In another move to combat jailbreaking, Apple is aggressively taking steps to make it nearly impossible to downgrade your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to a jailbreakable firmware. At the moment, iOS device owners can save their SHSH blobs using TinyUmbrella or Cydia for use later to downgrade or restore to a firmware lower than the current release. ...

Apple has released the second beta for the upcoming iDevice firmware. iOS 5 beta 2 was released on Friday to app developers. Apart from bringing numerous bug fixes, iOS 5 beta 2 brings wireless syncing for the Mac. ...

One of the most nerve-racking moments of owning an iPhone is when your mount comes loose and your beloved iPhone goes crashing to the floor. In walks Exomount to solve the tougest of tasks. The Exomount will reportedly "suction" to just about any material including wood, glass, metal, plastic or even drywall. ...

The popular jailbreaker's app iBye is upgrading to version 3 for use with iOS 5, which is set to be released sometime in the fall. This new version of iBye will offer iCloud-like functionality to it's popular backup options. The best part about it is that you can use whatever server you want. ...

It has been rumored that Apple would begin selling unlocked iPhones in the United States starting Wednesday, June 15th. The rumors were wrong. Starting today, you can pick up a factory unlocked iPhone from Apple without any contract commitment.
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The iOS 5 beta released after the WWDC announcement has already been jailbroken by the Dev Team in less than 24 hours of it's release. MuscleNerd announced on his Twitter page that iOS5 had been jailbroken using limera1n and a tethered boot. Although this is just a beta, and there's still a long ways to go before the final release comes out, it's at least very promising.
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Today Steve Jobs of Apple, along with several different VP's, engineers, etc. announced the released of iOS5 for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, iPod Touch 3rd Generation and iPod Touch 4th Generation. There was no shortage of "oooing" and "ahhhh'ing" during the speech. Below is a run-down of the top 10 new features:
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RecognizeMe is a new Cydia tweak that will allow you to use biometric facial recognition to unlock your iPhone. There are two different algorithms being used for verification to help avoid false positives. RecognizeMe is an alternative unlock method, not a replacement.
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Alibaba is reporting a new case design for the redesigned iPhone 4(S?) or iPhone 5. As can be plainly seen from the image, the thin bezel lends to the belief that the new iPhone will have an edge-to-edge screen. From the back of the case, the flash has been relocated to the right side of the iPhone.
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