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Apple will replace its MacPro lineup in next several months
MacDailyNews reported, one of the sources said the Apple will announce the replacement for its Mac Pro for the next few months.
Apple Adds Touch-Friendly Tweaks To Its Online Store
Apple today added a few minor improvements to its , making its easier to navigate the service on touchscreen devices such as iPad and iPhone.
Funny or Die released 'iSteve' teaser trailer
Last month, comedy site Funny or Die announced the future release of the 60-75 minute film iSteve, which is scheduled on April 15. It is based on events in the life of Steve Jobs. The movie stars Justin Long, who gained notoriety among fans of Apple for playing the role of "Mac" in the popular "get a Mac" advertising campaign, in the role of Jobs.
Apple Stores Are Pushing New Table-Based Customer Service Strategy
Apple is gradually rolling out a new customer service initiative called ‘table selling’ across its retail stores. With the new strategy, employees at Apple Stores are assigned a product table at which they are responsible for serving groups of customers with the same device but different needs. Previously, employees helped each customer individually on a first-come, first-serve basis which often resulted in lengthy wait times.
Patent Holding Company Intertrust Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Apple
According to The Wall Street Journal, patent holding company Intertrust has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that Cupertino-based company infringes on 15 of its patents. Intertrust licenses and invents technologies for digital rights management and currently holds more than 150 patents.
Haswell Chip Benchmark Shows 7-13% Performance Increase Over Ivy Bridge
Tom’s Hardware results of a detailed performance test of a Core i7 Haswell processor, which suggest that it will offer 7-13% performance increase over equivalent Ivy Bridge chips – a similar increase experienced with the transition from Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge.
Apple fixed in iOS 6.1.3 four security issues used in Evasi0n
Apple has acknowledged the evad3rs for discovery of four of the six security issues fixed in iOS 6.1.3, notes MuscleNerd.
Apple gives hat tip to @evad3rs for 4 of the 6 security fixes in 6.1.3
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Available for: iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: A local user may be able to execute unsigned code
Description: A state management issue existed in the handling of Mach-O executable files with overlapping segments. This issue was addressed by refusing to load an executable with overlapping segments.
CVE-ID : CVE-2013-0977 : evad3rs
Apple Extends Warranty Coverage In Australia To Two Years
Australian Consumer Protections law requires that sellers of products provide warranties for a reasonable period of time from date of delivery until the problem becomes apparent, which has been interpreted for computers as two years. Apple offers a standard warranty for one year on all its products, while AppleCare provides coverage for three years on Macs.
Today The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Apple’s authorized resellers and retail store staff have been informed of a change in how the company handles warranty claims in Australia. The report notes:
Retina MacBook Pro User Filed A Class-Action Suit Against Apple
Since Apple launched its 15,4-inch Retina MacBook Pro in June last year, there have been an increasing number of complaints from users experiencing issues with the device. The most reported issue is one that causes a ghosting or burn-in problem on its display and has resulted in a support thread with more than 365, 215 views.
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Apple is offering the new iMac configuration
According to Macworld UK, Apple introduced a new configuration for its 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacs, which allows customers to select VESA adapter instead of the standard base. The 40 dollars configuration allows users to mount their iMac on the walls or other vertical surfaces, but the device should be configured at the time of purchase.
Evad3rs released Evasi0n 1.5.3 jailbreak: bugfixes and localization
The Evad3rs have released Evasi0n 1.5.3 - an updated version of utility for iOS 6.0 - iOS 6.1.2 untethered jailbreak. New version brings localization for French, German, and Chinese and fixes some bugs in Windows version.
You can download Evasi0n 1.5.3 here.
If you haven't jailbroken yet, you can find the our step-by-step tutorials here:
Official changelog:
iPhone 5S Will Include NFC Functionality And Fingerprint Sensor
China Times that Taiwanese chip company Chipbond has been chosen to supply a number of iPhone 5S’ components, including chips to support near field communication (NFC) functionality, fingerprint sensors and touch display drivers. According to the report, Apple will use the fingerprint sensor capabilities to improve the security of NFC-based features such as mobile payments.
Apple is to develop 2TB solid state drives for next Mac Pro model
According to an unconfirmed report from the Bright Side of News, Apple is developing a two terabyte solid state drive for incorporation into the next Mac Pro.
Evad3rs released Evasi0n 1.5.1 jailbreak
The Evad3rs have released Evasi0n 1.5.1 - an updated version of the jailbreak utility that have some improvements to iOS 6.0 - iOS 6.1.2 untethered jailbreak.
What's New in Version 1.5.1:
- Updated included Cydia package list.
You can download Evasi0n 1.5.1 here.
If you haven't jailbroken yet, you can find the our step-by-step tutorials here:
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Tutorials for iOS 6.0 - 6.1.2 untethered jailbreak
Untethered jailbreak is available for all devices with iOS 6.0 - iOS 6.1.2. This includes:
- iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5;
- iPod Touch 4G, iPod Touch 5G;
- iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini;
If you don't need cellular unlock use Evasi0n utility, tutorials are available here:
If you need custom firmware to preserve baseband modem version for iPhone unlock use SnowBreeze. Tutorials are here: