Have you ever wanted to vent about something on Twitter, but couldn’t because your boss, mom, or a person related to the project you’re tweeting about is following you? Well, fear not, Vibe is here to alleviate that problem. Protesters Project Vibe in New York The app was projected onto buildings last week by Occupy Wall Street protesters, making it quite popular among fellow demonstrators. Vibe allows you to send out anonymous messages a bit like Twitter, minus those pesky user names allowing people to identify you.
Just moments ago, Apple released a new version of its mobile operating system iOS to the general public. Mainly a security update, iOS 4.3.4 (or 4.2.9 for CDMA iPhone owners), is here to close the bug that allowed the recent jailbreak. While the main victims of this update are indeed jailbreakers, note that the PDF exploit the latest jailbreak used posed a very important security threat, and could have been exploited for nefarious purposes
Cupertino finally came out of its post-NYE coma last night, and confirmed to Macworld what we all already knew ; the transition to 2011 did mess up the iOS 4.0+ non-recurring alarm clock functionality. While Apple didn’t say whether Steve would be made available to sign notes to your boss confirming it, they did have some good news. Indeed, Apple announced that the iOS Y2011 bug will not last, and that the issue will resolve itself starting tomorrow, January 3rd
We’re learning that iOS and app piracy is on the verge of taking on a whole new dimension due to some major developments made by the iOS app cracking community. As announced on TorrentFreak (the people behind AppTrackr and Installous), the illegal cracked apps sharing networks, have put together a system that will allow turning every user of the illegal platform into a contributor.
Opinions about the the inclusion of in-app purchases fall into two categories: those that love them, and those that think it’s just another way for developers to make more money. Regardless of your personal take on them, in-app purchases are now the leading source of revenue for social networking and social gaming apps. This information comes from a Flurry study . It used data collected from a sample of the leading iOS apps, which reach a combined 2.2 million daily users.