In yet another departure from tradition, Apple today released iOS 5 beta 5. Available only to registered iOS developers, the update is compatible with the iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and the 3rd- and 4th-gen iPod touch. The option to download the update OTA is there for those currently running beta 3 and later, but [...]

Apple on Tuesday announced its Q3 2011 earning, and boy did it ever make bank. Apple earned $28.57-billion in revenue, far above the $24.92-billion the Street was predicting. Net income came in at $7.31-billion. Sales of iPhones and iPads continued to soar, having sold 20.34m iPhones and and 9.25m iPads in three months. These figures [...]

After Friday’s release of iOS 4.3.4, jailbreakers have been on edge waiting for the Dev-Team to tell them whether or not its safe to attempt a jailbreak. Well we now have word, and it’s not exactly ideal. While it is possible to jailbreak iOS 4.3.4 via redsn0w, it’s a tethered jailbreak, meaning that you’ll lose [...]

Great news for all of you iPhone users who are sick and tired of using the mobile portal for Google+, as the official Google+ app for iOS is now available in the iTunes App Store. Features of the application include: - Circles let you share the right things with just the right people. - Stream [...]

  Consumers might have a hard time deciding between Android and iOS, but according to some new research by Flurry, app developers don’t — they pick iOS. From Q1 to Q2 2011, the number of new project starts for Android dropped from 36% to 28% (down sharply from its Q4 2010 peak of 39%), while [...]

Just a quick heads up to all of our readers who are registered iOS developers, as moments ago Apple released iOS 5 beta 3 for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, iPod touch (3rd- and 4th-gen), and Apple TV (2nd-gen). We’re still digging through the change logs to find out what’s new, but we’ll [...]

According to an article posted in 9to5Mac today one of Apple’s patents which is on file at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is for a system that will make a device respond to infrared messages beamed at it and detected when using its camera (still or video). Sounds cool right? The idea according [...]

We just got word that this had been released by one of our friends. Rogers has just introduced a Remote TV Manager Service for all their customers in Ontario only who are using the (Scientific Atlantic) SA 8300 HD PVR - with support coming soon to 8642 HD PVR - and an iPhone. The service allows customers [...]

Just read about this free app called “Zeitag TO” on BlogTO - a popular locally oriented Toronto area blog. The idea behind the app made by Octavo Productions is that if/when you’re out and about in Toronto and wonder what the area you’re visiting looked like decades or even a century ago you can now find out. [...]

Sources of BGR are telling them that today at 10AM Pacific Time (1PM Eastern Time) Apple will be making available for download via iTunes the latest version of iOS - 4.3 - which was announced in conjunction with the iPad 2 last week. As well, there is new information on the number of hotspots the [...]