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Apple Releases 4 New Apple Watch Commercials [Video]
Apple has released several new Apple Watch commercials. Each of the four ads is focused on the features of the new Apple Watch Series 2 as well as on persuading the customers that the Apple Watch is a perfect gift. You can watch four commercials either below or on Apple’s official YouTube channel.
Here's How List of Worst Passwords of 2015 Looks Like
SplashData has recently published its annual list of the worst passwords for 2015. Alongside the passwords like “123456” and “password”, which have been in the ranking for a couple of years, there are some new additions like “qwertyuiop” or “starwars”.
Here Are Top 25 Worst Passwords Of 2014
We all use passwords. Probably, every person on our planet has a bunch of passwords for email accounts, social networks and other websites and services. In most cases, the passwords are complicated enough to protect the sensitive information. As it turns out, not always.
CBS Sports App Updated with New Features
If you like sports, you might also like to watch live broadcasts from various sporting events, keep abreast of latest news connected with your favorite teams or athletes and get the scores of basketball, football and whatever else games as soon as they appear. CBS Sports is the application for both your iPhone and iPad that can help you be aware of all the above mentioned stuff. It was updated a few days ago.
New iPhone 5C leaked photos
Sonny Dickson has posted another set of colorful iPhone 5C leaked pictures.
You’ve seen most of these iPhone 5C parts leaked separately – now see them all in one place in one gigantic super-gallery of assorted leaked parts! Not much more can be said about this collection – just behold, and enjoy!
Dickson has already provided parts to DetriotBORG , so that a high quality video is made about the differences between the low cost iPhone shell and the one of iPhone 5.
According to recent rumors, Apple will unveil the low cost iPhone 5C on September 10th and it will replace the iPhone 5 model.
Now have a look at the leaked photos and enjoy the colorful gallery.
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:
Absinthe 2.0 Untethered Jailbreak of iOS 5.1.1 Gets Demonstrated [Video]
Xvolks has posted a video demonstrating the iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak using the new yet unreleased utility Absinthe 2.0.
I've tested Absinthe v2 on my iPhone 4 GSM, iOS 5.1.1. It jailbroke it flawlessly. I've took a (bad) video of it
The video was later removed from the public, but you know there is nothing that can be hidden 
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Apple Is Going To Bid For English Premier League Streaming Rights
According to the Daily Mail report, Apple wants to bid for rigts to stream (PM) games. English Premier League is the England’s top football league and one of the most popular football leagues worldwide and it is expected that bidding for the rights to stream its content will generate billions of dollars for the league and the teams. The league will consider bids for the next football season after the rights to stream games expire at the end of the current season.
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The biggest iOS games sale from EA
EA games are on sale for the July 4th Independence Day weekend. EA is Discounting over 90 iOS games to $0.99 or less!
EA's most popular titles include: Need for Speed, C&C, Battlefield, Fifa, Tetris, Scrabble, Monopoly, Battleship and more. You can look through EA games .
Here is the list of some popular games and prices:
Zuckerberg Became a Time's Person of the Year, Jobs Listed as a Person Who Mattered
This week Time magazine has published its annual "Person of the Year" issue with Mark Zuckerberg posted on its cover. Apple's CEO didn't receive that title though it was named among "People Who Mattered":
"With each passing year Steve Jobs and his sleek Apple products not only succeed in impressing the techiest of tech addicts, they also manage to create a whole new batch of gadget enthusiasts.
Nvidia created Android tablet
Here are the latest news from Google I/O conference: Tablet based on Android operating system. This one is 8.9 inch widescreen from NVIDIA that runs a multicore ARM Cortex A9 processor and has a front facing camera and two USB ports. The video below shows it running the football. However this is only a demo at a tradeshow, not an actual shipping product.
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Apple Picks Best Games of 2009 on iTunes
Apple created a list of the best iPhone games of 2009. The list is part of their iTunes Rewind 2009 where they are highlighting the best content across 2009 in music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, podcasts, and apps.
Here is a list with links to AppStore.
Congratulations to all developers who created these impressive applications.
BlackSn0w: Unlock for iPhone With Firmware 3.1 Is Coming Soon
The famous iPhone hacker GeoHot started working on unlock of the new baseband 05.11.07 several days ago. Today he published the first results that can be defined as very positive.
So he managed to take control of the baseband, running the code written directly by himself. This measns that soon all users of locked OTB iPhones with firmware 3.1 and 3.1.2 will be able to unlock ther devices.
The new project is called blacksn0w.
Blackra1n RC2 supports tethered 3GS jailbreak
iPhone OS hacker, GeoHot, released Blackra1n RC2 today, an updated jailbreak utility for the iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch.
This version provides a tethering jailbreak for the new iPhone 3GS with the updated Bootrom. GeoHot lists these new features on his blog:
- Fixed 3G issues
- Tethered jailbreak for 3.1 OOTB ipt 8GB and new 3GS units
- Fixed Icy issues
- Both Windows and Mac
You can download BlackRa1n .
PwnageTool 3.1.4 released: utility to jailbreak firmware 3.1.2
DevTeam just released PwnageTool 3.1.4. It allows users to jailbreak firmware 3.1.2 on iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and iPod Touch 1G/2G. It also supports OTB iPhone 3GS with firmware 3.1.x. We remind you that if you need unlock, do not update on regular 3.1.x firmware, use Pwnagetool to create custom firmware to preserve old baseband.
Here is a quick howto:
- Factory Unlocked iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS: You do not need unlock, just use PwnageTool to create an ipsw and then use this to update and jailbreak your phone.
- iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS: if you need unlock, use PwnageTool to create a custom firmware with an old baseband. Then update using created custom firmware and install ultrasw0w via Cydia to unlock.
- iPhone 2G: Use PwnageTool to do the magic and then restore with iTunes using your newly created .ipsw.The baseband will be unlocked, the phone jailbroken.
- iPod Touch 1G: Use PwnageTool to create a firmware image and restore with that .ipsw using iTunes.
- iPod Touch 2G: You must already be jailbroken in order to use PwnageTool. If so, create a firmware image and restore with that .ipsw using iTunes.
- iPod Touch 3G: No support yet.
You can download PwnageTool 3.1.4 here.
There is only a MAC version of PwnageTool. DevTeam doesn't plan to create Windows version.