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New Apple TV shipping March 8th?

Jake Smith ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Rumors have been circling around over the past few weeks that a new Apple TV is on its way from Apple. Specifically, a report indicated that the third-generation Apple TV will be announced at Apple's media event in California, March 7th.

Today, that rumor seems to gain credibility as MacTrast discovered perhaps the shipping date for the new Apple TV, leaked unintentionally by Apple on its website. While trying to order a new Apple TV, the publication found that the current generation is out of stock, and the earliest shipping date for is March 8th...

Rumor: iPad 3 to become available March 16th

Cody Lee ∙ March 1, 2012

Now that we know when Apple will unveil its new iPad, folks are starting to speculate on what date the tablet will become available. And the most consistent guess to date seems to be Friday, March 16th.

MacRumors is the latest to add weight to the theory, pointing to a high profile Apple Store in Houston that was originally slated to debut on March 17th, but has recently been rescheduled to open a day earlier...

Apple ranked the most admired company in the world, for the fifth time

Jake Smith ∙ March 1, 2012

Apple has created quite the following over the years worldwide, specifically after the launch of the iPhone. Look at how quickly the news of Steve Jobs' death spread over social media and to mainstream media outlets -- it was a matter of minutes. Everyone loves Apple.

Today, Fortune has posted its list of the world's most admired companies. And not to anyone's surprise, Apple has topped the list as the world's most admired company. Search engine Google and online retailer Amazon follow behind Apple...

Readability for iOS now available

Jake Smith ∙ Updated March 12, 2018

Popular service Readability has finally launched its app on the App Store. Readability is a great looking web app that allows you to save web items for reading more comfortably at a later time. The new Readability app is available for both iPhone and iPad.

The app makes any webpage look more uniform and clean looking. There's the ability to make the text bigger, share items with your friends, and more...

Want to know more about the iTweak Store? Read our exclusive interview

Sébastien Page ∙ March 1, 2012

Your one and only option for installing jailbreak applications on your iDevice these days is Cydia. It has been the undisputed installer of choice for several years now, and even if a few others – Rock, Icy – tried to make a name for themselves, Cydia has always prevailed.

We're so accustomed to Cydia that every time we hear about a potential new alternative, we get defensive very quickly. Change and competition are great, but the comfort of a househould name like Cydia is hard to break. But that's exactly what the iTweak Store aims to do.

Surfaced a couple days ago, the iTweak Store presents itself as a web based alternative to Cydia. We sat down with Kyle Pierre, one of the developers behind iTweak, to learn more about what their project is all about and why we should be on the look out for them...

AT&T responds to complaints, ups throttling limit to 3GB

Cody Lee ∙ March 1, 2012

AT&T has been under a lot of scrutiny lately due to its new data throttling practices. Last Fall, the carrier started significantly reducing the data speeds of its unlimited customers who were using more than 2GB a month.

The move prompted multiple complaints from subscribers, and even sparked a string of small claims court lawsuits. Well apparently all of the heat was too much for the carrier, as it appears it has just revamped its throttling policy...

SiriNBA: Get NBA scores directly from Siri

Jeff Benjamin ∙ March 1, 2012

This is a dream come true for sports fans, even if you don't like the NBA. The fact that someone has finally created an addon for AssistantExtensions to allow Siri to query sports scores is a win for sports fans of every type.

This means it's only a matter of time before you can search MLB, NFL, NCAA, and Premier League matches with Siri.

It's called SiriNBA, and it's the very first jailbreak tweak of its type. Check inside for our hands-on video...

New iPad 3 component photos show home button

Cody Lee ∙ Updated July 30, 2013

Apple sparked a lot of controversy earlier this week when it sent out media invites to its iPad 3 event. The invitations included a photo of what most believe to be the company's new tablet — with no Home button.

As you can imagine, this has led to a lot of speculation that Apple's next slate will be button-less. But according to these new photos of purported iPad 3 components, that's just not the case...

‘Currency Converter’ is one of the best looking Notification Center widgets

Jeff Benjamin ∙ March 1, 2012

When traveling abroad, there's just some things that you should do that are just no brainers. One of them is knowing the exchange rate between your native currency, and the currency of the country you're travelling to.

In the old days this used to take a little legwork, i.e. reading the newspaper, going to the post office, etc. With the smartphone boom, though, currency conversion is often right at your fingertips.

As is the case with this new jailbreak widget, entitled Currency Convertor. It's a widget that conveniently sits in iOS 5's Notification Center for easy access...

11 facts you didn’t know about the iPad 3

Sébastien Page ∙ March 1, 2012

Let's start the day on a lighter touch, shall we? I found this funny and entertaining piece on TheJoyOfTech.

My favorite? "iPad 3 is so awesome, Chinese workers pay to assemble it!"

‘AnyVoice’ lets Siri speak using nearly 40 different accents

Jeff Benjamin ∙ March 1, 2012

Would you like to hear Siri speak in a British voice? Or perhaps you prefer a Thai accent? With AnyVoice, either of these, plus nearly 40 others are available for you to choose from.

AnyVoice is a upcoming jailbreak tweak that allows you to easily customize Siri's accent. Be warned, though, some of the accents are much better sounding than others...

Rumor: Apple still planning on releasing 7.85-inch iPad later this year

Cody Lee ∙ March 1, 2012

It looks like the fact that Apple's iPad 3 event is less than a week away wasn't enough to deter rumors of a smaller iPad coming in late 2012. We've been hearing about this "iPad mini" for what seems like much more than a year now.

The latest report comes from DigiTimes, who by the way appears to be rather busy this morning. The news outlet is claiming that Apple is looking to start mass production of a 7.85" iPad sometime in the third quarter of this year...