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Teknocharm combines jewelry with cellphone technology
They say fashion usually goes in cycles, but the latest designs from Teknocharm seem to be a step forward instead. Combining fashion with QR codes, Teknocharm have come up with some stylish jewelry that functions by being more than just accessories. By making use of QR codes, these Teknocharm necklaces/bracelets link an additional message to the gift’s recipient- all he/she has to do is use a smartphone’s QR reader to decode it and find the accompanying message. In this case, the current Teknocharm line-up leads users to an online Christmas card. Regardless whether the QR code ends up being used or not, these pendants look aesthetically pleasing and will definitely draw attention to its wearer. If Teknocharm provides custom messages for these trinkets in the future, I really see them taking off. If you’re interested in finding out more or purchasing them, they are available now, just head over to the Teknocharm website.
The title says it all, and that was pretty quick. It was only yesterday when the iOS 5 was announced and the beta was made available to developers but yet wasting little to no time, hackers MuscleNerd and Co have managed to jailbreak iOS 5 on the iPod touch fourth generation. The exploit they used was the limera1n jailbreak which means that iOS 5 presented the hackers with little surprises when it came to closing the loop holes that would make the limera1n exploit work.
Naturally the iOS 5 is currently in beta which means there are probably still plenty of holes to be exploited and we can only assume that in the final release iOS 5 would-be hackers will have a harder time trying to jailbreak it. However this is good news for those on jailbroken devices who were worried that they might be in for a rather long wait when it comes to getting the jailbroken version if iOS 5 on their devices.
Anyone who has owned an iOS device knows that upon out of the box, the first thing they see is their device asking them to tether it to their computer in order to set up synch with iTunes. Not necessarily a bad thing but what if the person’s computer was not well equipped enough to run iTunes properly or what if they didn’t know what all these synching meant?
Tabbed browsing isn’t new. In fact there are browser apps already available for iOS that features tabbed browsing, but either way we are happy that Apple has decided to sit up and take notice of what users want in their browsers and finally implemented tabbed browsing in their native iOS browser app, Safari.