Apple has just seeded iOS 5 beta 7 to developers via OTA and it is not in the dev center just yet. In addition to iOS 5 Beta 7, Apple has pushed Xcode 4.2 Developer Preview 7, iTunes 10.5 beta 7, and Apple TV Software beta 6 and if you’re a developer, you should update but you want to keep your jailbreak on iOS 5 you should wait……………….
Apple has released a new version of iTunes for developer testing of the functionality of iCloud’s new iTunes Match feature for storing songs in the cloud for flexible access from mobile devices and iTunes 10.5 beta 6.1 with iTunes Match which’ll let you sign up for a yearly $24.99 fee. iTunes Match first scans your library and compiles a list of songs from what it finds, doesn’t matter if it’s a song you’ve bought through iTunes, one you’ve ripped from a CD, torrented or even made yourself. Songs that iTunes recognizes are streamed from Apple’s master recording at 256kbps and you will then be able to access the entire library from any Mac or iOS device with an Internet connection………………..
iH8sn0w, the developer of Sn0wbreeze the famous jailbreaking tool has tweeted a very important tweet telling that iOS 5 beta 6 expires on Thursday September 29, 2011 and this may not be a big deal for most of you, it is still something that should be kept in mind. The chances of actually running a beta version of the iOS 5 firmware are slim to none and Apple should release the official iOS 5 firmware or at least another beta by the expiry date…………..
A hacker has managed to get an HTML5-based game working on the Apple TV 2G and having first jailbroken the device and installed the Couch Surfer application, which is provides a Web browser for jailbroken Apple TVs. The game is a simple BlackJack card game and he addition is notable as it demonstrates that the Apple TV is a functional platform for HTML5-based applications. HTML5 would provide an alternative to simple Flash-based games and it could become a compelling alternative to Apple’s native App Store applications in time…………
If you ever upgraded your iOS to any latest update and then you want to downgrade to any lower version, you should have the SHSH blobs of the lower version, then you may consider it a bit complex or extra thing to do, but the matter of fact is that it is most necessary because it prevents the vulnerabilities to migrate from the old version to the newer one. A Cydia utility called iSHSHit saving SHSH blobs directly on your iDevice is now possible and with iSHSHit one simply launches the utility from their springboard, saves their SHSH blobs and then has the option to email their SHSH blobs directly to themselves for backup storage……………….
Apple is reportedly still signing the iOS 4.1 firmware for the iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 2G and this is very interesting as if you have upgraded to iOS 4.3.5/4.3.4, you may downgrade to iOS 4.1 without any problems and untether jailbreak your device…………
iWindows jailbreak tweak lets you run Windows 7 on your iPhone and it’s a new Cydia tweak has been released to run Windows 7 on your iPhone. At first glance iWindows looks pretty good too, but as soon as you try to use it you realize that something is not working properly and your iPhone will not run on Windows 7, but you will have some semblance with the emulator…………
Security professionals heading to Black Hat can look forward to the Pwnie Awards, the hacker version of the Academy Awards and the winners of the Pwnie Awards will be announced Aug. 3 at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. Now there is a good news for iPhone hackers that Comex wins best client-side bug award and geohot wins best song award in Pwnie Awards 2011.Comex won for his work with creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in iOS with his JailbreakMe.com jailbreak and congrats to Comex for his win, as his excellent work has been recognized…………….