How fitting for the last day of 2017 to be a Sunday... and you know what that means: iDB Wallpapers of the Week. Given the coincidence, it seemed only fitting that this week's post is a highlight of the year's best Wallpapers of the Week. We went back through the site's analytics to bring you the top 10 wallpaper posts of the year, well, and some from the previous year too!
There’s been a lot going on behind the scenes in the jailbreak community recently. With the release of both the H3lix and LiberiOS jailbreaks and the confirmation that Saurik would update Cydia for iOS 11, it seems like we might see another season of jailbreaking after all.
In this meantime, this post serves to provide a brief summary of all the new jailbreak tweaks released throughout the past week. As usual, we’ll begin by showcasing our favorite releases 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.
Along with its apology for miscommunicating about the throttling of performance of iPhones with degraded battery, Apple lowered the price of battery replacements for qualifying devices and said this program would be available starting in early 2018.
This week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features an app for watching videos and listening to music together with your friends, a unique task manager, and a podcast client built for being social. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
The iPhone has once again been named the best-selling tech product of the year. According to a report from USA Today, Apple's popular handset outsold Samsung's Galaxy devices and all other consumer electronics in 2017, and it wasn't even close.
In the wake of all the iPhone throttling drama, iFixit has announced that it is dropping the price on all of its DIY iPhone battery fix kits to $29 or less. The news follows Apple's own announcement yesterday that it is going to be discounting out-of-warranty battery replacements to $29 in 2018.
If you wake up every morning to several unread notifications, then you probably know what it’s like to have a Home screen littered with unsightly red notification badges. Over the years, I’ve seen people refer to the experience as having a bevy of little red eyes staring back at you, and it's not difficult to understand why.
Anyone looking for a subtler way to acknowledge their apps' unread notifications might enjoy new free jailbreak tweak dubbed AppColorBadges by iOS developer Cole Cabral. This tweak color-matches your badge notifications to the app icons they sit on top of.
An Italian apparel company has won the right to use the name Steve Jobs, reports Italian site la Repubblica Napoli (via The Verge). After a lengthy legal battle with Apple, the clothing co can now freely use the name of the iPhone-maker's beloved founder in its designs.
Apple on Thursday posted an apology letter to its website regarding its slowing down of older iPhones. In addition to the apology, the company says that it wants to clarify what it's really been doing to older handsets and it even makes a peace offering for disgruntled customers: $29 out-of-warranty battery replacements for the next year.
Apple CEO Tim Cook earned just over $100 million this year, Bloomberg reports. The news was spotted in the company's latest proxy statement, which was filed Wednesday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of its February shareholders meeting.
The Korea Communications Commission has asked Apple for an explanation regarding its practice of slowing down older iPhone models, reports The Korea Herald. It's not a formal investigation yet, but it could be indicative of things to come.