Siri, goodbye again...!

Siri, I try to love you but I'm getting very tired of your network connection issues.

Looks like Siri is being turned off (again) to save battery life, will try you again after the next update (5.1?)

Incredible: Song Made Completely With iPad Instruments

Apple's tablet has drastically changed several industries over its nearly two years in existence. The iPad has made voting easier for handicap voters, NFL playbooksmore intuitive for players, and flight bagsmuch lighter for pilots.
It also has the potential to heavily impact the music industry, replacing rooms full of studio equipment and instruments. TheEastMidWest music group proves the theory with its new video: Jason Derula – It Girl (iPad Remix)…

Other than the singing, every sound from the song came from an iPad. The group used over a dozen apps including Apple'sGarageBand, Alchemy, MadPad, and Magic Fiddle. The total cost of the software? Less than it costs to purchase one of the real-life instruments.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/30/incredible-song-with-ipad/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+iphonedlb+%28iDownloadBlog%29

Manitoba VMUG Meeting - Jan 12, 2012

Manitoba VMUG Meeting

UPDATED DATE
Thursday January 12, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

 Red River College - Roblin Centre
Main Lecture Hall
160 Princess Street
Winnipeg MB R3B 1K9
Click here for driving directions

Please note the meeting originally scheduled for December 12, has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 12, 2011.
Meeting Highlights

• 6:00 p.m. Welcome/Pizza
• 6:15 p.m. VMware Presentation – vShield
• 7:00 p.m. Trend Micro Presentation – Today's Data Center with Tomorrow's Security Now
• 8:00 p.m. Customer Presentation/ Product Demo
• 8:30 p.m. Q&A/Prize Draws
• 9:00 p.m. Conclude

Thank you to our meeting sponsor:

Register at: http://www.myvmug.org/e/in/eid=262&source=5

Jets vs Sens - Nov 29, 2011

Section 118, Row 9, Seat 16

Thanks CC....

RIM giving away a Playbook with the purchase of BlackBerry Enterprise Service

Mikes note: this has to be the stupidest promotion yet, BESx is free, so the amount you would save on BES device licenses, you could buy as many PlayBooks as you like!!!

Everyone knows someone who is permanently tethered to his or her work BlackBerry. That person, who often works for a big corporation, is more than likely being provided email through BlackBerry Enterprise Service, which has been RIM's bread and butter for many years. Companies are increasingly moving away from the beleagurerd platform as Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems become more enterprise-friendly.
In order to stem the tide, RIM is offering a free 16GB BlackBerry Playbook with the purchase of a new install of BES 5, the latest and most powerful version yet. This comes in addition to a steep $400 discount on installation and set up.
While the offer is certainly attractive, and lasts until the end of 2011, we have to wonder if the incentive is enough for companies to keep up with their BlackBerry fleet in the long term. As the iPad and iPhone are integrated more tightly with existing Enterprise infrastructures, and companies like Motorola keep butting up against RIM with devices like the Pro+, the BlackBerry seems like a harder and harder sell.
The Playbook is now available for $199 in most retail locations, a steep $300 discount from its introductory price of $499.
Source: RIM
Via: Electronista
Related posts:

1. If you are attending the Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) Viigo is offering its new Enterprise Lite application at no charge – this will give you access to receive up-to-date conference information to your BlackBerry smartphones. Visit Booth 231
2. BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express now available
3. SAP and RIM have announced a "co-innovation partnership" that enables mobile access to SAP enterprise applications through the BlackBerry platform.

http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/11/26/rim-giving-away-a-playbook-with-the-purchase-of-blackberry-enterprise-service/

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Reflections on leadership and change

IT Leadership: Reflections on leadership and change

By Scott Lowe | November 23, 2011

There are a whole lot of ridiculous management books out there with catchy titles and drab content that passes as advice.  I've read a few of these books… or at least started them.  On the other hand, I've also read some really good management theory books, such as Jim Collins' Good to Great and Built to Last.  While these books are general in that they focus on what it takes to build and maintain an overall company, individuals can still learn about how their efforts and actions can be directed to the greater good of the organization.

As is the case with building a company, it's important to consider how to build and maintain your IT management career.  Personally, I believe that all IT leaders need to be self-aware; that is, IT leaders need to have the capacity for introspection and reflection of one's skills, actions and style.  Moreover, this capability for self-reflection needs to be an ongoing process.  The world of technology and the demands placed on technology leaders make the rate of change particularly demanding on the people that occupy these roles.

I recently read a book that is an easy read and, looking back, contains really obvious information that everyone should know.  However, it's not always that easy.  As I mentioned, IT leaders undergo and often lead constant change and sometimes get pulled deeply "into the weeds" in an effort to get things done.  Even those that can remain fully strategic do so while operating within their personally established confines, so reading about how others have tackled particular challenges is eye-opening.

Although I generally avoid reading books with the word "secrets" in the title, after I finished reading the 149-page=long The 11 Secrets of Highly Influential IT Leaders, I felt like I had gained a better handle on a roadmap to success in my own career.  The book's author, Marc J. Schiller, identifies the ability to influence others as a key trait necessary for success as an IT leader.  In that, I absolutely agree.  IT leaders live and die by their ability to listen to others, develop solutions and ultimately drive solutions to completion.  Obviously, this should not be an adversarial exercise, but in the real world, there is often conflict based on difference of opinion, differing personalities and organizational power structures.

In his book, Schiller identifies key components and traits that help IT leaders gain and retain the credibility necessary to perform as influential leaders in the organization.  While I'm not going to go over each of the eleven "secrets" I will share the first two.

Infrastructure really matters

I've seen some IT leaders disregard infrastructure as "too tactical" and pushed off to an underling with little to no focus from the CIO.  Schiller rejects this course of action; after all, the business runs on the infrastructure.  If the infrastructure is suffering because it's seen as too tactical, the IT leader will ultimately suffer because of an inability to handle the basics.

Again, this makes a ton of sense and really is common sense, but it's but the first step on a journey laid out very well in the book.

Expect projects to fail

The second secret discusses the next great issue facing many IT leaders - project failure.  Schiller argues that the senior IT leader needs to expertly manage expectations as well as budget and remove himself from the day-to-day managing of individual projects in order to be able to be considered an authentic neutral bystander capable of dispassionately leading the overall portfolio.

I have faced this exact situation in my own professional life.  I became too closely associated with a couple of projects and it became difficult to be seen as credible when it came time to present the project.  In hindsight, I should have left the day to day to other people and asked for regular status reports instead.

Summary

That was a lesson that I learned by looking back and reflecting on the project at hand.  It wasn't a career-killer, but was an eye opener.

Schiller's book was, for me, the best book I've read in an effort to help me ground myself.  I don't like books that are thousands of pages long with a bunch of mumbo jumbo.  In Schiller's book, I found accessible language, actionable content and a style that allowed to easily mix my own background and experience while reading through the author's stories.  Hopefully, as I move forward in my career, I will be able to apply these lessons learned to the benefit of both myself and my organization.

http://m.techrepublic.com/blog/tech-manager/reflections-on-leadership-and-change/7019

Download These Beautiful Pre-Made iPhone Settings Shortcuts

We first heard about the app Icon Project  to set iOS shortcuts, then there was a free alternative, Icon Settings, and now we have the most beautiful designed pre-made set for you, courtesy of designer Jeff Broderick.
Just visit http://brdrck.me/settings/ on your iOS device, tap on the settings shortcut you want to save, and add it to your home screen. There are only 11 settings available, but they are the most popular.

 
After saving them to your home screen, upon launching each shortcut you are greeted with a black screen that shows a snapshot of the icon before it launches, a nice added touch.
Check out my 'Settings' folder below full of these shortcuts:

 
Let us know how you like these icons and shortcuts!
[via RazorianFly]

@scoremobile, 11/19/11 6:16 PM

ScoreMobile (@scoremobile) 11/19/11 6:16 PM For all of those asking about the ScoreMobile for iPhone release: We have VERY good news coming for you early next week!

Jets vs Flyers - Nov 19, 2011

Section 313, Row 12, Seat 10..
Good thing I'm not afraid of heights!!!

Winnipeg Jets Skills Compitition

#GoJetsGo

Stupid birds, fly south already

Looks like the Geese aren't willing to accept that it snowed either. Fly south you stupid birds, it's warm there :)

Get 75% Off Any Belkin iPhone 4 Case from Rogers

Update: @tdotORR shares a picture of his $11 Belkin case!
If you're looking for an iPhone 4 case, Rogers is offering 75% off Belkin cases when you show the following coupon in store right from your iPhone.
Selection of cases will probably vary at Rogers Plus locations, but it's a decent deal if you end up finding a case you like. This 'Weekly Wireless Offer' expires on November 17th. Let us know what you find out there.
[via @RogersBuzz]

How to Create Custom Shortcuts For WiFi Settings, Airplane Mode, and More – No Jailbreak Required

It's going on a month since the iPhone 4Smade its initial debut, and we're still without a jailbreak. Not that we're complaining; we never expected a jailbreak for the 4S to be released this soon anyway.
Still, it's hard giving up some of the luxuries that jailbreaking brings to the for — namely SBSettings toggles to quickly enable and disable certain low-level functions like WiFi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, etc.
Fortunately, there is a compromise. We'vebriefly touched on it before, but in this article and video walkthrough we'll show you how to create custom shortcuts to your favorite settings; no jailbreak required…

In this video tutorial, I used IconProject to create the custom icons with specific URL links to certain Settings app sections.IconProject is $0.99 on the App Store, but it's super easy to use, and far and away the best app I've seen of this nature.
Admittedly, this is not a replacement for SBSettings, because SBSettings allows for direct toggles. This is more of a shortcut to specific sections of the Settings app. Again, it's not a replacement, but it is a decent compromise until a jailbreak is released.
If you want to know all of the shortcut addresses to the various panels in the Settings app, you can use the following preference shortcut addresses:

Preference Shortcuts

About — prefs:root=General&path=About
Accessibility — prefs:root=General&path=ACCESSIBILITY
Airplane Mode On — prefs:root=AIRPLANE_MODE
Auto-Lock — prefs:root=General&path=AUTOLOCK
Brightness — prefs:root=Brightness
Bluetooth — prefs:root=General&path=Bluetooth
Date & Time — prefs:root=General&path=DATE_AND_TIME
FaceTime — prefs:root=FACETIME
General — prefs:root=General
Keyboard — prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard
iCloud — prefs:root=CASTLE
iCloud Storage & Backup — prefs:root=CASTLE&path=STORAGE_AND_BACKUP
International — prefs:root=General&path=INTERNATIONAL
Location Services — prefs:root=LOCATION_SERVICES
Music — prefs:root=MUSIC
Music  Equalizer — prefs:root=MUSIC&path=EQ
Music Volume Limit — prefs:root=MUSIC&path=VolumeLimit
Network — prefs:root=General&path=Network
Nike + iPod — prefs:root=NIKE_PLUS_IPOD
Notes — prefs:root=NOTES
Notification — prefs:root=NOTIFICATIONS_ID
Phone — prefs:root=Phone
Photos — prefs:root=Photos
Profile — prefs:root=General&path=ManagedConfigurationList
Reset — prefs:root=General&path=Reset
Safari — prefs:root=Safari
Siri — prefs:root=General&path=Assistant
Sounds — prefs:root=Sounds
Software Update — prefs:root=General&path=SOFTWARE_UPDATE_LINK
Store — prefs:root=STORE
Twitter — prefs:root=TWITTER
Usage — prefs:root=General&path=USAGE
VPN — prefs:root=General&path=Network/VPN
Wallpaper — prefs:root=Wallpaper
Wi-Fi — prefs:root=WIFI
Special thanks to Clay Russell at The iPhonaddict for the tip.
What do you think? Is this enough to hold you over until a jailbreak hits the 4S, or an untethered jailbreak hits iOS 5? Share your thoughts with us below.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/11/how-to-create-custom-shortcuts-to-wifi-settings-airplane-mode-and-more-no-jailbreak-required/

iOS 5.0.1 - Battery Life Fixed???

I upgrades to 5.0.1 at 4:00 PM with 43% battery, it's now 8:30 PM and I still have 32% left :)
I can't say for sure but I think they have done it....

Goodnight iPad: A Witty Parody Picture Book For The Next Generation [VIDEO]

Goodnight iPad from Blue Rider Press is a parody picture book, gently reminding us "power down at the end of the day", a must-have for the gadget-crazy kid in all of us. The author promises the picture book will make you laugh and it help you wrest yourself away from your gadgets and put yourself and your machines to sleep. Don't worry, though. Your gadgets will be waiting for you, fully charged, in the morning. You can grab the hardcover for $14.95 from here.

Here's the official description:

Modern life is abuzz. There are huge LCD WiFi HD TVs and Facebook requests and thumbs tapping texts and new viral clips of cats doing flips. Wouldn't it be nice to say goodnight to all that? Like the rest of us who cannot resist just a few more scrolls and clicks, you may find yourself ready for bed while still clinging to your electronics long after dark. This book, which is made of paper, is a reminder for the child in all of us to power down at the end of the day. This hilarious parody not only pokes loving fun at the bygone quiet of the original classic, but also at our modern plugged-in lives. It will make you laugh, and it will also help you put yourself and your machines to sleep. Don't worry, though. Your gadgets will be waiting for you, fully charged, in the morning.

Check out this really cool video about the book by "Ann Droyd":

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ipadincanada/~3/uyC3v8juI-I/

VMware - VMworld 2011 Snapshot

Today's agenda....

Capacity Planning – Yes Transaction Log Space is Critical to Keeping your Databases Healthy and Moun

The other day I was chatting with one of our Supportability Program Managers, Nino Bilic, and he mentioned something that was rather alarming  - the number one reason why our Premier customers open Exchange 2010 critical situations is because Mailbox databases dismount due to running out of disk space on the transaction log LUN.  I'll let that sink in for a moment.  Naturally I'm shocked…to be completely honest, I thought with the Mailbox Requirements Calculator and our guidance on TechNet, we'd have wiped out this issue by now.

After sharing this information with me, Nino decided that I, not he, should write a blog article on the topic of transaction log capacity planning (gee, thanks Nino!).

Capacity Planning 101

In order to properly size a transaction log LUN, we need to understand a few things about the environment:

1. How many mailboxes will reside in the database?
2. What is the message profile of the mailboxes in the database?
3. What is the average message size?
4. What is the average mailbox size?
5. How many mailboxes are moved per day?
6. What is the backup and restore solution?
7. Does the solution need to take into account any other failure scenarios, like network failures?

For the purposes of this discussion, let's assume that each database will house 250 mailboxes.  Each mailbox sends/receives a 150 messages per day, with an average message size of 100KB.  Based on the table in Understanding Mailbox Database and Log Capacity Factors, we know that a 150 message profile with a 75KB average message size generates 30 transaction logs per day (24 hour period).  Since our message size is greater than 75KB, we need to account for that in our transaction logs per mailbox generation.  The guidance stipulates:

If the average message size doubles to 150 KB, the logs generated per mailbox increases by a factor of 1.9. This number represents the percentage of the database that contains the attachments and message tables (message bodies and attachments).

Therefore, we can determine the impact our 100KB average message size has with this formula:

150 / 1.9 = [average message size of profile] / x

x = (100 * 1.9) / 150

x = 1.266666666666667 ~ 1.27

So by having a message size that is 25KB larger than the baseline, the number of transaction logs generated per day per mailbox increases by a factor of 1.27.  Therefore, 30 transaction logs * 1.27 = 39 transaction logs / day / mailbox.  This means, that for a database of 250 mailboxes, each database will generate 39 * 250 = 9,750 mailbox generated transaction logs / day / database.

Mailbox moves also generate transaction logs.  Each mailbox moved to the destination database generates roughly enough logs that equal the size of the mailbox (including the contents in the Recoverable Items folders).  For example, moving 1% of the mailboxes per day will mean that 2.5 mailboxes per database are moved each day.  If each mailbox is 5.4GB in size on average (including 14 day deleted item retention with Single Item Recovery enabled), then 2.5 * 5.4GB/1024 = 13,888 mailbox move transaction logs / day / database.

From a backup/restore perspective, we need to take into account the type of backup architecture we are leveraging.  With each backup scenario, there is a recommended number of additional days you should provision from a capacity perspective for your mailbox generated transaction logs.  By provisioning extra space, you can survive multiple failures without suffering an outage event.  For more information on transaction log truncation, see Understanding Backup, Restore and Disaster Recovery.

	Transaction Log Truncation	Recommended Backup Failure Protection
Daily Full Backup	Daily	3 days
Weekly Full Backup / Daily Incremental	Daily	3 days
Weekly Full Backup / Daily Differential	Weekly	7 days
Bi-Monthly Full Backup / Daily Incremental	Daily	3 days
Exchange Native Data Protection	As logs are no longer required	3 days

Of course, there are other scenarios that you may need to consider.  For example, if you are deploying a stretched Database Availability Group (DAG) across two datacenters, log truncation will only occur if the network link between the two datacenters is operational and the database copies are healthy.  If you know, that an outage of the WAN link could take 5 days to repair, you should adjust your backup failure protection to take that into account.

For our scenario, let's assume we only need to ensure we can survive 3 days of truncation failure events. This means that we need 9,750 / 1024 * 3 = 28.5GB of disk space for our mailbox generated transaction logs.

In addition, we need to account for the amount of disk space required for our mailbox move events for the entire week: 13,888 / 1014 * 7 days = 94.9GB of disk space for our mailbox move operations.

All told, this means that each database needs 123GB of disk space for transaction logs.  We should also include a data overhead factor as well, to account for any unexplained phenomenon that may occur: 123GB * 1.2 = 148GB of disk space for transaction logs.

If we are deploying a dedicated LUN for the transaction logs, we would not provision a LUN of 150GB as that would mean that we could consume all of the disk space if we were having backup failures and excessive mailbox moves.  Typically you want to ensure that each LUN is provisioned such that only 80% of the disk capacity is utilized.  The formula is:

LUN Space = [ projected disk space utilization ] / ( 1 – [desired free space percentage])

LUN Space = 148GB / (1 – .2) = 148GB / .8 = 185GB LUN Space for Dedicated Transaction Log Volume

How can I prevent consuming all of my transaction log disk space?

First and foremost you need to obtain a baseline of your environment to determine you typical log generation rate per day.  In addition, you must setup monitoring and take action on any alerts that are generated.  Monitoring should monitor for the following scenarios:

1. Transaction Log LUN disk space.  Setup up several thresholds and different alerting mechanisms.  Your first alert should not be the one that indicates 90% of your disk has been consumed.  If you know your typical log generation baseline, you can setup a threshold to report if you are 20% over, for example.
2. Monitor for successful completion of your backups (if you aren't leveraging Exchange Native Data Protection).  Your first indication of backup failures should not be when you run out of disk space.
3. Monitor for the truncation events in the Application Log.
4. Monitor your database copy replication health. 

What if I'm having unexplained growth in my Transaction Logs?

My friend, Mike Lagase, wrote a great article on how to troubleshoot this scenario - http://blogs.technet.com/b/mikelag/archive/2009/07/12/troubleshooting-store-log-database-growth-issues.aspx (please note that the article was written with Exchange 2007 in mind, so several of the tools and/or recommendations may no longer apply with Exchange 2010).  In addition to the steps Mike mentions, you can utilize the following in Exchange 2010 to help determine the unexplained transaction log growth:

1. You can use the store usage statistics cmdlet  (get-StoreUsageStatistics with DigestCategory = 'LogBytes') to identify mailboxes generating high log byte count.  Note that this doesn't always work for cases where log bytes aren't generated by the mailbox owner or the operation is performed on behalf of client (like CopyOnWrite) and doesn't include log bytes generated by system services (reported in Event ID 9826).  These stats provide a summary of last 10 min of activity for top mailboxes generating log activity (up to 6 samples covering last hour). The following shows how to use store usage stats to find top mailbox generating log bytes over last hour:

   [PS] C:\>$stats = Get-StoreUsageStatistics –Database <Database Name>
   [PS] C:\>$stats | ? {$_.DigestCategory -eq 'LogBytes'} | group MailboxGuid |sort count -Descending | Select -first 1 -ExpandProperty Group | sort SampleTime | ft -a MailboxGuid,Sample*,Log*

   MailboxGuid	SampleID	SampleTime	LogRecordCount	LogRecordBytes
   c007c87a-e030-4414-b741-9cf61e88b9de	5	11/7/2011 4:25:05 PM	237	274163
   c007c87a-e030-4414-b741-9cf61e88b9de	4	11/7/2011 4:35:05 PM	451	387362
   c007c87a-e030-4414-b741-9cf61e88b9de	3	11/7/2011 4:45:06 PM	483	144999
   c007c87a-e030-4414-b741-9cf61e88b9de	2	11/7/2011 4:55:06 PM	734	293433
   c007c87a-e030-4414-b741-9cf61e88b9de	1	11/7/2011 5:05:06 PM	933	411485
   c007c87a-e030-4414-b741-9cf61e88b9de	0	11/7/2011 5:15:06 PM	247	209987

2. There are also application events generated for administrative clients (Event ID 9826).  These stats represent 2 hours of activity:

   Starting from <date/time> service <name> has performed this activity on the server:
   RPC Operations: 24168.
   Database Pages Read: 1329 (of which 629 pages preread).
   Database Pages Updated: 12418 (of which 11555 pages reupdated).
   Database Log Records Generated: 13906.
   Database Log Records Bytes Generated: 660331.
   Time in Server: 19142 ms.
   Time in User Mode: 6100 ms.
   Time in Kernel Mode: 63 ms.

3. The performance monitor counter "MSExchangeIS Client(*)\JET Log Record Bytes/sec" can be used to identify what client type is causing log growth.

I think all of us understand how critical it is to ensure that there is enough capacity to ensure that your database availability is not affected.  Hopefully this information helps in planning your transaction log capacity.

By:

Ross Smith IV
Principal Program Manager
Exchange Customer Experience

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/11/09/capacity-planning-yes-transaction-log-space-is-critical-to-keeping-your-databases-healthy-and-mounted.aspx

P90X now available on the iPhone

Beachbody's popular workout program, P90X, is now available on the iPhone. It will schedule your workouts for you, chart your progress, and allow you to compete with friends. Need some positive reinforcement? P90X has got you covered with achievements that can be shared on Facebook and Twitter.

P90X® has evolved. The breakthrough workout program that revolutionized home fitness now has an app that lets you Bring It!® on your iPhone®, so you can get even more amazing results—and work out with P90X anywhere. Keep track of your sets, reps, and weights, view your progress, log your nutrition, and share your results. With interactive features like these, you'll stay motivated and accountable to get more out of P90X than ever.

• Schedule – You'll never have to sweat which workout is on deck each day. Select P90X Classic, Lean, or Doubles, and your Calendar simply auto-populates with the correct workouts. You can even schedule your own workouts like running, hiking, swimming, and more.
• Charts: – Find out where you're improving and where you need to push yourself to meet your goals. Chart your progress easily, so you stick with it every day. Conveniently keep a record of your sets, reps, and weights as you complete each P90X DVD workout. You can even log your nutrition. Customized progress reports at day 30, 60, and 90 keep you motivated and help you push through your plateaus to get more ripped than ever.
• Earn and Share – Up for some friendly competition? Mark your success! Rack up achievement badges for accomplishments like meeting fitness goals, completing workouts, or even for working out on a Friday night! Then share your results and compete with your friends on Facebook®, Twitter®, email, and Game Center.
• "X" Anywhere – Want to do your P90X workout at the gym? Outside? On the go? With the P90X Official App, you can purchase guided versions of the P90X workouts designed specifically for the iPhone. They feature timed video demonstrations for every move, tips on form, and audio guidance from P90X trainer Tony Horton.

P90X is available on the iPhone for $4.99. This includes the P90X Fit Test and Ab Ripper X. Additional workouts are available as in-app purchases ranging from $6.99 for individual workouts and $59.99 for the entire bundle.
[App Store link]
Have an app you'd love to see featured on TiPb? Email us at iosapps@tipb.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we'll take a look.

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How to Enable iOS 5′s Hidden Panorama Feature Without Jailbreaking

Written by: Cody

Yesterday, a hidden feature was revealed iniOS 5. It turns out that the panorama camera mode that Apple was rumored to be working on is actually baked into iOS. Shortly after the feature was exposed,jailbreakers were able to download a tweakto enable it.
But what if you're not jailbroken? With no iPhone 4S jailbreak available, and no word on an iOS 5 untether, not everyone's iPhone is hacked at the moment. Luckily, the folks over at FSM just posted a method to enable the Panorama feature — no jailbreak required…
All you need to enable the Panaroma feature is a desktop computer (PC or Mac) and file editing software that's compatible with iDevices. FSM recommends using iBackupBot, but we're assuming other titles like iExplorer would work just the same.
For the sake of this tutorial we'll use iBackupBot, which you can download here for free.
Step 1. Backup your iPhone using iTunes.
Step 2. Load up iBackupBot, and open your latest backup.
Step 3. Locate the Library/Preferences/com.apple.mobileslideshow.plist file and open it.
Step 4. Add in the following code above the <key>LastSelectTab</key> line: <key>EnableFirebreak</key><string>YES</string>
Step 5. To save, click the Export icon. Once it's exported, click the Restore icon and choose the file you just saved.
That's all there is to it. FSM claims this trick works on the iPhone 4S, but I couldn't get iBackupBot to recognize my 4S backups. Regardless, if your handset isn't jailbroken and your dying to try the Panaroma feature, this is about your only option.
[via 9to5Mac]

I love the fact that we are able to "hack" iOS 5 without a jailbreak!

Is this the beginning of tweaking your iPhone without jailbreaking??? (I sure hope so)

Score Mobile for iPhone - its going to get better ?

Very excited for this, Score Mobile has been one of my favorite apps on iPhone (and BlackBerry) I can't wait for the "My Scores" feature!!!

http://www2.thescore.com/iphone/scoremobile/

Chronic Dev Team’s @Pod2g Has Found An iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak Exploit

"Hey jailbreaking friends, I've found a bug that can untether iOS 5." This was the message by @pod2g, a member of the Chronic Dev Team, posted earlier today on twitter suggesting that he has discovered a loop hole in iOS 5 that can be exploited to achieve an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak. However, he also mentioned that a release won't be coming soon giving us no ETA whatsoever of the newly found exploit. Back in September, @pod2g revealed how their team was closing in on an untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 5 on all current devices but since then, we haven't heard much about its progress until today.

Here is the tweet:

@pod2g: "Hey jailbreaking friends, I've found a bug that can untether iOS 5. Don't expect a release soon, but I'm gonna work hard in it."

Currently, only a tethered iOS 5 jailbreak is possible both via Sn0wbreeze and Redsn0w jailbreak tools which means that you need to connect your iOS device to a computer each and every time it's rebooted. However, an iOS 5 SemiTether app has been released recently on Cydia slightly closing the gap between tethered and untethered jailbreaks.