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Google Hangouts Hits the Apple App Store

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Google announced today at Google I/O that they would be releasing a Hangouts App of its very own on iOS and Android.

Well it’s already here and available for download.

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Siri gets a Lesson in Brevity to Respond to Long Queries

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It seems that Siri has got  a silent update on how to respond to longer queries made to her. Siri now responds to long requests (i.e more than 2 sentences) with a tacky quote by famous and notable historic figures like Thomas Jefferson and William Strunk. More

Checkout this Budget iPhone Concept running iOS 7 by Martin Hajek

Budget-iPhone-concept-iOS-7-Martin-Hajek-003With the rumor mill churning out more and more iOS 7 concepts, Designer Martin Hajek has released a set of images depicting a Budget iPhone running the rumored iOS 7.

The Budget iPhone is shown in various colour variants and is depicted runnning the flat UI of iOS 7 that Jony Ive and his team are believed to be working on. Never the less, this concept is one that I truly look forward to. More

How To Remove ‘Other’ From iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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There is one massive problem with iOS devices and its the amount of annoying ‘Other’ stuff that takes up your storage space.

If your like me and own a 16GB iPhone, iPad or iPod touch then storage capacity is precious. Its annoying when you hook your device up to iTunes to find like me you have over 3GB of this Other stuff that you can’t get rid off no matter how much you try.

This Other stuff is made up of Junk File, Cache and Offline File and Cookie and Script files. Its can even hold Failed Media files that have not synced across correctly.

Well having Other take up my storage space is no more, thanks to a programme that @DanBennett pointed me towards last night called PhoneClean.

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Messages Conversation Photos brings Contact Pics to Messages App [Review]

Messages Conversation Photos

Messages Conversation Photos is a new Cydia tweak that add Facebook Chat-Heads inspired Contact  pics to the conversations in the iOS Messages app. The Contact Pics are circular and looks native in the Messages app. Contacts that don’t have pictures just don’t show up as normal messages. More

Affix Brings Mac-Style Access to Notification Settings from the Notification Center [Review]


Affix is a simple tweak by rvirajm that adds an OSX-inspired access to the Notification Settings from the iOS Notification Center. Affix is one of those simple tweaks that makes the iOS experience even better.

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Google Offers iOS Devs a Way to Make Chrome Default – Well Sort Of!

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Google have released a bit of code to developers that helps make Chrome the default web browser on iOS devices.

The code will allows developers to open links directly to Chrome instead of Apple’s own web browser Safari. Not only will it treat Chrome as the default browser for links but will return users back to their original App.

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Google Now available for iOS

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Available as an update to the Google Search app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, Google Now finally brings joy to some Apple users. The update is simple and doesn’t have very much “wow” factor, something that Google seems to leave out of their iPhone apps. Read on for the changelog.

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Unlock Your iPhone with a Piano!

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A new Jailbreak tweak has been posted on Reddit that allows users to protect and unlock their devices in a original.

The tweak that can be seen in the video below show the developer unlocking his device using a piano / music method.

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