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See that little Twitter button in the bottom left corner of Notification Center?

Twitter is fun. iOS is fun. Apple put them together in iOS 5 with deep Twitter integration. One thing that Apple didn't include was the ability to make bare Tweets without adding some kind of photo or location. You normally need to jailbreak and compose a Tweet using Activator or some other third party tweak like TwitkaFly or the free TwitkaFly Lite. In fact, now we have another free jailbreak ...

How would you like to have your song lyrics displaying in Notification Center?

Do you listen to a lot of music? Yes? Do you spend a lot of time in Notification Center? No? Then here's a reason to; you can view your song lyrics of your currently playing song in your Notification Center with a brand new third party widget dubbed WeeLyrics by iOS developer DjKira. It will set you back 99¢ to get it, but the interface is pretty nice looking, and the lyric fetching is automatic. ...

Check out this new music interface!

One of the best things about owning an iDevice is the iPod usage that they have built into them. Apple is well known for their iPods, but they really don't focus their business on them anymore. Instead, we have these all-in-one gadgets like the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad that have virtual iPod functionality built into them. However, let's say you don't like the music interface of iOS. Well, we have an awesome new layout that we think you will love and it comes from fabled iOS developer DjKira. The application has been dubbed HomePlayer ...

Do you want to spice up your status bar?

In the past there have been multiple tweaks that allow you to change the carrier text on your iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone from AT&T/Verizon/Sprint/iPod/iPad, to basically anything that you wanted. This is a very common customization option for jailbreakers that has been widely accepted. But today, we have stumbled upon a tweak that doesn't just change your carrier text, but it replaces it with a logo of your choice. The ...

A recently published report outlines a recent interview with Samsung’s marketing chief who explains the thought process behind the South Korean competitor’s anti-Apple campaign. It also details the company’s plans to win over the minds of consumers worldwide. During the Consumer’s Electronics Show in January, AllThingsD sat down and spoke with Younghee Lee, Samsung’s head of marketing, and found out that the company ...

Consumers can share minutes, but leaked Verizon employee training materials show the same convenience could soon be extended to data plans for cell phone users.

Family plans already allow cellphone users to share an allotment of minutes, but despite talk by all of the big three about shared data plans, the option still isn’t available to consumers. The Verizon training materials, leaked by Engadget ...

Sprint launched their official “Sprint Zone” mobile iPhone app today.

The app allows Sprint iPhone owners to access and manage their accounts via a dedicated app like other carriers. The app includes news, access promotions, find a store locator as well as help functions including direct access to a care representative. Users can even monitor their iPhone’s performance.

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Are tons of backgrounded applications annoying you?

If you're a perfectionist that hates when you have several applications running in the background when you put your iPhone or iPod touch to sleep or turn it off, then you will probably like this tweak. It's called WeeKillBackground Pro for NotificationCenter by the same developer that brought us ProTube, Jonas Gessner. It is just what you're looking for if you want a nice and easy way to kill all applications from the background in one tap.

As you ...

There aren't really too many different options.

The iOS lock screen is normally shown with a white slide to unlock knob that has a gray arrow inside of it. But, with a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed ColoredKnob by iOS developer c0d3, you can change that boring color to something different. Exciting; right?!

One thing you might be expecting is the ability to change the knob to just about any color that you please. But, instead ColoredKnob uses the two ...

The iPhone 4S has caused such commotion (legally and illegally) in Hong Kong, that dramatic steps are being taken to nip the problem in the bud.

In the wake of rampant black market iPhone activity and countless incidents of violence in the streets outside of the Apple store in Hong Kong, Apple is immediately moving ahead with a plan to make the the iPhone 4S available in a less frenetic ...

To say that Apple's iPhone 4S is a hot commodity in China would be a significant understatement. Two weeks ago, crowds swarmed outside of Beijing's Apple Store to such an exceptional extent that local authorities were called in to control the out-of-control masses.

Apple was subsequently forced to suspend iPhone sales at the stores in Beijing and Shanghai to help keep the peace and prevent ...