A new Cydia tweak called TelOnNotification has just made it possible for iOS 5 users to dial any phone number directly from the notification center. The tweak basically provides a quick access to the Phone application by displaying the keypad inside the pulldown notification center menu. The tweak installs as a notification center widget and can be easily toggled on...
According to the latest Strategy Analytics research report, Apple topped all smartphone vendors in 2011 Q4 with the most shipments, toppling Samsung. Apple won the quarter but the South Korean conglomerate still took down the 2011 title by edging out Apple by 4.4 million shipments. Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “While Apple...
We all know Siri as a digital voice assistant app in iOS, introduced by Apple for the first time with iPhone 4S. However, creators of famous American sitcom The Big Bang Theory have given us some idea of how this (sexy) voice assistant might look like in real life. The video clip is taken from Episode 14 of Season...
A cool jailbreak tweak called xMessages has recently gone live in the Cydia store which lets your add contact photos as thumbnails to the stock Messages app. Along with displaying contact photos, the tweak also shows message time stamps letting you keep track of sent and received messages easily. Much like the Cyntacts tweak for Contacts,...
We've seen thousands of iPhone cases in the past few years which are typically made up of materials like silicon, rubber, plastic, metal and even wood but this one however, is really different. Called the PELA Case for iPhone 4/4s, it is the first ever iPhone case that is made from natural ingredients like plants...
Brisk Iced Tea in collaboration with Star Wars™: Episode I The Phantom Menace, has launched Brisksaber, an iOS game app that brings the iconic Star Wars™ lightsaber battles to iPhones, iPods and iPads in 3D. The app allows users to interact with Star Wars™ in an innovative way. The game’s blend of 2-D and 3-D elements brings out...
iOS developer Ori Kadoshi has pushed a new Siri-related tweak to the Cydia store called Custom Siri Background. As the name suggests, the tweak simply lets you change Siri’s background wallpaper. You can choose any custom image or use a photo taken with your iPhone camera directly from the camera roll. Custom Siri Background is reported...
Today the media has covered the extensive article published by the New York Times that covers in detail about the working conditions in China at various Apple suppliers. Apple CEO Tim Cook has now apparently responded to the alleged allegations, in an email to employees, notes 9to5Mac. Here's a snippet of the first part of...
In an interesting article, CNET is reporting on a poll taken by an organization called Lemelson-MIT, which tasks itself with celebrating inventors and their ideas. The group found that a collection of 1000 young people put Steve Jobs behind Thomas Edison as the world's greatest innovator. The pollsters were surprised to find that 52% of...
A patent covering the use of a touchscreen universal remote control has been published and the Apple filing suggests that the remote will govern the use of a number of specific products. The patent, uncovered by AppleInsider, specifically mentions the use of a “television, video tape player, video disk player, stereo, home controls, computer MP3...
Back in 2009, there was an exemption to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) in regards to jailbreaking smartphones, such as the iPhone. That is set to expire and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created a petition to urge people to sign it and send a message to the Copyright Office to renew this...
The Steam Mobile iOS app has been released and is now available for download. The app was speculated to exist as reported last March, and will now enable you to stay connected to Steam from your iPhone. With the free Steam app for iOS, you can participate in the Steam community wherever you go. Chat...
