Rugged outdoors wallpaper collection by Nomad

Jim Gresham ∙ Updated November 8, 2018

When thinking rugged Apple accessories, one often brings the Nomad collection to mind. We frequently cover their new product launches and review their equipment. To further entrench their image as a go-to for sturdy equipment, Nomad is appealing to its audience by posting a series of rugged outdoor wallpapers for iPhone and desktop. Just as you can expect Nomad to bring you high quality mobile accessories, you can expect our Wallpaper of the Week series to provide amazing photo quality wallpapers. Today, those two forces meet.

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New jailbreak tweaks to check out: BioLockout, NotTodaySatan, and more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 18, 2018

The jailbreak community has been quiet out of anticipation as we await the completion of jailbreak tools like Electra for iOS 11.0-11.1.2, but some developers continue to push iOS 10-compatible tweaks that hold many of us over for now.

In this roundup, we’ll discuss all the new jailbreak tweaks that popped up in Cydia this week. As always, we’ll begin by showcasing our favorites first, and then we’ll cap things off by outlining the rest afterward.

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CoolStar seeds Electra RC 1.3 to developers

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 17, 2018

The Electra jailbreak tool has been in beta since it came to fruition in mid-January, but CoolStar changed that this week after seeding a limited developer-only release of Electra RC 1.

On Saturday, he pushed yet another developer-only build dubbed Electra RC 1.3. The revised jailbreak tool adds support for an iOS 11-compatible version of Ryan Petrich’s RocketBootstrap utility, among other things.

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Twitter stops support for its Mac app, here are the two best alternatives

Sébastien Page ∙ February 17, 2018
best twitter apps for Mac

Twitter announced on Friday that beginning immediately, its Mac app will no longer be available for download, and the app will no longer be supported in 30 days. Whether or not Twitter was ever committed to their Mac app is an entirely different conversation, but the company suggests users access the service via the web, which it says will provide a consistent experience across platforms.

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This tweak protects jailbroken devices from the Telugu character bug

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 17, 2018

If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, then you might’ve caught wind about a severe bug that crashes iPhones and iPads when a particular Telugu character gets sent or received in emails or text messages.

Apple plans to fix this bug in a future update for iOS, but firmware updates aren’t ideal for jailbreakers that depend on older firmware versions, and that’s where a new free jailbreak tweak called NotTodaySatan by iOS developer Zack Hankewycz comes in.

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Apple renews ‘Carpool Karaoke’ for second season

Cody Lee ∙ February 15, 2018

Apple has given the green light for a second season of Carpool Karaoke, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves announced on Thursday (via THR). During CBS' earnings conference call with investors, Moonves pointed to the renewal as an example of how the popularity of the network's late night hosts translated into new projects.

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