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Notification Center is already gorgeous as it sits, however there are ways to improve it even more. One great way to do so is with a new free jailbreak widget dubbed PictureFrameCenter by iOS developer CoolStar. The new widget will display a slideshow of your photographs from your Camera Roll right in Notification Center to accompany your other widgets and add some extra beauty to the interface.

PictureFrameCenter doesn’t just sit there and look pretty – the ...

At WWDC 2012, as Apple announced the new retina display MacBook Pro, they also announced a new Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter (pictured above) along with a new Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter. This is because Apple is moving toward the world of Thunderbolt to remove larger, other ports from their computers that will cause difficulties with the new slim form factor of the aluminum computer cases. ...

Some people just like pushing the bounds of Apple’s limits, no matter how they do it. A new free jailbreak tweak called LabelAbove by iOS developer q0rtex will let you have your application icon labels up above your application icons, rather than the other way around as Apple has always had it set.

LabelAbove actually does two things. Not only does it move the application icon labels up above the application icons, but it also ...

Some people enjoy the safeguard of the ‘slide to power down’ that keeps you from making a mistake and accidentally turning off your iOS device, however if you would rather make things easier and skip the ‘slide to power down’ prompt so that the device easily turns off as soon as you hold the power button for about 3 seconds, then a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed QuickPowerDown by iOS developer ravirajm is for you.



Basically, the tweak just skips the step of ...

Sparrow is a really popular e-mail client for iOS. Unfortunately, Sparrow has never supported POP e-mail providers and it was an IMAP-only application. This means no Hotmail users (and other POP e-mail provider users included) could enjoy the application for what it was – a work of art with a nice user interface. Today, the application sees an update to version 1.3, which adds support for POP e-mail providers. ...

Non-jailbreakers can finally have the functionality of recording their iOS device display in real time with a new App Store application that functions similarly to a popular jailbreak application in Cydia dubbed Display Recorder by Ryan Petrich. Understandably so, the App Store version is also called Display Recorder and you can find it on sale in the App Store for $1.99 from this link – the application is not affiliated with Ryan Petrich in any way and was developed by a software firm called BUGUN Software Co., Ltd.

Display Recording ...

One of iOS 6’s nicest features is the new sharing interface from the Photos application, which appears when you tap on the action button. Unfortunately (and for a very good reason), not everybody can update to the iOS 6 beta, as it was released for developers to test their applications and not for the general public to play around with it. If you want to get this iOS 6 beta-like Photos application sharing interface, you can do so today with a new free jailbreak ...

The lead presenter at this Mozilla presentation implies Apple’s Mobile Safari on the iPad to be a terrible excuse for a Web browser because it looks just like Apple sucked Safari out of a Mac and placed it right onto the iPad screen. He also thinks that Mozilla is capable of offering a browser that takes better advantage of the large iPad canvas – including the retina display.

As it appears, Mozilla ...

Here are the best jailbreak creations for the week of June 10th until June 17th as per the opinion of our staff. This is a weekly recap.

1. TetherStatus - FREE

TetherStatus, by iOS developers moeseth and satropuk, allows you to have a better tethering status bar that is less obtrusive. It is smaller, looks better, and even gives you the same amount of information as Apple’s design does. A circled number status bar icon displays how many devices are actively using your tethering service, while the ...

Apple always leaves you in question of exactly how much of your application has been downloaded when you start downloading an application from the App Store. All they give you is a mildly vague download indicator that shows a blue bar, which fills up as the application downloads. Without a numeric amount showing to help you discern the true download status, how does Apple expect you to sleep well at night?

iOS developer Rudolf Lichtner has come up with a solution to this problem ...

The proximity sensor is an important part of the iPhone that many people forget about. What the proximity sensor allows the iPhone to do is detect when it is close to your face by using infrared technology to make a quick measurement. If it is close to your face, the iPhone’s screen will go black while you are on a phone call – you have probably noticed this and many people assume it is technology from within the accelerometer and gyroscope.
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