SiriToggles lets you open apps, change systems with your v

Siri has some impressive technology behind it, but the voice assistant’s scope is, at launch, relatively limited. Sure, it lets you ask about the weather, set reminders, and message your friends — all in casual language. But many other tasks... 

How to jailbreak the iPad 2

iPad 2 owners have been left out of all jailbreaking fun for quite some time now. It only had one jailbreak, which was during a brief window last summer (before Apple patched comex’s jailbreakme) but that didn’t last long. That dry spell,... 

iPhone 4S jailbreak so close, yet so far?

The iPhone 4S has been available for about two months, yet it has no jailbreak. The iPad 2 has been available for the better part of a year and it can only be jailbroken on an ancient version of iOS 4 (4.3.3). It’s dark times for the jailbreak... 

iOS 5.1 beta brings Photostream deleting, iPhone 10 jab

For several weeks, all has been quiet on the iOS 5 front. Apple released iOS 5, people had battery problems, Apple released iOS 5.0.1, some people still had battery problems, then nothing. Today though Apple gave developers a second beta of iOS 5.1.... 

iBooks gets a huge update

Launching less than two years ago, iBooks quickly established itself as a leading eBook app. It has a gorgeous interface, a store with thousands of titles, and even allows sideloaded PDF and EPUB files. Last night Apple pushed the biggest update to iBooks... 

Install Siri dictation on iPhone 4, 3GS, and iPod touch

iPhone 4 and 3GS owners, this may be your lucky day. One of the iPhone 4S’s selling features, Siri dication, can now be yours. Jailbreak developers have released their version of the voice recognition service, compatible with the iPhone 4, iPhone... 

Review: Case-Mate’s Tank case means your iPhone can take

While conventional cases and even bumpers offer some protection they don’t make your iPhone rugged. To do that you need something more, something like Case-Mate’s Tank case. At $60 it’s not cheap, but the company believes that it offers... 

How to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 on Windows or Mac

The gap between iOS updates and tethered jailbreaks is awfully narrow these days. All of the iOS 5 betas were almost immediately jailbroken, and the same pattern is now following with official iOS 5 releases. Yesterday’s iOS 5.0.1 update, which... 

Is iOS 5.0.1 helping iPhone battery drain?

It looks like Apple may not have put out this fire after all. A day after issuing the first official update to iOS 5, in order to fix battery drain problems, many users are now saying that the new firmware didn’t make things any better. In fact,... 

Download iOS 5.0.1 with battery fix now

Not wasting any time, Apple has released the first official update to iOS 5, which fixes the reported battery drain problems. In addition to fixing bugs related to battery life, the update to iOS 5.0.1 also adds multitasking gestures for the first iPad,... 

Piracy-dependent Siri port fully working on iPhone 4

After learning that Apple was tying Siri exclusively to the iPhone 4S, we wondered whether the jailbreak community would be able to change that. Within a day or two, Siri’s user interface was successfully ported to the iPhone 4, but Apple’s... 

Air-like MacBook Pro could be coming soon

While it has been speculated for some time, signs that the MacBook Pro line will be getting much more MacBook Air-like are clearer than ever. The latest report has Asian supply chain sources saying the 15-inch LCDs for a thin Apple notebook are already... 

How to properly show off your iPhone 4S

Did you jump into the early adopting fray, and snag an iPhone 4S before any of your friends? While the experience of using the new iPhone is greatly improved, there is the small matter that it looks exactly like the iPhone 4. If you’re  into flaunting... 

Will the next iPhone have LTE?

It’s with great trepidation that we risk waking the slumbering iRumor giant, and suggest what the next iPhone could bring. One of the biggest questions is whether Apple will add LTE to its next hardware update. Will they bother? What are the pros... 

iPhone 4S vs. Galaxy Nexus: how the specs compare

After all of those months of hearing about “iPhone 5″ and “Nexus Prime” rumors, the actual devices have finally shown their faces to the public. Of course, the phones that we got are called the iPhone 4S and the Galaxy Nexus....