Reading is mostly what large screen users do. Yup, the iPad and Tabs are heavily used for reading, and not just watching movies or videos, or an alternate for a full time laptop (let’s not forget they come very handy when sharing presentations).
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Tether HTML5 App Lets You Share Your iPhone’s 3G Internet Connection Without Any Jailbreak or Hack
Apple introduced the personal hotspot capability in iOS 4 for iPhone but due to carrier’s stubborn ness, they don’t allow this due to reasons that would never make sense to us. With fast Internet speeds, tethering connections with other devices is a big usage demand since, well, if you pay for Internet, you should be allowed to use it as you want to.
Jailbreak Tool sn0wbreeze 2.9.2 updated to support iOS 5.1 on non-A5 processor devices
ih8sn0w, the creator of sn0wbreeze has released a new version of his Windows only application which supports jailbreaking iOS 5.1 on iPhone, iPod and iPad ( which do not use an A5 processor ). The jailbreak will be tethered for now ( except for on iPhone 3GS with old bootrom ) until a better vulnerability has been found to enable untethered operation.
Watch Every iPhone Ad Campaign Aired to Date in One Place
One of Apple’s strongest skills, even during its dark nineties, had been their marketing and advertisement. They’ve always spent heavily on both and created ads that were to the point and get that point across to the consumers as well. A large number of anti-Apple consumers actually claim that Apple sells products only because of great marketing and not because they’re worth it – which is obviously a rubbish thing to say.
Instagram 2.1 Released with Lux feature, Updated UI and Sierra Filter
The guys behind Instagram slowly but gradually keep working on their iOS app to add new features and filters every now and then. One of the most significant features that they had recently added was tilt shift effect and how users could easily manipulate it with multi-touch for the desired effect. If done right, it can easily fool users into thinking the image is taken through a pro camera. But now, the team behind Instagram has taken things one step further by introducing a feature already available in rival apps called Lux.
Quickly Close All Running Apps on iPhone with Weekillbackground Tweak for iOS5
iOS 5 is by far Apple’s greatest OS yet. However, since the release of iOS 4, Apple has began to include multitasking as a feature. As nice as this is, it can sometimes cause your phone to start to slow down or you notice the battery is draining more than normal. Before, you would have to hit your home button twice, hold down on one of the apps, and close each one individually. Now, in iOS 5 we have the Notification Center, which allows us to see our important information with just a swipe down on the top bar. Weekillbackground is a jailbreak tweak that adds a quick way to close all your apps running in the background right from the notification center.
Download redsn0w version 0.9.10b4 with iBooks fix–Supports Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
Even though it’s been some time since the iPhone Dev Team publically made available untethered jailbreak tools for iOS 5.0.1, they’ve been working hard to fix the remaining issues. The biggest issue of all was with iBooks which has been fixed with redsn0w 0.9.10b4 release or if you’re already on an untethered jailbroken iOS 5.0.1 device, through Corona 1.0.-5
Show Album Art in App Switcher on iOS with this Cydia Tweak
Normally when a music or video app is running, its icon shows in the application switcher tray in iOS. A few examples of such apps are the Music (formally iPod), YouTube and Vevo. How cool would it be if instead of the icon, the album art of the currently playing son shows instead of the Music app? Well, we aren’t sure since that’s not one area we see often, but you can find out by installing AlbumArt in AppSwitcher tweak from Cydia.
iOS 5.0.1 OTA Update Messes Up Address Book for Verizon iPhone 4S Users – Here’s How To Fix it
iOS 5.0.1 update hasn’t done much wonders for users for their battery life woes but it has introduced a new bug which messes up the address book for iPhone 4S users on Verizon. What it does is that it removes the contact’s name and shows just their number in the text contact field or when someone calls the user. Basically, it’s as if you just saved a number and not the contact’s name even though that’s not the case.
How Steve Jobs Mattered
So much has been written on Steve Jobs by long time users and industry veterans – people who loved him and hated him. I hadn’t written my take on his death yet as it’s difficult to accept that someone you admire isn’t there anymore. Most love him because of the products he made, the successes he had and how he made technology and creativity tango like they’re meant to be. I was inspired when I found out who he was and how he viewed life.