Sébastien Page

Sebastien is the Founder and Editor in Chief of iDB. Once a BlackBerry user, Sebastien instantly fell in love with the iPhone when it was first announced in 2007. Shortly after, he decided to start sharing his knowledge of the iPhone and its nascent ecosystem, which led to the creation of this blog. Sebastien currently owns 14 iPhones, 4 iPads, a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, a MacBook Air, 2 Apple Watches, 3 Apple TVs, countless HomePods and AirTags as well as a few pairs of AirPods.

EU and Justice Department give Google the green light for Motorola Mobility purchase

Sébastien Page ∙ February 13, 2012

From AllThingsD:

Google has gotten the all-clear from European Union regulators to buy Motorola Mobility, though officials remain concerned about how Google will use Motorola’s patent portfolio.

“This merger decision should not and will not mean that we are not concerned by the possibility that, once Google is the owner of this portfolio, Google can abuse these patents, linking some patents with its Android devices,” Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told reporters, according to Reuters. “This is our worry.”

Hours after the EU gave its agreement, the US Department of Justice gave its blessing as well:

With this, Google is one step closer to closing the deal, although they’re still waiting on approval from China, Taiwan, and Israel before the transaction can officially be completed.

World War III is just about to start, and it's all about patents!

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Apple stock hits the $500 mark for the first time ever

Sébastien Page ∙ February 13, 2012

A few days ago, we were praising Apple's stock new records, which valued he company at more than Google and Microsoft combined. At the time, the stock was trading at about $495, which its highest price ever.

Today, and after a few days of playing around the $500 mark, the stock finally broke it, trading as high as $503.83 for a few instants...

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Eddy Cue Accepts Trustee Grammy Award Honoring Steve Jobs

Sébastien Page ∙ February 12, 2012

Yesterday, Apple's Senior Vice President of Internet software and services Eddy Cue accepted a special trustee Grammy award honoring Steve Jobs from the Recording Academy.

This is not the first time Steve Jobs has been honored by the Academy. In 2002, he received a Technical Grammy Award for his work on the iPod, which we all know revolutionized the music industry...

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Top 10 iOS news of the week

Sébastien Page ∙ February 12, 2012

A new week is coming, but that doesn't mean you have to miss out on what happened last week. If you think you may have missed a few of the top stories from last week, don't sweat it, we've got you covered.

We've gathered the top 10 most popular stories from iDB last week for you to check out. As always, make sure that you're friends with us on Facebook, Google+, and that you are following us on Twitter...

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Can you identify this iPhone thief?

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

This video was taken by a man who witnessed another man stealing an iPhone from a backpack left behind on a London train. The thief had the balls to open up the bag and steal the iPhone from it in front of everyone, which enraged our amateur cameraman.

After arguing back and forth for a few minutes, the thief just grabs his bicycle and leaves the train, as if nothing had happened...

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Apple stock reaching new heights, now worth more than Google and Microsoft combined

Sébastien Page ∙ February 9, 2012

It sure is a good time to be an Apple investor. After reaching new records a couple weeks ago, the stock hasn't stopped going up ever since. AAPL is currently trading at about $495, which is an absolute record.

As 9to5Mac notes, at its current $460 billion market capitalization, Apple is worth more than 10% of all NASDAQ combined. More impressive maybe is that Apple is worth 52 times RIM's value, more than 5 times Amazon's, more than twice the value of Google, and almost double the size of Microsoft. Heck, Apple is worth more than Google and Microsoft combined!

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Tweetbot Updated to Version 2.0

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated February 21, 2018

I find Tweetbot to be "over designed," meaning its user interface it's too heavy for my eyes. I hear it's still people's favorite Twitter app for iPhone though, so they must definitely be doing something right.

Today, Tweetbot was updated to version 2.0, bringing the following new features:

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ContactPrivacy: a New Jailbreak Tweak That Warns You When Apps Try to Access Your Contacts Data

Sébastien Page ∙ February 8, 2012

Following yesterday's Path debacle about how the app uploads your entire address book to its servers without your knowledge, jailbreak developer Ryan Petrich decided to do what Apple should have done in the first place: having a notification for when apps try to access your contacts data.

The jailbreak tweak is conveniently called ContactPrivacy and is a free download from Cydia. After installing ContactPrivacy on your iPhone, you won't find any new icon or settings to tweak...

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Sprint Sold 1.8M iPhones Last Quarter

Sébastien Page ∙ February 8, 2012

Sprint Nextel is expected to release its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011 later today, and it appears that numbers are even worse than they were during the previous quarter.

For the three months that ended on December 31st, Sprint lost $1.3 billion on revenue of $8.7 billion. That compares to a loss of $929 million on revenue of $8.3 billion for the same quarter the previous year.

Everything isn't that bad for Sprint though. The company managed to sell 1.8 million iPhones, of which 40% were new customers..

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