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Prices For BlackBerry PlayBook Drop By $200 In U.S
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Following Research In Motion’s performance in the second quarter, the company promised to drop prices for its BlackBerry PlayBook in an effort to boost sales. The company has indeed dropped the price for the tablet by about $200 but the discount is said to be only temporary. The deal is available now for all versions of the PlayBook, including the 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB models and is offered by by Office Depot and Staples until October 1.
As of right now, the discount for the BlackBerry PlayBook for both Office Depot and Staples involves an immediate $100 discount and than an addition $100 More >
Apple’s iCloud To Be Powered By Amazon and Microsoft Servers
0September 7, 2011
The folks over at The Register are reporting that Apple’s iCloud service is powered by Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon’s AWS servers for hosting. Apple reportedly wants to focus on building the consumer side experience of iCloud instead of becoming a full-time cloud storage service provider. After the unsuccessful launch of MobileMe, Apple outsourcing it’s server-side duties o those that are more experienced and trusted in the server/cloud sphere provides a blanket of technical security as well as PR security. If someone screws up, Apple doesn’t have to take all the blame. It is a bit shocking More >
Tim Cook Assures Apple’s Vision Will Be Maintained
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Apple’s new CEO, Tim Cook, wasted no time reassuring his employees via a letter, trying to convince everyone that the future of Apple without “Steve” is as bright as ever. Check out the letter below:
Team:I am looking forward to the amazing opportunity of serving as CEO of the most innovative company in the world. Joining Apple was the best decision I’ve ever made and it’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work for Apple and Steve for over 13 years. I share Steve’s optimism for Apple’s bright future.
Steve has been an incredible leader and mentor to me, as well as to the entire More >
Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 6 Along With Other Beta Releases
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Download and install iOS 5 beta firmware at your own risk. The beta is intended for developer use only and we do not condone pirating Apple software.
Apple recently released another beta update to iOS 5 plus all of its enterprise applications. The list of all the applications that have been updated can be found below:
- Xcode 4.2 Developer Preview 6
- iOS 5 beta 6
- iTunes 10.5 beta 6
- Apple TV Software beta 5
- iWork for iOS beta 2
If you are a registered developer with the Apple Developer Center, you have access to download all the software updates. After looking over the iOS 5 beta 6 release More >
Spotify Continues To Grow Rapidly In The United States
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Spotify launched in the US just a little under a month ago and it is proving to be as popular in the United States as it’s been in Europe. Two weeks after launch, the music streaming service was rumored to have hit 70,000 paying subscribers. New numbers are now being leaked revealing that the service is still growing rapidly. According to the latest figures leaked, Spotify has signed up 1.4 million users total in the U.S. It may sound impressive, but what’s more amazing is that the company also has more than doubled their paid subscriber base within the last two weeks.
The majority of More >
Security Researchers Demonstrate Hacking Google’s Chrome OS
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When Google first mentioned its Google Chrome OS software several years ago, one of the selling points was the promise that it would come with better built-in security compared to other operating systems. The Chrome OS has commercially been available for a few months now and security researchers have already figured out how to hack it.
Two researchers told a crowd that they had used web-based hacker tricks to compromise the security of the Chrome OS at today’s Black Hat security conference. The Chrome OS is the software that powers the recently launched Chromebooks from a variety of More >
iCloud.com Released For Developers, Pricing Unveiled
0Apple has officially launched iCloud.com for developers and has announced the pricing of extra storage for those who need more than the free 5GB that is given to every user.
As of right now, Apple’s iCloud service adopts the iOS look and feel, even going as far as using the iOS notification bubble design to inform users they don’t have a developer account when denying them access during login. The only new app for the service appears to be a Web app for iWork that outlines users iCloud-stored Keynote, Pages, and Numbers documents. Apple also unveiled the pricing of the extra storage for More >
iTunes 11 Said To Be A Complete Overhaul With iCloud Integration
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For all of you Apple users out there, you all know that iTunes hasn’t changed very much since its first appearance when it was released back in January 2001. It appears that iTunes is now about to get a whole new look and feel with the upcoming refresh of the software, iTunes 11. According to a report from iDownloadBlog, iTunes 11 is expected to receive a complete overhaul in September and will more than likely be released along side iOS 5 and iCloud. According to iDownloadBlog, “From what we’re hearing, the UI would be much more cleaner and “slick.” iCloud is also going to be more closely More >
Apple Released iOS 4.3.5 – Jailbroken Using RedSn0w 0.9.8b4
0July 27, 2011
Apple recently released the latest update to iOS, now version 4.3.5, to address security flaws. This update comes quickly after the 4.3.4 update which addressed a similar security flaw used to jailbreak iDevices. According to Apple’s Knowledge Base article about the update mentions the following:
“Available for: iOS 3.0 through 4.3.4 for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 (GSM), iOS 3.1 through 4.3.4 for iPod touch (3rd generation) and later, iOS 3.2 through 4.3.4 for iPad.
Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may capture or modify data in sessions protected by More >
RedSn0w Updated To 0.9.8b3 To Jailbreak iOS 4.3.4
0July 17, 2011
MuscleNerd (@MuscleNerd) has recently tweeted that the iPhone Dev-Team has released the third beta of RedSn0w for the recently released iOS 4.3.4 / iOS 4.2.9.
redsn0w b3 http://is.gd/6eek4Y is a *tethered* 4.3.4 JB for kernel hackers only (see #3). Most should stay back at 4.3.3!
This version of RedSn0w is for kernal hackers only. There is NO reason for an average user to update to iOS 4.3.4 and use this jailbreak as of right now.
A new post on the iPhone Dev-Team blog gives us more insight as to what the third beta of RedSn0w is all about. We recommend reading this part really More >
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