Hulu Plus App For Apple TV is Ready To Go

By Oliver Haslam on Oct 31, 2011

It would seem that there is quite the political battle going on inside Apple’s Cupertino headquarters, and the subject matter may not be what you’d expect.

According to 9to5Mac, Apple is currently mulling over the decision to allow Hulu Plus onto its Apple TV platform. That’s right, Hulu Plus.

The story suggests that there is currently a completed build of Hulu Plus running on internal Apple TVs, and that the app is ready for primetime. In fact, it has been ready for a month. Apple hasn’t yet decided whether to allow it onto the Apple TV alongside the existing Netflix app… Read More

 

App Picks of the Week: Codify, Plex, Batch

By Alex Heath on Oct 31, 2011

It’s time for our app picks of the week! We frequently comb the far reaches of the App Store to bring you awesome apps to check out.

This week, we’ve got a cool app that lets you code on your iPad, an updated media server app, and a social network that specializes in batch photo uploading. We hope you enjoy this week’s picks! Read More

 

Apple Gearing Up for a $40 Billion Dollar Holiday Season

By Cody Lee on Oct 31, 2011

With the holiday season just around the corner, handset manufacturers are counting on a strong finish to the 2011 sales year. And with smartphones and other mobile gadgets likely topping millions of wish lists this December, it’s a fairly feasible expectation.

But of all of the tech companies in the mobile market, Apple likely has the most riding on a successful fourth quarter; considering it forecasted nearly $40 billion dollars ($10 billion higher than any previous quarter) in revenue for the three month period… Read More

 

Apple Fan Creates a Unique iPhone Mod as a Special Tribute to Steve Jobs

By Alex Heath on Oct 31, 2011

A 19-year-old Apple fan from Hong Kong has created a very special mod for the iPhone that places Steve Jobs inside the Apple logo on the back of the device. During the initial shock of Steve’s passing, a designer created a graphic of the Apple logo with Steve Jobs’ silhouette embedded in the logo itself.

That image became the inspiration for a very unique iPhone mod that is now available for purchase online… Read More

 

Download the “Talking to Siri: Learning the Language of Apple’s Intelligent Assistant” eBook

By Alex Heath on Oct 31, 2011

Steven Sande and Erica Sadun of TUAW have created an Amazon Kindle eBook titled, “Talking to Siri: Learning the Language of Apple’s Intelligent Assistant.”

With all of the posts, tips, roundups, etc. about Siri that have been floating around the internet lately, this book is a helpful and concise resource for discovering how to make the most of Apple’s spunky assistant in the iPhone 4S. Read More

 

‘BounceLock’ Adds a Visual Bounce to Your Lock Screen

By Jeff Benjamin on Oct 31, 2011

Want to add a little bounce to your Lock screen? If so, then BounceLock might be just the solution.

BounceLock is a visual jailbreak tweak that adds varying levels of bounce to your device’s slide to unlock bar.

It’s a very subtle effect for those who enjoy altering the visual style of their iOS device. Check inside for a video demonstration… Read More

 

How Siri Could Improve the 911 Emergency System

By Alex Heath on Oct 31, 2011

Siri understands a wide range of voice commands already, and the technology is bound to improve when third-party app integration is eventually implemented.

Now that everyone has had time to play with Siri on the iPhone 4S, interesting ideas are continuing to surface about how Siri could revolutionize certain markets. Siri has the potential to help drastically improve the 911 system in the US with location-aware and intelligent emergency alerts… Read More

 

This is the Best Halloween Costume Made of iPads We’ve Seen Yet

By Sebastien Page on Oct 31, 2011

It’s crazy what a thousand dollars worth of iPads, a Wi-FI connection, and a little bit of creativity can do. In this case, it can help create one of the best Halloween costumes we’ve seen yet.

The idea is to create a gaping hole in the torso using two iPads, one taped iPad on the front, and one taped on the back, then start a FaceTime conversation between them. The result is quite cool… Read More

 

Top Jailbreak Videos of the Week

By Jeff Benjamin on Oct 31, 2011

Welcome to our top jailbreak videos of the week. As you know, we post a a plethora of videos for your education and enjoyment each week, so if you didn’t catch them all, here’s a few of the best from last week.

Please make sure to spread our iPhone, iPad and iOS video wisdom by sharing our posts on Twitter and Facebook… Read More

 

How to Install Mobile Terminal on iOS 5

By Jeff Benjamin on Oct 31, 2011

Mobile Terminal is an extremely handy tool to have if you’re used to using a command line interface.

Unfortunately, the version that’s still in Cydia has gone without an update for quite some time now, rendering it unusable on recent iOS firmware.

With this handy video tutorial, I’ll show you how to get back in the game with Mobile Terminal on iOS 5… Read More

 

Apple to Bring AirPlay Mirroring and iMessage to the Mac?

By Oliver Haslam on Oct 31, 2011

It appears Apple’s Mac OS X team is working on integrating two of iOS’s biggest features into Mac OS X, with iMessage and AirPlay mirroring apparently in the pipeline.

According to 9to5Mac’s sources, the Mac OS X team at Apple is currently working on ways to make both technologies part of a future Lion update, though there are no guarantee that the features will ever see the light of day.

iMessage in particular has been long rumored to be the replacement for iChat we’ve been waiting for, but AirPlay mirroring could potentially change the way presentations are given using a Mac… Read More

 

Sync Photos and Video Between iDevices With PhotoSync

By Oliver Haslam on Oct 31, 2011

While Apple’s Photo Stream is a great way of getting photos to sync across multiple devices, there’s one glaring problem. Photo Stream doesn’t support video, presumably because Apple doesn’t want its servers full of hours and hours of 1080p videos showing cats sleeping.

It makes sense from a technical standpoint, but that doesn’t help you if you need to get a video from one device to another. There’s syncing with iTunes, and doing the iPhoto jig in the hope that everything works as planned, but it’s a pain, and not always practical.

That’s where PhotoSync comes in… Read More

 

Apple Stores Looking to Enable Self-Checkouts Via iOS App

By Cody Lee on Oct 31, 2011

Apple Stores are already considered trendsetters in the retail space. From their awe-inspiring architecture to their product-focused environments, the Cupertino company’s world-wide chain has other retailers turning green with envy.

Now it seems like the Mac-makers are looking to start another fad: self-checkout. No, we’re not talking about those big machines at your local Walmart. We’re talking about customers paying for items using their iPhones without the help of a sales clerk… Read More

 

Samsung Working on Flexible Screens for Phones and Tablets

By Oliver Haslam on Oct 31, 2011

If anyone doubted whether Samsung really meant business in its pursuit of total smartphone marketshare ownership, this one little tidbit to come of the company’s earnings call might just help to put the record straight.

During a call to discuss Samsung’s most recent financial results, the company’s spokesman, Robert Yi, said that Samsung was working on a flexible display for its upcoming smartphones and tablets.

Surely all this is pie-in-the-sky stuff for Samsung, right? Wrong. Samsung hopes to introduce flexible displays to its smartphone lineup in as early as 2012… Read More

 

Apple Airs Commercials Featuring iCloud, Siri, iPhone 4S Camera

By Oliver Haslam on Oct 30, 2011

With each new product release, Apple launches a whole new advertising campaign around whatever fancy new features have been added, and the iPhone 4S is no exception.

Starting today, Apple is airing three new ads to help spread the word about the “most amazing iPhone yet.” The 30-second spots feature iCloud, Siri, and the supercharged 8 megapixel camera packed into the iPhone 4S. And in typical Apple fashion, we’re not sure where real products end and the hype machine begins…

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Fruit Ninja: The Movie Trailer

By Sebastien Page on Oct 30, 2011

You’re most likely familiar with the iOS hit game Fruit Ninja, in which your goal is to cut in half a variety of fruits that are being thrown at you while avoiding bombs.

But did you know that a movie is being made about the game? Well, that’s not actually true. As far as I know, no one is planning to make a movie out of it, but that didn’t prevent SAX Jewell and his friends from creating a Fruit Ninja trailer, and it is hilarious… Read More

 

Color Profiles: Add Custom Color Themes to Your iPhone

By Jeff Benjamin on Oct 30, 2011

Color Profiles is a new jailbreak tweak from Ryan Petrich, which allows you to add custom color profiles to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Color Profiles comes bundled with 19 different custom color themes that let you to radically change the look of your iPhone’s color palette and temperature.

Want to see just how crazy an iPhone can look with a simple change to its color? Check inside for the hands-on video… Read More

 

SemiTether Jailbreak Updated For Stability

By Jeff Benjamin on Oct 30, 2011

The popular SemiTether jailbreak was updated to v0.9.1 this morning, and it’s quite the update.

Working with Saurik, the team was able to fully incorporate the new mobile substrate, which allowed them to get rid of the daemon patching and restarting.

Mobile substrate now does all of the heavy lifting when it comes to the SemiTether. There’s even an option to patch Safari to work in non-jailbreak mode now.

Perhaps most importantly, the new version of SemiTether will protect your iOS 5 Notification Center plugins… Read More

 

Top 10 iPhone & iPad News You Might Have Missed This Week

By Sebastien Page on Oct 30, 2011

This is a summary of the most popular news stories published on iDB this past week.

Please make sure to spread our iPhone, iPad and iOS wisdom by sharing our posts on Twitter and Facebook… Read More

 

The Truth About the iPhone 4 Siri Port [Updated]

By Alex Heath on Oct 29, 2011

A few hours ago a video was posted by esteemed jailbreak developer chpwn (Grant Paul) and Steven Troughton-Smith. Multiple stories from different sources have been published on a Siri port for non-iPhone 4S hardware, and this most recent video demonstrates the software running on an iPhone 4 and 4th generation iPod touch.

There have been multiple parties working on a Siri port on and off for weeks now. It’s not a new fact that the Siri UI can be run on non-4S hardware. The real magic happens when Siri is able to talk back to you… Read More

 
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