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New Jailbreak App SlideAway Now Available in Cydia

Sébastien Page ∙ June 1, 2011

Last week we told you about an upcoming jailbreak app called SlideAway which seemed like a promising way to enhance your iPhone lockscreen. The app is now live and available to download from Cydia.

SlideAway brings substance to your iPhone's lockscreen, allowing you to access the apps you use the most without having to unlock the device. Additionally, SlideAway keeps track of your unread mails, SMS, missed calls or push notifications, displaying a count of unread items right from your lockscreen...

Google Just Renewed its Maps and Search Partnership With Apple

Sébastien Page ∙ June 1, 2011

Because Apple has reportedly been working on its own mapping software, there were expectations that the company might drop Google Maps in the upcoming iOS 5 to be unveiled next week at the WWDC in favor of its own solution.

Google's ex CEO Eric Schmidt put an end to the speculation and confirmed yesterday at the D9 conference keynote that Google had just renewed its search and maps partnership with Apple, has we had already hinted at 4 days ago...

Patent Troll Won’t Stay In Its Cave, Lodsys Continues to Sue iOS Develepors

Alex Heath ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

In case you haven't heard, a patent troll by the name of "Lodsys" threatened to sue App Store developers for allegedly infringing on the Lodsys patent of in-app upgrades. Apple responded by saying that Lodsys had no right to prosecute based on this patent that Apple licensed years ago.

iOS develepors were very relived that Apple stood up against Lodsys, and the assumption was that the patent troll would back off when faced with the looming, Cupertino giant. It appears that Lodsys won't take no for an answer. The patent troll has filed lawsuits against seven App Store developers...

Twitter Integration Coming to iOS 5

Alex Heath ∙ May 31, 2011

With WWDC and iOS 5 right around the corner, it appears that Apple will be focusing more on social integration. We've heard rumors of a 'MediaStream' service from Apple that would allow you to view and share photos with your friends, and now it appears that Twitter will be integrated in iOS 5.

Instead of opening your favorite Twitter client to upload and share a photo, you could send a photo to Twitter directly from the iPhone's Camera app...

Everything You Need to Know About the Mysterious iCloud

Alex Heath ∙ Updated March 18, 2019

Apple issued a very unusual press release earlier today that outlined what would be announced at the World Wide Developer's Conference next Monday, June 6th. Steve Jobs will be speaking and talking about Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and the newly-confirmed 'iCloud' service.

Apple's press release was unusual because it was oddly descriptive. Even though nothing was actually said about iCloud, Apple still bothered to state that iCloud, an unreleased product, would be part of the WWDC lineup.

When has Apple ever stated the name of an unreleased product in a press release? Why would the company do so?

KeyVibrate – Native Haptic Feedback Anyone?

Cody Lee ∙ May 31, 2011

Though the iPhone's virtual keyboard has been named one of the best in the business, it still lacks a fairly major feature: haptic feedback. The little vibration that lets you know a key has been pressed is on nearly every other touchscreen smartphone on the market, but not the iPhone.

Luckily we have the jailbreak community to produce apps and tweaks that makeup for iOS shortcomings. Though there have been haptic feedback utilities in Cydia for quite some time now, they've never really impressed me. They always seemed to make iOS slower and less reliable, until now...

iWork for iPhone Now Available

Alex Heath ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

Following the announcement that Steve Jobs will unveil iOS 5 and iCloud at WWDC next week, Apple has announced that its productivity suite, iWork, is now available for the iPhone. Keynote, Pages and Numbers were made available on the iPad last year, and Apple has now released iPhone versions in the App Store.

The existing iPad apps can now be updated with universal support for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Pages will allow you to create and edit documents on the fly. Keynote will create stunning presentations straight from the iPhone, and Numbers will make and edit spreadsheets on the go.

Screenshots and press release after the break!

F0recast Gets an Update, Still Tells You if You Can Jailbreak and Unlock

Sébastien Page ∙ May 31, 2011

We've talked about f0recast before, a tool that allows you to figure out if you can jailbreak, and unlock your iPhone. iH8Sn0w, the developer of f0recast, just released an update to the tool, bringing it to version 1.3.

Although no new features were added in this version, f0recast has been updated with the recent jailbreak situations in order to give you an accurate assessment of your unlocking/jailbreaking ability...

Drunk Texting, There’s an App for Preventing That

Sébastien Page ∙ May 31, 2011

I wanted to start this post by telling a drunk texting story of mine but I figured this might not be the right place for that. If like me you have experienced drunk texting before, you now how embarrassing the situation can be.

Now if you're a frequent drunk texter, you might either want to talk about it to a professional care provider or check out the TUI Checkpoint app in Cydia, a new jailbreak app that will help you prevent those embarrassing moments...

US Government Drops BlackBerry to Adopt iOS Devices

Guest Author ∙ May 31, 2011

United States federal agencies are ditching BlackBerry devices in favor of those powered by iOS, according to a new feature in the Washington Post. Dubbed 'federal government 2.0', the change will see the U.S. government upgraded and the introduction of consumer technologies like the iPhone, iPad, and Google's Gmail service.

The demand for these technologies has not only come from agency directors and senior officials – who want to use iPads, Android phones and web-based email at the office like they do at home – but also from frontline workers who believe consumer technologies can set them free of the office for mobile working arrangements...

Steve Jobs to Unveil iCloud and iOS 5 at WWDC, Still No Mention of New Hardware

Cody Lee ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

Over the last few months we've heard several rumors surrounding Apple's new cloud service. Though cloud-based storage was originally thought to be part of a major MobileMe revamp, gossip has taken the service from a feature to a headline.

Between the rumblings of music industry insiders and digital evidence that Apple recently purchased the iCloud domain name, it's been pretty safe to assume Apple had something up its sleeve. But for the ever-skeptical "I'll believe it when I see it" folks, Apple has finally made the cloud service official...

Wait Until After WWDC to Renew Your MobileMe Subscription

Alex Heath ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

If you've been contemplating the $99/year renewal of your MobileMe account, you should probably hold off for a little while longer. Unless you're totally reliant on MobileMe and your account is about to expire, wait until after WWDC next week.

Apple is planning on doing something big with its cloud services, and MobileMe will most definitely be a piece of the puzzle. The MobileMe features that you use now (email services, calendar sync, etc.) will most likely be free services from Apple very soon...