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3 Feb 2013
Google Glass to Start Shipping in May as I/O Believed to Be Glass-Centric Event

A fresh report from Engadget says that Google Glasses, a.k.a. Google Glass Explorer Edition, has just “passed through” the FCC, or received the board’s certification for connectivity. This device was first seen at Google I/O some time back and was exclusively sold to developers, but with FCC certification, that means it’s ...

3 Feb 2013
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iOS 6 device users looking forward to jailbreaking their gadgets will be happy to know that jailbreak tool evasi0n is now up and running and almost ready for the Mac and Windows platforms, with beta tests to follow soon. At the present, the evad3rs jailbreak crew is working on finishing ...

3 Feb 2013
iOS 6.1 Evasi0n Jailbreak Tool Version 1.1 Sorts Out Rebooting Issues

Apple device users have apparently been lapping up the company’s newest software update, iOS 6.1, which brings a lot of new features and improvements to the largely hit-and-miss iOS 6 platform. Web content company Onswipe reported that as of 3 p.m. EST on Wednesday, iOS 6.1 had an adoption rate ...

1 Feb 2013
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In what should be exciting news for iOS 6 device owners waiting for a chance to jailbreak their iDevices, the jailbreak team evad3rs has just announced that its new solution could be out this Sunday, same day as Super Bowl XLVII. The team is composed of developers @musclenerd, @pod2g and @planetbeing, ...

27 Jan 2013
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Apple released the fifth beta version of the new iOS 6.1 platform Saturday, as the company continues testing and optimizing the platform before it is officially launched to the public. iOS 6.1 is expected to come with a number of new features, such as improved Siri integration and Apple Maps. This ...

27 Jan 2013
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Apple may have to work a little extra-hard to beat the clock, as iOS 6.1 Beta 4 is due to expire on Monday, January 28. On or before that date, Apple will either be releasing a fifth beta version of iOS 6.1, or if the new platform is up to ...

27 Jan 2013
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The Exynos 5 Octa processor was one of the joyful memories people had of the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, an event mainly devoted to larger appliances, displays and display technology than mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. This processor, as reported numerous times, contains eight cores, specifically one set ...

24 Jan 2013
BlackBerry Port-a-Thon Attracts 19,000 App Submissions

Research in Motion’s last port-a-thon event ahead of the BlackBerry 10 launch on January 30 saw almost twenty thousand new applications submitted to the recently renamed BlackBerry World online store for approval. Overall, about 19,000 apps will be reviewed for approval, and while only a small percentage of them may be ...

24 Jan 2013
Photo credit: XDA Developers Forum

New versions of manufacturer user interfaces aren’t as publicized as new mobile platform versions, and as such, they aren’t leaked out in the wild too often. However, the folks at XDA Developers were able to obtain a few purported screenshots for HTC’s new user interface, Sense 5. The five screens give ...

22 Jan 2013
Facebook Home Launcher Debuts on Selected HTC, Samsung Devices

iPhone users from the United States may be glad to know that social networking giant Facebook is now offering free voice calls to iPhone owners who have the Facebook Messenger application installed on their phones. The Verge reported that Facebook has been busy testing free voice calling for Canadian iPhone owners ...