iOS 6 suffers a New Year's Day bug, Amazon's Kindle Fire HD goes on sale, app pirates no longer need to jailbreak their iOS devices, and Polaroid wants to print your smartphone photos.
- iOS 6: Do Not Disturb Mode Stays On After Scheduled Time Yesterday, iOS 6 users noticed a strange bug that caused the scheduling feature of Do Not Disturb mode to stop working. Apple has said that they are aware of the problem and that full functionality will return January 7th. Until then, you'll have to manually turn Do Not Disturb on or off. [Apple Support]
- Amazon Slashes $50 Off Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Models During January, But Only for Students Amazon will be selling its Kindle Fire HD 8.9" for $50 all month long. The sale applies to all storage/connectivity configurations, but does come with a catch: it's for students only, and you need to be a Prime member. The first part is easy enough to get around, and so is the second if you haven't signed up for your free trial yet. [Engadget]
- New Services Bypass Apple DRM to Allow Pirated iOS App Installs Without Jailbreaking on iPhone, iPad Services that allow for app piracy without jailbreaking iOS devices have dramatically risen in popularity ever since Installous?which enabled app piracy but required jailbroken iDevices to work?was shut down a few months ago. The leading services, Zeusmos and Kuaiyong, now allow for the installation of pirated apps on regular iPhones, no jailbreak required. We personally haven't tried either of these out yet, but it is possible that you could use them for more legitimate reasons like installing apps that are no longer on the App Store from their .ipa files. But that isn't necessarily a good idea, as such services aren't very secure and could leave your phone at risk. [The Next Web]
- Polaroid to Launch Fotobar Stores Designed to Print Photos From Our Smartphones Next month, Polaroid will open its first retail location geared toward editing and printing photos that are on our smartphones. Called Fotobar, the first location will open next month in Delray Beach, Florida, with plans for stores in New York City, Las Vegas, and Boston. Customers will be able to upload photos from services like Facebook and Picasa and have them printed and framed however they like. [The Next Web]
- Still Seeking Resolution to Search Competition Issues Microsoft issued a statement today claiming that Google is refusing to allow Microsoft developers access to YouTube metadata in order to release a YouTube app for Windows Phone. Google hasn't stymied Microsoft at every turn, however. This past August saw the release of a YouTube app for the Xbox 360. Later this afternoon, Google responded, saying that the HTML5-based mobile site is the definitive Windows phone experience. [Microsoft on the Issues]
Photo by photastic (Shutterstock), a2bb5s (Shutterstock), and Feng Yu (Shutterstock).
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