All the stories tagged with iOS
was once upon a time called iPhone OS, or “operating system”, which is the software that provides all the basic device functionality and is the interface between the hardware and applications. iOS was introduced with the iPhone on January 9 2007, and it was originally not intended to be programmable by third parties. Steve Jobs had envisioned that developers could create Web Apps that would run in the browser. This changed less than one year after when the iPhone SDK (software development kit) was introduced in October 2007. Today, hundreds of thousands of apps have been created for this platform. iPhone OS became iOS on June 2010. Interestingly, both iPhone and iOS were former trademarks of Cisco, that Apple now uses under a license.
Is rubyra1n the next jailbreak from Geohot?
12/30/2010, You might remember Geohot, the popular iPhone hacker and provider of the pouplar blackra1n and limera1n jailbreak methods. Now folks out there have discovered hints of the next jailbreak from him. The domain rubyra1n.com was registered by him and certainly [...]
Ford SYNC Destinations app arrives for iOS and Android devices
12/29/2010, Ford owners out there might want to take note that the company has released its first mobile app, dubbed SYNC Destinations. The app was developed by SYNC TDI traffic information provider INRIX, giving SYNC owners the convenience of sending upcoming [...]
McAfee report thinks that iPad and iPhone are targets for cybercrime in 2011
12/29/2010, A McAfee Threat Predictions report states that Apple’s platforms; especially its mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad will be increasingly targeted by cybercrime in 2011. Such a move really wouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, considering the [...]
Quick Snap turns the volume button on your iPhone into a shutter release
12/28/2010, Folks who previously used the Camera+ iOS app might know that it was quickly pulled by Apple from the App Store when it was discovered that it featured a hidden function that allowed users to use the volume buttons to [...]
iOS update helps to save an old language
12/27/2010, The iPhone is capable of doing many things, but one thing you probably wouldn’t expect it to play a part in is the preservation of an old language. It has been discovered that Apple quietly added support for the American [...]
Streetline Parker iPhone app offers real-time parking lot information
12/27/2010, Nobody enjoys scouting around for parking lots in the city and Streetline has announced its Parker iPhone app, touted as the first application to give drivers real-time parking information and a fast way to find open metered parking spaces and [...]
iFixit iPad app arrives to bring disassembly knowledge with you everywhere
12/23/2010, We’ve seen plenty of teardown pictures from the folks over at iFixit, showing the world how to disassemble complex gadgets and offering useful step-by-step processes. Now they’ve taken it one step further and come up with an app for the [...]
Instagram photo-sharing app headed to Android
12/23/2010, With the very popular iPhone app Instagram recently passing the 1 million mark, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to its users to hear that the app is now headed to Google’s Android platform. Instagram offers users [...]
Untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 might be delayed
12/23/2010, While there is plenty of good news going around to allow you to celebrate Christmas a little earlier, there is a little bit of disappointing news for iOS users out there who were hoping for the untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak [...]
AirMediaPlayer brings AirPlay streaming to Windows
12/22/2010, Considering that we’ve seen solutions to get Apple’s iOS to stream media via AirPlay to Macs and Linux machines, it really shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to anyone to hear that a Windows program called AirMediaPlayer has [...]
Navigon 1.7 for U.S., North America Now Available in App Store
12/22/2010, Navigon for Apple’s iOS platform has been updated to version 1.70–the U.S. and Canada map edition is on sale now for $45 and the app is available as a free update for those who have previously purchased. The updated app [...]
Times Square New Year’s Ball Drop Gets Modernized with Official Android, iPhone Apps
12/22/2010, The Times Square ball drop on New Year’s Eve is getting a modern makeover with official apps for Android and iPhone smartphones. The app will allow users to monitor the countdown on their phones and watch a live stream of [...]
Smurf Village $100 iOS credit card orders shock parents
12/21/2010, Playing games on various platforms such as Android or iOS isn’t a big deal, since the games generally don’t cost more than a few bucks, not to mention they’re often free. That being said, with Apple enabling in-app purchases, many [...]
