Tag: iOS 5
Earthquake notice system found in iOS 5
Emergency notification systems have always been in place, but as people turn away from the radio and television, there’s been an ever increasing need for...
Finally, looks like it’s going to be October for the new iPhone 5
So we are all waiting on the realease of the next iPhone and iOS 5. We know it will be this fall, but just when...
Developers get first peek at iCloud as Apple seeds OS X 10.7.2
Apple has released the latest beta of OS X Lion, 10.7.2, skipping over 10.7.1, which will likely become a minor update to fix a few...
Apple releases iOS 5 beta 3, new betas of iTunes, etc…
Twelve days after releasing beta 2, Apple has released its third beta of iOS 5. The build number is 9a5259f. We’re downloading it now, and...
iOS 5 camera app adds ‘Swipe to Camera Roll’ feature
With iOS 5, Apple has made the Camera app on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad much easier to use with a new “Swipe to...
SHSH downgrades no longer possible with iOS 5
If you’re on the cutting edge of the iOS releases, or you prefer to run a jailbroken version of iOS, you may find yourself having...
New iPod touch coming this fall?
Every time Apple releases a new operating system (or for that matter, just a new version of an operating system) hardcore geeks among us start...
iOS 5 now offers the fastest results for HTML5
One minute Firefox is faster, the next Chrome. All the while Internet Explorer plays catch up to everyone. Browser speed boasting has long been a...
Top Macgasmic posts of the week: June 13th Edition
Good morning and Happy Father’s Day to all you geeky dads! Are the kids treating you right, did they bring you your iPad to you...
iOS 5: A look at iMessages
At WWDC earlier this month, Apple announced iMessages, a platform for iOS users to send messages to each other, free of charge. Users can send...
Is Facebook looking to release its own mobile platform?
Social Network giant Facebook is reportedly working with about 80 developers to create a new mobile experience for its users. The so-called “Project Spartan” platform...
iOS 5: Third-party notification widgets popping up in jailbreak community
Notification Center widgets have been all the rage since it was revealed last week that iOS 5, despite the lack of announcement at WWDC, supports...
With iOS 5, iTunes Sync will no longer take over the device
With iOS 5, Apple will introduce over the air sync to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. That means that you won’t need to connect...
iOS 5: Install multiple apps from the App Store in parallel
It’s about the little things, and those nifty iOS 5 engineers sure have spent some time rethinking the little things in Apple’s newest update to...
sn0wbreeze jailbreak for iOS 5 beta available now
After last week’s announcement of iOS 5, the jailbreakers were pretty fast, showing that they managed to jailbreak Apple’s new OS in just a few...
Custom widgets could still be part of Notification Center in iOS 5
Apple’s revamp of notifications has a lot of people pretty happy. The Notification Center looks fantastic on iPhones running iOS 5, and a little less...
Jailbreak via redsn0w drops uncharacteristically onto iOS 5 beta
It took me all of about five minutes to wrestle the urge not to upgrade to iOS 5. Typically I like to wait until The...
Code strings show that iOS 5 will allow 1080p video export
Besides the widely announced new features of Apple’s Camera app in iOS 5, there also seem to be some under-the-hood improvements available to all users...