iPod Touch

iOS 5.1 brought iPhone and iPod Touch users a new camera button on the lock screen, that let you "grab" the lock screen and slide it away to automatically open the camera app. With jailbreaking options limited for iOS 5.1, many jailbreakers have not yet updated their devices, and haven't been able to use this...

AppleInsider is reporting the a new patent filed by Apple, could bring more advanced universal remote control to iOS, via the cloud. This would work similarly to how some apps recognize certain brands or products and search a database to identify them. According to this patent, you may someday be able to just take a...

TechCrunch is reporting that Apple has put together teams to review apps and automatically reject them if they are accessing device UDIDs. A device's UDID (Unique Device Identification) is used by many app developers to track usage of their apps, and better determine further development of their products. It is some mobile ad companies only...

The Walking Dead TV show has been a big hit for AMC and the creator of the comic, Robert Kirkman. They are further expanding the franchise into video games. There is a Facebook game coming out in April, as well as a console game from Telltale Games, which will be available on Xbox LIVE, PSN,...

In an interview with gaming blog Eurogamer, Senior World of Warcraft developer, John Lagrave told the blog that Blizzard is still looking into bringing World of Warcraft to mobile platforms. Lagrave explained to Eurogamer that they are definitely looking into to bringing WOW to mobile gaming, but it is hard. They want to get it...

One of the features on my iPhone that rarely gets used is the Spotlight page. When you're on you home screen, and you swipe your finger to the right, you can search for anything on your iDevice, in one convenient search field. If it's something you don't use regularly, and you have your device jailbroken,...

Stefan Esser, also known as @i0n1c has teased that he has an untethered jailbreak for the iPad 3. He recently showed off pics of an iPad 2 jailbroken on iOS 5.1. In response the Musclenerd's recent post of his jailbroken iPad 3, i0n1c had this to say: This is great news! A bit of cat...

If you are not familiar with jailbreaking, and the tools involved, TinyUmbrella is a great tool that allows you to easily save your device's SHSH blobs, allowing some devices on certain firmwares to be restored from a 3rd party server. The creator of this software, @notcom, has released an update, which is compatible with Apple's...

If you are a blogger on the go, you most likely have used the Wordpress app for iPhone, iPod Touch and/or iPad. Wordpress has made some great improvements to the app since the initial release. They have just pushed out a new update that brings compatibility for iOS 5.1, and new high resolution graphics for The...

iH8sn0w has released another version of his popular Windows jailbreak tool, Sn0breeze. It now supports AppleTV 2G, on iOS 4.4.3/4.4.4. Added Apple TV 2 support for iOS 4.4.3/4.4.4. Fixed rare issues with iOS 5.0.1 where it would halt on the Apple upon boot. Just adding this in mainly for users who dumped their SHSH blobs....

This probably goes without mentioning, but iOS hacker @pod2g has confirmed that he is looking for vulnerabilities in iOS 5.1. He is the hacker who has found vulnerabilities in previous iOS versions, which eventually led to an untethered jailbreak in some cases. The Absinthe jailbreak for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S was based on exploits...

Each year, Apple holds the WWDC (World Wide Developer's Conference), to get the developers together and show off some new products that are soon to be released. Well, the jailbreak community has started getting their developers together to share ideas and celebrate the modding/hacking community. The WWJC (World Wide Jailbreak Convention) comes to San Francisco...