How to stream torrents to your Apple TV, no jailbreak needed

A new Mac app called TorrenTV was recently released to allow users to stream torrents directly to the Apple TV. The app, which begins playing movies immediately via a simple drag and drop of a .torrent...

BrightPlayer: add brightness slider and rotation lock to iOS video player

The idea for BrightPlayer originally came from a Reddit post in /r/jailbreak, where a jailbreaker pitched his tweak concept to any interested developers out there. The result is a handy little jailbreak...

Wunderlist 3 releases, adding real-time sync, public lists and 60+ new features

After previewing its major version 3.0 update earlier this month, 6Wunderkinder has released Wunderlist 3, the latest version of the popular cross-platform to-do, task and list management app.With 60+...

QuickFolders: a more efficient way to launch apps in folders

QuickFolders is an upcoming jailbreak tweak that will allow users to launch apps contained in folders using a single tap and hold gesture. The tweak, which should be hitting Cydia any day now, will...

Timeful for iOS aims to help you make time to get everything done

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Rumor: iPhone 6 launching on October 14, an ‘immense’ day for Apple

According to a rather dubious rumor published by MacRumors, which cited a source familiar with an internal Apple Retail Store meeting, a senior Store Leader allegedly told staff that the whole month...

Sharknado: The Video Game attacks the App Store

After much trepidation, I finally decided to give the goofy action film “Sharknado” a try. If you haven’t seen it, the movie is about a freak storm that lands hundreds of man-eating sharks into the...

AgileBits shows off iOS 8 app extension feature for 1Password

The folks over at AgileBits are all over the new developer tools Apple introduced in iOS 8. Last month they previewed Touch ID support for their popular 1Password app, and today they posted a video...

AgileBits shows off iOS 8 app extension feature for 1Password

The folks over at AgileBits are all over the new developer tools Apple introduced in iOS 8. Last month they previewed Touch ID support for their popular 1Password app, and today they posted a video...

Apple reportedly laying off some Beats staff, transitioning Beats Music to iTunes servers

Apple’s $3 billion acquisition of Beats Music, a music-streaming service, and Beats Electronics, a highly lucrative premium headphone business, is nearing its completion.Monday, the European Commission...

1Password debuts extension for third party apps on iOS 8

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No new Apple TV box expected this year

We’ve been kinda holding our breath for an Apple TV hardware refresh this year. On the other hand, early signs are not encouraging at all, especially given non-existent part leaks and little information...

Russia asks Apple for source code to alleviate espionage concerns

Russia’s Ministry of Communications and Mass Media has suggested that Apple, along with German tech giant SAP, open the source code for its software to ensure that it’s not enabling US intelligence...

FreedomPop adds LTE iPads to its no-contract free data, text and voice plans

FreedomPop, a startup backed by Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom which provides free or inexpensive Internet service on the Sprint network, today added the original iPad mini and other cellular-capable...

How to get a tax break on Apple products

Apple is reminding customers of the upcoming sales tax free days in the United States. Specifically, as part of the back-to-school sales tax holidays, the company is reminding would-be shoppers of a...

Let’s Talk Jailbreak 67: That’s so beta

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Reddme review: a new Reddit experience on the iPhone

Do you read Reddit? What am I saying? Of course you do. If you are on the Internet, you probably read it every day, multiple times per day. If you consider yourself ahead of the game, a taste-maker,...

How to grab Mac screenshots like a pro

Ever since the dawn of the Computer Age, screenshots have been essential. Images showing software in action are used all over the web, on social media and in specialized magazines.Blog about software,...

Check out Bolt, Instagram’s Snapchat competitor

In case you missed it last week, Facebook-owned Instagram is working on a new app for chatting that’ll take on the likes of Snapchat, Taptalk and others.Several people have spotted a banner advertising...

Amazon updates Kindle app with placeholders, note exporting, Wikipedia integration and more

Hot on the heels of announcing a standalone all-you-can-eat subscription for books and audiobooks costing ten bucks per month, the online retail behemoth Amazon has issued an interesting update to its...

Let’s Talk Jailbreak Live

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OneNote for iPhone/Mac now lets you insert files, password-protect notebooks and more

Software giant Microsoft today is pushing a major update to its note-taking application for the iPhone and Mac, OneNote. Available free of charge, the new OneNote for iPhone 2.3 and OneNote for Mac...

How to quickly switch between Mavericks and Yosemite beta

Following Apple’s release of a public beta of OS X Yosemite, iDB reader Antony Verros sent us some code he wrote in AppleScript, which allows users to quickly restart a computer and automatically boot...

Apple TV gains CNBC And FOX NOW channels

The Apple TV project may be filed under Tim Cook’s ‘Hobby’ drawer, but that’s not stopping Apple and its iTunes team to relentlessly add new content sources to the $99 media-streamin box.Just this morning,...

Fly Or Die: Tinder Moments

Last month, Tinder launched Moments. It’s a new feature that lets users send photo blasts to all of their matches. The photos don’t last forever, but they’re a much better ice breaker than “hey.” That...

Apple updates Retina MacBook Pros with faster processors, more memory

As expected, Apple has refreshed its family of MacBook Pro with Retina display laptops this morning. The updates add faster processors and more memory, and come just after the launch of the company’s...

Apple drops permanent injunction quest in Samsung lawsuit

Apple filed a motion with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in California yesterday, dropping its cross-appeal of Judge Lucy Koh’s final judgement in its lawsuit against Samsung. The motion...

Let’s Talk iOS 039: Internet problems

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Facebook disabling messaging in main mobile app, forcing users into Messenger

It appears that folks using Facebook’s Messenger service will soon have to download the standalone app, or look at other messaging options. Over the next few days, the social network is going to disable...

How to restore contacts from iCloud to your iPhone

In our ongoing series of simple iOS tips and tricks, today we’re going to help my mom (or yours) restore her contacts from iCloud to her iPhone. You’d typically need to do this if you got a new iPhone...

Beats Music gains Tune Your Taste, Sentence History, Verified Badges and more

Beats Music, a music-streaming service that uses a combination of algorithms and good ol’ human curation to make it easy to enjoy music based on your location, activities and other criteria, has just...

iPhone could automatically silence alerts when you exercise, Apple patent hints

Notifications on mobile devices are both a curse and a blessing. I don’t think anyone in their right mind would diminish the value in receiving a timely notification about an important event while on...

‘Mikoto’ is like Springtomize for apps

Mikoto is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to customize various aspects of App Store apps and default iOS apps on the iPhone. It’s similar to Springtomize in that you can alter loads of various features...

This is what new ‘EU Internet’ switch in iOS 8 Beta 4 does for you

The most recent beta of iOS 8 has introduced an easily overlooked new option under the Cellular section of the iOS Settings app. It’s called ‘EU Internet,’ applies only to those traveling in the European...

T-Mobile unveils time-limited $100 per month family plan with 10GB LTE data

“Leaving my office last week, I pulled alongside a bus covered with yet another ad for AT&T’s ‘Best-Ever Pricing’ for families,” writes T-Mobile USA’s outspoken CEO John Legere in a blog post Monday.As...

Don’t expect to see iWatch or 5.5″ iPhone 6 before December, new rumor cautions

I don’t think anyone in their right mind would seriously question Apple’s motivation to reportedly market and sell bigger iPhones this year.Moreover, many pundits and watchers are in agreement that...

European Commission green-lights Apple’s $3B Beats buy

The European Commission has okayed Apple’s purchase of the Beats Music streaming-music service and Beats Electronics’ premium headphone business, concluding that the agreement would not be detrimental...

Hellraid: The Escape review – a room escape game with a fantasy fiction edge

When it comes to puzzle games, I think of titles like The Room. When I think of room escape games, I think of titles like Stormglass Protocol. When I think of fantasy fiction, I think of games like...

Apple said to be buying Swell Radio app

Following a TechCrunch report last Friday which claims that Apple has recently acquired data-style book analytics services BookLamp (basically a “Pandora for books”) to beat Amazon at its own game,...

Swatch says it doesn’t need Apple, will launch its smart watch next year

Some silly rumor made the rounds last week claiming Swatch was in talk with Apple to produce a line of iWatch devices. This was quickly denied by Swatch, who’s now saying it will bring its own smart...

Wallpapers of the week: Colorado landscapes

During the last two months, the Wallpapers of the Week section was populated with contrived or graphically designed wallpapers. While walls like the “Complex Geometry” and Puerta del Sol Apple Store...

The best dating apps for iPhone

Dating is a very important social event that practically every human being experiences, or at least hopes to experience, at least once in his or her lifetime. It is also incredibly difficult to meet...

Smart Search spices up Spotlight search on iOS 7

Spotlight can be used to search for content (music, app, mail etc.) on your iPhone, iPad or iPod and it can be accessed by swiping down the Home screen. Personally, I’ve never found Spotlight search...

How to add iDB’s podcasts to Overcast

Marco Arment’s new podcasting app, Overcast, is undoubtedly a fantastic listening tool. However, if you have been using another podcast app, it may be difficult finding and importing your favorites...

This week on iDB: iOS 8 beta 4 and Yosemite public beta

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The best jailbreak tweaks for the Music app on iOS 7

If you’re a big fan of music, you might be interested in taking a look at a list of top jailbreak tweaks that will spice up your stock Music app and allow you to customize it. Although the Music app...

Upgrading to a 4K monitor: enjoy Retina quality graphics on an external display

As many of you know, I’m rocking a 13″ Retina MacBook Pro, and I love it. The screen is killer, it’s fairly fast, and it’s portable.But as I begin to take on more “intense” projects, I’m starting to...

Apps of the week: Modern Combat 5, Together, Poptile, and more

This was another big week for app and game launches. Probably the most anticipated first-person-shooter for mobile devices made its way into the App Store. There were lots of incredible updates to already...

BlackBerry, Dell not concerned about Apple-IBM deal

You would think hearing that Apple is teaming up with IBM to push further into the enterprise space would be worrisome for competitors. But both Dell and BlackBerry, who are each in the process of reshaping...

Big increase in Apple spending suggests major new products incoming

For those of you still skeptical that Apple is gearing up for a blockbuster fall, check out this report from Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty. The analyst dug through its just-released 10-Q filing, and...