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'Beacon' Enables the Initial Animated Apple Boot Animation for Every Respring or Reboot

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Anthony Bouchard
Published on 04-04-2013 04:02 PM
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If you’ve ever done a respring, or a reboot, then you might be familiar with the way that the Apple logo appears until your lock screen finally appears. It’s simply that – a boring, non-animated, Apple logo.

A new jailbreak tweak called Beacon by iOS developer Evan Swick enables the animated Apple boot animation that appears on the display the first time you turn on your iOS device after a fresh restore. This way, you’ll see this awesome animated Apple logo right ...

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Apple Withdraws Book Selling iOS App in China

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Michael Essany
Published on 04-04-2013 03:20 PM
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In what comes as yet another attempt by Apple to assuage the Chinese, the company has withdrawn from availability in China an iOS book selling app.

Apple reportedly pulled the app from the Chinese iTunes store because it contains books banned by the Chinese government. That's what the app’s developer told The Financial Times this week.

Between Tim Cook's recent apology ...

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Facebook Announcement is a 'Home' Run for Android

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Michael Essany
Published on 04-04-2013 02:05 PM
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For days, the blogosphere has buzzed with rumors in anticipation of Facebook's scheduled announcement this week. On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg led a company presentation with the tech and social media worlds closely watching.

Although expectations for today's event were all over the map, the reason Zuckerberg rounded up our attention today was to introduce “Home,” a new family of Android apps for devices powered by Google’s popular ...

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'Secret "Now Playing"' Lets You Keep the Music You're Playing a Secret

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Anthony Bouchard
Published on 04-03-2013 11:31 PM
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Have you ever just had a catchy jam stuck in your head that you couldn’t get rid of, so you went and downloaded the song to listen to it some more? In this case, there might be a small chance that you’re a little embarrassed about the song that's stuck in your head, so you might not want to let anyone know about it.

For this instance, you can use a new free jailbreak tweak called Secret “Now Playing” by iOS developer mkn0dat to keep the song you’re listening to from ...

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iOS App Store Apps Now Display Age Ratings in a More Eye-catching Way

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Anthony Bouchard
Published on 04-03-2013 10:49 PM
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The iOS App Store is now displaying the age indicator right above the rating of the application and under the developer name, just as shown above. This new feature, spotted by 9to5Mac, makes it much easier for parents, which are about to buy their children applications, to see if the application rightly suits the maturity of the child – finding this information used to require scrolling all the way down. ...

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Disney's "Where's My Water?" iPhone App Sued by Lodsys

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Akshay Masand
Published on 04-03-2013 09:14 PM
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In May of 2011, Lodsys warned and sued iOS software makers over in-app purchases when they did not license from Lodsys technologies. After taking a break, they are back and this time kicking off another round of lawsuits according to MacRumors.

On the list this time is The Walt Disney Company for the popular "Where’s My Water?" puzzle game (among other Disney apps as well) and Lodsys claims that it infringes ...

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Report: iPad More Important Than iPhone in Preserving iOS Market Share

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Michael Essany
Published on 04-03-2013 09:12 PM
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Bernstein Research’s Toni Sacconaghi reported Wednesday that Apple's iPad may prove more important than the iPhone to the lasting growth of the iOS ecosystem. Specifically, the analyst believes that the iPad's pricing and distribution are stronger than the iPhone's.

"We see several differences between Apple’s approach to the smartphone and tablet markets," Sacconaghi revealed today, according to ...

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'Alertmate' Lets You Change the Animation of Popup Alerts

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Anthony Bouchard
Published on 04-03-2013 07:58 PM
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If adding even the slightest amount of customization to your iOS device tickles your fancy, then you’ll want to check out a new free jailbreak tweak called Alertmate by iOS developer Daniel Taub.

Alertmate is a tweak that allows you to customize the animation style of your pop-up alerts. The tweak comes with several different animations to choose from, which can be chosen from the preferences pane in the Settings application:

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Apple's iMessage the Focus of Latest Patent Suit

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Phillip Swanson
Published on 04-03-2013 07:43 PM
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Apple is getting sued. Again. Also, tomorrow is April 4th.

The latest lawsuit is being lobbed Apple’s way by Mobile Telecommunication Technologies, who claims Apple is infringing on messaging patents the company holds. According to Patently Apple the suit claims Apple’s iMessage, Airport Express, Time Capsule, Airport Extreme, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch infringe on up to seven different ...

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'Better Pano Button' Changes Your Panorama Capture Button to Blue

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Anthony Bouchard
Published on 04-03-2013 07:28 PM
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Those of you looking to add a simple, but nice touch to the Camera application should check out a new free jailbreak tweak in Cydia called Better Pano Button by iOS developer PoomSmart.

Better Pano Button changes the Panorama capture button to blue, rather than the usual transparent gray. Some may prefer this new appearance because it stands out more and looks more like an actual button.

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Microsoft Releases SkyDrive 3.0 for iOS

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Anthony Bouchard
Published on 04-03-2013 07:09 PM
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Microsoft has released an updated version of the SkyDrive application for iOS Wednesday, bringing the application to version 3.0. SkyDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage client, and iCloud competitor, which users can take advantage of to store personal files.

Version 3.0 of Microsoft’s SkyDrive application for iOS adds full support for the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini. In addition, users can now download full-resolution ...

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Google Drops WebKit and Announces New Open Source Rendering Engine "Blink"

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Phillip Swanson
Published on 04-03-2013 07:07 PM
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Google dumped Apple’s open source rendering engine WebKit today while announcing their own new WebKit based engine titled “Blink."

The new “Blink” engine is Google’s answer to the diverging visions Apple and Google have of WebKit’s future and functionality. Google claims the change will speed up development for both WebKit and their Blink engines, but it isn’t easily apparent how adding another rendering ...

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