Year: 2016

iOS 9.3.4 released with an “important security fix” that patches Pangu jailbreak

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 4, 2016

Apple on Thursday unexpectedly released iOS 9.3.4, a minor update to the mobile operating system powering the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Release notes accompanying the small download mention that iOS 9.3.4 provides “an important security update” and is recommended for all iOS 9 users. The update can be applied over-the-air on iOS 9 devices in Settings → General → Software Update and has been confirmed to patch the Pangu jailbreak.

How to install Pangu 1.1 on your jailbroken iOS 9.3.3 device

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 4, 2016

If you're currently jailbroken on iOS 9.3.3, then we suggest you install the latest version of the English Pangu jailbreak app on your device, because Pangu says it can now embed the 1-year Beijing enterprise certificate that will keep your jailbreak valid until April 2017.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install the new Pangu app and embed the 1-year Beijing enterprise certificate on your device. We promise, it's not that difficult!

Gwyneth Paltrow and Gary Vaynerchuk join Apple-produced “Planet of the Apps” as mentors

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 4, 2016

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Internet personality and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk joined “Planet of the Apps”, an unscripted television show about apps and their creators co-produced by Apple and Propagate Content's Ben Silverman and Howard Owens, Variety reported today.

“We’re Apple. We don’t wear suits. We don’t even own suits.”

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 4, 2016

A week ago, disgruntled (scared?) network executives ran to the press to complain about Apple’s “hard-nosed” negotiation tactics and, in their view, unreasonable demands regarding the Cupertino firm's rumored skinny TV bundle.

Reflecting on a 2013 meeting between Apple's Eddy Cue and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, the elusive “people familiar with the matter” revealed that Cue had arrived ten minutes late “wearing jeans, tennis shoes with no socks and a Hawaiian shirt” while all the other executives were wearing suits.

As pointed out by Daring Fireball, this isn't the first time a third-party has fought Apple over wardrobe. A few years back ahead of the original iPhone's introduction, an AT&T representative suggested that then Apple CEO Steve Jobs wear a suit to meet with AT&T’s board of directors.

Pangu launches v1.1 of jailbreak app with bug fixes & 1 year embedded certificate option

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 4, 2016

Pangu has released version 1.1 of its jailbreak app for the iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak on Thursday that includes some bug fixes to improve the stability of the app, as well as a new embedded certificate feature that lets you embed the 1-year enterprise certificate.

Square Enix releases free-to-play Mobius Final Fantasy on App Store

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 4, 2016

Developer Square Enix yesterday announced availability of Mobius Final Fantasy, its new free-to-play role-playing game set in the Final Fantasy universe and created by producer Yoshinori Kitase and writer Kazushige Kojima, who are both known for their work on the Final Fantasy VII and the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake.

The iPhone, iPad and iPod touch game is available on a free-to-play basis with optional In-App Purchases and can be played with just one hand as it was “custom-tailored for mobile platforms”.

Leaked video shows Camera app running on a working iPhone 7 prototype

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 4, 2016

Earlier this morning, we ran some pretty convincing photographs which appear to picture a functional, powered on iPhone 7 running Apple’s internal testing software, called SwitchBoard. Geekbar, the Chinese team who leaked these photos, has now published on Weibo video evidence to convince naysayers. The fit and finish of the claimed device shown in the photos and on this video screams an Apple product.

Apple posts new Shot on iPhone video for Olympics with words from poet Maya Angelou

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 4, 2016

Apple just published a brand new video on its YouTube channel this morning, the latest one in its successful 'Shot on iPhone' advertising campaign. Titled “The Human Family” and narrated with words of wisdom by Maya Angelou, who was an American poet, memoirist and civil rights activist, the sixty-second clip talks about the value of family while showing a series of photographs and videos featuring friends and family that were taken by iPhone users from around the world.

Apple’s case against Samsung gets support from Dieter Rams, Calvin Klein & other designers

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated September 4, 2016

Apple's mega-lawsuit against Samsung is now in the hands of the United States Supreme Court, which should start hearing Samsung’s appeal over Apple’s design patent case in October. Ahead of court proceedings, Apple today filed an amicus brief containing support from 111 famed designers.

Some of them include well-known names like Jony Ive's friend Dieter Rams, fashion designer Calvin Klein and iSpaceship building designers over at Lord Norman Foster.

Supposedly fully functional iPhone 7 caught on video, its display turned on

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 4, 2016

We've seen our fair share of iPhone 7 mockups and dummy cases, but these are all based on rumors. Not once in the past did we see images or videos showing a prototype, if not a fully assembled iPhone 7. Well, that may have changed today as French blog NowhereElse.fr re-published photos from a Weibo account of what site owner Steve Hemmerstoffer described as a possibly functional iPhone 7. The images depict a device with Apple-like fit and finish, the display turned on and showing what's unmistakably the iOS interface.

UPDATE: The claimed device has been caught on video, too.

Google’s iOS keyboard gains dark theme, GIF suggestions & expanded language support

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 4, 2016

Following its debut on the App Store nearly three months ago, Google's gesture-driven predictive keyboard for the iPhone and iPad—called Gboard—today received its first feature-focused update. Gboard 1.1 for iOS, a free download, includes a darker keyboard theme, smart GIF suggestions and increased global availability with language support for English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal) and Spanish (Spain).

Ryan Petrich’s new Emojiant tweak enables iOS 10-like giant Emojis in iOS 9

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 4, 2016

One of the newer features that you can expect in iOS 10 this Fall is the ability to send larger Emojis to the people you're talking to.

If you're jailbroken on iOS 9, and you don't feel like waiting for iOS 10, you can get a similar feature on your device right now, compliments of a new jailbreak tweak from Ryan Petrich called Emojiant.