In an informal survey of iPhone users, a grand total of zero knew about this insanely handy Siri trick — which, bonus, might save your life.

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Apple device users who are frustrated when Siri fails to answer a question may one day be able tap into the crowd to get a better response.

The Apple patent application “Crowd sourcing information to fulfill user requests,” published Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, envisions a few ways to help Siri when it comes up empty.

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In an ideal world, Apple would have designed its iPhones, iPods, and iPads with memory-expansion slots. But in this world, you’re stuck with whatever fixed amount of storage you purchased.

So what happens when you go to download a movie or install a big game like Madden NFL 25 and your iDevice tells you don’t have enough space available?

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Looking for an easier way to control the music on your iPhone ? If you like gestures, you’ll love Toones, though there is a small catch. And that small catch is the app is free and ad-free, but two key features — search and shuffle — cost 99 cents to enable.

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Much has been made of the general suckyness of Apple Maps, but, hey, we’re stuck with it, right? If you ask Siri for directions, that’s gonna be her go-to app.

Turns out it doesn’t have to be. As discovered by JailbreakNation, there’s a simple way to trick Siri into using Google Maps for directions. Sort of.

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Is there a separate version of Absinthe for iPad vs. iPhone ? The only reason I ask is, in the instructions reported for both, the language during the process matches exactly what is shown for the iPad not the iPhone .
“Waiting for device to finish rebooting” as your iPhone is rebooting.
“Beginning jailbreak, this may take a while …”
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