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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Amazon’s 2013 Kindle Paperwhite gets jailbroken
Want to run third party apps, install custom fonts, or make other changes to an Amazon Kindle eReader? Then you’ll need to jailbreak it, because Amazon doesn’t officially support those features on its E Ink devices. The good news is that there’s a pretty active community of Kindle hackers, and not long after Amazon launched […]
Lilbits (10-02-2013): More bad news for BlackBerry
Canadian smartphone company BlackBerry could go private soon, which means the company may not have to report its financial health to the public anymore. But for now, the company is continuing to provide updates on its current situation… and the state of the BlackBerry is not good. Here’s a roundup of tech news from around […]