iPod Touch
Switchy – A Bigger, Better App Switcher [Cydia Tweak]
Switchy is a new tweak for the app switcher in iOS. It doubles the size of your switcher, allowing you to see more apps that are running in the background. It also enhances the iPod controls by adding more info for whatever music is playing. They have added a "Settings" page to the switcher that...
Pod2g Posts Progress List of Jailbroken iOS 5.1.1 Devices
Jailbreakers all around the world are closely watching pod2g's progress of his untethered, iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak. He has given an eta of 2 weeks, or so, with speculation that the new jailbreak will be debuted at the HITB SecConf, in Amsterdam. This conference takes place between May 21st and May 25th. In pod2g's latest blog post,...
GrabberApp Cydia Tweak Allows You To Open Any App With The Lockscreen Camera Grabber
With iOS 5.1 came a cool new way to get to the native Camera app on your iPhone and iPod Touch. You just push up on the new "Camera Grabber" icon, on the lockscreen, and you're instantly ready to snap a quick photo or video that precious moment in a hurry. This is a great...
Pod2g Untethered iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak Update
Back near the end of April 2012, Pod2g gave us an ETA of at least a month until he could release his newest jailbreak. He has made some significant progress since then, confirming his jailbreak will work on all A4 and A5 devices. Today, he told his Twitter followers that he is still a few...
Pod2g Has Untethered Jailbreak for The New iPad On iOS 5.1
A quick update for you jailbreakers out there. Pod2g just posted on Twitter that he has his iPad3,1 (The New iPad) jailbroken, untethered, on iOS 5.1. Victory! The famous iOS hacker is still working on the jailbreak, saying he has to stabalize the payload. He will also be testing his jailbreak on iOS 5.1.1. It...
Facebook Announces App Center, Coming To iOS Soon.
Yesterday, Facebook announced plans to launch an "App Store" like place to get apps on Facebook. They are calling it the App Center. It will be the place to get all Facebook web, iOS, and Android apps. Similar to the App Store, each app will have it's own page detailing what the app it all...
Apple and Foxconn Will Share Costs of Improving Factory Workers’ Conditions
In a ground breaking ceremony for it's new Shaghai headquaters, Foxconn CEO, Terry Gou, announced that Foxconn and Apple will split the initial costs to improve working conditions for their factory workers, and improve the public's view of their factories as "sweatshops". In a speech today, Terry Gou said he doesn't see this as a "cost",...
What Would You Give Up For The Internet?
The internet is a vital part of our everyday living. We use it to communicate to each other, for banking, getting our daily news, and much more. In fact, this generation of kids doesn't even know what the world would be like without the internet. Rogers Redboard recently posted an interesting info-graphic that shows the...
Redsn0w Will Soon Support Downgrading Your Firmware for iPhone 4S, iPad 2, and iPad 3
In a recent Tweet, Musclenerd, of The iPhone Dev Team, announced that an upcoming version of Redsn0w will allow iOS users to downgrade their firmware, with saved SHSH blobs. This includes iPad 2, The New iPad, and iPhone 4S. This is pretty big news for jailbreakers. Previously, there was no way to downgrade to an...
TwitPic App Now In The App Store
TwitPic has released their very own app, in the App Store. It is a simple, free app, for taking photos and video and posting them to the popular micro blogging website Twitter. The first thing you do, after installing the app, is log in to your twitter account. If you are on iOS 5 or...
New Apple Employees Receive This Amazing Welcome Letter
When you start a new job, it is often customary to be welcomed to your new work place. Typically, your supervisor of trainer shows you to your work space and may hand you a stuffy manual to read about the company. Apple does things different. Take a look at this note you would receive, upon...
Text Editing Made Easy In iOS with SlideWriter
Editing text in iOS can be frustrating at times. Although, the iPhone community rejoiced when cut/copy/paste finally came to iOS, it is still not the most elegant way to handle editing on a small touch screen. A new app called "SlideWriter" is coming to the App Store to make it a bit easier to see...