FastClear: Clear notifications with a single tap

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 19, 2012

Does tapping twice to clear Notification Center notifications get on your nerves? Well, if you haven’t used one of the many already available tweaks to eliminate the issue, perhaps FastClear is what you need?

FastClear is a simple tweak that makes the “clear” dialogue display on Notification Center instead of the “x”. This enables you to clear all of your notifications with a single tap instead of two… Read More

 

How to enable Notification Center on the Lock screen for free – Updated

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 19, 2012

There are already multiple ways to enable iOS 5′s Notification Center on your iOS device’s Lock screen; IntelliScreenX and Bulletin come to mind.

But what if you wanted a free way to enable Lock screen Notification Center? Then you’d want to try NotiflockRead More

 

Yet another way to search Google directly from Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 17, 2012

The oddly named OpenURL NCWidget is yet another way to go about performing Google searches from Notification Center.

As you may already be aware of, there are already a couple of tweaks in the Cydia store to make searching from Notification Center a reality, but this one adds a few new features not found elsewhere… Read More

 

Rumor: Pre-GM version of iOS 5.1 leaked

by Cody on Feb 16, 2012

Apple has been seeding beta versions of iOS 5.1 to developers for almost three months now. And the most recent version, beta 3, was released more than a month ago. Apple is expected to unveil the new software alongside its iPad 3 next month.

That being said, the folks over at BlogdoiPhone are claiming that they’ve managed to acquire a Pre-GM version of iOS 5.1. And among the new features they’ve discovered, is a new Lock Screen camera icon (pictured above)… Read More

 

OS X Mountain Lion borrows heavily from iOS

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 16, 2012

Today Apple took the wraps off of OS X Mountain Lion (I know, we should have saw that one coming) and continuing with the movement started with its predecessor, OS X Lion, it borrows heavily from iOS.

In fact, you could say that OS X Lion’s iOS implants were rather mild compared to what Mountain Lion plans to offer. Apple is obviously serious about completely combining the best elements of iOS directly into its desktop operating system, and no where is this more evident than with Mountain Lion.

Like times past, Apple has released a video teaser outlining various components of their upcoming OS X update. You’re already aware of one of them — iMessage — but what are the others? Read More

 

‘WeeRoll’ will add over a dozen animations to Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 15, 2012

WeeRoll is an unreleased jailbreak tweak that lends the ability to add over a dozen animations to iOS 5′s Notification Center.

It’s very similar to the Flowtation tweak we covered a while back, except that there’s a lot more animation options bundled with WeeRoll.

I asked the developer why his tweak had so many animations, and he replied: “That’s just how WeeRoll”. Okay, I admit that was bad, really bad.

To make up for it, enjoy this special video preview of WeeRoll in action… Read More

 

AirBlue Sharing: a new jailbreak app that lets you share files over Bluetooth

by Cody on Feb 12, 2012

The ability to transfer files from iOS to other devices via Bluetooth is a glaring omission from Apple’s mobile products. The jailbreak community has made up for that a bit, with utilities like Celeste. But options are still limited.

That’s why we were excited to see AirBlue Sharing pop up in Cydia over the weekend. The full-featured app allows you to share files from your iOS 5 device, with almost any other Bluetooth-enabled device, with just a few taps… Read More

 

Access iOS 5′s Notification Center from your Lock Screen with Bulletin

by Cody on Feb 11, 2012

One of my favorite features about IntelliscreenX is the fact that you can access your notification center from your lock screen. I don’t use the popular tweak anymore, it was too much for me. And that’s really the only element I miss.

Since I dropped Intelliscreenx, I’ve been looking for a developer to come up with a standalone jailbreak tweak to enable lock screen notification center access. And finally, it’s here. Introducing Bulletin… Read More

 

Forget iPhoto, save all of your Photo Stream photos to a folder on OS X

by Cody on Feb 11, 2012

One of my favorite components of iCloud is Photo Stream. I love having instant access to all of my photos on both my iPhone and iPad. Having instant access to my photos on my laptop is awesome too, but there is one major caveat.

You see, to access your Photo Stream photos on your Mac computer, you have to go through iPhoto — which I hate. It takes forever to load and the UI is terrible. Luckily, I’ve just come across a software-free way to access my Photo Stream photos on my computer… Read More

 

Add a mirror to Notification Center with ‘MirrorWidget’

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 11, 2012

MirrorWidget is a jailbreak tweak that places a mirror in iOS 5′s Notification Center. The “mirror” is just an image from either the front or rear facing camera; you can switch between the two, and you have the ability to snap a photo in the process.

Making sure you look dapper has never been easier. Check out our video walkthrough straight ahead… Read More