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Google's Nexus S has got some news today. As most of you know, Nexus S is now available at BestBuy, so in case you are one of the early adopters of this phone, you may ask yourself, “how to root the Nexus S?”


For those who don't know, unlocking Nexus S bootloader will allow you to go into custom recovery mode so you can install custom ROMs like Cyanogen Mod etc. The steps are pretty easy but you need to have the basic Android fastboot knowledge. Just follow the step by step guide below to unlock your new Nexus S bootloader.

STEP 1: Shutdown your Nexus S.

STEP 2: Hold down the Volume Up key then hold the Power key.

STEP 3: Now your device'll get in Standard Recovery Mode.

STEP 4: Now ppen command prompt or Terminal (depending on what OS you’re using, this is on your computer) then type “fastboot devices”. This will tell you if your phone is connected via USB or not.

STEP 5: Type “fastboot oem unlock” if you're connected.

STEP 6: Almost done, now use Volume keys to select ‘yes, unlock bootloader’ then use power button to select option and your new bootloader will be unlocked now !

For now, there is no custom recovery image yet and obviously no custom ROMs but they'll be out very soon. [via AndroidCenteral]

Google Nexus S is available today for purchase in US at BestBuy stores. Google Nexus S is a major smartphone designed by the folks (Google) in Mountain View, California, and manufactured by Samsung, Nexus S is the first phone powered by the recently released Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It is also the first Android phone with built-in support for NFC. So how about comparing it with Apple's iPhone 4 in a video comparison?


Both devices are put head to head in a 5 round smackdown, with 1 clear winner. The categories through the tests are, Speed, Text Entry, Screen, Browser, and Extras. Watch the video embedded below and tell us your thoughts in the comment section below:
[via TechnoBuffalo]

Apple today has confirmed in a new press release that Mac App Store will be opening on Thursday, January 6. According to Apple, the store will be available in 90 countries with both paid and free apps. Below is the full press release from Apple.

CUPERTINO, California—December 16, 2010—Apple® today announced that the Mac® App Store℠ will open for business on Thursday, January 6. By bringing the revolutionary App Store experience to Mac OS® X, the Mac App Store makes discovering, installing and updating Mac apps easier than ever. The Mac App Store will be available in 90 countries at launch and will feature paid and free apps in categories like Education, Games, Graphics & Design, Lifestyle, Productivity and Utilities.

“The App Store revolutionized mobile apps,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We hope to do the same for PC apps with the Mac App Store by making finding and buying PC apps easy and fun. We can’t wait to get started on January 6.”

The Mac App Store lets you browse new and noteworthy apps, find out what’s hot, view staff favorites, search categories and read customer ratings and reviews. Like on iPhone®, iPod touch® and iPad™, you can purchase, download and install apps in just one click and start using them immediately. Purchased apps can run on all of your personal Macs and updates are delivered directly through the Mac App Store so it’s easy to keep all of your apps up to date. The Mac App Store is available to Mac OS X Snow Leopard® users as a free download through Software Update.

Mac developers set the price for their apps, keep 70 percent of the sales revenue, are not charged for free apps and do not have to pay hosting, marketing or credit card fees. To find out more about developing for the Mac App Store visit developer.apple.com/programs/mac.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

Apple has just released iTunes 10.1.1 for Windows and Mac, this update of iTunes fixing bugs while syncing music and videos, as usual I advice for who has a jailbroken device to stay away from using this new version till we get the word from the Dev-team it's now safe using this version with your jailbroken device.


What's new in iTunes 10.1.1:

This release provides a number of important bug fixes, including:
- Addresses an issue where some music videos may not play on Macs equipped with NVIDIA GeForce 9400 or 9600 graphics.
- Resolves an issue where iTunes may unexpectedly quit when deleting a playlist that has the iTunes Sidebar showing.
- Fixes a problem where iTunes may unexpectedly quit when connecting an iPod to a Mac equipped with a PowerPC processor.
- Addresses an issue where some music videos may not sync to an iPod, iPhone, or iPad.

iTunes 10.1 came with several new features and improvements, including:
- Use AirPlay to instantly and wirelessly stream videos from iTunes to the all-new Apple TV.
- Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.2.
- Provides a number of important stability and performance improvements

Download iTunes 10.1.1 for Windows and Mac

Couple of days ago, we reported you about the capability of downgrading iPhone 4 baseband 2.10.04 to 1.59.00 which can be unlocked with ultrasn0w, which may be perfect solution to unlock iPhone 4. Few minutes ago, Sherif Hashim the well-known iPhone hacker has replied someone via his twitter account confirming that work on 3.10.01 baseband is in progress.

Prostat_Pukis asking: that unlock will be for BB 03.10 as well?
sherif_hashim replying: yes

Don't ask about the timing as till now there's now estimate to arrival, but my own expectations that we will see something by the Xmas, stay tuned.

Now you can sync your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad photo library with you home Mac or PC either over 3G or Wi-Fi using an amazing app called Cinq, without cables, iTunes or iPhoto sync. The developer of Cinq created a paid and a free (ad-supported) versions for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Let's see how it works after the jump.


Simply visit Cinq website and sign up for a free account, then you will be required to download a little server app that ruuns on your home computer. Now take a picture with your iPhone or select it from your picture roll, then it uploads in full relsolution to you PC or Mac. Now you can share you photos with its full reslolution on TwitPic or Facebook.
Give Cinq a try, I suggest to use the free version. Cinq required Mac OS X 10.5 or greater, Windows XP/Vista/7 for the computer side, the iPhone side, it requires iOS 4.2 or later. [via TAUW]

Download Cinq for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad [iTunes Link]

In case you are one of our readers, you may know that a hacker known as pod2g developed SHAtter exploit with the help of Chronic Dev Team member p0sixninja to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on new-generation device but GeoHot came with Limera1n to jailbreak all devices on iOS 4.1 and SHAtter was saved for iPhone 5 and iPad 2.


iH8sn0w, the iPhone developer behind Sn0wbreeze and some other tools had the code an apparently gave it to iHaz3 who's not related to any dev teams. Some sources claiming that this guy has started publishing SHAtter's exploit publicly which would burn this exploit. We'll be back for more updates !