Today the Chronic Dev-Team have released their long-awaited Absinthe 2.0 untethered jailbreak for iOS devices running Apple’s latest iOS 5.1.1 firmware. The exploit supports almost every device that’s compatible with the 5.1.1 release, except for the third-generation Apple TV.
Following Facebook’s purchase of the popular photo-sharing app Instagram for $1bn just a few weeks ago, the social network giant has announced the launch of a new camera app for iOS. Facebook Camera allows you to take photos, add filters, share multiple images at a time, and view a feed featuring your friends’ snaps.
Apple has released two new TV adverts for the iPhone 4S featuring the actor John Malkovich. As with previous ads in the series, both focus on the smartphone’s voice-controlled assistant, Siri. In the first commercial, which is titled “Life”, Siri answers a philosophical question. And in the second, titled “Joke”, Siri shows her funny side while helping Malkovich plan a night out.
You don’t need to know Tim Cook personally to see that he’s very different to Steve Jobs – not only as a person, but also as a CEO. And so it’s no surprise that Apple is evolving a little differently with Cook at the helm. Having been in his role for nine months now, Fortune has drawn up a lengthy profile on Apple’s new leader and how the Cupertino camp is changing under his direction.
Apple’s London-born senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive, was officially knighted at Buckingham Palace earlier today. The honor, which was announced back in December, recognises his services to design and enterprise, through the creation of iconic products such as the iMac, iPhone and iPad.
The 16th annual Webby Awards, which took place last night in New York City, featured a tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. John Hodgman & Justin Long, who starred in the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” adverts, and Richard Dreyfuss, the voice behind “The Crazy Ones” advert took to the stage to introduce a special video featuring a number of famous faces.
San Francisco startup Leap Motion has unveiled a product that’s guaranteed to get fans of the movie Minority Report excited. The Leap is a 3D motion-control device which is claimed to be 200 times more accurate than anything else on the market – including Microsoft’s Kinect, and when it launches later this year, it will retail for an affordable $69.99 (£44).
Have you enabled Automatic Downloads on your iOS devices? It’s a handy little option introduced with iOS 5, that allows apps, books, or music purchased on one device to be automatically downloaded to others signed into the same account. It would appear that Apple are also bringing the feature to the Mac App Store in the next version of OS X.
Apple has announced that this year’s iTunes Festival will take place between the 1st and the 30th of September, at the Roundhouse in North London. Over 60 artists will perform over 30 consecutive nights at the event, which has been held each year since 2007, and all tickets are free – you just need to apply online to win them.