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A developer named Spencer James is nearing release of his project iOSOpenDev, which "sets up user environment, Xcode, and iOS SDK for 'open' development." The project will come with Xcode templates for creating common types of jailbreak tweaks, including Activator listeners, command line tools, dynamic libraries, Notification Center widgets, SBSettings toggles, and Mobile Substrate tweaks. It will even build .deb files of the completed ...

Although not selling the iPhone directly, a reportedly leaked employee memo reveals that T-Mobile will begin to offer official support for subscribers using unlocked versions of Apple’s popular handset on its network. The memo, originally published on TmoNews, notifies current T-Mobile employees that starting January 30, it will be initiating a support program for the carrier’s estimated one million customers who ...

A lot of you have been begging for this feature to be added to Zephyr. Now it's here.

If you were one of the thousands begging chpwn for the ability to not only multitask but also for the ability to get onto your home screen using only touch gestures, then you'll be very happy to hear that he has done just that. To do this, chpwn has updated his extremely popular Zephyr (touch multitasking) tweak which we reviewed here upon ...

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Apple introduced the MagSafe adapter in 2006 alongside their updated Macbooks. The transition of the MagSafe technology to the iPod at the time seemed natural. But, six years later the 30-pin connector still reigns supreme.

However, a new Apple patent hints that the 30-pin connector may finally be supplanted. The patent titled “Programmable Magnetic Connectors” details a series of coded magnets ...

Apple’s tablet market share is massive compared to its competitors, and as a result the iPad’s enterprise presence is thriving.

According to enterprise mobile services vendor Good Technology, Apple’s iPad accounted for 96% of tablets activated at the 2,000 plus companies that use the company’s services. Apple’s enterprise popularity extends to the iPhone as well with 53% of new activations at companies ...

AT&T recently announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011, revealing that the wireless mobile carrier saw record-breaking sales of 9.4 million smartphones. This number is nearly double the previous quarter’s sales and 50% higher than the company’s previous record. The iPhone was clearly the primary driver of smartphone sales for AT&T as the carrier reported 7.6 million iPhone activations during the quarter, with the “majority” of ...

Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S late last year to a great deal of criticism.

Critics cried foul of the identical design. Complained it didn’t include 4G/LTE technology. The screen wasn’t any bigger. Many claimed Apple released a dud. Their first misstep.

Well Tim Cook and company laugh all the way to the bank, reclaiming the number one spot amongst handset manufacturers with the iPhone 4S accounting for 89% of total iPhone sale during ...

Meet a new way to dismiss Notification Center notifications!

Great news folks, if you don't like the way that Notification Center makes you dismiss notifications by tapping on the 'X' button and then tapping on the 'Clear' button, then you might be interested to hear about this really cool new way to dismiss your Notification Center notifications. The jailbreak tweak has been dubbed Lorem by iOS developer iStopped. It works by allowing you to swipe to dismiss a Notification Center ...

A lot of us have been waiting for this moment.

Steam, a popular game-purchasing, game-launching, and social-gaming platform is now available on the iOS platform. On Windows or on Mac OS X, it allows us to purchase games with which we can launch from Steam itself and it includes things like chatting with the friends that we make in those games and/or people we already know that we have added as contacts. ...

Newegg is running a "Mid-Winter Super Sale" with a few interesting deals for iDevice owners.

For those looking to add a noticeable, but effective layer of protection to their iPhone 4, Newegg has the Otterbox Defender case for $17.99, $32 off the case's retail price. Amazon has a few color-ways retailing for $18.99 and $19.99 as well. Bright royal-ish blue isn't my thing, and neither ...

A new plugin allows Siri to make language translations for you!

Do you remember yesterday's introduction for AssistantExtensions? It's arguably the most useful tweak every designed for Siri and probably will continue to be the most useful tweak ever designed for Siri for the upcoming future because it lets developers use its framework to build extensions for Siri so that Siri can do more stuff than it already can! Long enough sentence? Whew. Now let's try translating it ...