Like every Sunday, we get to take a look at some of the most popular posts that were published on iDB during the week that just ended. Whether it is a news item, a new jailbreak tweak, a tutorial, or an app review, we sum it all up in one convenient place for you.
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Deals
- Get a 16GB iPhone 5 with 1 year of unlimited talk/text and 500MB/month of data for $299
- Save over 50% on this MFi-certified 10 foot lightning cable
Accessories
- MobilePioneer is an affordable slide out keyboard case for iPhone 6
- Trianium Atomic S Battery Case doubles the life of your iPhone 6
- RND Charging Dock for iPhone works with rugged cases
Apple Watch
- Apple Watch launches in 7 new countries, hitting Netherlands, Sweden and Thailand on July 17
- Apple seeds watchOS 2 beta 2 and iOS 9 beta 2 to developers, here’s what’s new
- Developer hacks Apple Watch to run 20-year-old Mac operating system
Apple & related news
- Apple could be prepping 21.5″ iMac with 4K screen & touchpad-based remote with Siri support
- Apple will pay artists for streaming their songs during Apple Music free trial after all
- Thousands of indie labels get on board with Apple Music ahead of June 30 launch
- Apple Music free trial pays record labels industry-standard 0.2 cents per stream royalty rate
- Taylor Swift’s blockbuster album ‘1989’ will stream on Apple Music
- Apple removing games featuring the Confederate flag from the App Store
- Bloomberg: Apple begins production on new iPhones with Force Touch
- iOS 9’s Low Power mode throttles down CPU performance to preserve iPhone’s battery life
Jailbreaking
- TaiG CEO hints at an eventual iOS 9 jailbreak
- TaiG 2.1.2 officially released to jailbreak iOS 8.3
- How to jailbreak iOS 8.3 with TaiG 2.1.2 + Cydia Substrate
- How to manually update to TaiG 2.1.2 if you’re already jailbroken
- How to jailbreak iOS 8.3 on Mac using a virtual machine
- How to fix the dreaded virtual machine error when attempting to run the TaiG jailbreak
- How to fix the TaiG 20% timeout for the iOS 8.3 jailbreak
- Fix: app icons disappearing after jailbreaking iOS 8.3
- Still having problems jailbreaking iOS 8.3? These tips may help
- List of tweaks compatible with iOS 8.3
- 50 tweaks that work with the iOS 8.3 jailbreak
- Blocked is a new security tweak that lets you limit iPhone access
- Power Saver Mode tweak brings impressive iOS 9-inspired battery management features
- Springtomize 3 will be updated for the iOS 8.3 jailbreak
- The top 10 must-know Cydia tips
Apps
- Best apps of the week
- Comic book creator ‘Halftone 2′ goes free as Apple’s App of the Week
- Alto’s Adventure, Checkmark 2 and other Snowman apps are on sale right now in the App Store
- Super Mario clone returns to the App Store as ‘Pixel World!’
- App Watch: Dash, MindNode, WeatherBug
- BioShock and other 2K games discounted in Independence Day sale
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