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How to automatically save images and videos received in the Messages app to Camera Roll [Jailbreak Tweak] Normally, when you receive images or videos in the stock Messages app, they will not get saved to your Camera Roll. You need to save them manually. Apple hasn’t provided an option to enable this feature like WhatsApp, but MSGAutoSave8 is a new jailbreak tweak by developer sharedRoutine that aims to bring that functionality to Messages app. The tweak was previously available for iOS 7, however the latest package now comes bundled with support for iOS 8 as well as a few new additional features. MSGAutoSave8 lets you save all the media contents that you receive in the Messages app to your Camera Roll allowing you to view them later from the Photos app. The media contents include both images as well as videos received. This is quite similar to how WhatsApp handles the media contents you receive in the app. The new functionality of the tweak, which was missing

How to easily free up space on your iPhone or iPad with Dropbox’s Carousel If you’re a Dropbox user who wants to free up space on their iPhone or iPad, here’s a quick way to do it using the service’s photo management app Carousel. The app was recently updated with a neat feature to free up your iOS device’s space. The feature deletes all photos locally stored on your iPhone or iPad, that have already been uploaded to Dropbox. Here’s how to use it: Download the free Carousel app from this iTunes link . Create a Dropbox account if you haven’t already, and sign into it. The app will show you a tutorial, and on the last step, you’ll have a toggle for Backing up Photos and Videos. Ensure that it is enabled. Let the app upload your photos and videos, and once completed, go to More > Settings > Free Up iPhone Space . The app will show you how much space you can free up by deleting photos that have already been backed up. Press the Free up Space button to dele

BBM updated with stickers in group chats, iPhone 6 and iOS 8 compatibility improvements and more Following last month’s  preview of a major new update to its BBM for iPhone messaging software, BlackBerry today released BBM 2.6.1.31 featuring an improved support for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus alongside additional iOS 8 compatibility updates and other enhancements. There’s a new timer option and you’ll also notice certain improvements for the message retraction feature and refinements to timed pictures and messages. “You can’t help but notice the sleek and modern design updates like a flat UI and attractive transparencies,” BlackBerry says. “These adjustments make BBM look sharp across supported Apple devices.” In addition to a refined look on iOS 8 and improved layout for the new iPhones, the refreshed messaging app now makes it possible to send stickers in group chats. Timed messages, which let you set how long contacts have access to messages and pic

Chevron to integrate Apple Pay at the pump in 2015 Oil giant Chevron is working alongside Apple to develop solutions to integrate Apple Pay directly with its gas pumps in 2015, to allow customers to pay with their phone directly at the pump, the company revealed in a tweet on Monday. Chevron was one of the first partners alongside Apple when it launched Apple Pay in October, however it limited payments with the NFC chip to just the cashier inside, and it couldn’t be used directly at the pump. I don’t know about you, but I just swipe my card at the pump and never walk inside. Good on Chevron for trying to make it even easier – I wouldn’t mind just waving my iPhone. In a later tweet, Chevron said “a timeline is not set”, though it is working on the feature. It’d be interesting to know how costly it will be for the oil giant to rollout the technology. Surely other gas stations will follow suit. Apple Pay is still in its early days, however early data from Nove

Apple granted patent for a ‘communicating stylus’ that can display images or text wirelessly The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent on a “Communicating stylus” that can be used to write on any surface, including a piece of paper and a whiteboard. The written text can then be subsequently displayed on any device. The patent also outlines that the stylus can be used in “three-dimensional space” and the images drawn can be displayed on a computing device. The stylus is able to track the various position using an accelerometer, which might be stored for a short period of time. The data can also be transmitted in short bursts to the computing device the stylus is paired to. As the stylus moves, one or more accelerometers may track the position and relative motion of a tip of the stylus. The stylus may store the output of the accelerometer(s) as position data for a period of time; position data may be transmitted in bursts to an

Quickly snap photos on your iPhone without launching the Camera app with QuickShoot Pro [Jailbreak Tweak] Have you ever missed a perfect photo just because you were waiting for the Camera app to open on your iPhone? If you’ve faced such a situation before, you should probably check out a jailbreak tweak known as QuickShoot Pro that allows you to quickly snap pictures. The tweak lets you take pictures and videos quickly from the Home screen without having to launch the Camera app. It accomplishes this by requiring you to double tap on the Camera app icon to snap a picture right away and triple tap on the app icon to capture a video. Once it has started recording a video, you can then triple tap on the Camera app icon again to stop it. This way, a photo or a video is taken without having to open the Camera app. However, this method is redundant since you can now slide the Camera icon on the Lock screen to capture photos or videos right away, but the tweak also allows

How to reduce your iPhone or iPad’s brightness below default level without jailbreaking If you use your iPhone or iPad at night, even the lowest level brightness may, at times, feel too bright. Luckily, there’s a way to turn down the brightness even below the minimum level, but that setting is hidden inside iOS’ wide variety of accessibility features. Here’s how to turn down your iPhone or iPad’s screen brightness below what Control Center allows you: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and turn the brightness all the way down from Control Center. Open Settings and navigate to General > Accessibility > Zoom Scroll down, and turn on the “Show Controller” setting. Go back one page, and scroll down go to “Accessibility Shortcut” Select Zoom. You can now access the Zoom menu by triple clicking your home button. Go back to your home screen, and triple click the home button to bring up the Zoo

All App Store submissions after February 1st must be optimized for iOS 7 Apple just sent out a notice to developers letting them know of some changes to the App Store coming in February next year. Starting February 1st, 2014, all new apps submitted to the App Store must be built with the latest version of Xcode 5 and optimized for iOS 7. This new policy will apply to all submissions — both new apps and app updates.  What does this mean to the average user? Not too much as most app developers are adapting to latest version of iOS and have been working on updates since iOS 7 was introduced earlier this year. The biggest impact will be on abandoned apps that are only being minimally maintained by developers. You know these apps — they have an endless cycle of “bug fixes and improvements,” but no new features or major updates. Developers of these apps will be faced with a major decision — they can shutter their app and leave it on iOS 6 forever o

VLC for iOS to return to the App Store soon The highly popular open source media player — VLC — is coming back to the iOS App Store in the next week or so. The app was mysteriously pulled from the App Store in September this year.  The team behind VLC did not reveal the exact reason as to why the app was pulled from the App Store, but many speculated that it was due to some licensing issues. Whatever the case may be, lead developer Felix Paul Kuehne says that the VLC for iOS app has already been uploaded to iTunes Connect and will be back on the App Store as soon as Apple gives it the green signal. The chances of that happening this year though are pretty bleak since iTunes Connect is shut down from December 22-29th and any app updates or submissions during this timeframe will be queued by Apple. So, all app releases or updates submitted before VLC will be first moderated by Apple employees, which makes it v

Apple introduces 14-day return policy in some EU countries for iTunes and App Store purchase Return policies for purchases made from digital storefronts, including iTunes and the App Store, have come and gone over the years, but for some countries in the European Union, it looks like Apple has opened the doors yet again. Apple has introduced a new, no questions asked 14-day return policy for digital purchases made through iTunes, iBooks and even the App Store for some European Union countries. That includes Germany, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and many others. Before the change that Apple has recently implemented, the company’s terms and conditions said that a user had the right to withdraw from a transaction “without charge and without giving any reason until delivery of the product has started.” That essentially locked a user into an app, or other digital good, effective immediately once the purchase was made. Now, though, with the changes, there is a 14-da

The Best Games for your new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus Got a new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus for Christmas? The device’s larger screen makes the gaming experience on an iPhone even better. Here’s our list of best games for the iPhone. Crossy Road Cross Road is a casual, yet addictive, iOS game where you have to help a bird cross a busy highway. While there have been similar games before, the differentiator here is that the highway is endless. ➤  Download link – free Hitman Go Hitman Go is the official mobile game of the Hitman franchise. It is a turn based strategy game. You will strategically navigate fixed spaces on a grid to avoid enemies and take out your target or infiltrate well-guarded locations. ➤  Download link – $0.99 Tiny Wings Tiny Wings is a great, fun game for iOS, where you have to help a bird fly through mountains, taking advantage of the slope to gain elevation. It’s highly addictive, and supports Game Center, so you can compare your

The Best Apps for your new iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 3 Got a new iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 3? Here are some of our favorite iPad apps that’ll help you make the most of your shiny new device. 1Password Manage your passwords and other sensitive information like bank account info, credit card numbers etc. securely with 1Password. It is the first app that I install on any new iOS device, as it makes it easy to setup the various email accounts and services. It is important to use different and complex passwords for the services you use online, which was unthinkable before I started using 1Password. I can’t recommend 1Password enough. ➤ Download link – Free ($9.99 for Pro features) Pcalc Unlike the iPhone, the iPad doesn’t come with a Calculator. So if you’re looking for a calculator app then PCalc is the best app available in the App Store. It is more than just a calculator, as it also allows you to do currency conversions, can be used as an optional RPN Calcula

Download the best apps and games for free for a limited time (Dec 29) We have some great apps for you today that have gone free for a short duration on the App Store, including Icebreaker, Icycle, NightCap and more. Free Games: Icebreaker : An icy wind has swept the Vikings away, leaving them stranded throughout the land and surrounded by trolls, deadly traps, dangerous enemies, and worst of all troll snot. Now it’s up to you to save them!  $2.99 → Free Sago Mini Monsters : Create your own colorful monster. Make your monster happy with paint, food, and decorations.  $2.99 → Free Cribbage Premium : A card game that teaches you Cribbage, and lets you play online with world class experts.  $1.99 → Free Icycle: On Thin Ice : Play as the cold naked hero Dennis, and pedal, jump and glide through each beautiful but deadly post-apocalyptic frozen wonderland.  $2.99 → Free Hearts Tournament : Hearts is a fun game of avoidance, provoking players to focus as much attention

AT&T and T-Mobile may owe you money: Here’s how to find out you’re entitled If you were a subscriber of T-Mobile or AT&T’s network in the last five years, then you might be entitled to receive some money from them. Earlier this month, T-Mobile settled its case with FCC on “mobile cramming” by agreeing to pay $90 million, including to customers who were wrongly charged by the Magenta carrier. AT&T had agreed to pay $105 million on the same issue back in October. While some of the money will be kept by FCC, the rest of the amount will be used by AT&T and T-Mobile to refund customers who they had charged fraudulently. “Those carriers have been profiting from those false, fraudulent fees to the tune of 30 to 40 cents of every dollar, and that is not only wrong, it’s illegal, and it should produce refunds for consumers, but it won’t automatically do so,” said U.S. Senator Richard Bl

How to Jailbreak iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch If you want to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch then you’ve reached the correct destination. The latest tutorials to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch: Over the last few years, the jailbreak community has released a number of tools to jailbreak the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch for each iOS firmware file. To avoid any confusion, this page will have the most up-to-date information on the latest tutorials that should be used to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch depending on the version of iOS running on it. To ensure that you use the correct tutorial, please check the current iOS version running on your iOS device (Settings –> General –> About –> Version). Click on the appropriate iOS firmware version below to jump to relevant section: iOS 8.1.2 iOS 8.1.1 iOS 8.1 iOS 8.0, iOS 8.0.1, iOS 8.0.2 iOS 7.1.2 iOS 7.1, iOS 7.1.1 iOS 7.0.6 iOS 7, iOS 7.0.1, iOS 7.0.2, iOS 7.0.

The best Music app of 2014 Beats Music Player Remember all that hype about Apple buying Beats for $3 billion earlier this year? Wasn’t that nuts? By the time Beats launched on iOS, so many other streaming music services had established themselves that it was hard to believe Beats was as successful as it was. One reason this app stands out from the others is the curated playlists. Unlike services like Sonza, which also creates curated playlists, Beats uses dedicated followers of music to build playlists with a human touch. If you don’t really know what you want to hear, but you are in a particular mood while participating in a specific activity, use The Sentence to find a playlist for you. Or, dig around through thousands of artists and millions of songs to find a specific album, band, or genre that is right for you. For $9.99 per month, you’ll have unlimited access to the entire Beats Music catalogue, which you can stream on demand or download for offline listening.

The 60 Best Tips and Tricks for your new iPhone If you’ve just bought a new iPhone, and new to the world of iOS, then here are some tips and tricks you should know to use your shiny new device. Please note that most of these tips and tricks are meant for new users, but I’m quite sure that even long time iOS users have either forgotten or aren’t using few of them actively. The reason for compiling these tips and tricks is to get you to incorporate them in your daily workflow so that you use your device more efficiently (and spend less time using them). If you need help with any particular tip, I’ve included links wherever available to our step-by-step guides which will provide more details. General 1. Enable Two-Step Verification You will use the Apple ID for everything to do with Apple such as shop on the iTunes Store, enable iCloud on all our devices, buy from Apple’s Online Store and lots more, so it is highly recommended that you enable two-step verification fo