Siri Now Helps You Shop at Best Buy
Wolfram Alpha, one of the main search engines for Siri, has teamed up with Best Buy to deliver voice access to the entire product catalog, including prices and descriptions. To try it out…
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Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 Complete
The Chronic Dev Team affiliated iOS hacker pod2g has updated his blog today and noted that he completed the code for his iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for the original iPad, iPod touch 4G,…
A Visual History of iOS
Dieter Bohn over at The Verge has written an awesome visual history of iOS that is definitely worth reading. He starts off with the birth of the iPhone and shows how Apple evolved its…
Flipboard for iPhone Now Available
The popular iPad news reader app Flipboard has been updated and now supports iPhone. Flipboard is free and available in the App Store. Named Apple’s iPad App of the year and one of TIME’s…
Need for Speed 2: Unleashed for iOS is Free Today
Need for Speed 2: Unleashed for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is free right now. Get it now before the deal ends. The iPhone version is usually $2.99 and the iPad version is usually…
Sprint Releases ‘Unlimited iPhone’ Commercial
Sprint has released a new iPhone 4S commercial which claims to be the only national carrier to offer the iPhone 4S with truly unlimited data. This comes a few days after Metrico Wireless…
Minecraft Pocket Edition Now Available for iPhone and iPad
Minecraft Pocket Edition is now available in the App Store. Minecraft lets you create worlds made up of just about any type of materials. The game is focused on creativity and building,…
Fake Jailbreak App Surfaces in App Store (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Apple has removed Jailbreak from the App Store. I think this is pretty funny, someone has created a universal iOS app called Jailbreak. It doesn’t say anywhere in the description…
iOS 5.0.1 Now Available for iPhone and iPad, Fixes Battery Life Bugs and More
Apple has released iOS 5.0.1 with a few improvements and bug fixes, including a promise to improve battery life. The update also brings back multitasking gestures to the original iPad. This…
Hidden Panorama Camera Feature Found in iOS 5
A panorama camera feature has been found in the code of iOS 5. It was discovered by Conrad Kramer (@conradev) and can be enabled using a jailbreak tweak called Firebreak. The tweak makes…
Apple Store iPhone App Update Suports New Self-Checkout System for Retail Stores
Apple has updated its Apple Store app for iPhone with new support for self-checkout at the company’s retail stores. The app now allows customers visiting the any Apple retail store to scan…
RUMOR: Apple to Undertake Major Device Revamp
Apple is rumored to be planning a major design revamp on several of its devices next year, according to Digitimes. Apple plans to completely overhaul its product lineups, including iPad,…
iPhone 4S Will Launch November 11 on C Spire Network in U.S.
The regional U.S. carrier C Spire will have the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 available to customers starting November 11. C Spire is based in Ridgeland, Miss. and serves about 900,000 customers…
Scribblenauts Remix Now Available for iOS, Awesome Game
One of the greatest puzzle games for Nintendo DS is now available on iPhone and iPad. Scribblenauts Remix is an award winning, best-selling videogame that lets you create any object you…
iPhone 4S Review Round-Up
Reviews of the iPhone 4S are coming in. Here are some highlights of some we’ve come across, but you can read the full reviews for each by clicking on the title. TechCrunch Review “The…
iOS 5 is Goes Live for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
Apple just released iOS 5 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Users can get it by connecting the device to iTunes and clicking the “Check for Update” button. iOS 5 brings more than 200 new…
Apple’s New Find My Friends App Now Available in App Store
Apple’s new Find My Friends app, which lets you easily locate your friends and family, is now available in the App Store. Find My Friends requires iOS 5, so unless you have a pre-release…
Video Shows Awesome New Features on iPhone 4S
Apple has released a video showing off the new features of the iPhone 4S, including the dual-core A5 chip, all-new 8-megapixel camera and optics, iOS 5, iCloud and…
Apple Announces iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours
Apple announced this morning that pre-orders of the iPhone 4S have topped one million in a single day. The surpasses the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by the iPhone…
Apple Introduces iPhone 4S (Video)
Apple introduces iPhone 4S in this video, with the dual-core A5 chip, all-new 8-megapixel camera and optics, iOS 5, iCloud and Siri. iPhone 4S is “the most amazing iPhone…
Apple’s ‘Let’s talk iPhone’ Event Starts Today at 10AM PT/1PM ET
Apple is hosting a media event today at 10AM Pacific Time at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California. The event is titled “Let’s talk iPhone” and Apple is expected to unveil an…
Apple Sets iOS 5 Release Date of October 12
Apple announced today that iOS 5 will be available on October 12 as a free software update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. iOS 5 will have over 200 new features, including iMessage,…
Apple Proves Me Right and Many Other Blogs Wrong by Releasing One New iPhone
Well, we’ve been hearing rumors all year that Apple would be releasing two iPhones this fall, but just as I always excepted, they turned out to be false. I never understood the reasoning…
Apple Attempts to Save the Post Office with New Cards App
Apple was able to keep one of their announcements at the company’s “Let’s talk iPhone” event a secret. The one thing I don’t think anyone expected is a new app that sends out greeting cards…