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Nevermind, Apple Won’t Be Holding a Media Event September 7th

Earlier today, a report came in regarding the date as to when Apple would hold its annual fall media event. Japanese site Kodawarisan claimed that Apple will be holding the media event as soon as September 7th.

While Apple has announced next generation iPods in September for the past three years, a new report has completely debunked the rumor of an Apple event on September 7th...

Fix iOS 4.3.3 Vulnerability with isslfix

If you may recall, with the release of the long awaited JailbreakMe 3.0 for iOS 4.3.3, literally 10 days later Apple patched the clever PDF exploit in iOS 4.3.4. The security exploit could be triggered by viewing a maliciously crafted PDF file which may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

While the main reason Apple patched the exploit was to stop the use of JailbreakMe, it can also be a security concern. A few days later, Apple released another iOS software update, iOS 4.3.5. Apple released this update to patch the certificate validation vulnerability.

If you love customizing your iDevice to the fullest, you've probably already jailbroken, unless you didn't update by accident or purchase your iDevice after Apple stopped signing iOS 4.3.3. Unfortunately, while not updating to the latest software may preserve your jailbreak, you may also be at risk from the same vulnerability...

The World’s Biggest and Most Expensive iPhone Case

While in Vegas, you can find some pretty interesting things, and this is definitely one of them. This is the World's Biggest and Most Expensive iPhone Case.

This was on display at the Miracle Mile Shops in Las Vegas, Nevada. This case is made out of 300+ Swarovski Crystals, and it retails for $40,000...

Analyst: iPhone and Mac Market Share Could Triple in the Next Few Years

Following the recent announcement that Apple had for the first time ever became the most valuable company in the world, surpassing Exxon, analysts are already predicting Apple's future.

Analyst Shaw Wu with Sterne Ageesent told investors Wednesday that Apple’s Mac and iPhone market shares could double, or even triple, in the next few years. 

iCatcher Helps You Manage Your Podcasts on iOS

The iTunes directory is a great way to browse, discover, and download podcasts. But, as of now, there is no way to subscribe to the podcast's feed directly from your iDevice. However, as always, there is an app for that.

iCatcher! by Joeisanerd, is a magnificent solution for downloading, streaming, subscribing to, and managing podcasts on iOS. If there is a specific feature that you are looking for in a podcast app, there is a good chance that it is already in iCatcher...

Apple Retail Stores Granted “Special Attention” During UK Riots

While agressive protestors were busy burning down various buildings and businesses across the UK, reports suggest Apple retail stores were granted "special attention" by the Metropolitan Police.

The first report suggests that while a 20,000 square meter Sony warehouse was being burned down, the Police were treating the protection of an Apple Store at the Oxford Circus in London as a higher priority...

Popular iPad App “MyPad for Facebook” Now Available for iPhone

Facebook Messenger was not the only Facebook iPhone app released this week, with it came the MyPad for Facebook app.

MyPad was released for the iPad over a year ago and has been a huge success ever since, with reports claiming it has been installed on over 5 million iPads, with over 2 million active users a week. One of the main reasons for its success is it's both unique and beautiful user interface.

With MyPad's migration to the iPhone, do users finally have an above average Facebook app? Unfortunately, the answer is still no...

iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup Video

With the rumored iPhone 5 launch nearing, as expected, there's quite a few rumors floating around. These rumors include anything from a major to minor hardware overhaul, improved camera, larger screen size, storage capacities, and much more.

The folks over at Nowhereelse.fr have created a video outlining all of the rumors that have been floating around, and the video provide an estimated percentage of the likelihood those rumors will come true...

Reason Why the New Facebook Messenger App is Not Yet in the UK App Store [Updated]

UPDATE: Readers are pointing out that Facebook Messenger is actually not available in many countries outside the US, including the UK. We apologize for any misleading information.

It's well known that the UK is under threat by its own people right now; but who'd think that it would affect an iPhone app's arrival in the App Store.

The Facebook Messenger app was released in the US App Store yesterday, and great speculation has been raised as to why it has not yet had its UK App Store release. The answer is simple: to prevent further planning of rioting via instant messaging...

Apple to Open First Store in Alaska

Good news for the folks up in Alaska. The brand new Alaska Apple Store will be opening its doors to the cold air this Saturday at the 5th Avenue mall in Anchorage.

Although this might not be that exciting of news for the rest of us, it's still great to see that Apple is continuously expanding with an additional 4 store openings this Saturday...

Boxee App for iPad Released

Today, Boxee released its iPad app, which allows users to stream content to your iPad from your computer. Boxee first showed off its iPad app at CES, and it has finally made its way to the App Store.

Along with streaming content, the app also allows you to view featured videos from Boxee, as well as shared videos with your friends. Videos that are shared with and from your friends can be pulled from Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr...

D.A.R.K: This Sci-Fi iOS Shooter Should Be on Your Short List

D.A.R.K. is the latest from Chillingo, and it is a dark outer space horror-themed dual stick shooter. It’s set up as a super-soldiers vs. aliens mystery thrill ride in 3D.

As a member of the D.A.R.K. Squadron, the player is on a mission to find out the events leading up to the current condition of the USS Stormbringer, an enormous military ship. The D.A.R.K. Squadron is a military unit - think outerspace version of the Marines, or maybe Special Forces. Serious tough guys suited up in serious armor and packing serious heat...