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Let’s Talk Jailbreak 45: For the tweakers

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 16, 2018

Episode 45: We discuss many of the jailbreak tweaks that we covered in the last week, including, but not limited to AppETA, which brings end-users additional information about App Store downloads, Mobius, which brings infinite swiping to the iPhone's Home screen, and Cylinder, which is an unabashed Barrel clone with custom scripting ability. We also talk about Cody's experience with jailbreak apps for the Pebble Smartwatch, Jeff's emphatic love for Alfred on the Mac, and Sebastien's fear of dolphins.

Let’s Talk iOS 016: Joining the Pebble party

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated March 20, 2018

Episode 16: Cody buys a Pebble Smartwatch, new rumblings about Apple's upcoming iPad plans, how to play old-school NES games via mobile Safari, our thoughts on Microsoft Office for iPad, and we discuss some of the new apps we downloaded in the last week.

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Let’s Talk Jailbreak 44: The dream show

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 10, 2023

Episode 44: We discuss evasi0n7 for iOS 7.0.5, and the latest 7.1 beta that patches key exploits. Jeff returns from vacation to talk about the latest jailbreak tweaks. This includes releases that allow you to secure specific apps with a passcode, add weather information to your Lock screen, enabled a guest mode for a second user, and more.

Let’s Talk iOS 015: The untimely demise of Flappy Bird

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated March 20, 2018

Episode 15: On this week’s episode we discuss the untimely demise of Flappy Bird, Apple’s recent hires for the iWatch, Tim Cook’s latest interview with the Wall Street Journal, the upcoming Apple TV refresh, and our thoughts on the new app store for the Pebble Smartwatch.

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Let’s Talk Jailbreak 43: Walking LED

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 16, 2018

Episode 43: We talk about iH8sn0w's newly discovered iBoot exploit, Saurik's jailbreak tweaks of choice, Sébastien's favorite new passcode related releases, MultitaskingGestures, Eclipse, JellyLock7, UnlockID, and Flex 2. Plus, we answer some of your questions.

Let’s Talk iOS 014: The Flappy Bird blues

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated March 19, 2018

Episode 14: We talk about Apple's record breaking fiscal quarter, the health & fitness tracking features rumored to headline iOS 8, the possible use of solar and motion charging to extend battery life for the long-rumored iWatch, and tons more. We also discuss some of our favorite app downloads from the past week, including Facebook's new Paper app, and, of course, Flappy Bird.

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Let’s Talk Jailbreak 42: The blue screen of death show

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 16, 2018

Episode 42: Sebastien talks about using his Pebble Smartwatch with several different jailbreak tweaks. Jeff raves about controlling his Philips Hue lighting system via Control Center, and Cody talks about his experience with the new quick reply tweak, Couria. The crew collectively discusses Filippo Bigarella's latest Springtomize installment, and Jeff gushes about using his PS4 controller with jailbroken iOS devices.

Let’s Talk iOS 013: Pebbles, Beats, and payments

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated March 19, 2018

Episode 013: The guys discuss Sebastien's recent acquisition of the Pebble Smartwatch, the new Beats Music streaming app, and Apple's future in the mobile payments industry.

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Podcasts app gets pull-to-refresh subscriptions in My Podcasts

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Apple has issued a maintenance update to its Podcasts app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices. The new 2.0.1 edition, now available free in the App Store, brings a handy pull to refresh feature allowing you to pull down on the My Subscriptions screen in order to manually refresh your subscriptions. Additionally, this version of Podcasts brings a few other fixes, listed right after the break...

Let’s Talk Jailbreak 41: Pink is the new blue

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 14, 2018

Episode 41: We got a new podcast cover so as to better differentiate Let's Talk Jailbreak from Let's Talk iOS. In this episode we talk about Surenix's update to Ayecon for iOS 7, the new Controllers for All tweak that allows you to turn your iOS device into a full-fledged gaming console, and clarify some more key details on Cydia purchases.

Let’s Talk iOS 012: Having trouble sleeping, Sebastien?

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 17, 2018

Episode 012: We talk about the Starbucks app security folly, Google's acquisition of Nest, Apple's weekend launch of the iPhone on China Mobile, plus we discuss some of our favorite cloud storage solutions, and chit-chat about some of our more notable app downloads from the week.

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Let’s Talk Jailbreak 40: Jailbreak apps versus jailbreak tweaks

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 15, 2014

After a brief discussion about the concept of jailbreak apps versus jailbreak tweaks, the crew debates about the ongoing struggle with Cydia purchases. Sebastien gives us a tutorial in using Activator to emulate Zephyr functionality, Jeff talks about ClassicSwitcher, and Cody shares his thoughts about the latest WinterBoard update.