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Apple pushed iOS 5 beta 6 to the developer community just now and if you haven’t already, you can download the firmware for your iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G / 4G, iPad or iPad 2 either directly by logging into your developer account. If you are running a previous beta build of iOS 5 e.g beta 4 or beta 5, you can take the …
Here we go again, guys! Tag your calendars and set up the reminders for the next big Apple event. According to a recent report by MacRumors, a Japanese website claims that annual Apple media event 2011 will be held on September 7th according to the US time (or September 8th as per Japanese local time). The traditional Apple fall event is being held every year …
Apple released iOS 5 beta 5 a few days back and many users, including myself, who either have an Apple developer account or have their iOS device UDIDs registered through a friend’s developer account, are already enjoying the latest beta. This is essential since restoring your iOS device to a beta build will not let you through the iTunes activation process unless your device is registered with …
Legendary iOS hacker @Comex, the same genius who brought us the first ever iPad 2 jailbreak tool aka JailbreakMe 3.0 and keeps a tremendous track record of releasing other userland jailbreaks e.g Spirit, tweeted a pretty strange link yesterday and asked his followers to visit that link on an iOS device using Mobile Safari. He tweeted the following two links:
Just recently, iOS 5 beta 5 was released by Apple for iPhone 4 / 3GS, iPod touch 3G / 4G and iPad / iPad 2 and as always, the big question is raised, can it be jailbroken with any of the existing jailbreak tools? Can redsn0w do its magic once again and jailbreak iOS 5 beta 5 just like the previous releases? Unfortunately the answer …
iCloud is what Apple likes to call “cloud storage done right!”. For those who have been living under a rock for the last few months, iCloud (previously MobileMe) is Apple’s cloud-based service. It was first announced on June 6, 2011, at WWDC. Currently, the service is in beta stage, open only to those who have signed up for Apple Developer’s program, a subscription based membership which …
Moments ago, Apple released iOS 5 beta 5 to the developers. With it comes iTunes 10.5 beta 5 which like the previous releases, is mandatory for syncing your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad with the fifth beta of iOS 5. If you’ve already updated to iOS 5 beta 5 OTA and are getting an error trying to sync with iTunes, all you need to do …
Just after two weeks of the last beta, Apple has just released iOS 5 beta 5 which is now available for download through an Apple developer’s portal. Like the previous iOS 5 beta, you can grab this one via an OTA update if you don’t have your iOS 5 beta 4 jailbroken. To do that, go to Settings > General > Software Update. Otherwise, you’ll need to …
Kinect for Windows SDK beta has been refreshed by Microsoft and is now available for download. The new beta includes various improvements and bug fixes, aimed at developers looking to create applications for Windows with support for Kinect, the Xbox 360 motion controller. The official statement from a Microsoft’s representative regarding this update is as follows:
A nifty little jailbreak tweak has just hit the Cydia store called BadgeClear. As the name implies, it clears up all your unwanted iOS app notification badges with a simple tap. The tweak is pretty easy to use and has no settings to configure. Once installed from Cydia, all you need to do is get into wiggle mode (tap / hold an icon) and tap …
According to 9to5Mac, an inside source has tipped them about OS X Lion USB sticks being available and ready to ship from Apple. However, they will cost a whopping $69.99 according to the screenshot given below, which has been provided by the Applecare source. It is basically intended to those OS X customers who haven’t been able to use Lion’s recovery tools as desired. OS …
Want to upload files and photos directly from your iPhone, iPod or iPad using Safari browser to any website? Simply follow the instructions given after the break and you can enable direct file uploading via mobile Safari on your iOS device. But before you proceed, you need to jailbreak your device. Check out this link and follow the jailbreak instructions for your device’s iOS version.
