If you are one of those unlockers patiently waiting for an unlock for iPhone 4 other than baseband 01.59.00, here is some bad news for you. According to the recent tweet from iPhone Dev Team (team behind the unlocking and jail breaking procedures) member MuscleNerd, it is taking longer than expected to get the unlock figured out. Sorry, there’s no news on the i4 unlock for those who lost 01.59 (or never had it). It’s taking longer than we wanted :( ...
To compete the HTML5 competence, Adobe released a new experimental Flash to HTML5 conversion tool (codenamed Wallaby)yesterday night. “Wallaby” is the codename for an experimental technology that converts the artwork and animation contained in Adobe® Flash® Professional (FLA) files into HTML. Its just a matter of dragging and dropping thing to convert flash files into HTML5. The company is specifically hoping this tool will make it easier for designers and developers to get their content onto iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. ...
Last week, the Android team was made aware of a number of malicious applications published to Android Market. Within minutes of becoming aware, they removed the malicious applications. According to the company, the apps are malware aimed at getting root access to the user’s device, gathering a wide range of available data, and downloading more code to it without the user’s knowledge. The following 21 malware apps have already been downloaded by at least 50, 000 Android users. ...
A new rumour floating on Cupertino’s (read Apple) world. Apple will abandon the glass back design it introduced with the iPhone 4, and replace it with a new aluminium back, similar to the very first iPhone, with its next model. According to Taiwan’s Economics Daily News’ report (via Apple Insider) , the issues with scratches and paint mixture for the white iPhone 4 have allegedly prompted Apple to switch to aluminium which may resemble the design similar to the iPod touch. In addition to scratching and difficulty painting the glass back of the iPhone 4, the report claims that the weight of the glass has prompted Apple to reconsider its use in iPhone 5. ...
A Chinese site Win7China today managed to get hold of a few screenshots of Microsoft’s next operating system (popularly known as Windows 8) as well as some interesting features to share with everyone. Other features rumored around include Facial recognition, Windows Store. Steve Ballmer already quoted past in an interview about the riskiest product ever could be the next release of Windows. Windows 8 is expected to be another revolutionary release to the Windows product line. ...
Google TV hasn’t been that popular so far despite the fact that the platform has some interesting features. One of the things that I think could save the Google TV platform would be access to apps from the Android Market on the Google TV platform. A new version of the Android Market for the Google TV platform is now officially noted to be coming soon and that announcement came directly from Ashish Arora, GM of Google TV products at Logitech yesterday. ...
Alongside the iPad 2 announcement yesterday, Apple said that it will rolling out iOS 4.3 to all its iPhones, iPods, iPads from March 11, 2011. The major updates in this release include - AirPlay Enhancements Get even more play out of AirPlay — the wireless technology that lets you stream content from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your HDTV via Apple TV Safari Performance With the new Nitro JavaScript engine powering Safari, it runs JavaScript up to twice as fast as in iOS 4.2 iTunes Home Sharing Now you can play your entire iTunes library from anywhere in the house iPad Side Switch Customize the switch on the side of your iPad to lock the screen rotation or mute the volume Personal Hotspot for iPhone 4 On the road, in an airport, at the park — now you can bring Wi-Fi with you wherever you go. ...
The wait is over. Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who is taking a leave absence from the company, returned to unveil the new product iPad 2 at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco today. As rumored, the next generation tablet device will have a 33% thinner profile. Other awesome features you can play on this new iPad 2 include Photo Booth - you can manipulate effects by touching. You can FaceTime between two iPads, between an iPad and an iPhone, or between an iPad and a Mac. ...
Today, Facebook rolled out a new commenting system for blogs and third-party sites. It launched updates to the Comments Box Plugin with new moderation tools as well as features to improve the distribution and quality of comments on your site. According to a Facebook blog post, the new commenting system will be a quick install for publishers, with a single line of code. Sharing comments on Facebook will, of course, be seamless. ...
Imagine the sinking feeling of logging in to your Gmail account and finding it empty. That’s what happened to 0.02% of Gmail users two days back. The good news is that email was never lost and Gmail team have restored for many of those affected. About 40000 accounts were wiped clean, leaving inboxes empty. It turned out due to a software update that introduced the unexpected bug. If you were affected by this issue, it’s important to note that email sent to you between 6:00 PM PST on February 27 and 2:00 PM PST on February 28 was likely not delivered to your mailbox, and the senders would have received a notification that their messages weren’t delivered. ...