Great Deal: Starbucks Offering Free Apps, Grab “Momento” This Week

by Oliver Haslam on Sep 27, 2011

You’ve heard about Starbucks and their weekly ‘Pick of the Week’ music offers right? Now everyone’s favorite (and most expensive!) coffee outlet is offering a free iOS app each and every week, and this week’s offering is the excellent Memento.

Memento, from D3i LTD, offers an excellent way to keep track of your online life, and it’s all locked safely behind a password protected app… Read More

 

Apple Refused ‘Multi-Touch’ Trademark

by Oliver Haslam on Sep 27, 2011

Way back on January 9th, 2007, Apple brought the original iPhone into existence, and the rest as they say, is history. On that very same day, the Cupertino company also filed for a trademark for Multi-Touch. And now, 4 years later, the United States Patent and Trademarks Office has made its decision on the application.

In what is a rare knock-back for Apple, the USPTO has decided that Apple was not the rightful owner of the Multi-Touch trademark and, unsurprisingly, the iPhone-making giant decided to appeal. That appeal has now been heard, and Tim Cook and co. are still out of luck… Read More

 

How to Save SHSH Blobs Using TinyUmbrella [Video]

by Jeff Benjamin on Sep 27, 2011

There’s no two ways around it, TinyUmbrella is just as much of a staple to jailbreakers, as the tools that actually perform the jailbreaks. For that reason, I figured it was only right to create a standalone TinyUmbrella tutorial, which shows you how to manage your SHSH blobs.

With TinyUmbrella, your blobs can be retrieved from either Apple, or Cydia. In this video tutorial, I show you the difference between both methods and how to save your SHSH blobs for possible firmware downgrades… Read More

 

SBSettings Gets Updated with iOS 5 Support

by Cody on Sep 27, 2011

There’s a handful of tweaks and utilities that are simply a must-have for jailbreakers. Obviously, this list can vary from person to person, but I don’t think that anyone would argue that apps like Activator belong in the Cydia Hall of Fame.

Another title that belongs in that category, maybe most of all, is SBSettings. The utility makes accessing system settings and functions a breeze. SBSettings was just updated, and all of you early adopters will be happy to hear that it’s now iOS 5 compatible… Read More

 

Apple Launches “TV Time” Section in the App Store

by Alex Heath on Sep 27, 2011

Apple has launched a dedicated App Store page for “TV Time” apps for the iPhone and iPad. The listed apps let you watch, share, and do a host of other TV-related things on your iDevice.

Some of the App Store’s greatest classics are listed in this new Spotlight page, and there are definitely plenty of apps there to help you take advantage of this Fall’s TV season… Read More

 

Purported Screen Shots of Facebook Integration in iOS 5

by Cody on Sep 26, 2011

With Apple expected to release iOS 5 to the public in the next few weeks, more and more details are coming out of the woodwork. The Cupertino company only demonstrated 10 of the software’s 200+ new features in June, so there’s a lot of room for discoveries.

Earlier today we told you about iOS 5′s secret Assistant feature, the Siri-based voice control system that will set Apple’s mobile OS apart from the competition. Now there is news coming in that the software will also include Facebook integration… Read More

 

Facebook to Launch iPad App at iPhone 5 Event?

by Sebastien on Sep 26, 2011

Mashable just dropped somewhat of a bomb in the iOS world. According to the website, Facebook will be launching its long-awaited iPad app at the iPhone 5 event, which will most likely be scheduled next week.

We wouldn’t normally pay too much attention about what Mashable says, but it’s interesting to note that Robert Scoble has been hearing the same thing, as he mentioned last week on Google+… Read More

 

App Picks of the Week: Kinetik, Gowalla, Fav.tv

by Alex Heath on Sep 26, 2011

Every week, iDB picks interesting iPhone and iPad apps to show you. While we tend to choose apps from the App Store, we occasionally throw in a web or jailbreak app as well.

This week, we’ve got two awesome App Store apps and one web app for you to check out. We hope you enjoy this week’s picks! Read More

 

YouTube Testing New Mobile Layout, Try it Out Now

by Cody on Sep 26, 2011

It seems like giving your website a makeover is the thing to do these days. Hot on the heels of the Facebook changes we saw rollout last week, reports are coming in today that YouTube has some major plans to overhaul its site’s appearance as well.

While you’ve likely already seen the new design on YouTube’s webpage, the changes are now making their way into the mobile app. The new interface is a lot different than the previous design, and although it’s still being tested, you can try it out today… Read More

 

CodeThemed: Easily Create Custom Themes for Your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch, And Share Them With the World

by Jeff Benjamin on Sep 26, 2011

For many iDevice owners, the ability to use custom themes has been more of a secondary benefit to jailbreaking, than an outright reason to jailbreak, but that’s beginning to change.

With the rise in popularity of theme platforms such as DreamBoard, and the WinterBoard enhancing theme stores such as ThemeIt, there’s little doubt that many are seeing this as the reason to jailbreak their iDevices.

CodeThemed takes the premise of theming to the next level, allowing users to easily and quickly create their own custom themes; rate, share, and download from a community of users. Be sure to check out the full in-depth video walkthrough after the break… Read More