Apple releases iOS 6.0 beta 4 to developers, removes YouTube app

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Apple has released the latest beta of iOS 6.0 to developers, and while it features a handful of new features and bug fixes, it’s also missing something: A YouTube app.
There’s been a YouTube app baked into iOS since the iPhone was first released. Of course, at the time, that app was the only way to stream videos from YouTube on an iPhone, since Apple’s smartphone didn’t support Adobe Flash.
But a lot’s changed in the last few years.

Google has added support for HTML5 to YouTube, allowing you to stream videos using the Safari web browser or any other number of web browsers, no Flash needed.
According to a statement Apple sent to The Verge, the company’s licensing agreement to include YouTube on IOS has ended.
Apple says customers can continue to use the YouTube web app in the Safari web browser — and Google is apparently working on a standalone app which will be available from the App Store.
This isn’t the first Google app to be pulled from iOS 6 though. Apple and Google compete much more directly today than they did when the iPhone first launched 5 years ago.
Apple is already developing its own mapping service for iOS 6. Up until recently the company relied on Google Maps to power the Maps app.
I doubt Apple plans to launch its own YouTube competitor anytime soon — but since you don’t really need the app to watch online videos anymore, I’m not surprised to see it go. It was kind of like a big shiny ad for Google hanging out on an Apple product.
Other changes in iOS 6 beta 4 include:

• The data usage option breaks down usage by WiFi and cellular data.
• You can launch Siri by swiping up from the bottom of the screen.
• The Facebook and Twitter settings are now in the Privacy settings area

The over-the-air update is rolling out now to iOS developers that have paid $99 for a developer account.
image credit: 9to5Mac

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Siri ported to iPhone 4, all in one Cydia package

Now, most of us probably knew it was coming. Or at least hoped it will. Siri has now been ported to the iPhone 4, but, alas, this is no official Apple undertaking, but the work of Chinese hackers from “CD-Team.” The best part about it is that it works and is available on the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G, so be warned that trying it on an older device like the iPhone 3GS is just a waste of time.

As you already heard Cydia, you’ve probably rightly guessed that the first requirement for getting all of this to work is to jailbreak your device. After that, just head to the source link below for all the instructions or check out the video demonstrations below. Users have already tried it and have confirmed that it works. Some of them have complained about problems with the camera after installing the package, but allegedly there’s already a fix for that, which again you can find at the source below. Before you get too excited, though, we’d like to remind you that for newbies this might not be easy and it could void your warranty. The rest fellow adventurous geeks can proceed with caution.

source: Intech-BB, TheTechErra via BGR

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