SlyCam: Snap Photos From Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 29, 2012

Every few months there seems to be a jailbreak tweak that’s released to cater to the James Bond wannabes out there, and SlyCam is the latest addition to the cache.

SlyCam allows one to covertly snap photos directly from iOS 5′s Notification Center. Check out our video coverage of the jailbreak tweak inside… Read More

 

How to Add a Google Trends Stock Ticker to Your iPhone

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 29, 2012

Besides perhaps Twitter, Google Trends are a good way to gauge what’s hot on the web, and now there’s a pint-sized version for iPhone owners.

GTrends for Notification Center is a jailbreak widget that conveniently places a trending stock ticker into Notification Center.

You can even launch any of the top 20 trending topics directly from the widget, and use your own custom search queries.

GTrends is an interesting tool that allows you to easily keep your fingers on the pulse of the web… Read More

 

TubeCenter: Add YouTube to Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Dec 13, 2011

TubeCenter — as its name might allude to — is a tweak that allows you to place a YouTube widget in iOS 5′s Notification Center.

The only problem with this tweak, is that it lacked any keyboard support — at least it did during my initial testing.

Once it’s updated with the proper keyboard support, fans of YouTube could find this tweak useful. Check out our synopsis inside… Read More

 

WeeSearch Pro: Search Google and Create Custom Search Queries Right From Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Nov 11, 2011

When we used the basic version of WeeSearch, we came a way a little less than impressed. While the pro version of WeeSearch isn’t perfect, it’s a lot better than its predecessor.

With WeeSearch Pro you can search a variety of built-in search engines. If that doesn’t suit your fancy, you can even add your own custom search queries.

The great thing about WeeSearch Pro is that you can do all of this without ever leaving the comfortable confines of iOS 5′s Notification Center… Read More

 

More Lines in Notification Center: Read Entire Messages Directly From Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Nov 11, 2011

By default, Notification Center only displays 4 lines of text in any of your messages. This is okay, but for longer messages like email, it forces you to open the message to read its entire contents.

With More Lines in Notification Center, a jailbreak tweak available on Cydia, you can display up to 12 lines of text at a time, which is usually enough to read the body of an entire (moderately sized) email or text message… Read More

 

How to Add Custom Weather Notification Center Themes

by Jeff Benjamin on Nov 10, 2011

Apparently I’m not alone in my thoughts about Apple’s stock weather theme for Notification Center — it’s a bit lacking in style.

NC weather widgets is a jailbreak tweak that adds custom Notification Center themes to iOS 5 via WinterBoard with just a few steps.

Step right inside to see how the improved weather icons look like on video… Read More

 

IntelliScreenX Adds Quick Reply and Quick Compose Features

by Jeff Benjamin on Nov 8, 2011

IntelliScreenX, the highly anticipated iOS 5 jailbreak app, is coming right along in its development, and the latest build features some exciting new features.

To capitalize on Apple’s lack of any sort of quick reply or quick compose for messages, Intelliborn has baked their Messages+ app in directly with IntelliScreenX for a very robust messaging solution.

Now you can quick reply, and/or quick compose from Notification Center, the Lock screen, and from banner message notifications. Check out the full video demonstration inside… Read More

 

The Top 5 Notification Center Widgets and Tweaks

by Jeff Benjamin on Nov 7, 2011

Once iOS 5 was officially released to the public, it was like a flood of Notification Center jailbreak tweaks hit Cydia all at once. It was so much at one time that it was hard to wade through it all.

Now that the flood has finally turned into a manageable stream, we figured it was the appropriate time to highlight some of our favorite Notification Center jailbreak widgets yet… Read More

 

How to Clean Up Your Lock Screen With ‘ClearLockNotifications’

by Jeff Benjamin on Nov 1, 2011

Similar in vein to the just discussed NCQuickDismissClearLockNotifications makes it easy to clear out iOS 5 notifications that happen to pile up on your Lock screen.

It’s weird that Apple doesn’t think to add simple items like this to the default version of iOS, but again, I guess that’s what the jailbreak community is for… Read More

 

NCQuickDismiss: Quickly Dismiss iOS 5 Banner Notifications

by Jeff Benjamin on Nov 1, 2011

In general iOS 5′s new notification banners are a good thing, but sometimes they wear out their welcome. Unfortunately, there’s no built-in method to quickly dismiss a notification banner, you just kind of have to wait until it decides to disappear.

That sounded like a job for the jailbreak community to tackle, and indeed they did. The result? NCQuickDismissRead More

 
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