Here’s how to hide the Newsstand Icon in iOS 5

With iOS 5, Newstand is a fancy folder that houses all of your subscriptions. But what if you wanted to hide Newstand? Technically it’s a folder and iOS prohibits nesting of folders. We should caution that following this trick will hide Newstand within a folder, but it will also render it useless. Correction: It will crash your iPhone or iPad. This neat magic trick does require fast fingers, so be prepared to move and groove.

You could also push it off to some far away screen, but what’s the fun in that.

Source: The Coding Massacre via Gizmodo via TiPB

Standing in line for iPhone 4S?

This is it TiPb Nation, the Apple equivalent of the Superbowl and your birthday all rolled into one — new iPhone launch day! All around the world, the community is gathering at their local Apple Retail, carrier, and big box stores to line up for the iPhone 4S. It’s not just about the phone, it’s about the experience — it’s about being there with everyone else, talking, joking, and this year — remembering Steve.

Whether you’re showing up in black shirt and jeans, or showing up just to be there, we want to know where you are, how many people are with you, and when you get your new iPhone.

Send us your thoughts, your experiences, and your pictures. Especially your pictures. You can post them on the iPhone 4S Forum along with with rest of the TiPb nation, or tweet them to us @TiPb. If you want to hang:

Let us know where you’ll be and how it’s going!

[Picture from iPhone 4 launch, we'll swap it for a new one when we get it!]

Update: Marc Edwards from Bjango and Iterate tells us the Doncaster, Australia store had its biggest launch yet and the lineup was longer than the iPad 2 launch. (They still have some black units in stock though, so hurry!)

App Giveaway: iQuick Tweet

iQuick Tweet is a new Twitter app that takes advantage of the built-in Twitter integration of iOS 5. It has one purpose – to send out tweets, and send them fast.

Quickly send a tweet using the built in native Twitter integration in iOS 5. No more waiting for your entire timeline to load before you can compose a tweet. Simply open iQuick Tweet, compose, and send. Want to send another tweet? Tap the bird and compose your next tweet. It’s that easy, and that fast!

Jason Cipriani, the developer of iQuick Tweet, has given us 5 promo codes to give away to you, our awesome readers! For a chance to win, let us know about how many time you tweet per day in the comments below! Must provide a valid email address.

iQuickTweet is available on the iPhone and iPad for $0.99.

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iPhone Live 175: iOS 5 + iCloud

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Apple has released iOS 5 and iCloud and Rene, Georgia, and Seth talk all about it. (Or try to, Apple almost broke the Internet with all the updates, and we had a hard time keeping the show up and running!) This is iPhone Live!

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Tim Cook giving Apple employees extra time off over Thanksgiving

According to MacGenerations, new Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent out another company-wide email, this time to let Apple employees know they’ll be getting some extra time off at Thanksgiving or thereabouts.

Team,

I consider it an honor to come to work every day alongside the most innovative and most dedicated people on earth. This is an extraordinary time to be at Apple, and it’s all made possible by your incredible efforts.

We’ve had a record-setting year so far and we’re heading into the holidays with the strongest product lineup in our history. Customers are absolutely in love with the iPad 2, and the amazing new iPhone 4S is off to the best start of any iPhone we’ve ever made. The Mac is soaring to new heights with OS X Lion, and on the eve of its 10th birthday, the iPod is still the world’s most popular music player.

In recognition of the hard work you’ve put in this year, we’re going to take some extra time off for Thanksgiving. We will shut down with pay on November 21, 22 and 23 so our teams can spend the entire week with their families and friends.

Of course, Retail and some other groups will need to work that week so we can continue to serve our customers. If you’re in one of these groups, please check with your manager about taking time off at a later date. Our international teams will schedule their three-day shutdowns this quarter at a time that’s best for them. Details will be available on AppleWeb.

I hope everyone enjoys this much deserved break.

Tim

Off to a great start.

Source: MacGenerations

Box.net offering 50 GB of free storage with their iPhone and iPad app

Box.net, the popular cloud storage service, released an update to their iPhone and iPad app to support iOS 5 and AirPlay connectivity for wireless streaming – oh, and 50 GB of free storage! Between now and December 2, if you download the app or update a previously installed version, you will receive a 50 GB lifetime account.

Size matters: Get a FREE 50 GB lifetime account for file storage and sharing through Dec. 2, 2011. To get your automatic upgrade, download the Box app on your iPhone or iPad and register or sign in to your account – it’s that easy. Box provides simple, secure sharing from anywhere – letting you easily store files online, send big files fast, access content on-the-go, and collaborate with others. Box for iPhone and iPad lets you:

Box.net is available on the iPhone and iPad for free.

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Steve Wozniak First In Line for iPhone 4S

According to a tweet from Steve Wozniak earlier today, he’s first in line for the iPhone 4S. One would think that the Woz would have some kind of pull at Apple to secure a new iPhone before the rest of us, right? Maybe he just enjoys the thrill of camping. In any event, if you are in the Los Gatos area, this provides Apple enthusiasts a chance to both get an iPhone 4S and meet Steve Wozniak.

Source: @stevewoz