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In a recent post at Macotakara Blog, it was reported that Foxconn is now hiring production workers for the iPhone 5. The report suggests that Foxconn is hiring 18,000 workers, and that the next iPhone will be sold in June. This contradicts other reports that Apple would continue to follow a fall release schedule for...

  The creators of Bump, the popular app that allows you to bump 2 iPhones together to exchange information, have just launched a new app that combines the technology of the Bump app, with the easy payment system, PayPal. The new app is called Bump Pay. Setting up the app is as simple as just...

  Today, Facebook has updated their iOS app, bringing it to version 4.1.1. This update brings numerous bug fixes, retina display support for the new iPad, and a few other features What's New in Version 4.1.1 In this release, we added some features and fixed some bugs so now: - You can go offline in...

It's not too often that you see Saurik on Twitter, so when he is, you pay attention. Saurik is the creator of Cydia, the widely popular 3rd party installer for iOS. Saurik (Jay Freeman in the real world) has been one of the largest contributors to the jailbreak scene, creating this platform for many other...

I looks like Rovio has another hit on their hands. The latest iteration of the hit Angry Birds franchise, Angry Birds Space, went on sale on multiple devices and platforms just one week ago, and it has already had over 20 Million downloads, world wide. Rovio announced the records sales for the company in a...

CNN Money is reporting that Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, is among the highest rated, when it comes to how employees feel their CEO is running the company. In a study done by Glassdoor.com, employees of various tech companies in the US were asked, "Do you approve of the way your CEO is running the company?"....

It's been a while since we've anything about jailbreaking iOS 5.1 on the newer A5 devices and the new iPad. Within 24 hours of the launch of the new iPad we had what seemed like 4 different ways to to go about jailbreaking the newest device on the newest firmware. We even had a few...

Last year, Tesco Homeplus, a retail chain in Korea, started changing online shopping by putting up large billboards with pictures of their products, with a QR code associated with each product. You use your smartphone to scan the QR codes to fill up your cart. When you're finished shopping, you checkout online and your groceries are...

iOS 5.1 brought iPhone and iPod Touch users a new camera button on the lock screen, that let you "grab" the lock screen and slide it away to automatically open the camera app. With jailbreaking options limited for iOS 5.1, many jailbreakers have not yet updated their devices, and haven't been able to use this...

In a recent conference call with investors, Joe Euteneuer, Sprint's chief financial officer, revealed that Sprint's current contract with Apple, allows them to sell the next generation 4G/LTE iPhone. Joe Euteneuer couldn't confirm that the next iPhone will be 4G/LTE, only that if it is, Sprint's contract is already set up to offer this device to their...

AppleInsider is reporting the a new patent filed by Apple, could bring more advanced universal remote control to iOS, via the cloud. This would work similarly to how some apps recognize certain brands or products and search a database to identify them. According to this patent, you may someday be able to just take a...

TechCrunch is reporting that Apple has put together teams to review apps and automatically reject them if they are accessing device UDIDs. A device's UDID (Unique Device Identification) is used by many app developers to track usage of their apps, and better determine further development of their products. It is some mobile ad companies only...