If Apple can take online media outlets by storm at it’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, be sure that the folks at Mountain View execute a blow by blow retaliation. Google’s annual I/O brought in a number of announcements from the internet search giant. Another interesting one came today as Google Chrome for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch was finally made available to the public. iOS version of this popular internet browser is now available for download from the App Store.

Lo and behold, just two months after the launch of Windows Phone in China it has captured greater market share than iPhone has occupied for last couple of years.  Not much time has passed since Windows Phone started to gain market share in the UK, and a few days ago we saw a rise in its market share in some European countries  as well but now it looks to be doing the same in the world’s largest market too i.e China. This is a pretty interesting worldwide trend and will be a source of serious concern for Apple.

According to various blogs,  Apple intends to release iOS 6 to the developer community at WWDC in June. Among other exciting features, iOS 6 is expected to contain Apple designed factory maps application which will replace the Google Maps program running on iOS since 2007. The application interface will be pretty similar to Google Maps but is expected to be much more user-friendly.  Other than that it will include Siri APIs and will probably be released together with a totally revamped version if iTunes in the form of version 11.

Amid all the news and rumors circulating in the android community, this is the best that could be of any interest to an iOS user. Apple has released a bugfix update for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch,thus increasing the firmware version to 5.1.1. The update takes care of some outstanding issues that either went overlooked or debuted in 5.1 which meant that they didn’t went much testing hence the reason for the bugs in it. These bugs include the ones involving HDR photo taking and AirPlay video playback.

According to a Chinese blog NetEase, Apple’s universally famous tablets, in their ‘mini’ form, will be up for sale as early as October this year. This revelation set fire to the rumors about Apple’s possible third-quarter launch of the iPad Mini featuring a 7.7-inch display with a price tag in the range of $249 to $299. According to various sources in Taiwanese media, Apple has already made agreements regarding supply chain with Chinese manufacturers, the Hon Hai Group. They have already been selected for the delivery of as many as 6 million units in this year’s third quarter.

Shocked! Well you should be. At least that is what a recent study by a research firm Canalys has done to many a smart phone enthusiasts.  According to the analysis, Android apps cost about 2.5 times more than iOS apps and they arrived at this conclusion by gathering information about the top 100 apps on both Google Play and App Store.

Shocking title, isn’t it?, that is exactly how it was meant to be ! How could apple lag behind while rumors of Samsung’s latest Galaxy S3, dubbed as the ‘iPhone killer’, have taken over the internet like jungle fire. But unlike the rumors relating to the S3, the iPhone’s one are much more believable because of the diverse evidence supporting them. Rejoice iPhone fanatics because according to Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White, an entirely new, restructured iPhone is just around the corner. It will feature a 4-inch display in a sleek unibody case with LTE connectivity and is expected to land in stores by the third quarter of this year.

Most of you social media bugs have been amassed by the issue of receiving unnecessary phone calls and text messages in the middle of the night, ruining your beauty sleep. Well, a developer on the iOS platform has come up with a solution to get rid of the problem. Yes there’s an app for that.

If you own an iDevice with an A4 Processor and prior and are running iOS 5.1 on it now is your chance to get the semi-untethered jailbreak for your iDevice so you can enjoy Cydia once more, follow the guide below to learn how to use Sn0wbreeze and Windows to jailbreak your device.