Have an iPhone, but prefer the design style of Android? A few years ago it probably would have been hard to find anyone who fell into that category — but with Matías Duarte overseeing Google’s design team, Android has earned a reputation for attractive design. Folks who prefer Apple’s software and the wealth of apps available for […]
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You can jailbreak the Razer Nabu fitness band to upload custom firmware
A hacker that goes by the name QXCG;– was successfully able to jailbreak Razer’s new fitness band Nabu using its open software developer kit (SDK). If you choose to do so yourself you will be able to upload your own firmware and turn the $100 device into a handy wearable device. QXCG;– explains that Razer […]
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You can already jailbreak iOS 8.1
Just days after Apple released iOS 8.1, the first tool for jailbreaking an iPhone or iPad running the device has been released. Team Pangu’s new jailbreak tool also supports devices running iOS 8.0. There’s not much the average user will actually be able to do with a jailbroken iOS 8 device at this point, but that […]
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Hack turns Amazon Kindle into a thermometer
Amazon’s Kindle eReaders are designed to let you read eBooks for days on end thanks to a low-power processor and high-contrast E Ink display. But like many consumer electronics devices, the Kindle is basically a single-purpose computer… and with a little tweaking you can turn it into a multi-purpose machine. We’ve seen Kindles turned into […]
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Lilbits (5-20-2014): Where’s the Surface mini?
Microsoft introduced a new Surface tablet today… but while many folks had been expecting a small “Surface mini” tablet, what we got was the biggest model yet. The Surface Pro 3 has a 12 inch screen and while an entry-level model sells for $800, higher-priced models go for as much as $1949. So what happened […]
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Lilbits (5-12-2014): Tizen is coming
Tizen is an open source, Linux-based operating system that rose out of the ashes of the dead-before-their-time MeeGo, Moblin, and Maemo operating systems. It’s not a continuation of those products like Sailfish so much as a replacement operating system with the same key backers including Samsung and Intel. Samsung reportedly sees Tizen as an opportunity […]
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The iOS 7.1 jailbreaking begins
When Apple launched iOS 7.1 the company added support for CarPlay, tweaked some visual elements, added some calendar changes, and improved Siri. Oh yeah, Apple also patched the security vulnerabilities people had been using to jailbreak earlier versions of the iPhone and iPad operating system. It looks like hackers have started to find new ways to […]
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Apple iOS 7.1 adds CarPlay support, Siri improvements, and more
Apple has released iOS 7.1 for iPhones and iPads. The update brings a few major new features including support for Apple CarPlay — a new service that lets you pair your phone with an in-car system in some vehicles to control phone, music, maps, and other features using your car’s touchscreens, knobs, and buttons without […]
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iOS 7.1 beta 5 released to devs, quickly jailbroken by Evad3rs
Apple recently released a fifth beta of iOS 7.1 to developers, offering bug fixes and new voices for Siri designed to sound better in UK and Australian English, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese. The update also patched some of the exploits used by the latest jailbreak utilities — but it didn’t take long for the folks […]
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Lilbits (12-26-2013): Oppo’s 538 ppi smartphone
Apple introduced the world to the buzzwords “retina display” with the introduction of the iPhone 4 a few years ago. The idea was that you can’t easily spot individual pixels on a smartphone screen with more than 300 pixels per inch — and the iPhone 4 had 326 pixels per inch. For some reason that […]
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Lilbits (12-23-2013): Updating your devices (officially or not)
Want to make sure your gadget is running the latest software? Sometimes that’s easy… sometimes it’s less easy. And sometimes it’s officially unsupported. Today’s roundup of tech stories from around the web includes a few OS updates: Hackers have figured out how to install Android 4.4 KitKat on Google’s now-defunct Nexus Q media streaming orb. […]
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Jailbreak iOS 7 on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Team Evad3rs have released tools for jailbreaking an iPhone iPod touch, or iPad running iOS 7.0 through iOS 7.0.4. Evasi0n 7 is available for Windows, OS X, or Linux and lets yu jailbreak your device in a matter of minutes. Jailbreaking an iOS device allows you to access files and settings that would otherwise be […]