Jailbreak iOS 6.1 Untethered with Evasion Jailbreak [Windows, Mac, Linux]

Today the evad3rs team finally released the long awaited Evasion jailbreak for iOS 6.1. This is an untethered jailbreak, which means that it doesn't need to be jailbroken on every reboot. Read on below to find out how you can jailbreak your device with the Evasion jailbreak.

The Evasion jailbreak is supported on the following iOS firmware:

• iOS 6.0
• iOS 6.0.1
• iOS 6.0.2
• iOS 6.1

It's supported on the following devices:

• iPhone 5
• iPhone 4S
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 3GS
• iPad mini
• iPad 4
• iPad 3
• iPad 2
• iPod touch 5 G
• iPod touch 4G

How to jailbreak iOS 6.1 with Evasion Jailbreak on Windows, Mac, or Linux

1. Make sure you back up your iPhone first. You can either do that through iTunes or iCloud.

2. Download iOS 6.1, restore your iPhone to iOS 6.1, and restore your backup.

3. Download the Evasion Jailbreak and follow the on-screen instructions.

iOS 6.1 Download Links

Today Apple released the iOS 6.1 download for iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad (third and fourth generation), iPad mini, iPad 2 and iPod touch (fourth and fifth generation).

This update has the following improvements and bug fixes:

• LTE support for more carriers (complete list of supported carriers at www.apple.com/iphone/LTE)
• Purchase movie tickets through Fandango with Siri (USA only)
• iTunes Match subscribers can now download individual songs from iCloud
• New button to reset the Advertising Identifier

To update to the iOS 6.1 software, iOS users can go to Settings -> General -> Software Update.

Download iOS 6.1 Links

Below are the direct download links for iOS 6.1 software. You can update your iOS device through iTunes using these IPSW files.

• iOS 6.1 download iPhone 5: [GSM] [CDMA]
• iOS 6.1 download iPhone 4S
• iOS 6.1 download iPhone 4: [GSM] [CDMA]
• iOS 6.1 download iPhone 3GS
• iOS 6.1 download iPad 4th Generation: [GSM] [CDMA] [Wi-Fi]
• iOS 6.1 download iPad 3rd Generation: [GSM] [CDMA] [Wi-Fi]
• iOS 6.1 download iPad 2: [GSM] [CDMA] [Wi-Fi]
• iOS 6.1 download iPad Mini: [GSM] [CDMA] [Wi-Fi]
• iOS 6.1 download iPod touch 4th Generation
• iOS 6.1 download iPod touch 5th Generation 

iOS 6.1 Jailbreak Information

No jailbreak for iOS 6.1 has been released yet, but there may be an untethered iOS 6.1 jailbreak released very soon. Former members of the iPhone Dev Team (planetbeing, pimskeks, MuscleNerd, and pod2g) have formed a group named "evad3rs" @evad3rs on Twitter, so make sure to follow them for announcements on the jailbreak. We'll be posting details and a how-to guide here as well once the jailbreak is officially released. Feel free to follow us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Make Me Asian app removed from Google Play Store

An Android smartphone app called Make Me Asian was finally removed from Google's Play Store today. This application allowed users to turn their photos into stereotypical Asian caricatures. The creator of this app, "KimberyDeiss", had created other apps like Make Me Russian and Make Me Indian which were also removed from the Google Play Store.

On November 15 Peter Chin, a Washington D.C. pastor had organized a petition at Change.org which received over 8,452 signatures and Twitter campaigns that petitioned Google to remove the Make Me Asian App. It took Google over two months to finally remove this app. Peter Chin is celebrating the deletion of the app and he also told NPR, "I am deeply thankful to those who realized the danger of these stereotypes entering the mainstream and spoke out against this app, but I am also appreciative of Google, who listened to our concerns and acted accordingly."

Unlike Apple's App Store which requires developers' apps to go through an approval process, Google Play Store allows developers to immediately publish their app, but does allow users to report any offensive or malicious apps for deletion.

Source: NPR

Amazon MP3 Store now available on iPhone and iPod touch

Today Amazon announced the launch of it's Amazon MP3 store for the iPhone and iPod touch. For the first time iOS users can purchase music from Amazon's 22-million song catalog using the Safari mobile browser. If you'd like to access Amazon's MP3 store, you can simply go to http://www.amazon.com/mp3 on your iOS device.

Music purchases are saved directly to Amazon's Cloud Player, so users can sync it and use it with multiple devices including iPad, Kindle, and an Android phone or tablet.

You may be wondering why Amazon didn't decide to make an app for this. If Amazon had sold their music through Apple's App Store, they would have had to give 30% of each sale to Apple, but by offering it through their mobile optimized website they don't have to pay any fees.

Google's Nexus 7 outsells iPad in Japan

According to a survey done by market research firm BCN Inc., Google's Nexus 7 Android tablet is gaining market share in Japan and outsold the iPad during the holidays.

Nikkei reports that the survey was conducted in 2,400 stores nationwide. The Nexus 7 accounted for 44.4% of the tablet sales, while the iPad accounted for 40.1%.

Unsurprisingly, Nikkei says that one of the main reasons that the Nexus 7 is outselling the iPad is the price. The Nexus 7 costs 19,800 yen ($221) while the iPad starts at 28,800 yen ($319) for the iPad mini.

Nikkei also mentioned market research firm IDC's estimates that the total number of tablets sold in Japan for the full year were around 3.6 million with an estimated growth to 4.9 million in 2013.

Did Google's Street View car run over a Donkey in Botswana?

After looking at the photo on the right, do you think Google's Street View car ran over the donkey? Keep reading to find out. On January 14, a physicist from Caltech tweeted a link to this Street View map on Google saying "I think google street view ran over a donkey in Botswana." Thanks to the power of social media this spread around the web pretty quickly and many people started "ass-uming" things about Google and the donkey.

No, Google's Street View car did not run over this donkey! Fortunately this donkey got away in one piece. In a post titled "Never Ass-ume," Kei Kawai, a Group Project Manager of Google Maps said "I’m pleased to confirm the donkey is alive and well" and published photographic evidence showing that the donkey got back up on it's feet and walked away.

So what was the donkey doing lying in the path of the Google Street View car? It was probably just enjoying a dust bath.

JFK worker arrested for involvement in $1.5 million+ iPad Mini theft

Remember the $1.5 million in iPads that were stolen on Monday, November 12? The New York Post is reporting that a JFK worker, Renel Rene Richardson, who was involved in this crime has now been arrested.

Renel Rene Richardson was allegedly acted as a lookout while the other two criminals loaded two pallets of iPad Minis onto a truck using forklifts and drove away.  Detectives also found that Richardson had made inquiries about the iPads and forklift after talking to his co-workers.

We don't know if the iPad minis have been recovered yet, and the New York Post says that the FBI declined to comment.