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.
Angry Birds Halloween Edition Coming For iOS Devices
10/21/2010, Just when you thought the Angry Birds craze was over after the vast number of downloads related to the Android version, Rovio has announced the Angry Birds Halloween Special Edition. This special edition packs a juicy 45 levels, spooky new [...]
Pwnage Tool 4.1 Is Now Available For Your iOS Devices
10/20/2010, The Dev Team has announced via a blog post that the latest version of its iPhone hacking tool is now available, namely PwnageTool 4.1 It’s capable of pwning iOS 4.1, though it only supports Macs at the moment. Aside from [...]
iOS Scrolling And Other Improvements Coming To OS X Lion
10/18/2010, With Apple’s OS X Lion event inching closer, some possible features of the updated OS have been leaked. If the leak is accurate, Lion will replace the Aqua-style scroll bars with more minimal scroll bars that feature an elastic bounce, [...]
RedEye Mini And RE-BL X Lets Your iOS Device Control Your PS3
10/18/2010, RedEye adapters from ThinkFlood offer consumers alternatives to dedicated universal remotes. Normally all you’ll need to do is hook the device to your iOS device, download the RedEye app and you’re good to go. Of course, that doesn’t work with [...]
iOS 4.2 Beta 3 Goes Live For Developers
10/13/2010, Apple has just released the iOS 4.2 beta 3 which brings the welcome introduction of new SMS tones. The bad news is that the AirPlay button has been surprisingly removed from the YouTube app, leading to speculation that it might be [...]
HomeControl provides you with full control over Mac from iOS device
10/12/2010, Want to gain full control of your Mac straight from an iOS device? Well, that is now made possible thanks to the HomeControl app which is free to boot. Basically, it delivers a free reign of your machine right in [...]
Apple Granted Trademark For Catchy App Tag Line
10/12/2010, By now you’re probably have heard of Apple’s “There’s an app for that” tagline that promotes the App Store and iOS devices. We’ve already seen competitors try and copy it and make jokes about it. The campaign did a good [...]
GreenPois0n iOS 4.1 jailbreak ready to rock and roll
10/12/2010, For those who want to jailbreak their iPhones that run on iOS 4.1, you need not wait any longer. We bring you good tidings of the GreenPois0n tool being made available, but unfortunately it is available only for Windows users [...]
Can Competitors Undercut iPad on Price?
10/05/2010, Citing economic theories, Deustche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore answers no, saying that competitors can’t come close to Apple’s tablet experience, but we’ll let you decide for yourself. According to Whitmore, Apple’s first to market gives it a competitive advantage over [...]
BlindType Has Been Acquired By Google
10/02/2010, You might remember the BlindType virtual keyboard when it was demonstrated a while back, and it seems that Google has been impressed by it, as the search engine giant has snapped up the startup company, though terms of the deal [...]
Apple TV SHAtter Jailbreak Demoed On Video
10/01/2010, As we previously mentioned, the SHAtter exploit is capable of jailbreaking the latest Apple TV which is powered by iOS 4.1. Now a video of the jailbreaking magic in action has surfaced, confirming the possibility of jailbreaking the Apple TV [...]
iOS 4.2 To Bring Internet Tethering To The iPad?
09/30/2010, Could Internet tethering be coming to the iPad? After the iOS 4.2 beta 2 was released, screenshots of the APN network settings have surfaced, showing a section dedicated to Internet tethering. The tethering seems to be similar to how the [...]
Apple TV Software UI Ported to iPod Touch, iPhone
09/29/2010, Considering the similarities between the new Apple TV and other iOS devices, we figured it wouldn’t take long for hackers and developers to tinker with the iOS offerings to get iPhone and iPad apps onto the Apple TV and the [...]
