The Cydia store contains a wide range of offerings from developers from all works of life. Some of the software in Cydia is uploaded by teenagers, some by indie developers, some by security researchers and some of the more professional pickings in Cydia are submitted by development houses who do this as a profession. One of those development houses is CocoaNuts, who are a small team of developers dedicated to creating tweaks for iOS which put powerful functionality in the hands of users.
One of the main driving forces behind users performing a jailbreak on their iOS device is the fact that it gives the ability to modify the feel and appearance of the operating system. As a company, Apple are a champion of innovative design and their current range of hardware is amongst the most beautifully designed out there, but a growing number of users feel the need to modify the stock interface elements to better suit their individual tastes.
Ask any seasoned jailbreaker and they will be able to tell you that the Cydia Store is literally jam-packed full of themes and aesthetic customizations which are designed to make an iPhone or iPad look as different as possible from the native iOS look. This isn't because designers believe there is anything wrong with the visuals in iOS per se, but jailbreaking is about the freedom to alter and change the way a stock iOS device looks and behaves, and producing themes is one way to drastically do that.
Since being released in a blaze of glory along with iOS 5 back in October of last year, Siri has been a mainstay in the tech headlines. Unfortunately for the majority, Apple’s system-wide voice recognition software was only officially supported on the brand-new iPhone 4S – leaving some iPad, iPod touch and owners of older iPhones feeling a little underhanded.
Another day, and yet another Siri-based tweak emerges from the Cydia Store. Today's, which takes into account the equally-new Notification Center, allows you to launch the voice-activated technology with a simple downward swipe of the status bar.
You can't really call yourself a gamer unless you have sampled the joys of Max Payne. Originally released more years ago than we care to remember - we're all getting old now, you know! - the game sees ex-DEA and NYPD cop Max Payne seek revenge for the murder of his wife and daughter.
That's right, folks, today we present to you yet another Cydia tweak regarding Apple's voice-recognition software. Spire, the best Siri port available for older iOS devices, has been quite a hit amongst those wielding jailbroken devices. However, there is a moderate amount of configuration required in order to get things up and running - namely getting hold of the required authentication data from a real iPhone 4S.
If you open up any glossy magazine in recent times, you will be more than familiar with designers and artists’ ability to magically transform the aesthetics of a person or object to make it look glamorous. I think the industry term for this is ‘airbrushed’ and seems to be used frequently on scantily clad models.
We are big fans of to-do apps here at Redmond Pie, simply because it helps us organize the work we do and, well, also reminds us of what ‘to do’ next. Putting the love for the to-do apps which we use aside, there’s one particular app which we were looking forward to be released for a couple of weeks now.
In terms of Windows and Mac applications, there are those we like to have, those we cannot live without, and then the bare basics - those paramount to day-to-day performance.
