News tagged ‘iTunes’

A popular game Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone and iPad is free for a limited time.

Price for iPhone version varied from $0.99 to $2.99, HD version costed from $1.99 up to $9.99.

Download links:

• Plants vs. Zombies для iPhone: iTunes link
• Plants vs. Zombies HD для iPad: iTunes link

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According to the information provided by The Verge, the music streaming service Spotify has been talking about creating a section of free subscription for smartphones and tablets.

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Apple today released iTunes 11.0.2 which adds a new Composers view for music and other improvements.

About iTunes 11.0.2
This update adds a new Composers view for music, improves responsiveness when syncing playlists with a large number of songs, and fixes an issue where purchases may not show up in your iTunes library. This update also includes other stability and performance improvements.

You can download iTunes 11.0.2 from Software Update or directly here.

Apple has released iOS 6.1.2 to fix a bug with Microsoft Exchange Calendar.

Fixes an Exchange calendar bug that could result in increased network activity and reduced battery life.

Today’s update also fixes the passcode bug that was found last week. There is no information, whether this firmware is jailbreakable.

You can update via OTA or in iTunes. Jailbreakers have to perform restore to upgrade to iOS 6.1.2.

You can download the new firmware from here.

According to analysis by Asymco of Apple’s revenue breakdowns, Apple received more money from accessories and iTunes sales than all other companies, except for Samsung, received from phone sales over the last quarter.

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Apple today released iOS 6.1.1 for iPhone 4S users only. This follows reports that a bug in the iOS 6.1 firmware was affecting 3G performance for numerous customers.

According to the release notes, "This update fixes an issue that could impact cellular performance and reliability for iPhone 4S."

You can get the update from Software Update on your device or download the ipsw directly from here.

The Evad3rs Team have released an update to the Evasi0n jailbreak utility. Evasi0n 1.2 fixes timezone issue in evasi0n binary if client fails to correct it and disables OTA updates, which are not good for jailbroken devices.

If you're already jailbroken - there is no need to rejailbreak, just run Cydia and install updates there. There is nothing in evasi0n 1.2 that is not already in Cydia.

You can download Evasi0n 1.2 here.

If you haven't jailbroken yet, you can find the our step-by-step tutorials here:

• Windows
• Mac OS X

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Apple today announced that the iTunes Store reached a new level of downloadable songs which amounts to 25 billion. Interestingly, Apple has also awarded the user who downloaded 25 billionth song with € 10,000 iTunes gift card, although the company did not carry out promotions for the competition, as it was for the previous milestones.

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UPDATE: Apple released iOS 6.1.3, so you can NOT restore to earlier firmware (both original and custom), unless you have saved your SHSH keys. If you are on iOS 6.0-6.1.2 you can use evasi0n to jailbreak.

This is step-by-step instructions on how to perform untethered jailbreak of iOS 6.0-6.1.2 firmwares using Evasi0n for Mac OS X.

This tutorial works for all devices with iOS 6.1:

• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 4S
• iPhone 5
• iPod Touch 4G
• iPod Touch 5G
• iPad 2
• iPad 3
• iPad 4
• iPad Mini

This tutorial is for Mac OS X users. Windows tutorial is available here.

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UPDATE: Apple released iOS 6.1.3, so you can NOT restore to earlier firmware (both original and custom), unless you have saved your SHSH keys. If you are on iOS 6.0-6.1.2 you can use evasi0n to jailbreak.

This is step-by-step instructions on how to perform untethered jailbreak of iOS 6.0-6.1.2 firmwares using Evasi0n for Windows.

This tutorial works for:

• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 4S
• iPhone 5
• iPod Touch 4G
• iPod Touch 5G
• iPad 2
• iPad 3
• iPad 4
• iPad Mini

This tutorial is for Windows users. Mac OS X tutorial is available here.

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today published two interesting patent applications filed by Apple. One of them described embodiments of laser projection and a depth perception system.

PatentlyApple covered the patent and outlined several possibilities of using a laser source and cameras to detect the distance from an object and implement different applications based on the distance determined. The report described how Apple could use the invention, for example, in iMacs. PatentlyApple also explained how Apple could use laser projected keyboard invention (pictured above).

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Hacker planetbeing corfirmed, that untethered iOS 6.1 jailbreak will be relaeased quite soon.

In terms of release date, we're aiming for approximately a week out, but it's possible it will come sooner or later than that.

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This step-by-step tutorial will guide you through the process of full restore, that is highly recommended for iOS 6.1 jailbreak. You can use this tutorial for any iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

Important: do not update to iOS 6.1 if you need carrier unlock.

Step 1

Make a folder called "Firmware". Download iOS 6.1 for your Apple device: here. 

We have downloaded iOS 6.1 for our iPhone 4:

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In addition to IOS 6.1, today Apple released an updated software for the Apple TV. The new 5.2 version contains a number of improvements, including:

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Pimskeks of the Evad3rs Dev-Team reveals that those looking to apply the new iOS 6.1 jailbreak should update to the firmware using iTunes.

If you people plan to upgrade to iOS 6.1 please don't do an OTA upgrade. Please make a full restore using iTunes.

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