Year: 2012

‘Image Grabber’ allows you to save and share images from any website or PDF

Jeff Benjamin ∙ May 1, 2012

While mobile Safari is more than adequate for casual web surfing, it's also very limited when it comes to performing more advanced functions.

For instance, if you were interested in viewing the source code behind one of your favorite websites, it's impossible to do out of the box.

Even something as simple as viewing all of the images contained on a given page is out of reach. This is a function that's easily accomplished with stock versions of desktop browsers.

Thankfully we have jailbreaking, and with it the tools to accomplish such simple, yet otherwise impossible tasks. Take Image Grabber for example — a jailbreak tweak that allows you to view all of the images on a given web site or PDF, and save, copy, or share them...

When Siri gets racist

Sébastien Page ∙ May 1, 2012

Note that this video is not viewable in Mobile Safari.

Apple asks court to hide Samsung logo from jurors on court televisions

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 1, 2012

As Apple and Samsung continue to duke it out in courts the world over, the iPhone maker has filed an unusual request with the U.S. district court, seeking to conceal from jurors the Samsung logo seen on television sets used in the courtroom. Apparently, Apple fears that the subconscious effects of the Samsung logo on court-owned TV sets might potentially skew their perspective...

RIM confirms it was behind recent ‘Wake Up’ stunt

Cody Lee ∙ Updated September 17, 2017

Finally, all of the speculation can come to an end. Remember that ridiculous 'wake up' flash mob that hit an Australian Apple store a few days ago? Of course you do, we've been hearing about it nonstop.

Well as it turns out, Macworld was right. RIM was behind the whole thing. How do we know? Well, because the BlackBerry-makers just gave a statement to Macworld Australia confirming it...

Meet the iPhone Plus

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

Those of you who have been reading iDB for a while know we love a good iPhone concept. So when we came across these beautiful renderings of the iPhone Plus from the folks over at ADR Studio, we knew we had to post them.

If the name ADR Studio sounds familiar, it's because it's the same design firm behind other concepts we've featured on our site, including the iPhone SJ. And as usual, they didn't disappoint. Meet the iPhone Plus...

We’re giving away three ‘Lima’ beta invites

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 30, 2012

Last week we brought you an in-depth look at Lima — the web-based Cydia alternative for jailbroken iOS devices. Needless to say, we were thoroughly impressed by what we saw.

If you're anxious to get your hands on Lima, then here is your chance. As promised, we're giving away three Lima beta invitations.

Want one? Check inside for the details...

Jailbreaker’s Choice: top five free tweaks roundup

Guest Author ∙ Updated June 15, 2018

Well readers, the results are in for our second Jailbreak's Choice. Your votes have been counted for the top five free jailbreak tweaks. Over 150 iDB readers shared their favorite free downloads from Cydia, and the results are a bit surprising.

Among the most popular are a few expected veterans and a few essential newcomers. Read on to see the results of the poll and to cast your vote for the number one tweak…

Confirmed: Bloom Energy to power iCloud cell farm

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 30, 2012

Itćs been officially confirmed today that Apple will use cutting-edge, power-efficient, eco-friendly fuel cells from California-based Bloom Energy startup to power its huge iCloud data center located in Maiden, North Carolina.

Hopefully this move will appease Greenpeace, whose recent report titled How Clean Is Your Cloud slammed Apple over the company's use of "19th-century coal energy” for its data centers...

‘SiriStatus’ can help you troubleshoot Siri

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 30, 2012

SiriStatus is a recently released jailbreak tweak that reveals a hidden Siri status bar. This bar is located at the top of your screen, and is used for checking the current query status and manually entering in queries via the keyboard.

If you tend to find yourself experiencing problems with Siri, then SiriStatus can help you decipher what the problem may be.

Check out our video walkthrough straight ahead...

iTunes Match goes live in new markets across the globe

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 30, 2012

iTunes Match, Apple's $25 a year cloud locker and scan-and-match music service, is being rolled out in additional countries, according to web reports. Last time we heard, Apple expanded iTunes Match to 19 countries, with a focus on the Baltic states, Latin America and the Netherlands.

Macstories first spotted that the iTunes terms and conditions for Italy have been updated with new terms suggesting an imminent launch in the country. Other web reports confirmed a similar changes to iTunes terms and conditions for Greece, Portugal, Austria, Slovenia, Bulgaria and other markets...

iOS 5.1 jailbreak update: two big vulnerabilities found

Cody Lee ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

We've just received a major update on the status of the iOS 5.1 jailbreak. Pod2g just tweeted that he had "a productive weekend," reportedly finding "2 big vulnerabilities. 1 kernel land and 1 root land."

The news comes just 5 days after the hacker posted a poll on his personal website, asking jailbreakers if hackers should continue work on an iOS 5.1 jailbreak or hold off until Apple seeds iOS 6...