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Instagram 2.1 Now Live In App Store, Features New Filter, New UI & More – Download Now

Paul Morris — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:37:57 +0000

When Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom first received funding for their 'Burbn' project, I don't think they could have imagined the rollercoaster ride they were about to embark on which led them to changing the name of their project to Instagram, launching in the iPhone App Store in 2010 and quickly becoming the proud parents of one of the most loved and used applications around today.

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AT&T Begin Stocking LTE-Enabled Micro-SIMs, Highly Likely For LTE iPad 3

Oliver Haslam — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:56:14 +0000

A new photograph has appeared showing a 4G-equipped Micro-SIM card that AT&T will be using for upcoming high-speed smartphones.

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New SIM Interposer Claims To Unlock iPhone 4S On 1.0.11, 1.0.13 And 1.0.14 Basebands [VIDEO]

Paul Morris — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:12:02 +0000

Back when the iPhone Dev team were unable to provide an update to Ultrasn0w to provide a software-based unlock on certain iPhone 4 basebands, it was left to a Chinese development team to step into the limelight with the introduction of the Gevey SIM. For those that don't keep up to speed with the happenings in the world of unlocks, the Gevey SIM requires the user to actually place the SIM interposer between the network’s SIM card, and the rest is well, magic.

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Introducing Sara: The Latest Siri Clone Which Works On All iOS Devices – Download Now

Ben Reid — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:59:13 +0000

Ever since Siri was introduced on the iPhone 4S along with iOS 5 back in October, coders and developers have been looking to manipulate it in a variety of ways - with some interesting results.

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Samsung Galaxy S II Officially Getting Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich On March 1st [REPORT]

Awais Imran — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:34:00 +0000

While popular Android smartphones and tablets received unofficial ports to the latest version of Android i.e. 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich a long time ago, manufacturers are only now gearing up for the official release. HTC has officially stated that most of their top-of-the-line devices will be updated “later this year” and Samsung did say that the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note will receive ICS in Q1 2012 with updates for other devices to “soon follow”.

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Foursquare For Android Updated, Now Features NFC Support, Android Beam & More – Download Now

Paul Morris — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:20:34 +0000

As owners of smartphones and tablet devices; we have become so accustomed to tracking our own location and telling the world where we are at any given time, which goes some way to show just why applications such as Foursquare are so popular. For those who are yet to discover the wonder, that is letting others continuously know about your whereabouts, Foursquare is a mobile application which relies on a user sharing his or her location with their network of friends.

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ToiletBuddy Keeps You Entertained In The Loo With Interesting Articles And Facts

Awais Imran — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:00 +0000

While technology, by definition, is meant to solve society’s problems, its proliferation into our daily lives has, arguably, made things more complex than simple. We now spend less time having actual “face time” with our friends and family than we do with technologies like Apple’s FaceTime, Facebook and Twitter (to name a few). We are glued to our smartphones 24/7: constantly looking for information and entertainment, whether it is from checking up on social networks, reading email, texting, playing casual games etc. etc.

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“RootSmart” Malware Infecting 10,000+ Android Smartphones On Daily Basis, Turns Your Device Into A Zombie

Awais Imran — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:45:00 +0000

Malware on mobile platforms is slowly but surely becoming a real issue. Its existence was basically ignored in the days of weaker smartphones, but with today’s multi-core, multiple GBs of RAM-toting smartphones with “open” operating systems such as Android, it simply can’t be ignored. Because of its flexible nature and lack of strict app-policing by Google, malware is a bigger issue on Android than it is on iOS and Windows Phone 7. A new malware has been discovered for Android, Redmond Pie has learned. This one more dangerous than usual, because it affects between 10,000-30,000 Android...

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How To Copy All iOS 5 Photo Stream Images Automatically To A Folder On OS X Instead Of iPhoto

Paul Morris — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:33:59 +0000

The public release of iOS 5 in October 2011 brought a number of new and exciting features for the average consumer as well as iOS developers. A number of these new features are well documented and are heavily featured whenever iOS 5 or the iPhone 4S are mentioned and include things like the Siri, iCloud integration and the new Notification Center. iCloud is more often that not, referred to as a feature in its own right, which is generally not a problem, but it is worth noting that iCloud is effectively a wrapper for a number of new additions to the iOS platform.

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Apple At Work Getting App Demos Ready For iPad 3 Launch [REPORT]

Oliver Haslam — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:08:26 +0000

We're very much in the middle of the iPad 3 rush right now, with rumors, photos and all other kinds of things cropping up over the last few days. All the evidence points towards an iPad 3 announcement in the coming weeks, and the latest rumor corroborates just that.

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