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Hacker Uncovers Serious iOS Security Flaw

Cody Lee ∙ November 7, 2011

If there's one thing about iOS that even the skeptics can agree on, it's how much more secure it is than Android. Several security firms have found that Apple's mobile platform has far less malware than its Google-backed competitor.

The reason behind this is Apple's "walled garden" approach it takes with app approvals. Applications are thoroughly screened and must meet certain criteria before they are allowed in the App Store. That hasn't stopped one hacker extraordinaire from finding a really nasty bug...

Mark Zuckerberg Says He Received Advice from Steve Jobs

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated May 16, 2016

In an interview with Charlie Rose that's airing tonight, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says that Steve Jobs advised him on company focus and other matters.

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs advised him on how to sharpen his company’s focus and build the right management team for the world’s largest social network.

“I had a lot of questions for him,” Zuckerberg said in an interview with Charlie Rose that’s due to air today. The topics included, “how to build a team around you that’s focused on building as high quality and good things as you are.”

Jobs and Zuckerberg also talked about “the aesthetics and kind of mission orientation of companies,” Zuckerberg said in the interview with Charlie Rose.

Steve Jobs said in his biography that he admired Zuckerberg for not "selling out," and even though both men didn't always see eye to eye, it is evident that they had great respect for each other.

Picks of the Week: Activity Monitor Touch, Modern Combat 3, Katamari

Alex Heath ∙ Updated February 21, 2018

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 for your downloading pleasure.

This week, we’ve got a cool app for monitoring your iPhone's system resources, and two particularly fun games for the iPhone and iPad. We hope you enjoy this week’s picks!

Siri Has Been Successfully Ported to the iPhone 3GS

Cody Lee ∙ November 7, 2011

Siri has certainly been at the forefront of tech news over the last few weeks. Since Apple introduced the digital assistant at its iPhone 4S event in October, it seems to be everyone's favorite subject. And the question on everyone's mind is, can it be ported to other devices?

To make a long story short, yes, it can. Although it's not available to the public (and likely won't be for some time, if ever), developers have managed to successfully port Siri to the iPhone 4. And as we've seen, it works really well. But why stop there?

Why Apple Won’t Bring Siri to the iPhone 4

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 3, 2018

There's been a lot of speculation lately that Apple's new digital assistant, Siri, might be on its way to other devices. And given the evidence we've seen that Siri works fine on the iPhone 4, and that Apple's been testing it on the old handset, it's a fairly reasonable assumption.

But just as there are reasons why Apple could port Siri to older devices, there are several why it won't. We initially thought that this was fairly obvious, but since 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman felt the need to clear the air, we figured we should do the same for our readers...

TweetBoard: View Your Twitter Messages From the Lock Screen

Jeff Benjamin ∙ November 7, 2011

In theory, a jailbreak tweak like TweetBoard sounds great. Viewing all of your Twitter information from the comforts of your Lock screen is one of the reasons that IntelliScreen X is so highly anticipated.

But the problem with TweetBoard is that it's half-baked. As it turns out, you can't actually view your timeline from your Lock screen at all, only your particular tweets.

Inside we take a look at this promising, but ultimately disappointing jailbreak tweak for iOS 5...

‘AndroidLock XT’ Ice Cream Sandwich Theme Brings Android 4.0 Lock Screen to the iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ November 7, 2011

AndroidLock XT has been out for a very long time, but for some strange reason I never got around to trying it. Recently, an Ice Cream Sandwich aka Android 4.0 theme was released for AndroidLock XT, so I was compelled to give it a go.

Check inside for a hands-on demonstration of AndroidLock XT, along with the new theme that makes your iPhone's Lock screen look and feel like Ice Cream Sandwich...

The Top 5 Notification Center Widgets and Tweaks

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 20, 2012

Once iOS 5 was officially released to the public, it was like a flood of Notification Center jailbreak tweaks hit Cydia all at once. It was so much at one time that it was hard to wade through it all.

Now that the flood has finally turned into a manageable stream, we figured it was the appropriate time to highlight some of our favorite Notification Center jailbreak widgets yet...

How to Quickly Launch Apps With Siri

Alex Heath ∙ Updated January 6, 2017

One of the glaring features that Apple left out of Siri is the ability to integrate with and launch apps. You can do all sorts of things with your voice and Siri, but you can't use third-party apps (short of a few exceptions and the services Apple officially partnered with for launch) or open apps with a voice command.

Thanks to the widely undocumented world of iOS URL schemes, you can actually trigger app shortcuts with Siri on your iPhone 4S. While it's not the cleanest method, there are tons of possibilities for quickly launching apps with Siri. Let's take a closer look...

iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak Possible Thanks to Discovery of New Bug

Jeff Benjamin ∙ November 7, 2011

Some encouraging news was revealed this morning via Twitter for all of you dying to have an iOS 5 untethered jailbreak. It appears that Chronic Dev Team member pod2g has found a bug in iOS 5 that will make it possible for an untethered jailbreak.

The team of hackers already confirmed to have found multiple exploits in iOS 5, but this is the first news that we've had in a while regarding the progress of an untethered jailbreak...