Facebook has just broken out another feature of their main app and released Pages Manager for the iPhone. The app appears to function just like the main Facebook app, but with all of the features dedicated to fan pages. It also features some new features like access to Facebook’s Insights for tracking analytics data, such as the number of people sharing your page and the total number of people who have been exposed to your brand through the page. Pages Manager available right now in New Zealand, and will be out in the US soon.

More screenshots after the break.

Thanks Daniel!

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Read It Later is a popular bookmarking service that allows you to save articles, web pages, videos and more for later, and today it just got a huge update. Now called “Pocket,” the service moved the focus from just reading later to doing later. Where Read It Later focused mostly on how to view long articles you did not have time to read before, Pocket will focus on a variety of media types, such as images and videos. The Pocket blog noted that YouTube is its most saved site, and it has dedicated many blog posts in the past to showcasing the top saved videos for that week, so the improved support for saving videos will certainly be appreciated.

The new “Pocket” app (a free update for owners the previous paid version of Read It Later, and available free on the App Store to new users) is also much prettier and easier to use. The new app features thumbnails to your pages for faster identification, a filter for separating different media types, the ability to bulk-edit posts, and more. However, the biggest change in the “Pocket” app is the new, much-improved design, which is cleaner and easier to use than the previous version. Of course, all the previous features of Read It Later are still there, such as link tagging and third-party app support, and your lists will remain untouched when you upgrade.

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Popular jailbreak tweak and App Store developer Adam Bell released a new and unique tweak for jailbroken iPhones. It is called “Stride” and replaces your iPhone or iPod touch’s slide-to-unlock and passcode input screen with a fully customizable gesture unlock system.

As you can see in the promotional video above, you are not limited by a 9-point field like Android phones or by having to draw a specified pattern on top of an image. You can practically draw any shape, letter, or gesture that you want. You can even use a signature.

The gesture entry into your iPhone and iPod touch is built to act as a replacement for your PIN code, which appears after you “slide to unlock,” but the tweak was developed with two layers of security in mind.

The PIN unlock will appear after you draw your gesture, but it is completely optional for those who just want to rely on the gesture unlock. Skipping PIN entry is an easy-to-access option in Stride’s preferences. Additionally, there is a button to skip the gesture unlock and enter your PIN code when you suddenly find yourself unable to remember your gesture.

Stride costs $2.99 and is available from the Big Boss Repo in the Cydia Store.

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Square updated its “Card Case” app with a new design, new name, and a shiny new icon (literally) less than a week after PayPal announced its triangular Square competitor.

Unlike the previous version of the app, which used a credit card metaphor for each store you had an account with, version 2.0, now called “Pay with Square,” uses a list of businesses nearby that accept Square payments and allow you to quickly open a tab at any of them. You can also search a map for nearby Square-compatible businesses and add your favorites to a list for quick and easy access on future visits.

What’s new in Version 2.0, below:

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The second developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion, which seeded to developers on Saturday, introduced support for location-based reminders in the “Reminders” app. In developer preview 1, users could only create due date-based reminders.

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It probably won’t be this small

Even though the third-generation iPad was announced less than a week ago, the iPad rumor mills have not slowed down a bit. The latest whispers come from The Korea Times, which quoted an unnamed Samsung official and claimed Apple will release a smaller iPad by the end of this year with Samsung displays.

The choice of Samsung seems possible, because we learned that Samsung is currently the only supplier of iPad Retina displays (as well as other components like the new A5X processor) after other manufacturers failed to meet Apple’s quality standards.

However, we are not entirely certain this project is going to get the green light. Recent reports said that such a mini iPad would have a diminished bezel more like a phone and less like a tablet.

Do you think Apple will make a 7.85-inch tablet? Take our poll below.

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According to an Apple filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today, Tim Cook sold 20,178 shares of his company’s stock in a series of transactions over the past two business days. The sales started at $547 per share and climbed to $551 before the last transaction, which left Apple’s Chief Executive Officer with $11.1 million.

Cook, who earns a bit more than $1 a year in Apple salary, was awarded 1 million shares of Apple last year, which vest in 2016 and 2021. Those shares are now worth over half a billion dollars.

Apple is the world’s most valuable company with stock valued at $552 upon today’s closing bell and continued to climb in after-hours trading.

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Apple announced some mind-boggling revenue numbers this week, but you may find yourself asking just how much $46.33 billion is. Have you ever wondered how much stuff you could buy with that much money? Well, thanks to the creativity of two Apple fans, now you can find out. The site displays a list of user-submitted comparisons between Apple’s revenue and the cost of extravagant, sometimes-ridiculous items, such as the number of McChicken sandwiches Apple could buy with it. While we’re fairly certain Apple has no plans to go on a McDonald’s binge anytime soon, the site is still a fun way to visualize exactly how much money Tim and the crew are rolling in right now. If you like crunching numbers, you can also also submit your own comparisons to be included in the ever-growing list of things Apple could (but probably won’t) buy.

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