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A5 Jailbreak research just got a Pulp Fiction style adrenaline shot to the cerebellum this morning as pod2g announced the assembly of a jailbreak hacking “dream team.”

The list of hackers working together to produce a public release of the A5 jailbreak is daunting. @planetbeing, @MuscleNerd, p0sixninja, and of course pod2g are combining their hacking prowess into the Jailbreak equivalent of Captain Planet. ...

Don’t see this everyday. An iPad surviving a 100,000 foot fall. From space.

The iPad might not have been in orbital space, but the video is down right amazing. Taking into account terminal velocity the fact the iPad survived that kind of fall, fully functional and intact, makes me want to purchase a G-Form Extreme Edge case.

The company used a weather balloon to float the iPad up to the 100,000 ...

Christmas morning came and went and with it new smartphone and tablet owners downloaded Angry Birds 6.5 million times.

The total includes downloads of three different versions Rovio’s game including Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, and Angry Birds Seasons. The downloads included a mix of paid and free downloads, although an exact split of paid verse free sales was not given.

The number ...

A4 iDevice users have been enjoying the labor of love that is the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for over a week now. However, A5 device owners (iPhone 4S and iPad 2) still live in a jailbreakless world, and apparently many have expressed their displeasure to pod2g.

This displeasure resulted in pod2g posting the following FAQ on his blog this morning. It explains, in brief, why an A5 jailbreak is ...

Missed this interesting tidbit of news last night, but Apple is apparently bidding on the rights to stream English Premier League football (soccer) to its customers.

The Daily Mail (who is notorious for stirring up rumors without sources) claims that both Apple and Google are looking to secure streaming rights to the EPL. The deal presents a lucrative business opportunity for the company who eventually ...

Apple updates its investor page notifying investors the company would be announcing their fourth quarter earnings report on Tuesday, January 24th.

Interested parties can listen to Apple’s live audio stream of the earnings conference call and hear CEO Tim Cook reveal the financial results from the 4Q. Cook will also field questions from investors about the company. Expect a slew of questions ...

According to All Things D, Apple is planning an event scheduled to take place near the end of January in New York.

Citing sources close to the event, All Things D claims Apple will not be announcing a new product, but will use the event for an advertising or publishing announcement.

While specific services were not mentioned, the chance the iPad 3, an Apple TV, or some other mystery ...

PostSecret App Trailer released earlier this year.

PostSecret founder Frank Warren announced today that after three months he is pulling the popular iOS app.



PostSecret has become an international phenomenon and the dedicated fan-base and user-base followed the blog to the iOS platform posting nearly 2 million secrets during the apps 3-month life cycle. The $1.99 app even enjoyed a nice stay as the top selling ...

Christmas morning came and went, but a gaping hole remained in my heart. I experienced the usual joy of receiving and the gratification of giving, but still there it was, an emotional vacuum located somewhere between fulfilled and disappointed.

I found what was missing. The Steve Jobs action figure above, complete with its own reality distortion field.

The 12” Steve Jobs action figure from toy company In Icons is set to be released in February for $99. ...

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Ryan Petrich released an update to Activator today adding a ton of new features to the popular gesture, button, and shortcut management system.

Here’s a quick list of whats new in version (1.6):

● New slide gestures
● Add blacklist feature
● Add "Virtual Assistant" action
● Rotate menu actions and slide events with the screen orientation
● Reduced in-app startup ...

It's your own fault if you didn't wake up this year.

Yesterday marked the new year, and with it a few iOS users may have found themselves waking up later than planned, and not because of their excessively inebriated state the night before.

Last year on the first and second of January a number of iOS users were afflicted by a bug that prevented their set alarms from actually working. ...