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- AT&T to light up LTE in 79 new markets by the end of summer
- Cydia introduces new TSS Center, Saurik explains what happened to iOS 6 TSS data
- Tim Cook’s right-hand man reportedly in China dealing with PR crisis
- Apple looking for an engineer to help investigate flexible display tech
- Apple licenses $10 million worth of patents filed by Palm and others
- Nearly half of U.S. teens own an iPhone, 62% are planning to buy one
- Mr. Runner 2: The Masks confirmed for April 24
- New report claims Microsoft Office landing on iOS next fall
- LookAway Player brings Galaxy S4-like Smart Pause eye-tracking to iPhone
- Major Foursquare update focuses on search and Explore recommendations
- AppGratis rejection may point to wider App Store enforcement
- Pro-Samsung paper: Apple excluded Samsung from A7 chip production
- Foxconn expectedly experiences sales lull amid seasonal iPhone decline
- Alleged iPad 5 front part with narrower bezels leaks
- Stone Age: The Board Game builds empires on your iOS device
- The iTorch, a portable iPhone charger that lights the way
- First Facebook Home reviews hit the web
- T-Mobile announces new trade-in offer ahead of iPhone 5 launch
- New evidence shows 802.11ac headed to future Macs
| AT&T to light up LTE in 79 new markets by the end of summer Posted: 10 Apr 2013 06:04 PM PDT
T-Mobile may be two years late to the LTE party, but it has some ambitious rollout plans for its 4G network. In a press release yesterday, the carrier said it hopes to cover 200 million+ subscribers with LTE by the end of 2013. But not wanting to give up any ground to the Deutsche Telekom-owned company, AT&T announced today some enterprising rollout plans of its own. The carrier says it will add LTE to 79 new markets by the end of the summer…(...) "AT&T to light up LTE in 79 new markets by the end of summer" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Cydia introduces new TSS Center, Saurik explains what happened to iOS 6 TSS data Posted: 10 Apr 2013 05:25 PM PDT
Recently, Saurik, the creator of Cydia, posted a new blog entry explaining the history of Cydia’s TSS caching capabilities. As you know, Cydia has been able to automatically save off SHSH blobs for potential downgrade ability with jailbroken devices. Things have changed rapidly over the years as iOS’ security evolved. The earlier versions of iOS included absolutely no downgrade protection. Eventually, with the adaption of TSS, basic verification to make sure that you were installing newer firmware, instead of older firmware arrived. This security was enhanced further with the adoption of a new verification scheme — APTicket — which has proved to be a pain in the rear for would be downgraders. Yes, there have been, and will always be a few exceptions to that rule, but for the most part, Apple has done a good job of cutting off the ability to downgrade firmware. What does all of this have to do with Cydia’s new TSS Center? Well as it turns out, the APTickets saved for iOS 6.0-6.1.2 are all “useless”, as they’re incomplete tickets unsuitable for booting a device. In a post on his blog named Where did my iOS 6 TSS data go? Saurik explains in verbose detail the issue at hand…(...) "Cydia introduces new TSS Center, Saurik explains what happened to iOS 6 TSS data" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Tim Cook’s right-hand man reportedly in China dealing with PR crisis Posted: 10 Apr 2013 03:29 PM PDT
Apple’s Executive Profile page lists Jeff Williams as the Senior Vice President of Operations. But according to people inside the company, he’s much more important than that. Some folks even refer to him as “Cook’s right-hand man.” So it should come as no surprise that, according to a new report, Williams is in Beijing this week dealing with Apple’s major PR fallout in China, after taking severe criticism in recent weeks over its warranty practices in the country…(...) "Tim Cook’s right-hand man reportedly in China dealing with PR crisis" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple looking for an engineer to help investigate flexible display tech Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:58 PM PDT
According to a job listing posted on its website April 1, Apple is looking for a Senior Optical Engineer to lead the investigation on emerging display technologies, including high efficiency LCD panels and flexible displays. The latter seems to confirm speculation that Apple is interested in incorporating flexible display tech into future iOS devices—something that’s been hinted at in patent filings, and brought up in recent iWatch rumors…(...) "Apple looking for an engineer to help investigate flexible display tech" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple licenses $10 million worth of patents filed by Palm and others Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT
This is kind of interesting. Access, a Japan-based software company, published a release on its website this morning noting that it had entered a licensing agreement with Apple for a number of its patents. The firm’s portfolio is quite large, featuring IP from Bell, Palm and others. The particular patents that Apple is said to have acquired the rights to came from PalmSource, the company behind Palm’s original mobile operating system. In 2003, it spun off of Palm as an independent company, and in 2005, Access acquired it and its intelectual property…(...) "Apple licenses $10 million worth of patents filed by Palm and others" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Nearly half of U.S. teens own an iPhone, 62% are planning to buy one Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:15 PM PDT
Although it sometimes seems like every teen has an iPhone, we are not quite there, according to new research. Some 48 percent of teens say they own the Apple smartphone with 62 percent expecting to buy an iPhone as their next handset. The 48 percent of teen-owned iPhones is up from 40 percent registered during fall 2012, according to Piper Jaffray’s 25th bi-annual teen survey. Meanwhile, just over 20 percent of teens surveyed said they either own or plan to purchase a smartphone powered by Google’s Android mobile operating software…(...) "Nearly half of U.S. teens own an iPhone, 62% are planning to buy one" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Mr. Runner 2: The Masks confirmed for April 24 Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:10 AM PDT Mr. Runner, in case you aren’t aware of it, is Zing Games’ endless runner with an interesting side-scrolling twist and nice retro-like graphics. People downloaded it over five million times so it has some respectable following out there. Two and a half years later, Zing is set to release a sequel, titled Mr. Runner 2: The Masks. Exploiting the side-scrolling mechanics further, Mr. Runner 2 adds a bunch of colorful backgrounds that should shine on Retina screens (art direction indeed looks stunning), 32 level across four dream-like worlds worlds with different themes and challenges, plus the new cartoony characters. I’ll be on the lookout for this one when it hits the App Store on April 24, that’s for sure. By the way, there’s more to this trailer than meets the eye. Read on for the full disclosure…(...) "Mr. Runner 2: The Masks confirmed for April 24" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| New report claims Microsoft Office landing on iOS next fall Posted: 10 Apr 2013 10:57 AM PDT
Over the last several months, there’s been a lot of talk regarding the potential for an iOS version of MS Office. Folks particularly want to see it land on the iPad, as research shows the move could be worth some $2.5 billion to Microsoft. But despite all of the chatter, we have yet to see any indication that Office is on its way to Apple’s mobile platform. And it doesn’t look like we’re going to anytime soon. A new report suggests the app suite won’t land on iOS until next fall… "New report claims Microsoft Office landing on iOS next fall" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| LookAway Player brings Galaxy S4-like Smart Pause eye-tracking to iPhone Posted: 10 Apr 2013 10:21 AM PDT
Samsung has been promoting its eye-tracking technology, which debuted on the Galaxy S3, for some time now. As an S3 owner, I must say I wasn’t impressed with the handset’s ability to automatically shut down the display when looking away: it’s taxing on the battery and not very reliable. With the Galaxy S4, which is scheduled to go on sale by end of April, Samsung is doubling down on eye-tracking with a few related new features like Smart Scroll and Smart Pause. And now, a new iPhone app has been released which brings the Smart Pause-like functionality to the iPhone…(...) "LookAway Player brings Galaxy S4-like Smart Pause eye-tracking to iPhone" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Major Foursquare update focuses on search and Explore recommendations Posted: 10 Apr 2013 09:04 AM PDT
Celebrating its fourth anniversary, the location-based social networking service Foursquare today pushed a major new version of its mobile app, bringing out new features that tap over 3.5 billion check-ins users have made on the service thus far. “With the new Foursquare 6.0, we're crunching all our data to show the best of what's nearby, anywhere in the world, the second you open up the app,” the team wrote in a blog post Wednesday. Here’s what’s new…(...) "Major Foursquare update focuses on search and Explore recommendations" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| AppGratis rejection may point to wider App Store enforcement Posted: 10 Apr 2013 08:41 AM PDT
Apple may be preparing to scrub its App Store of companies offering to promote other apps through paid partnerships with their developers. The removal of the AppGratis curation software from the App Store earlier this week “was the first step” by Apple to enforce the recently-announced portions of the App Store Review Guidelines, according to one tech news outlet. And while the AppGratis teams argues this is "far from finished," looks like the legitimacy of the App Store’s ranking feature is at stake. On the surface, it seems Apple believes it is being threatened by third-party software for iDevices designed to recommend other apps, including promoting apps via social media. Although developers debate the meaning of two clauses in Apple’s guidelines, the iPhone and iPad maker wants to head off any confusion by consumers, the Wednesday report suggests…(...) "AppGratis rejection may point to wider App Store enforcement" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Pro-Samsung paper: Apple excluded Samsung from A7 chip production Posted: 10 Apr 2013 07:38 AM PDT
We’ve been hearing lots of rumors claiming that Apple is taking its lucrative chip biz contract away from Samsung in the final sign that the partnership between the two firms on parts has all but fallen apart. What’s really interesting this time around is that a Korean publication that typically favors Samsung now claims that Apple has excluded Samsung entirely from its next-generation chip development project. That’s a major development knowing Apple’s been paying billions of dollars to the Galaxy maker’s semiconductor arm to manufacture iDevice processor, using Apple-designed silicon blueprints…(...) "Pro-Samsung paper: Apple excluded Samsung from A7 chip production" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Foxconn expectedly experiences sales lull amid seasonal iPhone decline Posted: 10 Apr 2013 06:33 AM PDT
Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn, assembles many Apple products, including iPhones and iPads. And with an estimated 60 to 70 percent of its revenues owed to the Apple orders account, Foxconn’s earnings are scrutinized for any possible hint which could point to increasing or decreasing demand for Apple products. Today, the contract manufacturer has posted a nineteen percent decline in sales in the first quarter compared with a year earlier. As you’d expect, Reuters immediately speculated the numbers are down because the company is “hurt by disappointing demand for the iPhone”…(...) "Foxconn expectedly experiences sales lull amid seasonal iPhone decline" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Alleged iPad 5 front part with narrower bezels leaks Posted: 10 Apr 2013 05:49 AM PDT Multiple reports have pointed to Apple’s fifth-generation iPad adopting design cues of its little brother, the iPad mini. Wednesday, another evidence surfaced suggesting that the iPad 5 indeed has the skinnier side bezels much akin to the iPad mini. Additionally, the gizmo is said to also borrow the iPad mini’s thin appearance, be lighter and resemble its aluminum design. Here’s a pair of photographs said to depict the device’s front panel which has reportedly leaked somewhere out of China…(...) "Alleged iPad 5 front part with narrower bezels leaks" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Stone Age: The Board Game builds empires on your iOS device Posted: 10 Apr 2013 04:00 AM PDT
I consider myself an avid board gamer. I've always loved them. Family night at my house meant hours and hours of monopoly. Even road trips required some travel version of Hasbro's greatest hits. As I got older, I discovered some of the more complex board games and began what can now only be considered an unhealthy fascination with the genre. I think of it as unhealthy because I will regularly fork over between $50 and $80 for a game that will inevitably end up on a shelf, having been opened once. You see. My friends don't play board game. They either prefer role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, or just don't waste time with games at all. That's why I love board game apps so much. Most of them let you play a full game against one or more computer-generated opponents. Some of them even allow you to compete against others through Game Center. Stone Age: The Board Game by Campfire Creations is one of those board game apps that let's you play alone, with friends, or against perfect strangers online. The goal of this empire-building game is to earn more victory points than your opponent. To do so, collect buildings, workers, tools, and specialists through collecting resources and trading with other tribes. The more bountiful your land, the more points you earn. The player with the most victory points at the end of the game wins…(...) "Stone Age: The Board Game builds empires on your iOS device" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| The iTorch, a portable iPhone charger that lights the way Posted: 10 Apr 2013 03:00 AM PDT
Since my visit to CES 2013, a quest for a backup portable iPhone charger began. Running around the world’s largest trade show peddling for power was pretty ugly. New Trent was kind enough to send one over for review and it fitted the bill for my charging woes. A simple, travel size device, the iTorch IMP52D provided a full charge in just under 2 hours for my iPhone 5…(...) "The iTorch, a portable iPhone charger that lights the way" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| First Facebook Home reviews hit the web Posted: 10 Apr 2013 02:01 AM PDT
After years of rumors and speculation, Facebook finally announced its entry into the smartphone space last week. But it didn’t unveil its own hardware, or operating system, like a lot of folks were expecting. Instead, it showed off Facebook Home, a software shell for Android. As you’d expect, feedback following the announcement has been filled with mixed emotions. Luckily, Facebook lifted the embargo on tech journalists last night, allowing them to publish their full reviews of Home to help give folks a better idea of what it’s all about…(...) "First Facebook Home reviews hit the web" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| T-Mobile announces new trade-in offer ahead of iPhone 5 launch Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:00 AM PDT
T-Mobile is sure making a compelling case for folks to join its network with a new iPhone 5 this Friday. The carrier is offering competitive unlimited rate plans, contract-free 5th gen iPhones for $99 down and $20 per month, and it’s just sweetened the deal. In a press release last night, T-Mobile announced a new trade-in offer for iPhone 5 buyers that could potentially eliminate their down payment and earn them up to a $120 credit, depending on the value of their device. We’ve got the full details after the break…(...) "T-Mobile announces new trade-in offer ahead of iPhone 5 launch" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| New evidence shows 802.11ac headed to future Macs Posted: 09 Apr 2013 08:35 PM PDT
Are you ready for faster wireless speeds? How about better range? If so, then you’ll be happy to hear that new evidence shows that Apple is implementing 802.11ac support into its latest version of its desktop OS. The OS X 10.8.4 beta release, that we told you about earlier, contains code not contained in previous versions of the OS. This code suggests that Apple is adding Gigabit wireless support, which is also known as 802.11ac, to future Mac hardware.(...) "New evidence shows 802.11ac headed to future Macs" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
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