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Top 10 Clever Fixes for Your Broken Stuff [Clever Uses]
5. Shiny but scratched gadget bezels Gadgets with shiny chrome finishes look great out of the box. A few days of actual use, however, can give you that Why I Can't Have Nice Things feeling. Smooth out your iPhone or any other gadget with a polished chrome-like finish by brushing the bezel evenl...
From the Tips Box: Multiple Dropbox Accounts, Twitter Notes, and Cloud Billing [From The Tips Box]
Readers offer their best tips for running multiple instances of Dropbox at once, using Twitter to jot down notes and ideas for yourself, and using Google Docs to manage money between friends. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every...
Change Your iPhone's Root Password After Jailbreaking It [Security]
From the files of the Worth Mentioning Again Dept.: If you're jailbreaking your iPhone to get tethering up and running, be sure to change the root access password once you do. Besides hacker ransom attempts, it's just good security sense.
Wednesday, Nov 4
Remains of the Day: MSN.com: Extreme Makeover Edition [For What It's Worth]
Mozilla's browser sync extension, Weave, continues pushing toward a 1.0 release. There's not a ton of major changes in this release beyond bug fixes and a better interface, but if you're a Weave user, you'll certainly want to update. [Mozilla Labs]100,000 Apps Now Available for the iPhone...
Enable Tethering on Your iPhone 3G or 3GS Running 3.1.2 [IPhone]
AT&T has been dragging its feet on data tethering for months now, so if you're fed up waiting for official support and desperate to tether your iPhone's internet connection, weblog MobileCrunch...
Enable Tethering on Your iPhone 3G or 3GS Running 3.1.2 [IPhone]
Jailbreak your iPhone with blackra1n (available for Windows and Mac).Unlock your phone with blacksn0w—which you can do through the blackra1n icon on your iPhone post-jailbreak.Install a custom IPCC file via mobile Safari.Turn on tethering in your iPhone settings. The MobileCrunch pos...
Tuesday, Oct 13
Opinion: Gist Brings Inbox Aggregation and Sorting to iPhone [Downloads]
iPhone/iPod touch: Gist, an inbox aggregation webapp that sorts your email, RSS, and other feeds based on the frequency and importance of contacts, has released a free iPhone app that brings the same powers to the small screen. Gist iPhone Application Now Available [Gist]
Friday, Oct 9
MapQuest Navigator Brings Cheap Turn-by-Turn GPS to the iPhone [Downloads]
iPhone only: Mapquest Navigator is a new turn-by-turn application for the iPhone that brings GPS to your phone on a budget. The question is: When will Google Maps do the same? MapQuest Navigator [iTunes App Store via MapQuest Blog via Gizmodo]
Thursday, Oct 8
Patch: iPhone Releases OS 3.1.2 Update, Fixes a Few Bugs [Updates]
Apple has just pushed out an update for all iPhone generations in the form of iPhone OS 3.1.2. Don't expect any major feature updates in this 241MB download, but do expect a few fixes to some...
Saturday, Oct 3
Top 10 Web Collaboration Tools (That Aren't Google Wave) [Lifehacker Top 10]
5. DimDim Makers of "webinar" software are feverishly pitching the idea of at-your-desk conferences as a money-saving alternative to travel these days. DimDim, an open-source meeting platform, offers web users a truly money-saving experience, with up to 20 users able to view a present...
Thursday, Oct 1
Remains of the Day: Google Wave's Mascot, Dr. Wave Edition [For What It's Worth]
The first time you log into a newly minted Google Wave account, you'll get a wave welcome message that includes this video. (It makes more sense when you're actually using Wave and can see what Dr. Wave is pointing at.) [Mashable]Apple purchased Placebase in July to replace Google Maps?
Wednesday, Sep 30
Tungle Makes Cross-Calendar Scheduling Simple [Calendars]
If you're looking for a web-based application for scheduling meetings, you'll find no shortage. Want that application to sync to common calendar applications like Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCal? Prior to Tungle you were out of luck.
Opinion: Five Features We Want to See in Android [Lifehacker Wishlist]
Consider trade-offs that Apple is unlikely to make, like, say, device thickness. Beef your phone up with a bigger (and, yes, slightly thicker) battery than the iPhone's and then make battery life a major selling point. Something along the lines of, "The iPhone's battery life is fine for ca...
Monday, Sep 28
Turn Your Windows 7 PC Into a Wireless Hotspot [Windows 7]
Everybody's got a wireless network at home, but if you've ever wanted to get your iPod touch, iPhone, or other wireless device connected but all you've got is a wired network at work, school, or elsewhere, Windows 7 makes this process trivial.
Friday, Aug 28
Activate Yelp's Augmented Reality Feature on iPhones [Reviews]
Yelp, the popular review site with its own location-aware iPhone app, can get even more up-close and personal with its uesrs' takes on everything nearby. Download the app (direct iTunes link there) and fire it up, then shake your phone three times. Now you'll see the closest Yelp-reviewed...
Saturday, Aug 8
Top 10 Tricks for Making Your Playlists Rock
6. Share music with friends and coworkers If you hear someone with a killer tune playing from their own hard drive, they can usually be cajoled into sending a copy your way. But what if they've brought that track in on their MP3 player? Grab a copy of DoubleTwist for Mac or PC, hook up their phone...
Wednesday, Jun 17
Opinion: Hands On with iPhone 3.0's Best New Features [Screenshot Tour]
Camera/Photos tweaks: Your Camera and Photo apps both saw some minor but cool feature updates. Pictured, you'll see that the Camera app now sports a tiny thumbnail of the last picture you took that, when tapped, takes you to your Camera Roll. When you're sending, copying, or deleting photo...
Wednesday, Jan 28
The Five Best iPhone Apps for Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions
Here's our list of five apps that make tracking, remembering, and motivating your resolutions easier than willpower alone. All of them (except RunKeeper) run on both iPhones and iPod touch models. That's our flight of five apps, but we want to hear what free or paid iPhone/iPod apps work fo...
Thursday, Dec 11
Opinion: Most Popular How-To Features of 2008 [Best Of 2008]
When the iPhone and iPod touch 2.0 software update hit devices this summer, users were thrilled that they could enjoy Apple-approved third-party apps on their hardware—but that doesn't mean they don't want to have their cake and eat it, too. Our guide to jailbreaking your iPhone running 2....
Tuesday, Dec 2
Best New and Improved Software of 2008 [Best Of 2008]
What with the App Store limitations and Apple's insistence on ruling over what you can and cannot do on your phone, it's not surprising the enthusiastic "jailbreak" community soldiered on this year, continuing to offer installers and non-Apple-approved applications for your iPhone...
Monday, Nov 3
Best Android Apps to Boost Your Mobile Productivity (So Far)
Turn any MP3 on your phone to a ringtone without touching your desktop with Ringdroid. Using the app you select the start and end of your tone on a song timeline, and preview it before you save. (That sound you hear is iPhone owners eating their hearts out while they manually sync ringtones fro...
Friday, Sep 19
QuickPwn 2.1 Hits Windows
Mac users got their QuickPwn on a week ago for iPhones running the latest 2.1 software update, and now the latest version of the iPhone-jailbreak tool is also available for Windows. Happy jailbreaking! [via]
Thursday, Jul 24
Jailbreak iPhone 2.0 on Windows with Winpwn
If you don't feel like you're getting all you can from the iPhone App Store and other perks of the iPhone and iPod touch 2.0 software, then jailbreaking is for you. We've already shown you how to jailbreak your iPhone 2.0 on a Mac, but yesterday the Windows version of the iPhone jailbreak tool—c...
Monday, Jul 21
Jailbreak iPhone 2.0 with PwnageTool
As per the very helpful Mac OSx86 blog: People with old iPhone V1 (2G) will need to download this firmware from Apple : iPhone 2.0 (5A347) firmware for 2G (10121)People with new iPhone V2 (3G) will need to download this firmware from Apple :
Tuesday, Jul 15
Set Up Push Email, Contacts, and Calendar on Your iPhone for Free
Now any time you update your contacts from Address Book, just head to the Sync Now option in your menu bar. Once you do that, check out your contacts on your iPhone and you'll see your newly synced info automatically pushed to your iPhone. Nice.
Thursday, Jun 5
Opinion: How Your Location-Aware iPhone Will Change Your Life
Google has already begun incorporating geotagged photos in Google Maps, giving users a more personal look at locations than the birds eye or even street views can offer. Again, jailbroken iPhone users can already install an application called iFlickr that geotags your photos as you tak...
Tuesday, Apr 15
Opinion: Turn Your iPod Touch into an iPhone [Feature]
Now that you've got that, start up your FTP client of choice, enter the IP address as you server, and use root for your username and alpine as your password. Once connected, navigate to the Applications folder (just above the root folder). That's where your iPhone and iPod touch keep all of th...
Friday, Mar 21
Opinion: Jailbreak Any iPhone or iPod Touch in 45 Seconds [Feature]
Quit iTunes. (This may not be strictly necessary, but it's a good practice.) Choose the option that applies to you: iPod touch jailbreak or iPhone jailbreak. ZiPhone will cycle your device into recovery mode, perform the jailbreak, and in 45 seconds your iPhone or iPod touch will be officia...
Thursday, Jan 3
The 20 Best iPhone and iPod touch Applications [Feature]
Last week we showed you how to install third party apps on your iPhone or iPod touch, and since then a new firmware preview has leaked its way to the 'nets with saucy new features that—once released—may tempt you to abandon your jailbreak for the newly introduced features. Fact is, until the...
Monday, Oct 29
Jailbreak Your iPhone or iPod Touch with One Click
Jailbreaking the iPod touch/iPhone is now an utterly simple, one-click affair—which means if you've been waiting to jailbreak your iPod touch or iPhone (since the 1.1.1 firmware upgrade), the time is now. Just point your Safari browser to http://jailbreakme.com/ and click the Install Ap...
Tuesday, Sep 25
Google Calendar and Google Reader are now ... [Mobile Webapps]
Google Calendar and Google Reader are now iPhone (and iPod Touch) friendly and Gmail has also undergone a graphical user interface overhaul which looks great on the iPhone, too. Thanks, Ian!
Monday, Sep 3
Install Third-Party Applications on Your iPhone
In less than two-months time, a persistent and merry band of iPhone hackers have been pushing out application after killer application for the iPhone, and hacking your iPhone to install those applications has become dead simple. Today I'll show you how to download, install, and manage t...
