Google Takes On Microsoft For Productivity Dominance Of Apple’s Mobile Platform

Earlier today Google released Docs and Sheets, two productivity applications for iOS. The unified apps work across iPhone and iPad devices. The new apps are just picking up their first ratings and ranks....

Beats Music is coming to iPad soon

Beats Music, a new streaming music service from music mogul Jimmy Lovine, musician and producer Dr. Dre and other industry figures, is about to extend to the iPad soon.According to the startup’s teaser...

Hold2Speak now available in Cydia

I’m sure Jeff would have liked to share the news himself, but since he’s currently unavailable, I’ll be the one to announce that Hold2Speak is now available in Cydia.Hold2Speak was born from an original...

Hulu to launch redesigned iPhone app with free mobile viewing this summer

It’s easy to forget about Hulu amid the heated battle between Amazon and Netflix for the digital distribution of premium entertainment and original content.As you know, for quite some time this service...

Let’s Talk Jailbreak 55: Take a breather

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Amazon launches new Wearable Technology store

In case you needed any more proof that wearables aren’t just a passing fad, Amazon launched a new storefront this week dedicated specifically to the space. Dubbed the ‘Wearable Technology’ store, the...

AnyDrop 2: share any file using AirDrop

AirDrop is such a good feature, but on a jailbroken iPhone it’s been turned into a great feature. That’s because there’s AnyDrop 2—a jailbreak tweak that supercharges the concept of AirDrop, and makes...

How to access the internal settings for the Facebook iOS app

Feeling a little sneaky? Want to access Facebook’s internal settings for its iOS app? If you’re jailbroken, it’s extremely easy to gain access by means of a handy new jailbreak tweak.The aptly entitled...

Reeder 2 beta for Mac updated with new features and fixes

The Reeder 2 beta for Mac, which was just recently released after an extended wait, has received its first update. Reader 2.0 b2 includes new features like OPML import and export ability, new article...

Suited Up review: target your jump to hit your mark

One of the most popular types of games in the App Store is the physics-based aim-to-shoot kind. We can attribute the success of the genre to Angry Birds. It may not have been the first, but it was certainly...

How to route audio for specific apps to different outputs in OS X

Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack Pro is one of those staple apps that I use on a daily basis. It has so many uses and functions that it’s always one of the first apps that I install after reinstalling OS...

UnShaker7: unlock your iPhone with a shake

Unshaker7 is a new jailbreak tweak that was created to allow iOS 7 users to unlock their iPhones using a shake gesture. Although that’s the intention of the tweak, the execution of the idea didn’t exactly...

Sprint news: 6 free months of Spotify Premium, LTE covering 225M people, Harman Kardon partnership

Sprint held a ‘Hear It For Yourself’ media event earlier today that saw the announcement of a Harmon Kardon version of the HTC One M8 handset.As part of the presentation for select members of the press,...

Yahoo Mail gets news/search, plus snapshots of weather, sports scores, stocks and News Digest

If you’re a fan of Yahoo’s gorgeously designed iOS apps and spend a lot of time using their Mail service on your iPhone and iPad, you’re going to love the newly released Yahoo Mail 3.0, available free...

Fleksy Keyboard for iOS refreshed with revamped UI, six new themes and more

As you know, Apple has not yet opened up the iPhone’s virtual keyboard to developers so you can’t just go into the App Store and replace the stock iOS keyboard with a custom one, like on Android.But...

Samsung profits fall in Q1 on slowing high-end smartphone sales

Samsung said profit fell for a second straight quarter as sales in its smartphone division continued to dip. The South Korean electronics giant announced its earnings for Q1 2014 this morning, and its...

Let’s Talk iOS 026: Stock split

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The Beverly Hills Cop trilogy is on sale on iTunes for only $9.99

There are two kinds of people in this world: people who love the Beverly Hills Cop, and those who’ve never seen it. Whether you’re the former or the latter, this is your opportunity to own the complete...

Appellancy: unlock your device using facial recognition

Appellancy—the facial recognition jailbreak tweak that unlocks your device—is now available for download on Cydia’s BigBoss repo. The tweak, which is by far the best jailbreak tweak to feature facial...

Let’s Talk Jailbreak Live

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Microsoft’s first Nokia ad positions Windows Phone as something different

Following Microsoft’s finalized acquisition of Nokia’s Devices and Services unit last week, 25,000 Nokia employees get to join the Windows giant today. To celebrate the merger, the Windows giant has...

Stride 2: unlock your iPhone with style on iOS 7

Adam Bell’s much-loved Stride jailbreak tweak has finally received some love for iOS 7, and it comes in the form of Stride 2, a brand new upcoming incarnation of Stride that works on Apple’s latest...

Fly Or Die: Nokia Lumia Icon

The Nokia Lumia Icon is yet another smartphone out of the Microsoft camp looking to pull you away from either iOS or Android. Where specs and features are concerned, it's prepared to deliver. Read More...

Concept: Hold2Speak – answer a phone call directly in speaker mode

Every now and then I stumble upon a feature that I would like to have on the iPhone, but usually I end up forgetting about it, or just stashing it away for later. Sometimes, though, I get enough gumption...

New speech synthesizing action added to latest Activator beta

As usual, Ryan Petrich has been on quite the tear with updates to the Activator beta. The latest update, which comes in at version 1.8.4 beta 11, adds a new speech synthesis feature to the fray.What...

Convergance: a complete Lock screen replacement for the iPhone

Unless you’ve been living in an underground bunker in Siberia for the last month or so, you’ve likely heard of Convergance. It’s the newly released jailbreak tweak that acts as a complete Lock screen...

Acompli is a one-stop shop for all your productivity needs

When it comes to email apps, we love the ones that are simple, efficient, and fast. Getting to the elusive “inbox zero” is not an easy task. Especially when, for many of us, email is tied to a myriad...

Locko password manager for OS X secures your info without breaking the bank

In light of the recent Heartbleed exposure, a lot of companies have been updating their OpenSSL security software and asking account users to update their password information. Some companies have actually...

Wallpapers of the week: Breaking Bad edition

Back in action this Sunday, we have been watching the comment section throughout the past weeks. The Wallpaper of the Week section is rife with comments, sometimes useful, mostly controversial, but...

My Weekly TechCrunch Habit Ends

Over the past three years, every weekend, I sit down with my laptop and write something that eventually becomes a blog post on TechCrunch. Every Sunday, 10am PST. It started back when Mike was writing...

The best expense tracking apps for iPhone

When you are self-employed, run your own business, or get sent out of town for work, keeping track of what you spend is very important. If you don’t report how much money you spent on a cup of coffee...

This week on iDB: the powerful iPhone 5s

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How to set up Parental Control on iTunes

If you have a kid, you know the internet can be a wild place for them to hang around. I’ve experienced first hand when my two year old daughter was casually watching cartoons on YouTube and ended up...

iOS 7: the ultimate iTunes Store guide

Interested in making a digital media purchase on your iPhone? The iTunes Store app is your primary portal for doing so. The iTunes Store app is a stock application that is installed by default on every...

Leo’s Fortune is the best platformer we’ve played in a while

Ah, the platformer, a genre that has stood the test of time for generations. Once Mario and his brother graced our living room screens, we were hooked on the run-and-jump adventure that platformers...

Tiny Dice Dungeon puts a unique twist on the RPG genre

By now, it may have become clear that I am a fan of good old-fashioned role-playing games. Give me a dungeon crawl over a physics-based game, any day of the week. As much as I love the genre, games...

Google Brings Its Hotel And Restaurant Search To Android

Google is adding a deeper integration of its hotel and restaurant search to Google Search on Android. This is a pretty straightforward integration that allows you to type or speak queries like "show...

Apps of the week: Up Next, Third Eye Crime, birdStepper, and more

Some pretty awesome apps came out this week. I’m excited to spend my weekend testing out all of the cool games that made their way into the App Store after Thursday’s big launch. I’ll bet many of you...

New iOS 8 concept shows what Healthbook and other rumored features may look like

Tech site Tech Radar is out with a new iOS 8 concept video this afternoon, depicting what it thinks the new firmware could look like. We actually know, or think we know, quite a bit about Apple’s next...

Apple launches replacement program for iPhone 5 Sleep/Wake button

Apple announced a new replacement program today for folks having issues with the Sleep/Wake button on their iPhone 5. The program allows for the replacement of the button on select iPhone 5 models where...

TapToUnlock7: unlock iOS 7 devices with just a tap

No more sliding! Just Tapping. That’s the headline for the description for TapToUnlock7 in Cydia, and I have to say, it’s apt. TapToUnlock7 is a tweak that gets rid of the “slide to unlock” action and...

Nike CEO talks new focus on software for wearables, excited about future with Apple

Following the news last week that Nike is gearing up to shutter its wearable hardware efforts, CEO Mark Parker appeared on CNBC today to talk about the new direction. Parker says the company’s goal...

Yomi is a battle card game that delivers on the action

On my many regular trips to my local board game store, I’ve seen this battle card game called “Yomi.” It looks really fun, but it costs $100 new. Ouch! It is one of those games I’d like to try before...