• No iOS 11 Jailbreak Release as Cydia Creator Jay Freeman (Saurik) Says Jailbreaking is Dead?

  Jailbreaking is dead and jailbreak fans saw it coming – hackers were unable to fully unlock iOS 10 and iOS 9, and more so with the case of the former. And there are no solid indicators iOS 11 will be jailbroken and if there should be one it’s best not to jailbreak at all.

  

• ‘The Winds of Winter’ Release Date: What’s Keeping George RR Martin from Completing TWoW?

  “The Winds of Winter” is now six years in the making and there’s no telling when the book is coming out. Author George RR Martin has elected to keep silent on the subject of TWoW release date and rightly so. In the past years, he made the mistake of promising fans that manuscript of the book is but some pages away but to date it remains unprinted. What really is holding up GRRM?

  

• Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Confirmed with Premium Specs Bumps but with $999 Starting Price?

  How different the Galaxy Note 8 will be from the Galaxy S8? Externally, the two handsets would look nearly identical thanks to the Infinity Display front panel but in terms of internal specifications the former is certainly getting premium specs upgrades. But the asking price will not come cheap – starting at no less than $1000.

  

• Google Pixel 2 2017 Rumors: Release Date, Specs, Pricing and More Details Known So Far

  Initially there were three models planned for the Google Pixel 2017 release but it’s down to two handsets at the moment, reportedly codenamed Walleye for the regular model and Taimen for the supersized phablet variant. Rumors said Google has tapped HTC and LG as manufacturing partners for project.

  

• Is iPhone Jailbreaking Dead as Cracks for iOS Platform Become Increasingly Scarce?

  Jailbreaking iOS 10 has been largely frustrating and the only usable tools that came out on the release were from Luca Todesco – the semi-tethered Yalu jailbreak. It used to be that a jailbreak release is expected immediately following Apple’s iOS rollout but the wait now takes forever. Is public jailbreaking dead?