Stories by Usman Qureshi

Another Siri exclusive Cydia tweak called Lingual has just been released by the CodeThemed team that extends Siri's functionality to voice translation. Lingual allows translation from English to over 30 languages. The developers have said that they're also looking to include translation to English in a future update. The tweak pulls in results using Microsoft's Bing Translate API...

According to a recent publication by Forbes, it seems that Microsoft is planning to expand Xbox Live, its online gaming network to iOS and android platforms. Xbox Live games, which are currently compatible only with Windows, will soon be making their way to iPhones, iPads as well as Android smartphones and tablets. Since iOS and Android are the...

Ever since iPhone 4S jailbreak came out, all sorts of Siri related Cydia tweaks have started pouring in, the latest one being Sireet. This simple tweak, developed by @Tyler_nettleton, allows users to dictate and send tweets using Siri. All you need to do is download / install it from Cydia and have your Twitter ID configured in...

A brand new tweak called Belfry from famous iOS developer Ryan Petrich has just hit the Cydia store which enables jailbroken iPad / iPad 2 owners to install the 6 stock iPhone apps that were never added to the iPad. These native iPhone apps include Weather, Clock, Calculator, Stocks, Voice Memos, and Compass. The only downside is that...

Walter Isaacson quoted Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates in the official Steve Jobs biography as claiming Jobs “said a lot of very nice things about me,” while noting that he also said “a lot of tough things". In a recent interview with Yahoo! and ABC News (via 9to5Mac), Gates shared his final conversation with Steve Jobs and how his passing affected him. Interestingly,...

Crimson LLC, makers of the popular Aluminum Frame Cases (AFC) for the iPhone 4/4S, have just announced new additions to their hot-selling product line. These additions include 3 new colors as well as 2 brand new finishes. The new colors are Anodized Orange, Anodized Pink and Anodized Purple while the new finishes are Chrome and 24K Gold Plate. As always, each AFC...

Steve Wozniak, whose development of the Apple I and Apple II computers became the basis for Apple, was the keynote speaker at a conference in Whistler put on by the International Council of Shopping Centres. Wozniak spoke about the future of internet saying that he's not optimistic the efforts to kill the flawed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)...

The award-winning mobile VoIP provider Vopium, known for its low-cost, high quality calling to more than 1 million users in 52 countries, has just pushed an update to its iPhone app which is now available for download in the App Store. The update takes Vopium app to version 2.1 which brings a couple of significant enhancements including an 'in-app payment...

Jailbreaking your iPhone 4S couldn't be any more fun than this. With SiriToggles, a totally free Cydia tweak, you can tell your personal voice assistant aka Siri to carry out tasks like launching apps and switching various system toggles. Once the tweak is installed on your jailbroken handset, you can ask Siri to enable/disable Bluetooth / Wifi ,...

MobileTerminal is a GUI Terminal application for jailbroken iPhone and iPod touch devices. For those who are familiar with using a command line interface must know how it can be used to execute a console ssh-client application. You can also use it carry out simple tasks like changing the default root / mobile password of your iOS device...

For the past couple of days, we have been posting Cydia tweaks to help you customize the same old boring look of iOS 5.x on your freshly jailbroken iPhone 4S or iPad 2. Now, its time to theme your default iOS keyboard and make it look totally awesome. Called the Color Keyboard / Color Keyboard HD...

According to a report published by AppleInsider, Apple is looking to incorporate support for the new 802.11ac Wi-Fi specification into its products this year. Dubbed as "Gigabit WiFi", the faster wireless technology is expected to be installed in Apple's 2012 upgrades of AirPort base station, Time Capsule, Apple TV, Macbook and potentially in the next iPhone as...