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Feb
04
2013
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Evasi0n Now 99% Complete

Posted by at 6:44 am

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This is the home stretch, folks. The release of the iOS 6 untethered jailbreak for all the latest devices is going to happen when the progress bar reaches 100%.

This jailbreak is going to make a huge splash, unlike we have ever seen before. More compatible devices than we have ever seen before. More awesome Cydia tweaks and utilities than we have ever seen before. Evasi0n is now just hours away.

As it turns out, our own Joe Rossignol was right in mid-October when he said “The Jailbreaking Community Isn’t Dead.” It sure seemed dead at the time. But now, #evasion is trending worldwide on Twitter. Stay tuned for the official release.

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Feb
03
2013
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Evasi0n Coming Tomorrow: Jailbreak Now 91% Complete

Posted by at 4:28 pm

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The evasi0n jailbreak is now 91% complete and the next step is now listed as “Release!” Hopefully the amount of time it took to get from 85% to 91% isn’t proportionate to the time it’s going to take to release! Only time will tell!

Update: The jailbreak is coming tomorrow. That said, “tomorrow” can mean midnight in any time zone. One can hope, right?

Update 2: A quick peek into the site’s source code shows that the following algorithm is used for the progress bar: (more…)

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Feb
02
2013
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Siri Thinks the Patriots Are Going to Win the Super Bowl

Posted by at 7:20 pm

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Update: Our own Megaorange has confirmed in the comments that if you specify the year as “2013,” Siri will indeed predict the 49ers to win.

Tomorrow’s the Super Bowl, but Siri’s still living in 2012. When prompted with the question of who is going to win tomorrow’s big game, Siri cleverly responds by saying she doesn’t “have the line of this one, but the Patriots have the better record.” For those of you that don’t remember, last year’s big contenders were the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.

What’s even funnier though is the image below her response showing the results of the game. Siri not only is predicting last year’s game on the night before this year’s Super Bowl, but her prediction was also wrong as the results she provides show. The Patriots ended up losing 21 to 17. (more…)

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Jan
31
2013
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Evasi0n ‘Beta Testers’ Begin Posting Supposed Pictures of Jailbroken Devices

Posted by at 9:55 am

Update: @planetbeing has since confirmed on Reddit that the below photos are fake, or at least not beta tests of the evasi0n jailbreak. Since the iPad mini does have the A5 processor, however, there is a slim chance that this is a separate jailbreak — one that has not previously been seen.

The release of the iOS 6.1 jailbreak is right around the corner, and if pictures posted on Instagram are any sign, evasi0n has been released to a select few private beta testers. That said, there is a decent chance that these are completely fake and have nothing to do with evasi0n whatsoever.

The following picture was posted on Instagram this morning by Twitter user @avisetia:

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Jan
30
2013
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Evad3rs Further Hint Toward a Sunday Jailbreak Release

Posted by at 8:09 pm

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Check out the image above. Notice anything interesting? It’s from the recently launched site for the iOS 6 jailbreak. If you notice, all of the calendar.app icons have the number 3 on them. That just so happens to line up perfectly with hints we have seen from both @planetbeing and @MuscleNerd via Twitter indicating that the long-awaited jailbreak will release this upcoming Sunday, February 3rd. (more…)

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Jan
30
2013
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Codename One is an Open-Source App that Allows you to Build for iOS in Java

Posted by at 6:09 pm

Ever wanted to try developing for iOS? Yeah, most of us have. But there’s a big difference between wanting to try and actually taking the time out of your life to learn Objective-C. Codename One hopes to make the task of developing apps easier and more streamlined by allowing you to write your creation solely in Java, which the app will then translate to Objective-C before you publish it to the app store.

This isn’t a platform for making apps without any programming knowledge — you still need to be proficient in Java. But Java is a much less daunting language for the beginning programmer, and can be picked up in days or months to some extent. Currently, Java is one of the most-taught languages in public schools, and I could see this application helping many young programmers get their start on the App Store. (more…)

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Jan
30
2013
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App Store Bringing in 3.5 Times More Revenue than Google Play

Posted by at 4:19 pm

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The holidays are over, the New Year celebrations have passed, and 2013 is ahead. Well, the first month of the year is technically already over, but that’s not my point.  Like every year, both the App Store and Google Play saw tremendous sales over the last few months.

But that’s not all that’s worth noting about January’s App Annie index. The Apple App Store earned “over three-and-a-half times that of Google Play in December 2012.” The month was also a record for the platform, and while App Annie does not disclose actual numbers, Apple has said in the past that the store typically brings in “around $333 million per month.”

Google Play, however, is undoubtedly on the rise. App Annie notes that “from Q3 to Q4, Google Play app revenue doubled, while iOS App Store revenue grew by about one-fifth.” Both platforms are surely growing, but as you can see in the graph above, Google Play is finally beginning to really take off. I would attribute this to a cohesive lineup of devices, such as the Samsung Galaxy S III and the Nexus line. What about you?

[App Annie via 9to5Mac]

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Jan
29
2013
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More Reflective Effects Added in iOS 6.1

Posted by at 6:17 pm

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Remember how Apple added a seemingly “reflective” volume nob in iOS 6? Well, as I mentioned yesterday, the company has also added that very same knob to the lock screen music controls. That’s not all, though, because it has now been discovered that Apple has gone one step further, adding their “fit and finish” to another part of the new lock screen interface.

On the lock screen music interface there is a small dividing line between the volume nob control and the typical play, forward and back buttons. I, like many, have questioned exactly what purpose this thin line serves. It was never present in previous versions of iOS, so why add a divider now?

That said, Apple didn’t just make it any old dividing line. They took it one step further and applied the same reflection-like effect that was added to the volume knob in iOS 6. As seen in the animation above, the line’s glow will shift from left to right depending on how you hold your device — give it a try!

Update: As our own Jesse402 has kindly pointed out, the lines in Music.app are “reflective” as well.

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Jan
29
2013
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Apple Announces 128 GB iPad with Retina Display

Posted by at 7:50 am

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In a press release available for you to read on Apple.com, the company has today announced that they will begin shipping a new model of the current generation iPad that comes with 128 GB of storage. As John Gruber of Daring Fireball pointed out yesterday, this is most likely a placeholder for the release of the next generation iPad “later in the year.”

If this 128 GB iPad 4 thing is true, I take it to imply that the iPad 5 isn’t coming until later in the year, and that this is a way for Apple to make a little news, keep the lineup fresh, and raise the bar on tablet storage capacities.

This news comes just a day after the release of iOS 6.1, which provided hints to a forthcoming 128 GB device. There were also references in the latest iTunes, as well as SKUs that were tipped to 9to5Mac showing four new models. Regardless, the device is here and it’s shipping on February 5th. Do you plan to get one? Why would you need 128 GB of storage?

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Jan
28
2013
28
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No More Hints: Jailbreak Being Aimed at “A Week Out”

Posted by at 10:29 pm

We saw hints posted by MuscleNerd earlier today suggesting that Sunday very well could be funday. But tonight, @planetbeing himself has confirmed all of our speculation and has said the jailbreak is indeed planned to be publicly available within the week.

That said, he also leaves room for potential problems saying that it could be “sooner or later than that.” Thankfully, the wait is almost over and whether Sunday is funday or next Sunday is funday, it’s great to see that the jailbreak will soon be making its triumphant return. (more…)

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