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Apple has reached a major milestone, its app store has reached 50 Billion Downloads. To put that into perspective, there is about 6 Billion people in the world w/c means there is almost 10 apps downloaded for each living soul on the planet. To put it on even better perspective, Apple has sold 500 Million iOS devices according to most recent numbers ( source here ). That means on average each iOS device sold has 100 apps installed/downloaded to it.  If you think this milestone is important only from a business standpoint, you are missing half the story. Here is why: How the iPhone changed the mobile market When the first iPhone came out, the Apple App store was not in existence yet and no one had any idea how big a role apps will play in our lives. The first iPhone unveiled on January 9, 2007 and went on sale on June 29, 2007. At launch, the 1st Generation iPhone was able to do basic Smartphone functions (ie. web-browsing, email, calendar, etc.) and it was heralded as ...

It's that month again where everyone is talking about love. The malls are full of Valentines day promos and restaurants are offering up "romantic" and "unforgettable" dinner for two. Everyone is stressing out about what gift to give their significant other, what dress to wear on the date and even what to eat. Blogs are being written about Valentines gift ideas, how to act during a date, blah blah blah. ****If you want to impress your girlfriend or wife this Valentine check out this great Valentines gift suggestion that is sure to blow her away courtesy of Zales- link* *** On the other side of the spectrum, singles are starting their own boycot of this purely consumeristic man-made celebration of love on a random date of a random month. But since it seems like everyone is talking about love, I am compeled to write something about it, this however will talk more about how technology can help keep relationships alive in the modern world.  I will be talki...

Amazon.ca Widgets A few days after Jailbreaking my iPad mini, I only managed to downloaded a handful of tweaks from Cydia. There are two reasons for this slow adoption on my end: i. Cydia sources were hammered making downloads almost impossible and ii. Not too many iOS 6.1 tweeks available mainly due to the fact that most dev teams are still scrambling to develop them. So far I have downloaded tweaks I always considered essential to a Jailbroken iOS device, namely; SBSetting, Activator, and iFile. These are tweaks I have used before and still consider essential in enhancing my iOS user experience. I have also downloaded a few new tweaks I have not used before: f.lux, Mail Enhancer and Retina Pad. My favourite of the three so far is Retina Pad. Below is my review of this tweak/ app. What it is Retina Pad is a jailbreak tweak that literally unleashes the Retina display capability of your iPad/ iPad mini. What blew my mind with Retina Pad is how it enables Retina display for...

The news of Hackulous shutting down was met with mixed reactions- some felt that it was the right thing to do while others felt it was a let down for the jailbreak community. If you are not familiar with Hackulous, it was a very popular Cydia source for Jailbroken iOS devices- its main benefit was access to Installous which served as a source for hacked iOS apps. This source allowed you to download paid iOS apps for free! It was the nature of the service offered by Hackulous that caused the mixed reaction from the public. People who strongly opposed piracy were happy that Hackulous decided to close down. Their main argument is that the economy for mobile apps is stil in its infancy and piracy will only kill the small developers. They saw Hackulous as hurting the small developers and only making it harder for them to compete against big names such as Rovio, Imangi, EA etc. The other side of the fence felt they have been betrayed by the Jailbreak community. Some people said t...