Apple has released iOS 5.1. It’s the version of Apple’s mobile operating system that will ship with the new iPad, but it’s available for download today for supported iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad models. Here’s what’s new in iOS 5.1: You can now delete photos from Photo Stream. The camera shortcut is always visible on the lock screen for the iPhone 3GS and later and… Read more »

Apple has announced that iOS 5 will be available for download on Wednesday, October 12th. The company has been offering beta versions of the operating system to developers for the past few months, and starting today anyone with a $99 Apple developer account can download the “gold master” version of Apple’s next-generation operating system. Among other new features, iOS 5 will include: An improved notification… Read more »

LogMeIn Ignition has plenty of company in the iOS App Store from other remote control apps. TeamViewer, for instance, is a personal favorite of mine. With its latest update, however, Ignition adds one killer feature that gives it an additional edge: direct remote transfers for photos and videos. Establish a connection to your host machine (say, your desktop computer) in Ignition, then open the remote… Read more »

SugarSync doesn’t seem to generate the same amount of buzz as DropBox amongst the cool kids, the service offers a very strong (and enterprise-friendly) synchronization and backup platform. The company has just outed a new enhancement which makes SugarSync an even better option for power users who like extra control measures: mobile device management. In the SugarSync web interface, the devices section now lets you… Read more »

Google Music launched today, and while the service is obviously aimed square at the company’s own products, it happens to play nice with other devices as well. Since the Google Music Web app is intended to work nicely in Google Chrome you can bet it’ll work in other Webkit-based browsers as well — including Mobile Safari on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. There’s not… Read more »

Dark Horse is the latest comic book publisher preparing to make launch an app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The publisher has announced that its new Dark Horse comics iOS app will be ready to download from the App Store on April 27th. The first issue of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction will come preloaded for free. A handful of other issues will also be… Read more »

Just a few days after Apple released iOS 4.3.2, the folks at the iPhone Dev team have upgraded their tools for jailbreaking most recent iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models. You can now download redsn0w 0.9.6 rc14 and use it to jailbreak a device rnning iOS 4.3.2. This is an untethered jailbreak, which means you don’t have to plug your iDevice into a computer and… Read more »

is a slick app which lets you have some fun with your pictures by adding filters, and sharing photos with your friends on Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, and other social networks. But you might find yourself wanting a simple way to share some of those images with folks who aren’t quite so technologically savvy — parents and grandparents, for example. After all, some of your Instagram… Read more »

If you want to use an AT&T iPhone with T-Mobile or another wireless carrier in the US your only choice is to find a way to perform a “carrier unlock” on the phone, since the only US wireless providers that offer the iPhone are AT&T and Verizon. Up until recently, the only way to do that was to jailbreak your phone, wait for hackers to… Read more »

More than 100 classic Atari games are now available for iOS for $14.99. The is available as a free download for the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, but you can grab all 100 games with an in-app purchase. You can also choose from cheaper game packs which provide a few games for $0.99 each. The titles include Asteroid, Centipede, Missile Command, Lunar Lander, and Super… Read more »