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A recent Piper Jaffray analysis of global unlocked smartphone prices solidifies the firm’s expectation that Apple will be launching a low-cost iPhone later this year. The new handsets purpose will be to compete in the untapped market that is currently estimated to be worth $135 billion in 2013. Gene Munster recently reiterated his stance that Apple is likely to release a more affordable iPhone targeting developing ...

A report from DigiTimes claims that iPad mini display supplier AU Optronics has started development of screen technology to be used in the next-generation of Apple’s mid-sized tablet. The Taiwanese company is supposedly “working on” panels for an expected follow-up to the 7.9-inch tablet.

Not much is known of the supposed next-generation technology, though AU is supplying Apple with AH-VA ...

The U.S. International Trade Commission recently announced that it will be reviewing an administrative law judge’s decision that previously cleared Apple of infringing on certain Motorola patents, which in turn allowed the company to continue iPhone sales in the country. More specifically, the commission will be revisiting the validity of a ruling from the Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender. ...

On Monday we showed you a free jailbreak tweak called InstaSave, which allowed Instagram users to save photographs from their Instagram photo feeds, but if that wasn’t enough, then a new jailbreak tweak called Instahancer is now available in Cydia for 99¢ by iOS developer skram.

Instahancer will not only let you save photographs from your Instagram photo feed, but it will also give you the options to:

• Attach the photograph to an e-mail
• Copy the photograph

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The evad3rs have released evasi0n version 1.4 Tuesday evening with support for iOS 6.1.2. The update is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux and can be downloaded from the evasi0n Web site.

iOS 6.1.2 was released Tuesday afternoon to fix an Exchange calendar bug that quickly drains the iOS device's battery life. Fortunately, the update did not patch the popular evasion iOS 6 untethered ...

Apple's iMessage is nice… but sometimes it just takes things too far. One such example is how it shows everyone when you’re typing a message. Seriously, Apple… where’s the privacy there?!

A new jailbreak tweak called TypingPrivacy by iOS developer joedj now allows you to enable and disable the ellipsis bubble that appears for the recipient when you’re typing a message through iMessage, as shown above.

The tweak only comes with one ...

iOS hacker planetbeing has announced via Twitter that an updated version of the evasi0n iOS 6 untethered jailbreak tool will be released later Tuesday with support for iOS 6.1.2, the new iOS firmware update that Apple released just earlier today to fix an Exchange calendar bug that quickly drains the iOS device's battery life.

The updated version of evasi0n will be version 1.4 ...

So far, 2013 has been very good to Apple inside of India's burgeoning mobile market. In addition to enjoying a massive sales spike in response to freshly-unveiled iPhone payment plans in the region, Apple is stepping up efforts to ensure that as many products as possible are available to Indian consumers.

As of Tuesday, Apple has launched its newest Apple TV in India. The release comes ...

iOS hacker planetbeing has just announced via Twitter that Tuesday’s release of iOS 6.1.2, which fixes an Exchange calendar bug that quickly drains the iOS device's battery life, is jailbreakable on the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini (Wi-Fi).

The hacker also says that he is not yet able to test the rest of the iOS devices at this point in time, however since the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini ...

Apple confirmed Tuesday that it has been attacked by a group of hackers believed to be the same individuals (an small outfit of Chinese hackers) responsible for targeting Facebook recently.

Based on our knowledge of the matter at this time, the hackers succeeded at infecting the Mac laptops of several Apple employees. In the wake of the attack, the incident is being described as the "widest known cyber attacks ...

Those of you that are minimalists will enjoy a new jailbreak tweak called SubtleLock by iOS developer Michael Poole.

SubtleLock removes all of the excess interface elements from the lock screen and compresses the slider and lock screen clock so they stop taking up so much space. In return, the tweak gives you a larger canvas to view your wallpaper – the developer claims around 100 extra pixels. At the same time, the smaller slider and clock makes it feel ...