Jailbreak developer comex to intern at Apple

Jailbreak developer Nicholas Allegra, better known as comex and best known for userland exploits that allowed untethered Jailbreaks, and the Jailbreakme.com web-based Jailbreak, has announced on Twitter that he’ll be taking an internship at Apple this fall.

It’s been really, really fun, but it’s also been a while and I’ve been getting bored.
3 hours ago

So, the week after next I will be starting an internship with Apple.

Switching sides — going from mouse to cat — is an interesting move. Rather than finding exploits to help the Jailbreak community gain unrestricted access, he’ll be finding them to help Apple stop bad guys from getting it first (and hopefully keeping iOS malware effectively at zero.)

On behalf of the TiPb Nation, we want to wish comex well in his internship and future endeavors. And we want to wish the Jailbreak community, with or without comex, well in finding future exploits.

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A Video Tribute To Steve Jobs

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[via href="http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-commencement-speech-2005-2011-8">BI, href="http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/08/24/here%E2%80%99s-to-the-crazy-ones/">LoopInsight]

Steve Wozniak On Jobs’ Resignation

href="http://cdn.everythingicafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Screen-Shot-2011-08-25-at-8.12.30-AM.jpg">class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23314" title="Screen Shot 2011-08-25 at 8.12.30 AM" src="http://cdn.everythingicafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Screen-Shot-2011-08-25-at-8.12.30-AM.jpg" alt="" width="635" height="357" />Steve Jobs’ old partner in crime Steve Wozniak href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/74391682/">was on Bloomberg last night, and talked about the resignation. Unfortunately, the video embed won’t work on Everything iCafe, so head over to Bloomberg to watch it. It’s only about 10 minutes long, and the Woz has some pretty interesting things to say about Jobs’ style, his past, and his return to Apple back in 2007.

As much as Jobs’ perfectionism and design savvy defined how we use Macs, it was Wozniak who did the nitty-gritty work, and it’s incredibly interesting to hear the views of someone who was with him from those early days.

Jobs Incredible Attention To Detail As Told By Google’s Vic Gundotra

Plenty has already been written about how Apple will do just fine in the post-Steve Jobs era. Steve’s DNA runs through Apple and the roadmap of products over the next few years have likely been mapped out. That’s not to say that Apple will not miss Jobs incredible attention to detail. Google’s Vic Gundotra tells an incredible story titled href="https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/posts/gcSStkKxXTw">Icon Ambulance that provides some insight into just how involved Jobs was as CEO of Apple. Steve will be missed at Apple, but in ways many of us likely will never notice. Have you ever noticed the gradient in the second ‘O’ in Google on your iPhone?

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Source: href="https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/posts/gcSStkKxXTw">Vic Gundotra on Google +

Tim Cook’s Email To Apple Employees

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Team:

I am looking forward to the amazing opportunity of serving as CEO of the most innovative company in the world. Joining Apple was the best decision I’ve ever made and it’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work for Apple and Steve for over 13 years. I share Steve’s optimism for Apple’s bright future.

Steve has been an incredible leader and mentor to me, as well as to the entire executive team and our amazing employees. We are really looking forward to Steve’s ongoing guidance and inspiration as our Chairman.

I want you to be confident that Apple is not going to change. I cherish and celebrate Apple’s unique principles and values. Steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other in the world and we are going to stay true to that—it is in our DNA. We are going to continue to make the best products in the world that delight our customers and make our employees incredibly proud of what they do.

I love Apple and I am looking forward to diving into my new role. All of the incredible support from the Board, the executive team and many of you has been inspiring. I am confident our best years lie ahead of us and that together we will continue to make Apple the magical place that it is.

Tim

Sounds as if those years working under Steve have paid off.

Source: href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/08/tim-cook-e-mail-to-apple-employees-apple-is-not-going-to-change.ars">Arstechnica

Otterbox Defender Case Giveaway Part II in our iPhone Forums

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We gave away an Otterbox Defender case this week and we’re doing it again. We’re offering href="http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum">iPhone forum members (not a member, href="http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/register">join for free) a chance to win an Otterbox Defender for the iPhone 4 (sorry, GSM model only). Here’s how you can enter:

Post once in href="http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/threads/otterbox-defender-case-giveaway-part-ii.78652">this forum thread and you are entered.

That’s it. There are no bonus points for hitting the Tweet button at the bottom of this post, but good karma never hurts in a game of chance.

Next Thursday, we’ll randomly select one winner who will receive a new black Otterbox Defender for the iPhone 4. The contest is open to everyone, including those outside of the US./> id="more-23346">

Here’s some additional information on the href="http://store.everythingicafe.com/otterbox-defender-series-case/4A104A7227.htm">Otterbox Defender, which by the way is available in the href="http://store.everythingicafe.com">everythingiCafe Store and happens to be on sale for just $19.95 (marked down from $49.95).

The OtterBox Defender Series for the AT&T iPhone 4 offers rugged protection for your smartphone. The OtterBox Defender Series case will help keep your phone protected from drops, bumps, dust and shock.

All features, keys and ports are accessible through the case, providing you with a unique, interactive safeguard. Included with this case is a holster style swivel belt clip.

Features:

Contest Rules and Regulations

Tampa Bay Buccaneers To Use iPad Playbooks

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So instead of a wad of paper the size of a phone book, all 90 players of the team will be getting brand, shiny, new iPad 2s.

“It’s crazy how much technology has changed the game,” second-year safety Cody Grimm said. “Back in the day, I think probably the whole team had to sit down with a projector and a reel, and watch the film together. They’d have the whole offense in the same meeting room. Now we all have our own iPad. Stuff that we used to come in here to see, we can sit on our couch at home and have access to it 24-7. It’s awesome.

[via href="http://www.cultofmac.com/tampa-bay-buccaneers-give-each-player-an-ipad-to-replace-playbook-report/110517">Cult of Mac]