Grant Paul a.k.a chpwn – iOS developer and hacker, who has released
, which brought some cool multitasking gestures to the iPhone and iPod touch to access multitasking tray or to switch between apps.
chpwn has just released a new version of Zephyr, which includes the following changes:
(note that it doesn’t close an app but it takes you to the home screen, it has the same effect as tapping on the Home button)
Quickly horizontally swipe between (more…)

yesterday, which held
responsible for excessive load on mobile networks, because of its frequent communication with Apple ‘s servers. 
“Siri’s dirty little secret is that she’s a bandwidth guzzler, the digital equivalent of a 10-miles-per-gallon Hummer H1.”
We have, if you recollect, heard the same thing before, when analytics firm
, revealing that the
, apparently due to Siri. But there are
, like
,
.
This means that Siri’s data-hogging (more…)

The iLid flips open to reveal a place to stash some credit cards, a key, and some cash.

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Jason Parker/CNET)

SAN FRANCISCO–Phones may be on their way to replacing wallets and purses, but we’re not quite there yet.

One project that hopes to bridge the technological gap is iLid. Created by Australian natives Darren Inglis and Simon Dunn-Vaughan, the specialty iPhone case has a mostly secret (more…)

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Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)

The Macworld expo is not what it once was, but you wouldn’t know it from the excitement from both vendors and Mac faithful who attended this year’s show.

Macworld 2012 started today at Moscone Center North in San Francisco. Though Macworld no longer attracts the big crowds and big-name vendors it once did, I saw plenty of excited vendors and show goers checking out the latest (more…)

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Apple gained a slight edge over Android in the U.S. smartphone market last quarter, courtesy of the 37 million iPhones sold.

Eyeing the U.S. smartphone market for the December quarter, research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech pegged Apple ‘s share at 44.9 percent, double the percentage from a year ago. That narrowly beat Android’s market share, which fell to 44.8 percent from 50 percent.

Across (more…)

According to app store analytics researcher Distimo, developers who put their iPhone and iPad apps on sale in Apple ‘s App Store see a significant jump in revenue, as do Android developers using the Android Market.

For the report, Distimo examined 100 of the top apps in Apple ‘s App Store (for iPhone and iPad) as well as the top 100 for the Android Market. For apps in the iPhone and iPad divisions of Apple ‘s App Store, (more…)

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There are retro gadgets and then there are retro gadgets.

A contemporary take on a 1950s-style vacuum tube radio is one thing, and we suspect its monophonic sound is a warm and cozy delight. But an entirely acoustic iPhone dock–kitted out with an antique gramophone amplification horn–takes things back to another century. And the sound seems to be tinnily tantalizing.

The (more…)

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked the U.S. Copyright Office to declare that
. 
In addition to requesting iPhone , iPad and iPod touch users in the U.S. to send comments to Copyright Office to convince them to renew and expand the exemptions for jailbreaking, EFF is also encouraging users to sign the petition at 
. The petition states:
You bought it. You own it. Tell the Copyright Office: let me install whatever software I want (more…)

After Apple ‘s historic holiday quarter, Wall Street analysts (for the most part) are champing at the bit to raise predictions for AAPL, citing overwhelmingly strong iPhone and iPad sales last year and high expectations for new product releases this year.

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Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti)

According to a report by The Apple Blog, several analysts think Apple is still on the rise, giving its stock evaluation (more…)

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Matt Elliott)

If you find yourself spending more time in the kitchen and start wondering why some of your dishes work while others fail, pick up a copy of Cook’s Illustrated magazine or download the free iPhone app.

The Cook’s Illustrated app includes 50 of the magazine’s best recipes (subscribers can access more) and makes a great introduction to Cook’s Illustrated’s scientific approach to cooking. (more…)