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- Poll: 3G, battery and overheating issues on iOS 6.1?
- WSJ: Apple testing iWatch designs with Foxconn
- How Apple sales are hitting a language barrier
- Tim Cook opposed suing Samsung in 2011, but was overruled by Steve Jobs
- Apple hires 100+ former TI engineers for its third Israeli R&D center
- The New York Times again reports that Apple is building an iWatch
- Contractor modifies thousands of iPads for government use
- Sn0wbreeze 2.9.9 is out with a handful of bug fixes
- The iDownloadBlog top news stories of the week
| Poll: 3G, battery and overheating issues on iOS 6.1? Posted: 10 Feb 2013 02:20 PM PST
Like any software release, the January 28 iOS 6.1 firmware update did fix some known bugs, but also has introduced a new set of issues. Specifically, the update is said to contain a bug that affects your iPhone’s battery life and 3G performance. The battery inefficiencies could be related to an Exchange bug, clever people at AOL have learnt). Quick searches on the Apple Support Communities forum for iOS 6.1 battery and iOS 6.1 3G clearly prove these issues are more widespread than originally thought. While some people are seeing their iPhone 5 battery life dropping after updating to iOS 6.1, others are bitching about overheating issues. To make matters worse, Vodafone advised its UK customers against upgrading to iOS 6.1 until Apple fixes 3G hiccups, which include the occasional difficulty in connecting to the network to make or receive calls or texts or connecting to the mobile Internet. What are you seeing?(...) "Poll: 3G, battery and overheating issues on iOS 6.1?" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| WSJ: Apple testing iWatch designs with Foxconn Posted: 10 Feb 2013 12:47 PM PST
The New York Times tech columnist Nick Bilton has recycled his December 2011 story of a curved-glass iPod, now claiming in a new piece published this morning that a wearable computer by Apple is actually in the works. An iWatch apparently runs iOS, the story has it, and will stand apart from competition based on Apple’s “understanding of how such glass can curve around the human body". Not to be outdone by its chief competitor, the credulous Wall Street Journal just issued its own iWatch report corroborating Bilton’s article and adding a few tidbits of its own…(...) "WSJ: Apple testing iWatch designs with Foxconn" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| How Apple sales are hitting a language barrier Posted: 10 Feb 2013 12:15 PM PST
Do you need another metric to follow in the race between Apple and Android? How about language? That’s the focus of a new report suggesting Apple’s iPhone is predominantly focused on English-speaking nations while Android-powered Samsung smartphones are popular in Asia, Africa and South America, where English-speaking consumers are a minority. After sifting through the Twitter accounts of both Apple and Samsung, a Saudi Arabian researcher at King Saud University (KSU) found 75 percent of Apple’s followers spoke English, while about 35 percent of Samsung’s online fans were non-English speakers…(...) "How Apple sales are hitting a language barrier" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Tim Cook opposed suing Samsung in 2011, but was overruled by Steve Jobs Posted: 10 Feb 2013 11:08 AM PST
There’s an interesting report out this morning that takes an in-depth look at the so-called “frenemy” relationship between Apple and Samsung. The connections between the two are certainly odd, as they are competitors, supply chain partners and suing each other around the world. Their latter association is perhaps the most known in recent years. The two companies’ high profile court battles over who copied who have been very public, especially the most recent one in northern California. And according to Reuters, the whole thing started over the Galaxy Tab…(...) "Tim Cook opposed suing Samsung in 2011, but was overruled by Steve Jobs" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple hires 100+ former TI engineers for its third Israeli R&D center Posted: 10 Feb 2013 10:44 AM PST
We’ve known Apple’s been bolstering its in-house chip design with a new research and development (R&D) center planned in the Israeli city of Ra'anana. According to a new report, Apple’s third Israeli R&D center is scheduled to go online in the second half of 2013 and will be staffed by some 150 former Texas Instruments employees. It was reported in December that Apple tapped a pool of former Texas Instruments employees in Israel after the chip maker had announced it was laying off a staggering 1,700 employees as a result of moving its focus away from smartphone and tablet processors and toward embedded applications like in-car computer systems…(...) "Apple hires 100+ former TI engineers for its third Israeli R&D center" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| The New York Times again reports that Apple is building an iWatch Posted: 10 Feb 2013 09:46 AM PST
Hot on the heels of the popular ‘iWatch’ speculation piece from former Apple employee Bruce Tognazzini, comes a report from The New York Times that claims that such a product is actually in the works. Citing sources ‘familiar with the matter,’ The Times is reporting (for the second time in the last three years) that Apple is currently in the process of developing a smartwatch that utilizes curved glass…(...) "The New York Times again reports that Apple is building an iWatch" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Contractor modifies thousands of iPads for government use Posted: 10 Feb 2013 08:09 AM PST
CACI, or Consolidated Analysis Center Incorporated, is a federal contractor that delivers various information technology services to government agencies. Its primary focus is security, and it goes through great lengths to provide protected business solutions for its clients. A good example of this is the work it’s doing with Apple’s mobile products. In a recent interview, CACI’s CEO Dan Allen said that his company has altered ‘thousands’ of iPads so that they can be used securely by high-ranking government officials—including the President…(...) "Contractor modifies thousands of iPads for government use" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Sn0wbreeze 2.9.9 is out with a handful of bug fixes Posted: 10 Feb 2013 05:38 AM PST
iH8sn0w has posted a minor update to his popular jailbreak utility sn0wbreeze this weekend, bringing the software to version 2.9.9. The update comes just a few days after 2.9.8 was released, and features a handful of bug fixes. The Windows-only app includes the new untethered evasi0n jailbreak, which the evad3rs debuted last week, and is capable of hacking all pre-A5 devices on iOS 6.1 (including the Apple TV 2). Full 2.9.9 change log after the fold…(...) "Sn0wbreeze 2.9.9 is out with a handful of bug fixes" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| The iDownloadBlog top news stories of the week Posted: 10 Feb 2013 04:00 AM PST
Like every Sunday, we bring you the stories that were the most popular on iDB during this past week. Whether it is a news piece, an editorial, a tutorial, a new jailbreak tweak, or an accessory review, we sum it all up in one convenient place. If you like what you’re reading, please make sure to spread the love by sharing our posts on your favorite social network. We’re usually hanging out a lot on Twitter and Facebook, more rarely on Google+…
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