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Apple employees will be getting a discount on Macs and iPads. They can take off $500 on any Mac besides the Mac mini and $250 off iPads. However, there are a few catches: employees must have been working for Apple for at least 90 days and this discount can only be used three times a year.

Source [9to5Mac]

A source from Foxconn in China told 9to5Mac that the iPhone 5 is being prepared for production. There are several prototypes but all have the following in common:

4+ inch display (made by LG on at least one of them).
No teardrop-shaped devices, as rumored in the lead up to the iPhone 4S. Samples so far have been symmetrical in thickness (also longer/wider).
Neither of the sample devices have the iPhone 4/4S form factor.
Neither of the devices are the final versions.

9to5Mac also says that the same tipster said the iPhone 5 wouldn’t launch but instead the iPhone 4S would. This makes it seem that the source is quite reliable.

Source [9to5Mac]

Were you able to tell the time from that puzzle? If not, look closer but only at the smaller box that is at the center. Now cross your eyes, and focus on the numbers. The time should reveal itself. Once you have seen it, you can never “un-see” it. Believe it or not, but this method of telling time has actually been made into a watch.

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Flash drives have always been a convenient way of carrying data around because it can connect to any standard computer. They are portable, lightweight, and efficient which makes them easy to use. However, as tablets and smartphones are dominating the computer world, standard A USB plugs are being used much less. Prime examples are the iPod, iPhone, and iPad. The AirStash solves this dilemma by going wireless. The dongle does everything a flash drive can do plus more like read SD cards, and allow people to view the files inside all through Wi-Fi.

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After the release of Absinthe, on Friday, and the CLI tool by the Dev-Team, @saurik‘s Cydia server records that around one million people have jailbroken their A5 devices from Friday to today (on 5.0.1 or 5.0). Below are the exact numbers:

• 491,325 new iPhone4,1 devices
• 308,967 new iPad2 devices
• 152,940 previously jailbroken (at 4.x) iPad2 devices

Source [iPhone Dev-Team Blog]

Stylish and inexpensive earphones aren’t easy to come by. If you go for style, you end up sacrificing audio and putting a hole in your wallet and if you go for cheap earphones, you get horrid audio quality. Elago is known for many of their earphones and it’s also a blatant fact that they care about style (hint: slogan). The Elago E6M is a decent sounding earphone to say the least. It’s also inexpensive which will always be a plus.  Not only is it acceptable in audio quality and price, it’s also stylish.

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Absinthe for Mac was released yesterday and the Chronic Dev Team is at it again. They have released the Windows version which you can download here to get a untethered jailbreak on your iPhone 4S or iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1.

Source [Greenpois0n]