As we head into the last few months of the year, autumn is upon us. The colors of Fall produce incredible oranges, reds, and golds. Autumn wallpapers make up my favorite genre, given the hues and scenery. Each year, like the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte, I change my iPhone wallpapers to autumn images sooner and sooner. Join me in converting your iPhone or iPad to a themed celebration of fall.
Unsurprisingly, there’s been a slight lull in jailbreak tweak development following the launch of iOS 12, but that hasn’t kept some developers from moving forward with captivating new releases.
In this roundup, we’ll talk about all the jailbreak tweaks released from Monday, October 1st to Sunday, October 7th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases in detail and then outline the rest afterward.
Like every Sunday, we get to take a look at some of the most popular posts that were published on iDB during the week that just ended. Whether it is a news item, a new jailbreak tweak, a tutorial, or an app review, we sum it all up in one convenient place for you.
In April of last year, iOS hacker axi0mX came forward with the alloc8 untethered bootrom exploit for all models of the tried and true iPhone 3GS. But as of this weekend, he announced an update for the exploit that brings improvements to stability and usability.
As per one of the axi0mX’s most recent Tweets, the updated exploit does away with a bothersome three-second delay that typically transpires when waking the device from sleep:
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup includes a fun conversational app, a digital photo assistant, and a new group messaging experience. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Apple Watch Series 4 is a seriously praised smartwatch for a good reason, but last year's Series 3 is no slouch and it comes with some pretty compelling features. You can get a baseline 38mm aluminum Series 3 with a sport band from Apple right now for as low as $279 versus $399 for a 40mm aluminum Series 4. The new Series 4 watch has been redesigned from top to bottom and offers even better features than the last year's model, but is it worth the extra $120? iDownloadBlog's video editor Harris Craycraft does the comparing for you, boys and girls, in his hands-on video walkthrough of Apple Watch Series 4 vs Series 3.
Google is finally addressing one of the biggest complaints about its YouTube TV over-the-top (OTT) video streaming service. In doing so, subscribers are going to see far fewer ads.
Apple's spectacular retail store located beneath the pyramid of the iconic Louvre museum, which has been open for nine years, is shuttering later this month, the company announced.
Spotify is showing some podcast love by introducing a Spotify for Podcasters beta program. Through the platform, podcast creators can add their existing shows to the music streaming service and make them available to Spotify’s 180 million listeners around the world.
According to Apple.com in Saudi Arabia, the mobile payments service Apple Pay is coming soon to the 32 million people country with support from the Saudi Payments Network (MADA).
According to both Apple's online store and the company's press release announcing the new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max smartphones, its Siri-powered HomePod wireless speaker is scheduled to launch next in Spain and Mexico on Friday, October 26.
On Thursday, Motherboard and MacRumors both reported that Apple has added software locks on the 2018 MacBook Pro and 2017 iMac Pro. The digital locks could make it harder for independent and third-party repair shops to do their work.