People will always want to take something new and mash it together with something old. Whether it be old farms turned into luxury homes or classic cars with the engine of a supercar under the hood, there is plenty of scope for taking something beloved and giving it a new lick of paint.
If you dig flat looking geometric designs, then these 141 Material Design inspired wallpapers are bound to make your day, and the best part is, you can use them on any device you might have.
Filippo Bigarella's famed Springtomize tweak has, in recent years, established itself as the go-to utility for modifying hundreds of little aspects of Apple's iOS operating system. Be it an aesthetic annoyance, such as a status bar entry that won't disappear, or a functional limitation, Springtomize operates as an all-in-one service that essentially combines the prowess of dozens of other tweaks, nullifying them in the process, and having already announced an updated version of Springtomize 3 for iOS 8, the author has now gone and rolled it out.
Apple, already being a dominant force in markets like digital music, computing and mobile, has made a couple of strong statements with the recent iOS 8 update as to its future expansion plans, and along with the HealthKit infrastructure set to tap into an industry worth billions of dollars, Apple Pay has also given the world's most valuable company a shoo-in to the world of finance. As well as facilitating contactless payments in a secure fashion - something recently introduced with iOS 8.1 - Apple has been striking deals with financiers and money corps left, right and center, and in the latest, has just announced a co-branded Barclaycard Visa that'll land customers some Apple-focused rewards and benefits.
Jailbreaking. It's always had something of a bad reputation, no matter how much backers of the movement have tried to make it more mainstream. As with anything that's not quite the norm there are plenty of misconceptions about what jailbreaking is all about, how safe it is, and what it's used for. Fighting those misconceptions and legitimizing the practice of jailbreaking is never going to be easy.
In an effort to offer support to those who have taken the decision to move to a different mobile platform, Apple has built and released a ‘Deregister iMessage’ Web service that allows individual phone numbers to be completely removed from the iMessage messaging platform.
The only thing missing from the Pangu jailbreak for iOS 8 / 8.1 has been the Mac OS X version, and as promised, the Chinese outfit has delivered for those running OS X. If you happen to own a Mac, and want to jailbreak your iPhone and iPad, we've the step by step tutorial all under one roof.
Some jailbreak tweaks are huge alterations to the way iOS works or completely change the way it looks. Others are much more subtle in what they do, preferring instead to make minor alterations to the operating system in very specific ways.
The successor to the popular HideMe7 Cydia tweak for iOS 7, HideMe8 is now available for iOS 8 / 8.1 as well. HideMe8 should be your one-stop app to tweak and remove all your UI elements in Apple’s latest and greatest firmware for mobile devices.
If you're an owner of any Apple iOS device and are looking for apps to enhance the experience, we've got a list of those that have just gone free. There are five in total, with a collective value of more than $20, so join us after the fold to save yourself a pretty penny.
















