iFile is now available for iOS 8 and the iPhone 6

Legendary file management app, iFile, is now available with several notable updates in tow. Most importantly, the Finder-like tool for iOS has been updated for iOS 8. Secondly, support has been added...

Apple’s ‘iPhone’ trademark is being challenged in India

Tamil Nadu-based company iVoice Enterprise is moving forward with its challenge to Apple’s ‘iPhone’ trademark in India, reports PatentlyApple. The firm has asked the country’s Intellectual Property...

Verizon increasing monthly data allotments on some More Everything plans starting tomorrow

Just hours after rival AT&T promised to give Mobile Share Value subscribers more data for their money, Verizon Wireless, the nation’s leading mobile operator, replicated AT&T’s move Friday by...

This app predicts when you will die

Want to know the exact day you’ll die? There is an app for that!Deadline is an application that was recently released that aims at predicting the exact date you will die. After giving it access to your...

Zero Age review: use blocks to build new paths to enlightenment

Puzzle games on the iPhone are no longer a casual affair. They’ve gone from relaxing to complex in just a few short years. With games like Monument Valley gracing our mobile screens, we are now forced...

How to jailbreak iOS 8 and install Cydia using Pangu 1.1.0 on Windows [Video]

The definitive version of Pangu for Windows is here. This version, as you’ve likely read, is complete with a bundled Cydia installation and English text. There are also a few differences in some of...

Pangu 1.1.0 update adds highly anticipated integrated Cydia installation, English translation, says Mac version is coming

It’s been a bit of a wait, but the wait is finally over for those of you who want the absolute simplest way to jailbreak iOS 8. Yesterday, Pangu updated their jailbreak tool to allow users to install...

U.S. Court says phone passcodes are protected under the law

Criminals should protect their iPhones with a passcode, not Touch ID, as a Virginia District Court has determined that passcodes are protected under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution...

‘PAC-MAN Friends’ goes free as Apple’s App of the Week

Apple has named BANDAI NAMCO’s ‘PAC-MAN Friends‘ its app of the week for this week. This means that from now through next Thursday, you’ll be able to pick up the title for free in the App Store—a significant...

Cydia Installer updated to 1.1.15 to fix bugs, removes landscape mode from unsupported devices

For those of you who were excited about the landscape mode in Cydia, I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that landscape mode works gloriously on iPads and the iPhone 6 Plus. The bad news...

How to jailbreak iOS 8 and install Cydia the easy way

Now that Pangu has been updated with Cydia Installer support, it’s just a matter of jailbreaking with the Pangu tool, and installing Cydia from the Pangu app. It’s extremely easy, and extremely straightforward.You’ll...

Pangu updated with Cydia Installer

There you have it, folks. As we reported just an hour ago, the Pangu jailbreak with Cydia installer was imminent. Now it appears that Pangu has flipped the switch on the update, and added the Cydia...

Apple changes its mind again, will allow calculator widgets in Notification Center after all

Yes. No. YES!These three words sum up the situation of PCalc, a powerful calculator app that features a Notification Center widget, whose developer was asked by Apple yesterday to remove as it apparently...

UntetheredHeySiri: Use Hey Siri without needing a power connection

And the good times keep rolling. A new jailbreak tweak has popped up on the Cydia Store from well-known developer Hamza Sood. The tweak, entitled UntetheredHeySiri, lets you use Siri hands-free without...

Cydia Installer updated to 1.1.14 to fix passcode issue, adds multitasking, iPhone 6 support, and much more

Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve been waiting for. Cydia Installer just received a 1.1.14 update to fix the lingering passcode issue. You can now update Cydia on your jailbroken iOS 8 device...

Using the new Today View in OS X Yosemite’s Notification Center

The Notification Center in iOS 8 received a significant revamp, and the same can be said about the Notification Center in Yosemite. New in this year’s OS X revamp is the appearance of the Today View.The...

How to annotate mail attachments in OS X Yosemite

It is now possible to annotate image attachments in the Mail app on the fly. In previous versions of OS X, you had to go through the time-consuming exercise of opening the image in some sort of editor,...

Cydia Substrate updated to fix bugs on iOS versions before 4.3

Are you keeping it old school and running a jailbroken iPhone on firmware below iOS 4.3? If so, then you’ll definitely want to update to the latest version of Cydia Substrate.Substrate 0.9.5016 fixes...

Using OS X Yosemite’s revamped Spotlight Search

Spotlight has been improved through and through to be more useful in OS X Yosemite. It has adopted an Alfred-inspired interface that makes working with Spotlight easier and more powerful.Want to see...

How to use iCloud Password in OS X Yosemite

New in OS X Yosemite is the ability to use your iCloud Password to log in to OS X and unlock your screen. It’s a convenient way to lessen the amount of passwords that you need to use and manage.With...

Using Extensions in OS X Yosemite

Like iOS 8, OS X Yosemite introduces third-party extensions. Extensions allow you to easily share with social services and perform other functions.Apple has included a new Extensions manager, accessible...

Tilt to Live: Gauntlet’s Revenge is harder than ever

The game development team at One Man Left is known for creating fast-pasted, action-packed arcade style games. You may be familiar with their previous titles, Tilt to Live and Tilt to Live 2: Redonkulous....

Felllice turns cell life simulation into a minimalist affair

There is a handful of interesting games that involve production and duplication of cell-like organisms. Games like Osmos provide a relaxing arcade game that requires you to be ready to attack anything...

How to use a passcode with the iOS 8.x jailbreak

At this point in time, running Cydia on a jailbroken iPhone can still be a bit confusing for users who aren’t always knee-deep in this stuff. One of the biggest issues encountered when running Cydia...

Samsung faces grim Q3: 60% mobile profit drop, earning 1/3 of Apple’s profits

The situation for Samsung is a tad grim, as the South Korea-based company reported a 74 percent year-over-year decline in net profit during Q3. This marks Samsung’s fourth consecutive quarterly decline,...

Miika review: a perspective puzzle game with a platformer look

The perspective path puzzle game has certainly been a hit on iOS. For example, earlier this year, Monument Valley turned heads for its visually striking graphics and complex puzzles.Miika could be called...

Google Wallet for iOS adds low balance notifications and recurring bank transfers

Google on Wednesday announced an update to its mobile Wallet application for the iPhone which now includes handy low balance alerts and another feature allowing users to set up recurring bank transfer...

Sprint brings Spark to 17 more cities, now available in 46 total

Sprint is expanding its Spark network, what it calls an enhanced version of LTE, to 17 new cities on Wednesday, including Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Sacramento, and Seattle. The expansion is part...

Omnistat shows CPU, battery, memory usage and more stats straight from Notification Center

Omnistat is a new app available in the App Store that provides a quick glance at some basic stats of your iOS device from within the app itself, or from Notification Center via a Today tab widget. If...

Pandora, Spotify beating Apple’s Beats handsomely on App Store

Pandora and Spotify rank as the number one and number two music streaming apps in terms of downloads, analytics firm AppAnnie reports – no big surprise. However, where things become interesting is that...

How to show or hide filename extensions in OS X Yosemite

I’m still tweaking my new iMac so it behaves the way I want it to. While all my main apps have been installed and set up as needed, there is still all these little things that need to be finetuned....

Google offering first minute free on international Hangouts calls

Yesterday, the Internet giant Google announced a newsworthy promotion giving its users the first minute free when placing outgoing calls through Hangouts to phone numbers in more than two dozen countries.“The...

Taco Bell’s new iOS app makes fast food… faster

Many social media users were intrigued when Taco Bell’s social media accounts went dark on Tuesday, fearing the worst. Luckily, it was just Taco Bell announcing a major overhaul to its iOS app that...

iOS 8 reaches half of all active iOS devices

Apple’s iOS 8 has been rolled out 52 percent of all active iOS devices, indicating a slower rollout than versions of Apple’s mobile software in the past. Apple updated its Developer Center with the...

Apple brings iAds platform to 70 more countries, now reaching 95 total

Apple has expanded its iAd platform to 75 additional countries, bringing the total reach to 95 countries around the world, the company announced on its Developer Center on Tuesday. This is Apple’s largest...

Let’s Talk Jailbreak 79: Pangu lives!

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ReachAll brings Reachability-inspired functionality to the iPhone 5s and older devices

ReachAll is a recently released jailbreak tweak that brings one of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus’ flagship features—Reachability—to older devices. Reachability, as you’re likely aware of, allows you to shift...

The iPhone’s financial impact

An excellent read by Jeff Sommer for the New York Times about the financial impact of the iPhone on the global economy.“The iPhone is having a measurable impact,” said Michael Feroli, the chief United...

How to stop OS X Yosemite from asking for a password after waking your Mac

I just got my all new iMac with Retina 5K display last week and I’m still going through all the settings to have it behave the way I want. One thing I noticed is that every time it goes to sleep or...

Black Tower Enigma cuts role-play gaming down to just the puzzles

For years, role-playing adventure games have captured the hearts and minds of gamers around the world. Whether you were catchin’ them all with Pokemon, helping Link rescue Zelda, or bringing back light...

Leaked slide shows Office for Mac going Retina in Q1 2015 with new design

A new version of Microsoft’s Office for Mac software is set to be released in early 2015, adding support for Apple’s Mac Retina displays and packing a new design, a leaked slide from Microsoft claims.......

ConvoPics brings the iPhone 6 Plus Messages app avatars to all devices

It’s only a matter of time before the deluge of iOS 8-only jailbreak tweaks begin surfacing on Cydia. Until then, I just thought I’d bring it to your attention that another one of the first such tweaks...

Plex updated with iPhone 6 support, Chromecast improvements and more

Plex, the popular cross-platform media player and my go-to home theater solution, on Tuesday issued a nice refresh to its iPhone and iPad application containing support for the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and...

iPad Air 2 costs roughly the same to build as its predecessor

Apple’s latest iPad Air 2 costs roughly the same as its predecesor, an analysys from the research firm IHS quoted Tuesday by Re/Code has determined. An entry-level Wi-Fi-only model with sixteen gigabtes...

Cydia Substrate updated yet again, this time fixing bugs with OpenSSH and other processes

As expected, Saurik continues to work tirelessly on Cydia and all of its parts, including the uber-important Cydia Substrate. The latest update, which rings in at version 0.9.5015 comes mere hours after...

How to use AirDrop between OS X Yosemite and iOS 8

AirDrop is a file transmission tool that first debuted in OS X Lion. Prior to iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, the AirDrop protocols between Mac and iOS were not compatible. This incompatibility made AirDrop...

How to use Handoff in OS X Yosemite

Handoff is one of the flagship features for both iOS and OS X. It allows you to seamlessly continue working where you left off on another device.In this video tutorial, I’ll walk you through making...

New in OS X Yosemite: iCloud Drive

iCloud Drive is a new integrated cloud storage solution for Apple devices. It’s available on both iOS devices running iOS 8, and Macs with OS X Yosemite installed.iCloud Drive taps into your existing...

The Calendar app gets a new “Day View” for OS X Yosemite

The Calendar app receives a brand new Day view to highlight a full day’s events in OS X Yosemite. Again, this is a feature that originates on iOS, and has found its way back to the Mac.If you have a...

Cydia Substrate updated to fix app installation issues, iTunes syncing bugs, and more

If you’re jailbroken on iOS 8 and you have Cydia installed, you should check for a new version of Substrate that just went live.Cydia Substrate 0.9.5014 comes right on the heels of the Pangu team’s...

Let’s Talk iOS 053: It’s just business

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Apple launches new site regarding its ConnectED education program efforts

Apple today added a new section to its website detailing its efforts regarding President Barack Obama’s ConnectED education program. As part of its participation in the program, the company will be...

Here’s what the Apple Watch UI looks like on an iPhone [video]

When the Apple Watch was revealed, it displayed a fairly drastic UI change from the way a typical iPad or iPhone works. The UI showcased many app icons on screen and once, and they could be zoomed in...