6 Reasons iOS 6 Jailbreaks Will Be Tough

Glory hounds hoping to jailbreak Apple's newest devices won't have an easy time of it. Security experts detail the challenges. Waiting for a jailbreak for the latest iOS 6 devices such as the iPhone 5? You might have to wait a while. Jailbreaking your iPhone is now legal in the United States, even if Apple has historically discouraged the process. With Apple's release last month of iOS 6, iPhone hackers have, of course, set their sites on jailbreaking the new OS. So far no automated jailbreak is available for latest-generation iOS devices that run iOS 6. But software hacker Grant Paul claimed, to All Things Digital, that he'd jailbroken an iPhone 5 less than 24 hours after its release. Read more on InformationWeek.com

iOS 6: 5 Things That Disappoint

Apple's new mobile operating system offers some much-needed improvements, but plenty of things still need polish. Apple made some great improvements to iOS 6 with its Photo Stream syncing, Safari syncing, Facebook integration, and Do Not Disturb. Unfortunately, Apple didn't go far enough in revising some apps, and falls completely on its face with others. Here are five things about iOS 6 that Apple could have done much, much better - Read on InformationWeek.com

Cross-Platform Development Considerations

Article on Mobile.tutsplus.com will cover some of the concepts and decisions involved in designing a mobile app for multiple platforms. The considerations discussed will deal primarily with a cross-platform application targeting Android and iOS, and it is written from the perspective of a web developer taking their first steps into the mobile world. We’ll look at some of the differences between the platforms and their user interface design, and we’ll also examine the pros and cons of cross-platform development in general as well as the specific details of many of the most popular cross-platformframeworks. Go to article