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Monthlicon displays the current month under the Calendar app icon

Quickly glancing at the Calendar app icon on your Home screen can be a fast and effective way to discern the date/day in a pinch, but iOS developer Maxwell Lang wanted to expand upon that idea with the release of a new free jailbreak tweak called Monthlicon.

As the name of the tweak implies, Monthlicon keeps you informed of the current month in addition to the date and day. It does so by replacing the Calendar app’s Home screen label with the name of the month.

How to share files, images and links across your devices with Pushbullet

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While it can be easy to share files, images, and links across your devices, you likely use different apps for that. For instance, you may use Photo Stream for images and Safari for links. However, if you want to use just one simple app that not only lets you share across your mobile devices, but your computers and browsers too, then check out Pushbullet.

As a longtime fan of Pushbullet, this easy-to-use application lets you share items between your devices instantly. With the push of a button, you can share to several spots at one time or to a single device, and it’s all done securely. If you are ready to dig into Pushbullet, here’s how to get started and use it.

SafariPad brings iPad-like tabbed web browsing to the iPhone

Safari offers a great web browsing experience on both the iPhone or iPad, but truthfully speaking, the smartphone and tablet versions of this stock web browser aren't created equally.

A new free jailbreak tweak called SafariPad by iOS developer LonestarX takes note of this caveat and brings one of the best iPad-centric Safari features to smaller handsets like the iPhone and iPod touch: browsing tabs.

Security researcher Ian Beer teases tfp0 exploit for iOS 11.3.1

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The name Ian Beer should sound pretty familiar by now, as he was the security researcher behind the tfp0 exploit for iOS 11.0-11.1.2 that made CoolStar’s popular Electra jailbreak tool possible.

But Beer is about to become even more popular after a Tweet shared Tuesday afternoon. It appears that he may have yet another tfp0 exploit up his sleeve; only this time, it supports firmware as new as iOS 11.3.1.

Activator picks up iOS 11 compatibility in latest update

Renowned jailbreak tweak developer Ryan Petrich updated his popular Activator extension this week with support for iOS 11.

This is the first time since the release of CoolStar’s Electra jailbreak for iOS 11.0-11.1.2 that Activator received an official update to support Apple’s latest jailbreakable firmware. Notably, unofficial forks were under development by other developers previously.

How to minimize an email draft in Mail app for iPhone

Several email drafts in Mail app on iPhone

Have you ever been composing or replying to an email in Apple’s Mail app when a message comes in that you want to read right away? Or, maybe you want to check another message you received before replying but have already started the draft.

If this has happened to you, you probably saved the email you were working on in your Drafts and then went back to it later. But you don’t have to do this because there is an easier way. You can minimize the message you’re composing and pop it back open quickly when you are ready to finish it, and here’s how.