Packed inside the upcoming iOS 5.1 are 4 new wallpapers specifically designed for the iPad. The fine folks over at 9to5 Mac discovered these new wallpapers inside a copy of iOS 5.1 beta. Your choices are two ocean wallpapers, a grassy dew one, and a puddle with rain drops. Although these wallpapers have a 1024×1024 resolution (for both iPad landscape and portrait modes), 9to5 Mac has also sized them down to retina resolutions for the iPhone 4 and 4S. Continue reading →
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Apple Updates iBooks With New Nighttime Mode and More
Late last night Apple released a new version of their ebook reader and online store application, iBooks. Any current iBooks user will appreciate the biggest change, nighttime mode, which inverts text and background colors. So long are the days of blinding yourself when reading in bed at night. For the typography buffs out there, 4 more fonts have also been added along with 5 different highlighting colors. Continue reading →
How To: Fix iBooks From Crashing On Jailbroken iOS 5
If you’ve updated your iDevice to iOS 5 and did the smart thing
of jailbreaking it, you may have noticed that iBooks instantly crashes after opening it. The reason iBooks crashes is because of the sandbox – partitioned app folders that are protected from other apps accessing them – protection in iOS 5. As with every iOS release and jailbreak, the jailbreak community eventually fixes every issue and this problem isn’t excluded. Let’s get started on how to fix iBooks from crashing in jailbroken iOS 5. Continue reading →
How To: Enable iOS 5′s Multi-Touch Gestures On Your iPad
The floodgates are open today as the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 5, becomes available for iDevice owners. Users will be glad to see new features in iOS 5 like iMessage, Notification Center, Twitter integration, and more, but it seems Apple has left out one feature iPad users have been looking forward to since April: multi-touch gestures.
Indeed, multi-touch gestures will not be present in iOS 5 for first-generation iPad users, but lucky iPad 2 users will be getting the feature. Of course, we aren’t very happy about this, but we’ve figured out an easy way to enable multi-touch gestures on your first-generation iPad. Continue reading →
How To: Install iOS 5 GM In Six Easy Steps
Every year Apple reveals its latest upgrade to its mobile operating system known as iOS. In June, Apple showed off its 5th revision of iOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Since then, they have released 8 beta versions to developers and now the final version, dubbed iOS 5 GM (Gold Master), has been released to developers.
Apple won’t be officially sending iOS 5 to the public until October 12th, but we’ve found a way to get it a few days early! And that’s not even the best part; there’s already a jailbreak for iOS 5, too! Of course, jailbreaking is optional but highly recommended!
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Friday Fun: 5 Great TED Talks About Technology
Not all online videos are of cats playing keyboards or compilations of people getting hurt. There’s another side of the web where the intellectuals gather at conferences around the world to present any bit of knowledge that is “worth sharing”. Of course I’m talking about TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) conferences where leaders from different industries speak to exclusive TED members and videos of the conferences are later posted on the TED website. I’ve gathered 5 of my favorite TED talks about technology that I thought would be worth sharing. Continue reading →
JailbreakMe Released for iPad 2 and iOS 4.3.3
The iPhone Dev Team just released a jailbreak for the iPad 2 and all devices running iOS 4.3.3. Unlike redsn0w, PwnageTool or sn0wbreeze, JailbreakMe doesn’t rely on a computer to jailbreak; simply go to jailbreakme.com on your iOS device and click the Free button that animates into the good ol’ fashion Install button we’re all used to. Continue reading →
App Review: the collection for iPad [Ad]
With different media technologies becoming more and more sophisticated, people now have the opportunity to get their news when they want it, where they want it, and how they want it whether it’s from a TV, radio, mobile phone or tablet computer. World events are constantly happening, making headlines, and being published as you read this article. Although this information is easily accessible during this age of the Internet, it can be frustrating at times not having a solid, easy-to-read, and interactive tool to learn more about these events. the collection is an iPad app that attempts to solve this problem by offering high quality images, sounds, videos, and interactive animations within their monthly magazine issues that explore globally relevant topics. Continue reading →
How To: Enable Multitouch Gestures in iOS 4.3.1 For Free
Apple released iOS 4.3 about a month ago with a slew of new features. Prior to releasing it to the public, developers were given the option to test a brand new feature on the iPad called Multitouch Gestures. Using four or five fingers at once, users can swipe to reveal the multitasking bar, the home screen, or switch between apps. Unfortunately, Apple never shipped this feature with the official release of iOS 4.3. The good news is that it’s really easy to enable and I’m here to show you how. Continue reading →



















