We already predicted that Apple’s margins would start to go up on a majority of their products starting near the end of 2013 and into 2014 and it looks like it has started happening with the iPad Air. Believe it or not the iPad Air is actually cheaper to build than the iPad 3, Apple’s entry-level iPad with Retina display. This is despite packing the latest technology into a smaller and lighter shell.
The news comes from IHS Suppli and their teardown of the iPad Air where they found that the component costs for the iPad Air are anywhere between $274 and $361, roughly $40 cheaper than the iPad 3. When you think that the iPad Air in a 128GB LTE configuration costs close to $1000 you can see Apple has one heck of a profit margin, even after you count in the cost of R&D, shipping, manufacturing etc.
It gets even better though, though the iPad Air is cheaper to manufacture its touchscreen costs more than previous generation iPads.

The biggest changes he said were with the display and touchscreen assembly. For one thing, it’s thinner and has fewer layers in the combined assembly than in previous models. But at an estimated combined cost of $133 (About $90 for the display and $43 for the touchscreen parts.) it’s a lot more expensive than before, he says. South Korean electronics companies LG Display and Samsung are both thought to be suppliers of the display, he says.

In further regard to the display Apple did managed to get away from using less LED lights as well. The previous iPads have used up to 84 LED lights to light up the screen, but the iPad Air only has 36. Just how is this possible? More efficient LEDs were stated, but it also likely has to do with Sharp IGZO technology.
So what about the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c? IHS has estimated their cost to manufacture at $199 and $173 respectively.

It’s been quite some time since Google announced that it would be releasing its Google Play Music app for the iPhone in “a few weeks,” but nevertheless it has finally touched down on the App Store. The new Google Play Music app for iOS allows you to use Google’s All Access and standard music services.
The All Access service is similar to what Spotify and other music-streaming services offer in the fact that you can create custom radio stations and listen to an unlimited amount of songs. While the standard service acts like any other cloud storage solution letting you store up to 20,000 of your own songs in the cloud for playback anywhere.
All Access features:

• Listen to unlimited songs
• Create custom radio stations from any song, artist or album
• Enjoy radio without skip limits
• Get smart recommendations based on your tastes
• Enjoy handcrafted playlists from our music experts

All Access and standard features:

• Add up to 20,000 of your own songs from your personal music collection using your Mac, Windows or Linux computer
• Listen on all your devices and our web player at play.google.com/music
• Access your music anywhere without syncing, and save your favorites for offline playback
• Experience all your music without ads

In order to use All Access you will need to have a premium Google Play Music account which costs $9.99 per month. The standard service, however, is completely free. There is also a 30-day free trial of All Access.
You can download the new Google Play Music from the App Store for free by clicking here.

Apple has just released iOS 7.0.4 for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad that comes with numerous bug fixes and stability improvements that includes a patch for when FaceTime calls would fail for some users.
The update is available over-the-air (OTA) by going into Settings > General > Software Update, or by connecting your device to your computer and launching iTunes.
Apple also release iOS 6.1.5 for the fourth generation iPod Touch which brings about a fix for the FaceTime bug we just mentioned and an updated Apple TV firmware bringing it to version 6.0.2.
Of course the question on everyones mind is, is iOS 7.0.4 Jailbreak safe and so far the answer seems like it is a YES.

How To: Replace the Display Assembly (LCD, Screen, Digitizer) on the iphone 5

iOS 6.0.1 the firmware that was released today is already jailbreakable. Note that this jailbreak will have the same specifications as the previous one and only work for pre-A5 devices. In addition this jailbreak is still tethered for all devices other than old bootrom 3GS’s meaning that you will have to boot tethered every time your device shuts off.

Tethered
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 3GS new bootrom
- iPod Touch 4G
Untethered
- iPhone 3GS old bootrom [Does your device have an old bootrom?]

Tutorial for all A4 devices (Tethered)

1. Download and Install RedSn0w 0.9.15B2 or higher. [Download Link]
2. Download a copy of your device’s iOS 6.0 firmware. [Download Link]
3. Invoke DFU mode on your device, if you don’t know how to do this RedSn0w will walk you through it when needed.
4. Open Redsn0w, navigate to: Extras>Select IPSW and select your iOS 6.0 firmware that you downloaded in step 2.
5. Now navigate back to the home page of RedSn0w and click the ‘Jailbreak’ button. Leave this to continue until boxes come up and check ‘Install Cydia’.
6. Once done, your device will appear as if it has just booted. However Cydia will not be on your homepage. You now need to perform a tethered boot.
7. Connect your device back up to your computer if you have disconnected it, and reopen RedSn0w if you closed it. Now place your device one again into DFU mode, and go to Extras>Select IPSW and select the same firmware that we did in the first step, it’s essentially the same process. Once RedSn0w has done it’s thing, select ‘Just Boot’ and when your device reloads it will have Cydia on it!

Since the jailbreak is tethered you will have to complete step 7 every time your device fully powers down.