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Just last week we previewed for you an upcoming jailbreak tweak known as Dash. It’s likely that Dash will be out sometime this week, but in the meantime, another interesting multitasking tweak is now live in the Cydia store and it’s absolutely free! The new tweak is called MissionBoard by iOS developer John Coates and the idea for the interface comes from a concept creator named Joost van der Ree.

As shown, the interface follows a vertical scrolling method and shows all ...

In all of the recent criticisms against AT&T for choosing to limit FaceTime over cellular networks to those in AT&T’s shared data plans, AT&T has finally come forward with a response to those complaining about the decision in their blog. AT&T claims that because FaceTime is a pre-installed application on Apple’s devices, AT&T is allowed to block FaceTime over cellular from whomever they want, to their heart’s content:
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Skype has launched version 4.1 of their iOS application today; an update that is free for anyone to download or update to. It comes with some important bug fixes and performance improvements, which most of us know the Skype iOS application needs a lot of. Noticeable right off the bat is how much more responsive the interface is to your touch gestures and it isn’t as sluggish anymore. The update also includes some visual fixes and a fix ...

Apple is a massive company and employees come and go all the time. One ex-employee however, by the name of Wayne Goodrich, completed the “come” part, but after being fired, never completed the “go” part. Goodrich is now back in the picture, suing Apple after being fired without a justifiable reason because he claims Steve Jobs guaranteed him a position at Apple in a personal meeting that took place in 2005.

Goodrich explains how he interpreted ...

If you would like your banners to not only be smaller on your screen, but also to display content more efficiently while doing so, then check out a new free jailbreak tweak called DietBulletin by iOS hacker and developer Ryan Petrich. It makes your banner notifications exactly the size of the Status Bar instead of being twice the size. What sets it apart from similar tweaks, such as SmallBanners, is that it comes with more customization, does more, and looks better.

DietBulletin looks ...

Plants vs. Zombies is a game by PopCap Games that has been featured in Zombie game catalogs in Apple’s iOS App Store in the past. Plants vs. Zombies is also a very popular game among iOS gamers, as it is a fun game to play and it offers days of endless entertainment. At this point in time, PopCap Games offers Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone/iPod touch, iPad, and Mac through the App Store.

As PopCap Games points out in a press release ...

Here are the best jailbreak creations for the week of August 13th until today, August 19th as per the opinion of our staff. This is a weekly recap.

1. UnCurl - 99¢

UnCurl is a new jailbreak tweak by iOS developers danyl and Ori Kadosh that brings us a sweet new curling animation for both Notification Center and the lock screen. The tweak comes with options for how responsive we want the curling animation to be and it also comes with very refined animations that are smooth on just ...

The scroll bar indicator appears just about anywhere in iOS that you can scroll and its length depends on how much scrolling can be done in the interface. Usually application views with a lot of scrolling, such as Mobile Safari, have a really short scroll bar indicator. On the contrary, certain preferences panes in the Settings application may have less to scroll through and this creates a taller scroll bar indicator. These size changes are dynamic ...

If you’re constantly struggling to reduce eye-strain by adjusting the display brightness, but find the tedious need to go into the Settings application and fumble through preference panes annoying, then you should give this new free Activator plug-in a try. It’s free and you can download it from Cydia today. Dubbed QuickBrightness by iOS developer Henri gil, the plug-in ensures you have quick and easy access to your display brightness at all times.
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If you have any Birthdays coming up or you want to just save money for yourself, you can get an electronic delivery iTunes gift card with a value of $100 for just $80 (20% off) today from Walmart's Web site. Purchasing the electronic gift card means that you will get an e-mail with a code you can redeem in the iTunes store to credit your account with $100. The money is good for anything in iTunes, the ...

A simple new jailbreak tweak is now available for free in the Cydia store allowing you to customize the elements of your lock screen by hiding and showing certain items or changing their behavior. The new tweak is called LockScreenCustomizer by iOS developer Firemoon777. What’s more is the tweak doesn’t require you to respring your device after every change you make, so you can go back and see how it looks very rapidly.



All of the things you can customize are ...