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Jailbreakers can resize their iPhone’s Home Bar with HomeSize

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 1, 2020

The Home Bar is a relatively young element of iOS that first replaced the iPhone’s Home Button starting with the iPhone X in 2017. It later became a part of iPadOS beginning with the 2018 iPad Pro.

It’d be an understatement to say that the Home Bar is the future of the iPhone and iPad platforms, so it’s relatively unfortunate that Apple doesn’t let us customize it at all. Fortunately, a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed HomeSize by iOS developer ahmedmakls lets jailbreakers resize the iPhone or iPad’s Home Bar however they want.

This tweak adds a seconds indicator to the Status Bar’s time display

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 1, 2020

If you’re anything like me and you’d rather see more information than less, then you probably wouldn’t mind having a seconds indicator in your iPhone’s Status Bar-based time display.

Apple doesn’t provide an option for the aforementioned scenario out of the box, but by installing a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed TimeSeconds by iOS developer Netskao, you can circumvent the controlling tech giant and add this feature to the Status Bar all by yourself.

Wasabi brings a supercharged clipboard manager to jailbroken iPhones

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 31, 2020

In a world where multitasking becomes more and more important to the average iPhone and iPad user, the clipboard experience on both the iOS and iPadOS platforms leaves a lot to be desired out of the box. Unfortunately, this doesn’t look like an area that Apple aims to improve any time soon.

The bright side of this particular scenario is that a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed Wasabi by iOS developer Nepeta provides jailbreakers with the clipboard experience that all iPhone and iPad users deserve.

This simple tweak adds a Night Shift toggle to Control Center

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated June 2, 2021

When Apple introduced Dark Mode with iOS 13, they were smart enough to integrate a convenient toggle button into the Control Center interface so that users could easily switch between the dark and light interfaces on demand without much headache. That said, it’s somewhat of a head-scratcher as to why Apple didn’t do the same for Night Shift, instead choosing to obfuscate it by hiding it inside of the display brightness module.

If you want a non-obfuscated Night Shift-centric Control Center toggle button, then we’ve got good news for you – jailbroken devices now have access to a newly released and free CCSupport extension dubbed Night Shift Module by iOS developer shepgoba that brings this simple concept to life.

Teenager in Florida behind Twitter hack arrested [Updated]

Evan Selleck ∙ July 31, 2020

Earlier this month, Twitter suffered a massive breach, with several high-profile accounts hijacked in a widespread Bitcoin scam.

Microsoft is ending support for Cortana on iOS

Evan Selleck ∙ July 31, 2020

As companies were jumping on the digital assistant bandwagon, Microsoft launched its own alternative: Cortana. It proved to be plenty helpful, but Google's and Amazon's dominance in this regard (across platforms, and Siri on iOS) forced Microsoft to make some tough decisions.

Tim Cook says Apple acquisitions are a means to overcome challenges, not reduce competition

Evan Selleck ∙ July 31, 2020

Apple is still part of an ongoing antitrust probe in the United States, and, earlier this week, the company's CEO testified in front of the U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee. A portion of that investigation touched on Apple's acquisition of other companies.

Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for more than $30 billion

Evan Selleck ∙ July 31, 2020

It has been rumored for a bit of time now that SoftBank is looking to sell ARM, the chip designer based out of Britain. And a new report aims to lock down a potential buyer.

The next Apple Watch again rumored to bring blood oxygen detection to your wrist

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 31, 2020

A new supply chain rumor alleges that the upcoming Apple Watch Series 6 will come with blood oxygen monitoring capabilities, a potentially game-changing feature.

Apple’s new gift card in the U.S. is for ‘everything Apple’

Evan Selleck ∙ July 31, 2020

Apple's gift card situation hasn't always been the easiest, with two distinct options for customers who are looking to buy something. But now the company is streamlining things.

Review: Papalook PA452 and Ausdom AF640 web cameras bring clarity and versatility

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 31, 2020

As plenty of workers are telecommuting during COVID-19 pandemic, iDB has taken it upon itself to highlight some of the technologies and accessories that make remote work as enjoyable as humanly possible. In these challenging times, video conferencing has become the definite solution for keeping in touch not only with work colleagues but family and friend, too.

ReachInfo adds something useful to the wasted space of Reachability

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated September 27, 2021

Reachability is an often-under-appreciated feature of iOS that makes it so much easier for iPhone users to touch interface elements normally residing at the top of the display – especially when only using one hand. For the most part, it does a good job of this.

Unfortunately, Reachability also tends to leave a lot of unused space at the top of the iPhone’s display when it moves the interface down to make it more reachable with one hand, an issue that a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed ReachInfo by iOS developer 1di4r tries to fix.