Apple’siPad mini with Retina displayis finally here and available via online orders, with shipping orpickup at the company’s brick-and-mortar outlets. In fact, the new iPads are already beingfeatured prominentlyon the online Apple Store. Wasting no time whatsoever, Apple’s web store is now pitching both new iPads as perfect holiday gifts, even with the initiallyseverely constrained suppliesof Retina iPad minis. With that in mind, today I want to focus on a Retina successor to Apple’s best-selling tablet, the iPad mini....

Now that Apple has told us everything there’s to know about its newiPhone 5cfor the colorful and the flagship fingerprint-scanningiPhone 5sthat runs Apple’s advanced, in-house designed,two times faster64-bit A7 chipwithM7 motion coprocessor, would-be shoppers will have a chance topre-order the formerstarting tomorrow. Even though the company won’t provide pre-orders for the top-line iPhone 5s, both handsets are scheduled to simultaneously land on store shelvesnext Friday, September 20. Folks who frequent this blog by now have learned additional tidbits about the handsets in order to make an informed purchasing decision....

Not only are there several differentjailbreaktools that the jailbreak community gets to pick from, but there is also a respectable variety of unique package managers that users can choose to use on their jailbreaks. Some of the most popular package managers today includeCydia,Installer,Sileo, andZebra. For the most part, these are interchangeable on current jailbreaks either by running scripts or downloading files from certain repositories. But with competition between package managers booming how it is today, it should come as no surprise to anyone that yet another package manager appears to be blooming into existence....

Shift Up, the South Korean studio behindGoddess of Victory: Nikke (2022)and the hitStellar Blade(2024), has officially renamed its upcoming multiplatform project. Shift Up Renames Its Next Project: Project Spirits Formerly known asProject Witches, the game will now go by the titleProject Spirits. Described as a “subculture” game inspired by Eastern fantasy,Project Spiritsis scheduled for a global release in 2027. On its official website, the studio presents it as its new flagship IP, emphasizing that it will be a high-quality title in line with its track record of successful franchise development....

Solara’s Sunset: Why Toyota Discontinued The 2-Door Coupe After Almost 10 Years Japanese automakerToyotadebuted the Solara coupe in 1999 as the successor to the unpopular two-door Camry that initially went on sale in 1991. The Camry coupe didn’t turn out to be as bestselling as its sedan platform-mate, so Toyota dropped it from its North American lineup in 1996, only to reappear in 1999 as the first-gen Solara. Next came the Solara convertible in 2000 to replace the Celica convertible and to give the drop-top Chrysler Sebring some worthy competition....

The next major Sonosspeakerrefreshes will be the Arc Ultra and the Sub 4, according to leaks caught byThe Verge. The Arc Ultra is of course is a sequel to thecurrent Arc soundbar, and shares a similarly long, tube-like design meant to sit under your TV. Exact specs are unknown – but it is expected to include Bluetooth support, as well as “Sound Motion technology,” presumably a rebranding of Mayht transducers. Mayht’s work allows for powerful sound from relatively tiny components – Sonos bought the firm in 2022....

Earlier this week,Starfield’s first update of 2024 was released in Steam Beta. The patch included a plethora of bug fixes and graphical improvements, and players are now discovering the included lighting overhaul was pretty drastic. Over on the Starfield subreddit, userTERAB1Tshowed a side-by-side comparison of the same Starfield NPC before and after the new beta update. The difference is night and day, literally. On the left-hand side of the video is the NPC in version 1....

The 2023 Volvo XC60 T8’s 0-60 Time Is Much Faster Than Its B6 Counterpart Once upon a time, electric cars — and hybrid electric cars in particular — had a reputation for being slow. We can probably blame the Toyota Prius for a fair share of that: after all, while the Japanese hatchback may have been instrumental in bringing electrification within reach of a mainstream audience, it hardly counted rapid acceleration among its talents....

In the market for a waterproof case for your iPhone X? We’ve got you covered. After sifting through hundreds of offerings, we’ve come up with a list of what we feel are the best iPhone X waterproof cases available right now. They’re durable, well-designed and we have options for every budget. What does waterproof really mean? This can be a bit confusing. TheiPhone Xis waterresistant. It features an IPx7 (you see the IP67 rating a lot; that 6 refers to dust resistance rating) water resistance rating, meaning it can withstand immersion in water up to 3....

The Bizarre History Of The Pedestrian Scoop When it comes to bizarre inventions, this absurd pedestrian scooper takes the whole carriage. Car safety technology saw a dramatic improvement in the 21st century, but in the ’30s, things were a lot different. This was a time beforethe first car with a three-point seat belt systemeven came to be. While seat belts prioritize the safety of passengers inside by minimizing the effects of inertia, it does little to cushion the impact dealt to pedestrians outside....

Quick Links Each zone inInfinity Nikkihas a Stylist Faction, and Breezy Meadow is likely the zone you’ll complete Stylist Challenges in after finishing theFlorawish Faction Challenge. The Florawish challenges are more forgiving in that you’re able to get through them with high enough scores to pass the challenge by using basic outfits and upgrading them through Glow Up. As you progress to the rest of the factions, the challenges increase in difficulty....

In an official statement for The Elder Scrolls: Legends, Bethesda share news on further content for the card game. The Elder Scrolls: Legends New Content Development Halted The official statement which was shared in the subreddit, explained that there was suppose to be one more update for the end of this year, but has been put on hold as Bethesda has: …decided to put any new content development or releases on hold for the foreseeable future....

The Hidden Cost Of Streaming Every College Football Game (It’s More Than You’d Think) The college football season is here once again. But this year, things are a bit different. This is the first year since the$7 billion dealtook place where the Big Ten left ESPN behind, splitting up media rights among Fox, CBS, and NBC. Fans must now find their college football games spread across multiple networks, and it can get a little confusing and costly to find a specific game to watch....