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• Over 14 Million Devices On iOS 6.x Have Been Jailbroken
• Planetbeing Releases Signal 2, Jailbreak App That Provides Detailed Cell Tower Info
• Judge Cuts $450 Million From $1 Billion in Damages Owed By Samsung to Apple
• Apple Refunds Parents After Kid Buys $2500 Worth of In-App Purchases Within 15 Minutes
• Oxford University Researchers Show-off Self-Driving Nissan Leaf Controlled Using an iPad
• FCC To Investigate Ban On Unlocking Cell Phones
• Lockdown: Jailbreak App Allows You To Password Protect Your Apps And iOS Folders

Over 14 Million Devices On iOS 6.x Have Been Jailbroken Posted: 02 Mar 2013 04:38 AM PST It has been almost a month since evasi0n, the most eagerly awaited jailbreak was released for iOS 6.x and new devices like iPhone 5, iPad 4 and iPad mini. Jay Freeman aka saurik, founder of Cydia has revealed (via pod2g) that over 14 million iOS devices running iOS 6.x.x have been jailbroken. Continue reading →

Planetbeing Releases Signal 2, Jailbreak App That Provides Detailed Cell Tower Info Posted: 01 Mar 2013 02:18 PM PST Planetbeing, a key member of the evad3rs dev team that brought us the evasi0n jailbreak has released a new version of his jailbreak app called Signal 2 that provides detailed cell tower information. It works with both GSM and CDMA devices. Continue reading →

Judge Cuts $450 Million From $1 Billion in Damages Owed By Samsung to Apple Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:56 PM PST FOSS Patents has just reported that Judge Lucy Koh who presided over the landmark case between Apple and Samsung, in which the jury had ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.09 billion in damages for infringing on its patents has voided nearly half of the damages owed by Samsung. She has also ordered for a new trial to settle the revised damages. Continue reading →

Apple Refunds Parents After Kid Buys $2500 Worth of In-App Purchases Within 15 Minutes Posted: 01 Mar 2013 12:20 PM PST The BBC highlights an incident from the UK where Danny Kitchen, a five-year old kid spent more than $2500 (£1700) on in-app purchases in a freemium game on his iPad within a span of just fifteen minutes. Continue reading →

Oxford University Researchers Show-off Self-Driving Nissan Leaf Controlled Using an iPad Posted: 01 Mar 2013 10:46 AM PST Researchers from Oxford University are testing a self-driving version of the Nissan Leaf, built using robotic technology developed in-house. The iPad’s 9.7 inch screen acts as an interface to the car’s self-driving system, allowing the driver to hand over control to the car or take back control into his or her own hands. Continue reading →

FCC To Investigate Ban On Unlocking Cell Phones Posted: 01 Mar 2013 07:45 AM PST The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be investigating if the recent ban on unlocking mobile phones to economic competitiveness, FCC Commissioner Julius Genachowski said in a recent interview with TechCrunch. You probably know by now that unlocking a cell phone is illegal in the U.S. as it would be a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Continue reading →

Lockdown: Jailbreak App Allows You To Password Protect Your Apps And iOS Folders Posted: 01 Mar 2013 06:19 AM PST Lockdown, one of my favorite jailbreak tweaks has just received a major update. Lockdown Pro 3.0.0 has been completely rewritten and now comes with features such as the ability to hide apps, performance improvements etc. Continue reading →

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