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Extensify brings custom app tweaks to non-jailbroken iPhones
Published in Mobiles


Requires iOS 8 and above

Over the past seven and a half years since the App Store launched in July 2008, Apple’s mobile application market has blossomed from a size of just 500 applications at launch to more than 1.5 million as of last month. Unfortunately, even with all of these apps readily available, the company has been reluctantly strict in allowing developers the ability to change application functionality with their own third-party enhancements. Until last summer, the process was mostly restricted to jailbroken iOS devices and there have been few app tweaks available for non-jailbroken devices, until now.

McAfee shows world how to hack an iPhone
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 02 March 2016 12:22

McAfee shows world how to hack an iPhone


You do not need to rewrite the operating system

Colourful IT candidate John McAfee showed how much rubbish Apple is putting into print by demonstrating that you don’t need to rewrite anything to allow the FBI access to a terrorist’s iPhone.

Canadians come up with a bendy phone
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 19 February 2016 12:01

Canadians come up with a bendy phone


Bendier than the iPhone


Ever since Apple came up with a smartphone that bent, everyone wants to copy them. Now a team of researchers have come up with ReFlex which they claims is the first true bendable smartphone.

iPhone “Error 53” bricking repaired phones worldwide
Published in News


Apple's internal Touch ID security check to blame

In the world of mobile electronics, Apple is taking some fire more than usual these days as users around the globe are reporting that the mysterious code called “Error 53” has rendered their iPhones useless following any third-party repairs to the Home button hardware or Touch ID assembly outside the company’s doors.

Mossberg blasts Apple’s poor software
Published in News
Thursday, 04 February 2016 13:01

Mossberg blasts Apple’s poor software


Times are a changing in the Tame Apple Press 

It seems that key members of the Tame Apple Press are starting to have epiphanies lately about how bad Apple really is and are starting to turn on the cult for failing to meet their expectations and spin.

Apple long-range wireless charging tech coming in 2017
Published in News


Near-field magnetic resonance (NFMR) charging


Apple is said to be developing a wireless charging technology for its next-next generation iPhone and iPad lineups in 2017 that should be able to charge the devices from over 1 meter away, sources close to Bloomberg have claimed.

Microsoft develops one-handed keyboard for iPhone
Published in Mobiles


Knows its target market

Software king of the world Microsoft has been doing some research into the needs and wants of Apple fanboys and reached the conclusion that they need a keyboard which can be used one-handed.

Small iPhones sail to Titanic disaster
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 25 January 2016 14:26

Small iPhones sail to Titanic disaster


Analyst cuts sales by half

An analyst has cut his estimate of projected sales of the rumoured new 4-inch iPhone, reportedly called the "iPhone 5se," in half, from 18-20 million down to 10-12 million units.

Tame Apple Press braces itself for iPhone slump
Published in Mobiles


Finally wakes up


The Tame Apple Press is starting to report what we have been saying for months, iPhone sales have slumped for the first time in ten years.

Google rubs in tech-superiority over watch tech
Published in IoT


Allows fanboys to defect

Search engine outfit Google is offering Apple fanboys a way to get a proper smartwatch without losing the only product that Jobs’ Mob makes – the iPhone.