Let’s Talk iOS 035: The most beautiful lanyard we’ve ever made

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Apple to release Q3 2014 financial results on July 22nd

Apple just announced via its Investor Relations portal that the company will be discussing financial results of its third fiscal quarter on July 22nd, during a conference call starting at 2:00 p.m....

Apple TV 6.2 software update also available with bug fixes

Apple today released a trio of major updates, one giving the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices improved iBeacon connectivity and the other enabling enhanced Wi-Fi performance and better reliability...

How to jailbreak iOS 7.1.2 untethered using Pangu

Good news ladies and gentlemen. iOS 7.1.2 is out and it’s jailbreakable right now with the Pangu untethered jailbreak. That means that yes, you can update to iOS 7.1.2 and rest easy knowing that it’s...

iOS 7.1.2 released with improved iBeacon connectivity and bug fixes

Apple has seeded iOS 7.1.2 as an over-the-air update and through iTunes for compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models. The latest software version includes improved iBeacon connectivity and stability,...

1Password with Touch ID authentication and Safari Share sheet support shown off

A big part of what makes iOS 8 so great is how Apple is finally opening up its mobile operating system to developers, more than ever before.Take Touch ID, for example. With a little help from the iOS...

Apple announces iTunes U 2.0 with new creation tools and discussion feature on iPad

Apple on Monday announced a major new version of its iTunes U educational app with a number of new creation and discussion features for iPad. The new iTunes U 2.0 app, due July 8, will enable teachers...

Wallpapers of the week: simple geometry

Another Sunday, another set of wallpapers. As the World Cup continues to rage, you may want to go back in time. Last week, we featured World Cup wallpapers to help everyone get excited about the continuing...

How to jailbreak iOS 7.1.x with Pangu 1.1 on Windows [video]

The highly anticipated Pangu 1.1 update was just today released for both Windows and Mac users. Obviously, the big news here was Mac compatibility, as Mac users were left without a usable version after...

The best apps for taking selfies

I actually hate the word “selfie.” It is one of those trendy words that has stuck around much longer than I would have wished it to. It caught on, like a virus, and spread across the world. Even the...

How to jailbreak iOS 7.1.x untethered with Pangu on Mac OS X [video]

Pangu for the Mac was just released today, and it brings with it the ability to jailbreak iOS 7.1.x untethered. The Windows version, which was released last week without warning, has already allowed...

Pangu jailbreak now available for Mac with English support and bug fixes

Users who weren’t able to jailbreak their iOS 7.1.x devices because of the lack of Mac support for the Pangu jailbreak tool can rejoice. Earlier today, the Pangu team released Pangu 1.1 with a few improvements...

This week on iDB: iOS 7.1.1 jailbreak

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Shutter stores every photo you take in the cloud for free

We’ve all been there. We are on vacation or at an event, snapping pictures or shooting video clips of our kids doing something funny, when we run out of storage space on our iPhone. There are plenty...

Apps of the week: Battle Bears Unlimited, Swipe Quest, Civil War 1864, and more

What an amazing week for new apps and games this has been. On “New App Thursday,” we were blown away with a list of great new games that popped up overnight. Thanks to Joe, we found out about some pretty...

App Recap: 10 apps for iOS heading into the weekend

We’re back with one last edition of App Recap, which covers the best new, updated and discounted apps, to setup your weekend. This week has easily been one of the busiest in a long time in terms of...

Seagate’s Backup Plus line offers various storage options in small package

Seagate is the world’s largest provider of external hard drives by volume. Personally, I have around five or more scattered around my home, office and desk–too many to attempt to round up for an accurate...

Upopa brings their Hopeless Blobs to the World Cup

Being a cute, glowing, terrified Blob is a tough job. Those little guys have been lost in dark caves, abandoned in outer space, and now they are faced with angry mobs as they take on the job of goalie...

Your Instagram photos aren’t where they used to be

Facebook-owned Instagram, which in March surpassed 200 million active users and 20 billion photos, used to store user-shared snaps and videos on Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing service since 2010, but...

Adobe responds to Apple’s Aperture news

It didn’t take long for Adobe to respond to Apple’s somewhat shocking announcement that it was winding down development of its professional photo editing software, Aperture, to focus on the upcoming...

Watchup provides video news based on your interests

With news aggregates like Flipboard and Pulse, we have the blogging world at our fingertips. However, we don’t always want to read the news. Sometimes we want to veg out watching bite-sized stories...

Apple updates its pro apps: Compressor, Final Cut Pro, MainStage and Motion

As we continue to chew on the ramifications of Apple’s eyebrow-raising decision to stop development of Aperture and iPhoto for OS X and focus exclusively on the upcoming Photos for OS X Yosemite (due...

Weekly helps you keep track of daily tasks and goals

There are some tasks that need to be taken care of only once. Those can easily be listed in any format, including the good old-fashioned pencil and paper method. Other tasks are meant to be done every...

Siri creators develop Kasisto, virtual personal assistant for business

SRI International, the startup behind the Siri personal assistant that Apple famously bought four years ago and implemented across its iOS device lineup, has spun off a new company called Kasisto that...

Apple hires head software engineer from Atlas Wearables, likely to work on the iWatch

Apple is believed to have an interesting pipeline of new products planned for the second half of this year, including new Macs, iPhones and its first wearable device. It has been speculated over the...

Paperama turns your iOS device into a fun origami game

The art of origami is both impressive and beautiful. I’ve always been interested in paper craft and origami is an art form that requires patience and skills. Reading the instructions for origami is...

Apple Stores now selling T-Mobile iPhones, $50 discounts available for a limited time

Either an exclusivity window with other carriers has passed or Apple needed some time to figure out how to sell and activate devices with Uncarrier service, but the wait is over – you can now waltz...

Google unveils Gmail API: your email apps are about to get a lot faster and smarter

If you ever set up a Gmail account over IMAP in a third-part client like Mailbox, you’re painfully aware that the experience is nowhere near Gmail’s web app on desktop.It’s not Google’s fault – Gmail’s...

App Store gets dozens of awesome new iOS games in massive refresh

Thursday is always expected to be a busier day on the App Store each week, as several developers release new apps for iPhone and iPad. But when I awoke this morning, I was pretty shell-shocked to realize...

Refurbished iPod touch now starts at just $149

Apple today discounted the entire iPod touch lineup by a cool fifty bucks while at the same time supplanting the entry-level model with sixteen gigabytes of storage with a slightly improved variant.Not...

Apple reshuffles iPod touch lineup: lower prices, new $199 model with rear camera in six colors

Apple on Thursday quietly refreshed its aging iPod touch lineup with a new $199 entry-level model with sixteen gigabytes of storage and a rear camera added to the mix. Additionally, existing iPod touch...

Audibly lets you play your music in sync across multiple iOS devices

Whenever I go camping, if I’ve forgotten to grab a wireless speaker, I have trouble getting the music from my iPhone loud enough to be heard over the roar of the fire. I’ve figured out a way to create...

Yahoo app finally runs natively on iPad

Yahoo’s main iOS client is great. Not only does it double as a portal to Yahoo’s key mobile apps and services, it’s basically a handy one-stop shop for copious amounts of curated and original news...

Microsoft updates OneDrive with camera backups in the background and more

The free OneDrive app for the iPhone and iPad (formerly SkyDrive) has just gotten a lot better with features like photo backups in the background and other perks that allow you to do more from your...

Google unveils Android Wear enhancements, releases full SDK to write native apps for wearables

Google has kicked off its two-day conference for developers with a keynote address in San Francisco and we’re continuously covering major announcements to deliver you important news as it happens.Company...

Apple updates iWork for iCloud with new features

In keeping true to its promise of bringing back most of the missing features pulled from its iWork for iCloud web apps following a major rethinking of the productivity suite, Apple on Tuesday rolled...

How to set up Dropbox on a computer using your iPhone’s camera

Dropbox just issued an interesting update to its iOS app with several new features in tow, among them one which makes it a lot easier to set up Dropbox on desktop by scanning an image code with your...

The Pangu jailbreak team is hard at work on updated versions of its jailbreak tool

As of now, there is only one OS supported for the Pangu jailbreak—Windows—and even that version has its fair share of issues. The Pangu team has acknowledged the problems, and posted an updated status...

Notific8: make iOS 7′s Notification Center look like iOS 8

Notific8 is a brand new jailbreak tweak that aims to make iOS 7′s Notification Center look more like iOS 8. The changes, which take effect immediately upon installing the tweak, consist of small aesthetic...

Console-grade Hellraid: The Escape powered by Unreal Engine 3 hitting iOS on July 10

If I had a nickel every time a developer pitched their iOS game with the overused “console style graphics” phrase, I would be filthy rich by now.Yet in the case of Hellraid: The Escape, an upcoming...

How to jailbreak iOS 7.1.x with Pangu on Mac OS X using a virtual machine for free

So it’s kind of a bummer that there isn’t a Mac version of Pangu just yet. This is especially true for those of us who only have Macs and don’t own any Windows machines (raises hand).But just because...

Poll: have you jailbroken iOS 7.1.x?

The iOS 7.1.x jailbreak is here, and it works. That said, it’s been met with its own fair share of controversy. We believe that more people are coming around to the idea that the jailbreak is generally...

Apple TV expands content with new ABC News, AOL On, PBS Kids and Willow channels

Apple’s media-streaming box has expanded its list of content sources this morning with the addition of both live and on-demand video from ABC News, AOL On, PBS Kids and Willow TV, a sports channel dedicated...

Google-owned Nest takes on Apple’s HomeKit, opens up API for developers

Nest Labs, the Google-owned maker of the popular Nest thermostat and smoke detector, has signaled its intention to open up its technology to third-party developers by launching the Nest Developer Program...

Let’s Talk Jailbreak 62: The Pangu jailbreak

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12-inch MacBook Air rumored to enter production in third quarter

A new report from a hit-and-miss Taiwanese source claims that Apple’s new 12-inch MacBook Air will enter mass production in the third quarter of 2014. The notebook will position itself between the current...

Let’s Talk iOS 034: Neutrality

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Let’s Talk Jailbreak Live: Pangu edition

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Aspyr game sale: Star Wars, Borderlands, Call of Duty, Civilization and more now half price

Yesterday, my colleague Joe Rossignol’s well-received daily App Recap column touched briefly on a few newsworthy discounts on premium Mac games such as SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition, BioShock Infinite and...

Deal: BioShock and BioShock 2 for Mac slashed from $20 down to $5 each

Feral Interactive is running a not-to-be-missed sale offering a noteworthy deep discount on the original BioShock Mac game, as well as on its sequel, BioShock 2.Starting today, you can now grab both...

Mobile-exclusive Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution 2 arriving July 2

Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution 2, a mobile-exclusive sequel to the original Civilization game, is coming early next month to iOS devices, publishing label 2K Games and developer Fireaxis announced...

Two-character messaging app Yo breaks past one million users

Yo, that stupendously simple viral messaging app which lets people exchange ultra-short two-character “Yo” messages, now has over a million users.The free of charge app, born out of an April Fool’s...