A few days ago, we gave you a list of passwords not to use. You might recall that the data from the post was collected from an iOS app called Big Brother Security. The software made headlines when the developer went public with the information.
Daniel Amitay performed a little experiment by anonymously collecting user's 4 digit passwords from his Big Brother Security app. Though his findings were quite interesting, publishing them may not have been the brightest move...
WidgetTask is a new jailbreak widget for the iOS 5 beta that adds a multitasking tray to Notification Center. This widget is from the same people behind UISettings - another third party widget that's available for iOS 5 beta jailbreakers.
Like SpringPrefs, WidgetTask adds itself to the iOS Notification Center under your already-installed widgets. Instead of having to double tap the home button to access your multitasking tray, WidgetTask will allow you to switch apps with ease from the Notification Center pulldown.
I can't believe that I'm just now finding a tweak that lets you search Google from anywhere. There's another tweak out there that does something similar, right?
If not, I'm shocked that it took this long to get a tweak like QuickGoogle on the Cydia store, but the good news is that it's here, and it works marvelously.
QuickGoogle is a very simple tweak that uses an Activator action to pull up a Google search pop up notification box anytime and anywhere you please. Want to see how QuickGoogle performs in action? Then check inside for the full video walkthrough...
The iPhone's all-touchscreen design caused Apple to make some steep compromises. The device lacks physical buttons that can be found on the simplest of phones. Though the list is long, it seems like the omission of a physical camera and standard back button sit at the top.
Lucky for us, we have the bright minds of the jailbreak community to make up for iOS' shortcomings. Apps like Activator and FastSnap easily solve the first dilemma, and the new Cydia tweak, AppSlide, solves the second. Back button anyone?
If you think back to just before the iPad 2 was officially announced, you'll probably also remember the unusual way in which the new hardware was being leaked left and right; specifically, leaks that came out of Chinese supply sites.
Recently, the Chinese police became involved and as a result, three people have been arrested in relation to the leaking of iPad 2 information after a three month investigation, according to The Wall Street Journal....
For those of you who are not familiar with Google Sync, it allows you keep your mails, calendars, and contact synced with your Google account. By using Google Sync, you never have to worry about backing up or accidentally losing your data, because it's always synced with Google.
Today, the Google Mobile blog announces an update to their underrated service, giving iOS users three new features...
Now that the Nokia and Apple dispute has been settled, the tech world can turn its attention back to the Samsung "copycat case." Apple filed the lawsuit back in April of this year, claiming that Samsung copied several iDevice design elements in their products.
The Cupertino company submitted another filing shortly after that, asking to see some of Samsung's upcoming products in relation to the complaint. In turn, Samsung likewise submitted a Motion to Compel, asking to see Apple's new iPad 3 and iPhone 5 models. How did Steve Jobs and company respond?
Last week we broke the news about a teaser Comex had released on the JailbreakMe website, which consisted in a cryptic image suggesting that he might have found a new exploit. At the time, we speculated that it could be related to an iPad 2 jailbreak.
It looks like whatever Comex is working on - and we do believe it's an iPad 2 jailbreak - is "almost ready"...
PrivateSMS is a new TweakWeek jailbreak tweak for the iPhone that sets out to hide your personal SMS messages from view.
The only issue is that if the person who's trying to read your SMS messages really wants to read them, it's not too hard to figure out how to do so.
PrivateSMS makes it so that it appears that you have no SMS messages in your inbox, but with just a couple of taps, all of your messages are instantly viewable.
This fact alone eliminates PrivateSMS from candidacy when it comes to genuinely securing your SMS messages, but it might be the first line of defense that you've been looking for...
When you switch from app to app with the iPhone's nifty multitasking tray, apps fly in on top of each other from left to right with a cool "card swipe" effect. If you'd like a change of pace, a new jailbreak tweak, by Filippo Bigarella, called verticalAppToApp will bring vertical animation to your iPhone's multitasking.
verticalAppToApp is part of a project called TweakWeek. TweakWeek releases a new, free jailbreak tweak every day for 8 weeks from prominent jailbreak developers in the community. verticalAppToApp follows some of Filippo Bigarella's other TweakWeek contributions, like TheftAlarm and SwishUnlock.
LockAlert is a new jailbreak tweak that allows you to easily close a push notification preview straight on your iPhone's lockscreen. Instead of having to slide to unlock your iPhone, the notification can be dismissed by tapping an "X" that LockAlert adds to the top corner of the preview dialog.
If you aren't using a replacement system of notifications, like MobileNotifier, on your jailbroken iPhone, LockAlert could be the perfect addition to the iOS method of push notifications.
After doing some sleuthing in the iOS 5 beta SDK, the folks at 9to5Mac have discovered graphics for the next generation iPad that are 2X the size of the iPad's current, 1024 x 768 resolution. These graphics are capable of fulfilling the requirement for Apple's 'Retina Display' that is currently used on the iPhone 4 and fourth generation iPod touch.
It was originally dismissed when 2X iPad graphics were discovered in the iOS 4 SDK, but 9to5Mac believes that this Retina Display-worthy resolution references the iPad 3's screen.