If you use the iPod app on your iOS device as much as I do, then you're going to love the new jailbreak tweak: MusicBanners. The tweak, made by popular developer Ryan Petrich, brings your music to iOS 5's notification system.
So what does it do? Essentially, MusicBanners sends you a notification every time a new track comes up on your iPod app. This means that you receive a notification with the track's name, album and cover art after every song change...
Folks who believe that Siri's initial interface window takes up way more space than it needs will be happy to hear about this new jailbreak tweak.
TinyAssistant, from developer Ron Melkhior, is a new utility that shrinks Siri's interface window down to the size of your iOS app switcher...
Even with Apple's notoriously strict approval process, misleading applications constantly make their way into the App Store. We've covered a number of these titles on iDB — most recently Craft-Build Terrain, a fake MineCraft game.
These fraudulent applications have been making some serious waves in the developer community over the last few weeks. Developers believe these apps give their titles, and the App Store in general, a bad name. And Apple has responded...
As noted by AppleInsider, Apple has quietly pushed out a tiny update for its Apple TV. Users will notice a new 'Genius' option on the Apple TV menu when browsing through movies or TV shows.
The Genius feature has been available on iTunes for years now, helping folks discover new music based on their previous purchases. And now Apple TV owners can use it to find new video content...
We've seen a lot of interesting data regarding Apple's latest quarterly earnings report over the last few weeks. What some are calling, "the quarter heard around the world," will go down in history as one of the most profitable three month periods of any company (not just technology-related) ever.
Popular Apple analyst Horace Dediu added to the pile of statistics this morning with a report about Apple's mobile profit earnings. Apparently, the Cupertino company raked 75% of all mobile phone profits (worldwide) last quarter...
It looks like we may never be able to trust the legitimacy of an impressive Game Center account ever again, thanks to this new jailbreak tweak from Ingmar Stein.
Aptly named Overachiever, Stein's new tweak allows users to earn Game Center achievements without actually playing the required games or levels...
Believe it or not, there are actually several reasons why a person would want to export their iPhone's text messages to a shareable file. Maybe they need them as evidence in a criminal case, or want to save a memorable conversation.
But the iPhone doesn't give you an easy way to save your text messages. Luckily, as usual, we have a jailbreak tweak to help us out with this problem. Introducing the new Messages2PDF application...
Just because Apple is in the consumer electronics business, doesn't mean it doesn't have its eye on other markets. Just last month we saw the company launch a digital textbook program, and it's also shown a lot of interest in the personal fitness space.
For the last several years, Apple has teamed up with Nike to bring fitness-tracking software to its iPhone and iPod products. Now it looks like it's trying to take that idea to the next level with its latest patent application regarding an iOS app that tracks and shares your workout information...
This Sunday, much of the United States will shut down as millions of people tune into this year's Super Bowl. The annual event, which determines who is the best of the best in the NFL, is one of the most-watched TV broadcasts in America.
And for those of you lucky enough to be attending the game in person (ticket prices average around $3800), or if you just want to see what all of the fuss is about, the NFL just released the official Super Bowl app for iOS...
Apple has been having a rough time with its iTunes Match service over the last few months. The product was more than a month late to market here in the US, and its international rollout didn't go much smoother.
Well it doesn't look like Apple's troubles are over quite yet. Cult of Mac is reporting that it has discovered a bug in the iTunes Match service that replaces songs with explicit lyrics with their cleaner counterparts...
A few months after Apple released iOS 5 to the public last year, a major bug was found in the software's new iMessage application. Several users reported that their iMessage accounts continued to remain active after wiping their devices.
Gizmodo added fuel to the fire yesterday when it published several images of strange iMessage conversations it was receiving on an iPhone after visiting an Apple Store for tech support. Apparently, when a Genius inserted his personal SIM card into the phone to test the device, the handset locked on to his iMessage account...
If there was any doubt about Apple's intentions to push further into the mobile gaming space, the company just put them to rest. 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple has just added a former Xbox LIVE executive to its team of talent.
This marks Apple's third major pickup from the gaming community in less than 12 months. You may recall that it hired on some big names from Nintendo and Activision last year, and now it's stuck its hand in Microsoft's pocket...