Although Orkut may not be the most popular social networking service around, it's still no slouch. The Google-owned company has in upwards of 66 million active users — about twice as many as MySpace's latest count.
And for all of you Orkut members out there, Google has finally released an official iPhone client. Now you can update your status, check your friends' updates, and browse through profiles, scraps and photos while on the go...
Announced a few weeks ago, the popular arcade game SoulCalibur finally made its way to the App Store.
SoulCalibur is a fighting game developed by Project Soul and produced by Namco. It was released in arcades in 1998, and it ran on the Namco System 12 hardware. In 1999 it was ported to the Dreamcast with improved graphics and new features. It's now on your iPhone and iPad...
While we're on the subject of Cover Flow dock tweaks, let us not forget that Springtomize 2 has featured a similar tweak since its inception. True, it's not exactly like Adam Bell's Overflow tweak, but if you already own Springtomize 2 you might as well give it a shot.
Springtomize 2 comes in at $2.99 on the Cydia store, but chances are you already have it seeing as it customizes your device like no other tweak in existence. We've taken the liberty to highlight Springtomize's Cover Flow implementation on video, so be sure to have a look.
If you're looking for one of the most authentic representations of Cover Flow for your iOS device's dock, then look no further than Overflow — a tweak that lends a Cover Flow effect to existing jailbreak tweaks like Infinidock.
It's an impressive looking effect, and can be had if you have a jailbroken iPhone and about $2.00 to spare. Check inside as we take it for a, ahem...spin...
If you've been online at all in the past few days, chances are you've come across a number of sites protesting SOPA. The Stop Online Piracy Act bill is currently making its way through congress.
Several websites have taken steps today to raise public awareness of the dangers of SOPA including Google, Reddit, and Wikipedia. And since the bill, if passed, would directly affect the jailbreak community, we figured we'd do the same...
AT&T announced today new data plans for customers who take out contracts starting this coming Sunday.
The new plans replace the existing $15 and $25 plans and are built to reflect the increased amount of data AT&T's customers are apparently using. Existing customers can keep their existing plans should they wish, and all new contracts taken out from Sunday will automatically use the new plans, according to the carrier...
Apple has already sold more than 40 million iPads since the tablet was introduced in 2010, but may be on pace to more than double that amount by the end of 2012. According to analyst Shaw Wu for Sterne Agee, a brokerage firm, Apple is expected to sell at least 48 million iPads in 2012.
In a note to investors, Wu referred to this number as a "conservative estimate," which means that sales of the tablet could easily surpass the 50 million mark and perhaps go even higher before the year is over. And there's many reasons why...
Last Summer, Apple unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 5. The update contained more than 200 new features including iMessage, iCloud, and a revamped Notification Center.
Apple released the software last October for the iPhone 3GS, and all newer devices. So what do you do if you own a first or second generation iPhone or iPod touch and want to install iOS 5? Enter Whited00r...
We're still a week away from the release of Adam Lashinksy's Inside Apple, but we feel like we've already read a third of it. Multiple excerpts from the book have been popping up online over the last few days.
The latest piece from Lashinksy's title to surface on the web provides some interesting insight into Apple's renowned corporate policy on secrecy. And it goes beyond anything you might have imagined...
Although Apple has focused on the education sector for decades, the Cupertino-based company is looking to expand further into the classroom by utilizing its iOS ecosystem. According to Bloomberg, Apple has been selling thousands of iPads to grade schools since the tablet debuted nearly two years ago.
Now, the company wants to make these iPad purchases worthwhile, while promoting future sales, by adding educational content that can be utilized by teachers and students. Ultimately, Apple believes it can revolutionize the classroom. And with an education event scheduled to take place in New York tomorrow, it's the perfect timing...
New sales data from marketing firm Nielsen has revealed that Apple's launch of the iPhone 4S in October has had a tremendous impact on overall iOS market share in the past quarter. While Android had a stranglehold on the mobile sector in October, with an impressive 61.6% share of the market, its numbers slipped to just 46.9% in December due to an impressive 20% surge by iOS during the quarter.
According to AppleInsider, Apple's mobile platform peaked at 44.5% in market share, which put it neck-and-neck with its rival Android...
As is the case with any desirable piece of technology, the iPad has been the unfortunate subject of more than a few scams in its time, and a new one has come to light in Canada recently.
According to reports, some unlucky buyers have picked up new iPad 2 units from some Best Buy, Future Shop, Walmart and London Drugs stores only to find that the boxes do not actually contain iPads as expected, but rather a giant grey slab of modelling clay.
It's not even a nice color...