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Microsoft Incorporates iOS Mobile App Discovery In Bing Searches

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June 10, 2011
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Microsoft is apparently making it easier for iOS users to find apps using the Bing search engine. The Bing team has improved iPhone mobile app discovery across its latest updated version of Bing Mobile Browse. Microsoft is trying to surface applications that people would never have searched for through its Bing search Engine. Bing’s program manager, Mujahid Hasan explained the following: ”We are helping people with this “serendipitous discovery” by surfacing relevant apps automatically in the context of normal search queries.”

As of right now, the feature is U.S only but it surfaces More >

Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 Released; Offers Tethered Jailbreak For iOS 5.0b1

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June 10, 2011
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iPhone Dev Team has released RedSn0w 0.9.8b1 which is now available for download. Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 can jailbreak iOS 5 beta which was released to developers at WWDC. You can download Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 jailbreak from below.

Supported devices:
  • iPod touch 3G
  • iPod touch 4G
  • iPad 1
  • iPhone3GS
  • iPhone4 (GSM)
  • iPhone4 (CDMA)

UNLOCKERS AND THOSE PRESERVING THEIR UNLOCKABLE BASEBANDS SHOULD STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS! You will very likely lose your unlockable baseband if you try to install iOS 5.

THIS JAILBREAK IS INTENDED ONLY FOR DEVELOPERS OF JAILBROKEN APPS! There are just too many broken components More >

Latest Leak Of Windows 8 Hints At Improved Multi-Monitor Support

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June 10, 2011
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Concept Image By: Itworld.com

Microsoft is rumored to be building better multi-monitor support for Windows 8, according to reports. Group policy objects discovered in the latest leak of Windows 8 are hinting at the ability for Windows 8 users to display their taskbar across more than one display. ITWorld recently discovered the feature alongside what appears to be a 3G / 4G cost limiter feature and improved crash detection. The setting refers to a new “Multiple Display” section in the taskbar properties dialog. The feature is currently missing in leaked builds but the references in the group More >

Hands On Demo Of iMessage On iOS 5

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June 10, 2011
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If you have been following along with WWDC 2011 and all of the iOS 5 news, you already know that apple’s newest release of iOS is currently in beta form. Steven Chi, a reviewer from the member of the Redmond Pie family, got his hands on iOS 5 and put together a video showcasing iMessage, one of the major new features in iOS 5, which overall went pretty smooth. The video might show you a few things you might not yet know; for example, iMessage is actually integrated into the iOS messages app, meaning it will automatically switch to SMS mode, which looks and feels identically if the recipient More >

TinyUmbrella Updated To 5.00.00; Supports iOS 5 Beta 1

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June 9, 2011
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@Notcom, the dev behind TinyUmbrella has released an updated version of TinyUmbrella v5.00.00 to support iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad 2, 1, iPod Touch 4G, 3G on iOS 5 Beta 1. You can follow our guide on how to save SHSH blobs of iOS 5 for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod Touch 4G, 3G, 2G with a single click using TinyUmbrella. You can download Tinyumbrella 5.00.00 from the link below.

 

For those who don’t know, TinyUmbrella lets you save SHSH blobs for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple TV which are required to be able to downgrade device firmware to an older version. Alternatively, you can More >

iOS 5 Jailbreak For iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch Completed With Limera1n

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June 9, 2011
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Several people are asking about the iOS 5 jailbreak and well there is good news as we reported before; MuscleNerd has jailbroken the OS with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, 3rd and 4th gen iPod Touch compatibility. It’s already jailbroken using the Limera1n exploit and you have to remember that it is a tethered jailbreak. For the untethered iOS 5 jailbreak, we’ll have to wait but patience is something we should be good at having at this point.

For those of you didn’t already know, the famous iPhone Dev Team member, MuscleNerd had previously posted an image of the jailbroken iPod Touch 4G on More >

Hands On Demo Of iOS 5 And iTunes In The Cloud

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June 8, 2011
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One of the very anticipated announcements that came out during WWDC 2011 was Apple’s new iCloud service. The service offers new cloud-based syncing and storage for iOS devices and iTunes. iCloud takes what MobileMe started and promises to turn it into something both useful and something that actually works. With iOS 5 not available to the public just yet, what exactly can existing iOS 4.3 users do that will put the new iCloud service through its paces?

Effective June 6, 2011, if you had an active MobileMe account, your service has been automatically extended through June 30, 2012, at no More >

Apple Releases iTunes 10.3.1, Fixes Syncing Issue

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June 8, 2011
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Just a day after releasing iTunes 10.3 to support some early iCloud features such as automatic downloads and access to previously purchased content, Apple has released iTunes 10.3.1, to fix critical issues in the application.

The documentation accompanying the release and Apple’s support page merely offer the same information as found with the original iTunes 10.3 release, providing no word on exactly what is addressed in what is presumably a minor bug fix update. It is believed to fix the “unknown error (-50)” some users would get while syncing iOS devices. No fixes were found as of More >

[How To] Upgrade To iOS 5 Beta Without A Developer Account [Update]

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June 7, 2011
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Apple recently announced iOS 5 at the WWDC, just a few days out and the OS has already been jailbroken, now a developer named Mert Erdir has found a vulnerability which allows you to upgrade to iOS 5 without having any developer account.

He has also shared the method how you can achieve this task. According to the source:

  1. Search and download the iOS 5 IPSW for your iOS device.
  2. Connect your device with your computer and click on “Check for update” using OPTION for Mac and SHIFT for PC.
  3. Select the IPSW you have downloaded and let it to be updated.
  4. After its updated, triple click the Home More >

iOS 5 Jailbroken Month’s Before It’s Final Release

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June 7, 2011
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MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team has recently posted pictures on his twitter account, confirming the jailbreak works fine on iOS 5, but is currently limited to a tethered boot only, which means you will have to connect it to your computer on every reboot. According to his initial testing, Cydia appears to be working just fine on his 4th generation iPod Touch. He managed to install an SSHing utility app called iSSH successfully, which can be seen in one of the screenshots below:

Apple recently unveiled iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch yesterday at the WWDC conference in San More >

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