Let’s Talk iOS 219: Always read past the headline

Your two favorite co-hosts talk about Apple's deliberate throttling of iPhones with degraded battery health, as well as the new rumor that Apple may make it possible for developers to release universal apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Finally, Cody and Sebastien share their favorite stuff of the year.

Christmas wallpaper pack for iPhone

It’s the last week of December, and it only makes sense to provide you with a pack of Christmas-inspired wallpapers for all of your iPhone devices. The following pack is the handiwork of @AR72014, an iDB wallpaper favorite designer. We have plenty of his creations scattered throughout the Wallpapers of the Week category. Below you’ll find bokeh Christmas lights and snowy cartoon scenes.

NotificationsHeader CustomText, NotificationXI, and other jailbreak tweaks to check out this weekend

There’s been a lot of ramped up excitement regarding the jailbreak community recently, especially since Saurik broke the news that he’d be updating Cydia for iOS 11. That said, many people (developers and users alike) are merely waiting and watching to see what happens.

In this roundup, we’ll go over all the new jailbreak tweak releases from the past week. As usual, we’ll begin by outlining our favorites and get to the rest of them afterward.

NotificationXI brings iOS 11-style notification banners to jailbroken iOS 10 devices

Countless jailbreak tweaks can help make your iOS 10 device look and feel more like it’s running iOS 11, and now you can add a new free release called NotificationXI by iOS developer Squ1dd13 to that list.

From the screenshot examples above, you can discern how NotificationXI does away with the two-tone look of iOS 10's incoming notification banners. Instead, it carries over the headerless single-tone style you would expect to see in iOS 11.

Best USB-C battery packs that support Power Delivery

There was many a tear shed for the removal of MagSafe on the latest MacBooks and MacBook Pros. For good reason too! It was a great way to protect your Mac. The replacement, USB-C, has its own benefits too though.

The biggest being that it opens up the possibility for any other manufacturer to produce chargers for your MacBook. You can also pick up a battery pack to charge your laptop on the go. For anyone who travels, being able to use a large, hulking battery pack to power up your laptop is huge.