Those behind the great tweaks gracing Cydia are certainly creative, talented, and dedicated enough to ensure that the jailbreak scene continues to thrive. Ryan Petrich has authored a number of tweaks and mods, having been an active member of the community for as long as most can remember, and with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus both offering the usual assortment of exclusive features, Petrich has ensured that those on other devices are not left out.
The iPhone 6 / 6 Plus' Reachability feature while much needed, is no justice to the glorious Retina display. Especially in times of typing, you want the keyboard to conveniently slide to one side of the screen for reaching those keys extended to the far corners of your reach, instead of the entire screen. This is where HandyKey - a new Cydia tweak - comes in.
Runtastic is known and is famous for its health / fitness tracking apps such as Runtastic Running & Fitness, Runtastic Road Bike, Runtastic Sit-Ups and many more. The team has now launched ‘Sleep Better’, the app made to keep track of your sleep cycle.
Apple Watch, which was announced back in September alongside the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, is expected to hit the retail market very soon, and in a move that has long been rumored, its Cupertino-based maker is no longer selling Fitbit wearables through its retail channels. There could be variety of reasons why this has happened, but perhaps above all, there's a genuine conflict of interests brewing, and much like the way ally Nike's FuelBand team seemed to quickly dissolve earlier this year with Apple Watch development in full swing, the decision appears based on the impending, inaugural smartwatch effort from the Mac maker.
Microsoft will be unveiling the first Microsoft Lumia smartphone running Windows Phone on November 11, 2014. Nokia however made no real news of it, with just a line or two on announcing the arrival of 'a' device this November.
And you thought Quad-HD resolution on mobile phones was truly overwhelming. Enter Samsung Galaxy Note 5 - which, according to reports, is rumored to come with a 5.9-inch display with an over-the-top crazy Ultra HD Super AMOLED display, also called the ‘4K’ resolution.
The jailbreak scene has been inundated with several awesome new tweaks since the Pangu team came through with its universal untether for those running the all-new iOS 8 / 8.1 software. From brand-new ideas to swift updates of old favorites like f.lux, we've not been short of options since Cydia waltzed back into our lives, and now, you can further enhance functionality by means of a tweak that allows you to alter the native resolution of your iPhone.
Apple rolled out iOS 8.1.1 beta a couple of days back, and along with the usual assortment of bug fixes and minor tweaks, the main alteration, at least as far as the jailbreak community is concerned, is the fact that it plugs exploits that have permitted Pangu8 to work its magic. Thus, when iOS 8.1.1 is deemed ready for prime time and Apple stops signing iOS 8.1, you will only then be able to update to iOS 8.1.1, which will in turn mean losing any immediate opportunity to jailbreak.
Google has been incredibly busy this week in terms app updates. Along with the major bump to Maps, which had added OpenTable and Uber Integration, the Mountain View company has just rolled out a tidy update to the Drive app for iPhone and iPad. Details, as ever, can be seen below.
iOS and OS X users have historically considered themselves relatively "safe" from malware and malicious software. With that said, a new family of malware, currently known as WireLurker, has been discovered attempting to wreak havoc within Apple's mobile iOS devices and OS X powered Macs, although it isn't quite the doom and gloom as it may initially seem.
















