Foxconn to use robots in their facilities

Apple’s Chinese manufacturing partner is preparing the ground for a new technological revolution. It seems that the management of the company intends to build its robot workforce to an unprecedented level. More than million of these robots will be used in Foxconn plants in the near future.

The project should cost more than $220 million and was announced by the company on Saturday when the CEO of the company appeared on a ceremonial opening of a constructions site for an R&D facility in Taichung on Taiwan.

iPhone 4S released to next 22 countries worldwide

Apple has just released its latest iPhone model, the super popular iPhone 4S. Now they have launched the device in 22 additional countries globally. Here is the list of countries which now officially have iPhone 4S as an option for smartphone users.

Here is the list of these 22 countries:

Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain,Switzerland, Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, Mexico, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Hungary, Netherlands and Ireland.

Congratulations to Apple fans in those above mentioned countries! You’ll get the chance to enjoy in the best smartphone available on the market. And do not forget that you can jailbreak your new device if you choose to do so!

iPad 2 jailbreak proof

iPad 2 which was launched earlier this year has proved itself as a hard nut to crack. It was the device which took longest time to be jailbroken so far. If you are a frequent visitor on our blog you will know that it was first jailbroken back when iOS 4.3.3 was latest iOS version. So far iPad 2 on iOS 5 was not cracked by the jailbreak community. That is, until now. This great news came directly from a member of iPhone Dev Team @MuslceNerd who tweeted about and mentioned a new Youtube video where he showed the jailbreak in action. He noted that no ETA is known so far as the jailbreak is obviously still being in development phase at the time being.

MindNode mind mapping app for iOS upgraded

MindNode is a well known app for mind mapping for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. This app was originally developed to make the best use of touch screen technologies, including multi touch screen gestures which are a landmark of iOS. With a mind map you can boost your productivity level in any field. You can create ‘to do’ lists, organize ideas, do some brainstorming, work on creative tasks like writing and much more. Mind maps are generally used for educational purposes and in work environments.

Apple working on battery life issues with iPhone 4S

Almost immediately after iPhone 4S became available to users we heard different stories and complains on battery life with iPhone 4S. If you remember, despite many iOS users being slightly disappointed with iPhone 4S it still reached unbelievably high demand reaching the status of most wanted iOS device so far. When announcing iPhone 4S, one of Apple’s highlights was its longer battery life. But after the device was released into the real world, complaints started to flow in.

Cydia tweaks: Send my Location

Both iOS 5 and new iPhone 4S have introduced a plethora of new and exciting capabilities, but jailbreak developers didn’t stop there as they are busy as ever and working hard to improve whatever can be improved. Here is another feature which is lacking or not developed sufficiently in the official iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Apple researching remote 3D gestures for iOS devices

It seems that Apple is continuing their restless run for new techno wonders for their superb iOS devices. Now they investigate concepts which are light years ahead of their competition. According to this news they are exploring a completely new field: hands free remote controlling for iOS devices. This could easily become a new game changer and was revealed thanks to a patent application by Cupertino, California company.

Apple releases their Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) into open source Apache license

Cupertino Company has jut taken another move which will be probably greeted by the wider community. Audio Codec developed by Apple’s engineers has being now republished as an open source software under the Apache license. Audio Codec supports all Apple devices including iOS devices like iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch but also Mac computers and iTunes. ALAC is basically a sophisticated method of data compression which can easily reduce the size of audio files, which size would otherwise be prohibitive especially for hand held iOS devices. Compressed files will keep their audio quality at the same level, so no data is being lost during the data compression. Uncompressed ALAC stream is exactly the same as the original, uncompressed file.

Apple patents the Slide To Unlock

US patent system is confusing, slow and often hard to understand. As a result, many inventors spend years before they are granted with legal protection for their intellectual property. No matter what the size of the company is, the system is rigid and it took long time for Apple to get a patent for their well known “slide to unlock” touchscreen unlock gesture.

Apple preparing iTunes Match for release?

Apple has notified all iOS developers about their plans for resetting all iTunes Match accounts today. Apple has announced that this measure is necessary for improvement of the quality and stability of this new service. Complete reset of iCloud data isn’t something new as Apple did this already in a number of occasions while testing and releasing iOS 5 and iCloud beta versions.

To remind you, iTunes Match was planned as an important addition to iCloud and iOS 5. This will basically become a completely new music locker service offered by Apple. In exchange for a fee of US $24.99 iTunes Match will check your iTunes library and provide you with a high quality AAC version of every song which exists in the iTunes music catalogue.