Apple leases 40,000 square feet of office space in India for iOS app design accelerator

Apple CEO Tim Cook during his May 2016 India trip announced that his company will be opening an iOS app design and development accelerator in the country early next year. Today, The Economic Times reported that the Cupertino firm has reached an agreement to lease 40,000 square feet of office space, spread over two floors at Galleria in North Bengaluru, to house the facility.

Problems jailbreaking iOS 9.3.3? Check these common mistakes

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard the great news about Pangu releasing an official jailbreak for iOS 9.2-9.3.3 over the weekend. Despite the fact that it's what we call a semi-untethered jailbreak around here, it's still a fully-functional jailbreak.

On the other hand, lots of people seem to be having some issues jailbreaking their devices, so we'll be talking about some of the common errors you might be making so you can try again and get your device jailbroken; finally!

Apple confirms Pokémon Go set App Store record

Apple confirmed last week in a statement to media that Nintendo's augmented-reality game Pokémon Go was downloaded more times in its first week than any other iPhone app since the App Store's inception in the summer of 2008. Apple’s take from the popular mobile game could help the iPhone maker rake in an estimated $3 billion in additional revenue in the next 12 to 24 months as the game expands into more countries, according to a report from Needham analyst Laura Martin.

List of tweaks compatible with iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak

With the release of the Pangu jailbreak for iOS 9.2 - 9.3.3 earlier today, those that have gone through the jailbreak process are now left wondering what tweaks work or don't work with their current setup. Thankfully, the jailbreak community is getting together to build a list of tweaks compatible with this jailbreak, removing some of the guess work.

Properly rebooting your device after jailbreaking with Pangu or Yalu

Those of you who have jailbroken your iOS 9.2-10.2 devices with the Pangu jailbreak tool or the Yalu jailbreak tool should know by now that it's a semi-untethered jailbreak. This means you have to re-run the jailbreak app from your Home screen every time you reboot your device.

In this piece, we'll talk about how to reboot your semi-untethered jailbroken iOS 9.2-10.2 device properly so that Cydia works as expected after your device turns back on.

How to jailbreak iOS 9.3.3 with Pangu [tutorial]

Over the weekend, Pangu announced the release of a new jailbreak tool for iOS 9.2-9.3.3. The tool is not yet available in English as of this writing, but a Chinese version of the tool is available. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to jailbreak iOS 9.2 to iOS 9.3.3 with the new Pangu jailbreak tool for Windows.

Wallpapers of the week: swirling color

Continuing the Wallpapers of the Week section is a passion. Each week, we get to present you with the best wallpapers found around the Net. Whether pop culture related, naturescapes, or satellite images, the weekly posts is geared to provide photo quality images for your favorite iOS devices.

Recently, iDB readers and community members have been helping populate the section by catching up with me on Twitter via @jim_gresham, where I communicate with other wallpaper enthusiasts. Today's selection of colorfully augmented natural scenes is the result of these interactions.

Pangu releases iOS 9.2 – 9.3.3 jailbreak

The Pangu Team released a jailbreak Sunday morning that is capable of jailbreaking iOS 9.2 to iOS 9.3.3 devices. Only compatible with 64-bit devices so far, the jailbreak is of the semi-untether kind, meaning a piece of software must be run on the device every time it is rebooted to be put back in a jailbroken state.

The tool is currently available in Chinese only, but should be available in English soon.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: ConditionalWiFi, Protonix, & more…

The jailbreak community has been very quiet for several months but this is about to change with today's release of a jailbreak for iOS 9.2 - 9.3.3. Despite what has been another slow week, there are still some developers rocking jailbroken devices, and as a result, tweak development continues.

In this roundup, we'll show you the jailbreak tweaks that were released this week, starting with our favorites and then moving on to the rest.

The top stories of the week on iDB

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.

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Rumor: iPhone 7 to launch week of September 12

Apple typically launches new iPhones in September and assuming the company sticks to its release schedule, this year should be no different. With only six or so weeks until an official introduction, prominent leakster and VentureBeat reporter, Evan Blass, posted on his @EVLeaks account on Twitter that the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be released during the week of September 12. New iPhones typically go on sale on Friday, so we're guessing Friday, September 16, is our release date.