Russian hacker cracks iOS in-app purchasing, no jailbreak required

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated July 18, 2012

iOS in-app purchasing mechanism which lets you buy digital items in games, upgrade to full versions of apps and purchase additional content, has been cracked by a savvy Russian hacker who posted a proof of concept video, embedded below.

First noticed by Russian blog i-ekb.ru (via 9to5Mac), the hack is credited to Russian developer ZonD80 who runs the conveniently named In-AppStore.com website where he collects donations to support development of the project.

What's special about this method - and potentially devastating to the development community - is that it doesn't require a jailbreak and can be completed in a few simple steps by even the most inexperienced users. UPDATE: contrary to reports that Apple took the proxy site down, developer confirms it's simply under high load and says the info site is being moved to Blogger.

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Unlock your iPhone’s picture-taking potential with 3RDi

Cody Lee ∙ July 12, 2012

Between its 8MP sensor and internet connectivity, the iPhone 4S is one of the best point-and-shoot cameras around. It can download thousands of photo-editing apps and upload images to a number of services.

But the lack of interchangeable lenses, a weak flash, and other missing features means that the iPhone won't be replacing your DSLR anytime soon. Unless, of course, you had something like the 3RDi camera kit...

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FireCore updates aTV Flash (black) with trakt.tv support and more

Cody Lee ∙ July 12, 2012

FireCore has released a significant update today for its aTV Flash (black) software. The suite allows jailbroken Apple TV users to playback different file types, surf the web, and much more.

With version 1.7, FireCore has added a number of new features and enhancements to the list, including trakt.tv integration and a new Ratings system. Keep reading for the full change log...

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New Food and Drink category now live in the App Store

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 22, 2018

Earlier this month, several iOS developers reported receiving word from Apple that it was adding a new category to the App Store called Food and Drink.

The new section would showcase a number of applications regarding the topic, that previously got lost in the gigantic Lifestyle section. And now it's live...

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How to easily access photo exif data on iOS

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated February 25, 2013

Searching for a quick way to access meta data for photos stored on your iPhone? If you're jailbroken, then a new Cydia tweak might be just what the doctor ordered.

PhotoExif is a recently released tweak that makes it easy to access photo meta data using the photo app's share button. Take a look inside for the full video walkthrough...

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Nexus 7 has secret ‘smart cover’ magnets Google never mentioned, now what?

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 12, 2012

Google's seven-inch tablet Nexus 7 is starting to crop up at resellers ahead of a mid-July release (yes I want one, too), but the search giant might run into trouble with Apple's lawyers over its embedded magnetic display shut-off feature. A developer posted a video yesterday that doesn't bode well for Asus, the maker of the Google-branded device. As vividly shown in the video included below, the magnetic sensor sits down near the tablet's lower left-hand side. Wanna hear the funny bit?

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Greenpeace: Apple’s clean energy policies have significantly improved

Cody Lee ∙ July 12, 2012

Apple has been taking a lot of heat regarding its environmental policies over the past week. This due to the news that the company has recently pulled its products from the EPEAT registry.

But despite the fact that its products will no longer be EPEAT-certified, environmental groups say that Apple's 'green' polices are improving. Greenpeace, in fact, just upped the company's CEI score...

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iPad mag The Daily could be shuttered over disappointing subscription sales

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 12, 2012

The Daily, a tablet magazine launched as an iPad exclusive about a year and half ago, my not be around much longer as its parent company, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, could shut it down at a moment's notice due to staggering losses and strong competition from popular social media aggregators like Flipboard (now available on Android as well), News 360 and others. Kat Stoeffel reports for The New York Observer that the media mogul's publishing empire has put The Daily "on watch" as it scrapped its internal news wire and shed staff...

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NBC to stream 2012 Olympics to iOS and Android devices for free

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 22, 2018

The 2012 Olympics are set to kick off on July 27th in London, UK. And the whole world will be watching as the top athletes from around the globe square off in a number of events.

As it turns out, you'll be able to tune in from both your iPhone and iPad as well. NBC just announced that it's going to be streaming the Games to iOS and Android devices, for free...

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How Apple’s $1 billion iCloud data center almost didn’t get built

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 12, 2012

An interesting feature by Katie Fehrenbacher of GigaOM has an insightful look at how Apple's $1 billion data center in North Carolina came to be and how it almost didn’t get built. Luckily, officials were able to work out the deal and boy did it pay off. Because Apple is a powerful company, the iCloud data center gave Catawba County a much needed bargaining chip in convincing others to build their data centers there, too...

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Metroon theme brings Windows 8 to the iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 31, 2016

A certain theme entitled Metroon has garnered all types of publicity from outlets that normally don't cover jailbreak apps, tweaks, or themes. Perhaps that has a little to do with the fact that it's one of the first Windows 8 styled themes to appear on the iPhone?

At any rate, we've decided to take Metroon for a spin. What we found was a solid DreamBoard theme that will set you back $1.50 on Cydia's ModMyi repo. But is it deserving of the hype?

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