. According to the source, who requested to be kept anonymous and offered solid proof supporting his claim, some select users...

As published by MacRumors, some snap-on cases for the next generation iPhone have already started selling online. These cases are labelled as "hard shell iPhone 5 cases" and have been put up for sale by True Supplier, the same shop which published some leaked iPhone 5 parts last week. The cases are based on a previously...

With iOS 5 and its new native Reminders application, some would think third party developers are trembling in their shoes as their todo apps near irrelevance. However that is not the case for 6Wunderkinder and their Wunderlist. Known for its advanced simplicity, you'll soon find that if you've spent big bucks on other todo applications,...

Do you only communicate via text messages? According to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), Canadians sent out 18 billion messages in Q1 of 2011, a 10% increase compared to the 16.4 billion texts sent in Q4 2010. Here are some more stats: • 6.2 billion person-to-person text messages were sent in March 2011 alone,...