tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1295764 2009-11-16T00:08:37-08:00 iPhone Hacks :: Your source for the latest Apple iPhone Hacks JailBreak Unlocking News Applications Tips & Tricks Reviews Rumors Blog on the Apple iPhone TypePad iphonehackshttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e2012875a6f2ee970c 2009-11-16T00:08:37-08:00 2009-11-16T00:08:37-08:00 Andy Apple's public image seems to have taken quite a beating over the past one week after two prominent iPhone app developers, Rogue Amoeba and Facebook's Joe Hewitt quit over Apple's App approval policies. Another news story that could have caused further embarassment has been doused thanks to some quick face... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iQqGuejnsycTvi0tegAdz7cTdsI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iQqGuejnsycTvi0tegAdz7cTdsI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iQqGuejnsycTvi0tegAdz7cTdsI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iQqGuejnsycTvi0tegAdz7cTdsI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/apple-retracts-stance-after-rejecting-us-senators-database-iphone-app.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e2012875a3f518970c 2009-11-15T12:42:42-08:00 2009-11-15T12:42:42-08:00 Andy If you are looking to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone, here is a tutorial on how you can do it with Geohot's blackra1n software. This tutorial is for Mac users only. If you are a Windows user, you may read the corresponding jailbreaking guide here. 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Some important points to note before we start: Hacking... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_0wYJ-FA269XBVDrz0TYzqVfWVQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_0wYJ-FA269XBVDrz0TYzqVfWVQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_0wYJ-FA269XBVDrz0TYzqVfWVQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_0wYJ-FA269XBVDrz0TYzqVfWVQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/how-to-jailbreak-and-unlock-your-iphone-with-geohot-blackra1n-and-blacksn0w-on-windows.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e2012875a04ee6970c 2009-11-14T11:49:52-08:00 2009-11-14T11:49:52-08:00 Andy Another day and yet another app developer calls it quits in protest against Apple' App Store policies. Shortly after Joe Hewitt, the lead developer at Facebook's iPhone app development team quit, today Rogue Amoeba has announced that they are following suit. 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In a recent post... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m9DI_2I7HFB0xYEs1M-XZNDERMw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m9DI_2I7HFB0xYEs1M-XZNDERMw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m9DI_2I7HFB0xYEs1M-XZNDERMw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m9DI_2I7HFB0xYEs1M-XZNDERMw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/cellphone-number-harvesting-result-of-obsolete-code-storm8-says-lawsuit-lacks-merit.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e201287596fd61970c 2009-11-13T11:57:38-08:00 2009-11-13T11:57:38-08:00 Andy For those who remember,'Find my iPhone' is a feature offered by Apple to MobileMe subscribers that lets them to recover lost or stolen iPhones. Now a Belgian based company named Orbicule has launched an iPhone app that does the same thing and much more. The 'Find My iPhone' feature lets... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GVaO_w-0ENpmRfBryBnFRLMT88U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GVaO_w-0ENpmRfBryBnFRLMT88U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GVaO_w-0ENpmRfBryBnFRLMT88U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GVaO_w-0ENpmRfBryBnFRLMT88U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/undercover-iphone-app-helps-you-recover-stolen-iphones.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e2012875966604970c 2009-11-13T11:28:00-08:00 2009-11-13T11:28:00-08:00 Andy If there were any speculations regarding Facebook's stand on Apple's app review procedures after its lead iPhone app developer quit citing Apple's approval policies, they were cleared today when the company clarified that Joe Hewitt's decision did not in any way mirror the company's official position. In a message sent... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcCwWoYUTuN_Vju4WnETvM1rQe8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcCwWoYUTuN_Vju4WnETvM1rQe8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcCwWoYUTuN_Vju4WnETvM1rQe8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcCwWoYUTuN_Vju4WnETvM1rQe8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/facebook-clarifies-app-developers-decision-does-not-mirror-official-position.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a6878c80970b 2009-11-12T20:11:37-08:00 2009-11-12T20:11:37-08:00 Andy Remember the iPhone app named 0870? The iPhone app made news earlier this year when Apple finally approved it after a record 429 days. Though this was an aberration, most iPhone app developers find themselves in similar situations when their iPhone apps take weeks or sometimes months to get approved.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dxyh3wOPPuGY3QfZVS4hvIMf2ts/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dxyh3wOPPuGY3QfZVS4hvIMf2ts/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dxyh3wOPPuGY3QfZVS4hvIMf2ts/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dxyh3wOPPuGY3QfZVS4hvIMf2ts/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/apple-introduces-new-feature-for-developers-to-track-status-of-their-iphone-apps.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a6875eda970b 2009-11-12T11:22:41-08:00 2009-11-12T11:22:41-08:00 Andy The iPhone App Store has been ridiculed quite a bit in the past over their draconian as well as inconsistent approval policies. These policies of Apple claimed another victim today when Joe Hewitt, the brain behind Facebook's iPhone app announced that he was quitting the project. In a message sent... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ivi9vDMwxfCev28TyKuBE15BiL4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ivi9vDMwxfCev28TyKuBE15BiL4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ivi9vDMwxfCev28TyKuBE15BiL4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ivi9vDMwxfCev28TyKuBE15BiL4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/facebook-iphone-app-developer-quits-to-protest-apple-app-approval-procedures.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a685db7e970b 2009-11-12T10:30:29-08:00 2009-11-12T10:30:29-08:00 Andy Close on the heels of the iKee virus attack that rickrolled jailbroken iPhone users earlier this week comes yet another worm that exploits the same security hole - just that this one is much more dangerous. A Mac Security software development company, Intego has revealed that the worm called iPhone/Privacy.A... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V-2To9vTx6iUQtBL9wRWz3njz4I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V-2To9vTx6iUQtBL9wRWz3njz4I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V-2To9vTx6iUQtBL9wRWz3njz4I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V-2To9vTx6iUQtBL9wRWz3njz4I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/yet-another-worm-exploit-on-jailbroken-iphones-that-steals-personal-data.html