Facebook has greatly enhanced it's Chat functionality, with three major new features: group chats, video calls and a new look and feel for the feature, making the contacts list more prominent than ever before.
If you've been keeping a close eye to the news over the last few days, you're probably aware of JailbreakMe 3.0, a simple untethered jailbreak that takes advantage of a PDF exploit in Mobile Safari. The wizards in the jailbreak community have engineered a fix that manages to preserve the jailbreak, at the same time as it stops unsuspecting users from launching a harmful PDF and having their devices taken over.
There are several ways to jailbreak iOS devices, but most of them are time-consuming as they require you to connect your device to your computer for the jailbreak to complete. Thankfully, JailbreakMe 3.0, just like previous versions, allows easy jailbreaks by simply visiting the JailbreakMe.com website, thanks to a PDF exploit in Safari.
Twitter appears to be rolling out a new change to its users' profile pages, with the alteration apparently coming in an attempt to aid the conversation between tweeters.
According to a report, Apple has ordered as many as 15 million iPhone 5’s from Pegatron, a well-known computer manufacturing contractor. The new iPhones are expected to start shipping in September 2011, which is in line with previous reports.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO and founder, is now the most popular person on Google+ in terms of total people that have added him to their respective circles.
According to a report, Apple has ordered 5 million touch sensors for iPad 2's, which suggests that 5 million iPad 2 devices will be shipped this month. This is yet another indicator that Apple's second-generation device is continuing its healthy adoption.
SuperSlider is a new jailbreak tweak that lets users launch an app of their choice straight from their iOS Lock Screen, without needing to unlock their device. This tweak embeds a new button into the "slide to unlock" slider and lets users access an app of their choice instantly.
According to a Google developer, a Google+ client for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has been submitted to the iOS App Store and if no issues are found, the App should be approved rather quickly. Google+ is Google's new endeavor in social networking, which has captured the headlines in recent days.
Digitimes is at it again! Today, the daily newspaper from Taiwan reports that a Kinect-like motion sensing device will come along with the PlayStation 4 when it launches, reportedly, in 2012.