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The top stories of the week on iDB

April 30, 2017 by RSS Feed

Like every Sunday, we get to take a look at some of the most popular posts that were published on iDB during the week that just ended. Whether it is a news item, a new jailbreak tweak, a tutorial, or an app review, we sum it all up in one convenient place for you.

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Apple & related news

Apple hires former NASA veterans for augmented reality and self-driving software testing

Hands-on photoshoot: limited-edition Apple Watch NikeLab

“Apple Cash” money transfer service and virtual prepaid cards due in 2017?

Move over, Alexa: Apple is reportedly finalizing design for its rumored Siri/AirPlay device

Rumored Siri/AirPlay device to use a variant of iOS, MacPro-like case & Beats tech

iPhone 8 could boast L-shaped battery and True Tone display, retain Lightning connector

iPhone 8 dummy indicates Touch ID embedded in OLED display

These are key iPhone 8 production issues plaguing Apple and its suppliers

New iPhone 8 schematic hints at wireless charging, vertically stacked cameras & no rear Touch ID

Apple postpones its Carpool Karaoke spinoff until later this year

iOS 11 to bring new video features to Apple Music, 10 original series planned this year

Protective case from Chinese vendor hints at rounded water drop iPhone 8 design

Apple's self-driving technology testbed spotted driving on Silicon Valley roads

Apple Music now supplies song snippets to Musical.ly

Jailbreaking

Pangu allegedly demo iOS 10.3.1 jailbreak

The best jailbreak tweaks for the Music app

How to SSH into your jailbroken Apple TV 4 and change your root password

DismissAnywhere lets you tap anywhere outside of an alert to dismiss it

This tweak keeps your music playing while you record video

Increase the performance of 3D Touch menus with Smooth3D

Get a notification banner with weather information on demand with WeatherBanners

Jailbreak tweaks of last week: CCDataMore, WifiChannelBar, & more

Apps

The best Augmented Reality apps for iPhone

Tips

How to use your iPhone's compass with Apple Maps

Where are the images and videos from the Photos app saved on my Mac?

Wallpapers

Orange sunlight wallpapers

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 04/29/2017

April 29, 2017 by RSS Feed

The Game of Life , Fieldrunners , Ubongo – Puzzle Challenge and more

iPhone:

Fieldrunners ( $0.99 → Free ) Subatomic Studios, LLC Fieldrunners is the one that started it all. A classic open environment tower defense game originally launched in 2008. Yet, surprisingly, its gameplay holds up extremely well thanks to the myriad of updates over the years. Simply drag and drop towers onto the battlefield in order to take out the invaders before they reach your walls. Towers can be placed anywhere, allowing you to create strategic areas that funnel your enemies through vicious gauntlets. The game includes eight battlefields, 11 upgradable towers, and both ground and air units.

Adrian James Bootcamp ( $2.99 → Free ) Adrian James Nutrition Ltd. Adrian James will work you into the best shape of your life in just eight weeks. The app includes 18 graded exercises spread across four ability levels. Each exercise includes includes written instructions, muscles targeted, and audio and video instructions. No equipment required. Just follow along.

iPad:

Fieldrunners for iPad ( $2.99 → Free ) Subatomic Studios, LLC Fieldrunners is the one that started it all. A classic open environment tower defense game originally launched in 2008. Yet, surprisingly, its gameplay holds up extremely well thanks to the myriad of updates over the years. Simply drag and drop towers onto the battlefield in order to take out the invaders before they reach your walls. Towers can be placed anywhere, allowing you to create strategic areas that funnel your enemies through vicious gauntlets. The game includes eight battlefields, 11 upgradable towers, and both ground and air units.

Universal:

The Game of Life ( $2.99 → Free ) Marmalade Game Studio This official digital interpretation of the popular board game is spot on. In The Game of Life, your job is to work your way around the board in order to become the wealthiest player. You’re able to do so by completing life’s tasks like graduating, getting married, raising a family, and retiring. Just spin the wheel and get on with life! The Game of Life includes two modes, local and online multiplayer, mini-games, chat, and multiple themes to unlock.

Ubongo – Puzzle Challenge ( $2.99 → Free ) USM Ubongo will keep you on your toes. You’re presented with empty grids, puzzle pieces, and a countdown timer. It’s up to you to put the pieces into place before the timer expires. Pieces can be flipped and rotated with taps. Move as quickly as possible in order to earn the highest possible score. The game features four modes including cross-platform multiplayer.

Ryde - Always Leave On Time ( $1.99 → Free ) Mlab Technologies, Inc. Ryde ensures you’ll never be late again. Whether it’s a recurring commute or a new route, simply enter your departure location, destination, and when you want to arrive. Ryde will not only determine when you should leave, but also the best route to take. You can choose to receive a push notification when it’s time to go, and view turn-by-turn directions. The app also supports travel by car, mass transit, foot, or bike.

Number Games Match Game Free Games for Kids Math ( $2.99 → Free ) Eggroll Games LLC The app is loaded with fun and colorful items to count and match. Depending on their ability level, your child can either play with cards face down or face up to make things easier. Hints are also available if need be. The game includes professional narration for every included item, positive reinforcement, and parental controls.

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looking for a way to better manage and organize your life? now that it's added ipad compatibility, parker planner may be the planning app for you!

parker planners can perhaps be described as a modern staple in the planner industry, and has been building top-quality paper planners since 2006. parker first got into the digital world a few years ago with the parker planner app, which was only available for smartphones and not optimized for ipad use. now, that’s finally changed with the launch of parker planner 2.0.

the new parker planner ipad app incorporates some pretty great features. for example, the app automatically imports all of your to-dos and lists straight from the reminders app — and once you make changes to your lists or to-dos in either app, those changes will be reflected in the other.

apart from that, parker planner offers most of the features you would expect from an ipad calendar app. for example, you’ll get the ability to view your calendar by day, week, or month. calendar events can be color-coordinated, and are checked off throughout the day as they’re completed. you can also choose from a total of 12 color themes.

with the launch of parker planner 2.0, you’ll also get a new notes section, with the ability for those notes to be quickly and easily synced across all of your devices. parker plans to launch an app for the mac at some point later this year, according to a report from silicon slopes.

unlike some other calendar apps, you’ll have to pay for parker planner. you can get it for $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year, which is a little steep for a digital calendar. of course, it is around the same price you would expect to pay for a paper planner.

you can get the parker planners app for yourself from the apple app store.

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Marvel: Color Your Own, Olli, Boost, and other apps to check out this weekend

April 29, 2017 by RSS Feed

This week’s edition of our Apps of the Week roundup includes a coloring book featuring your favorite Marvel characters, a photo editor that can draw you, an app that can help you achieve your goals, and two new games for you to check out.

Marvel: Color Your Own

Folks who like coloring, Marvel comics, or both, should check out Marvel: Color Your Own. It features over 200 exciting coloring pages from top franchises such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Civil War, Doctor Strange, Age of Ultron and more. Other options include support for Apple Pencil, 37 color palettes and 8 fill effects. There is a paid subscription service that is fairly pricey ($2.99 per week), that gives you access to extra pages and coloring tools, but you should still get plenty of coloring time with the free version. Marvel: Color Your Own is available for free.

Olli

Olli instantly turns your everyday moments into hand-drawn arts and animations. Watch everything around you turn into a movie in real-time with Olli’s live preview feature. Save your drawings and animations and share them on your social network of choice. Other features include 6 pre-set styles, support for Apple’s Live Photos, and patented tech that mimics the way real artists draw. Olli is available for free (with some IAPs).

Boost

Boost is a simple app that uses social, financial stakes, and data to help you follow through and accomplish your goals. How does it work? First you choose an activity to create a goal and set your target, deadline and the money you want to put at stake. Then just start working towards that goal and track your activity. If you reach your goal before the deadline, you get your money back, and if you don’t…you really lose your money. It goes to Boost, although the developers say they donate a significant amount of it. That’s likely a deal-breaker for some, but the technique—referred to as “loss aversion”—has been proven to work. Boost is available for free.

Office Space: Idle Profits

Uh oh. Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays. That’s right, the Office Space gang is back in the form of tiny video game characters. Team up with Peter, Samir, Michael to install a virus in the company’s mainframe that will siphon undetectable pennies out of each department and place it in your own retirement account—basically the same plot as the movie. If you’re successful, you and your friends will be rich! Yes this is a freemium title with tons of IAPs, but the movie’s cult following combined with addictive gameplay suggests a lot of folks will have fun with this. Office Space: Idle Profits is available for free.

Penarium

Penarium is a pixelated platformer set in a sinister circus arena, where contestants, much like Gladiators of old, are forced to entertain a sadistic crowd. In this frantic 2D arena arcade game, you take on the role of quirky antihero Willy who, to survive, is forced to run, jump and avoid an array of killer death-traps. Succeed and Willy will become the Champion of Penarium. Fail and he will die in a most horrendous way, much to the delight of the baying crowd. Sound ridiculous? Early reviews of the game are fairly positive. Penarium is available for $1.99.

More apps to check out

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Decipher Opposite Word Pairs in Antitype

April 28, 2017 by RSS Feed

Decipher Opposite Word Pairs in AntitypeDecipher Opposite Word Pairs in Antitype

Antitype ($1.99) by BorderLeap, LLC is another brain teaser word game that will be sure to make you think about opposites. If you enjoyed other unique word games such as TypeShift, BAIKOH, and Word², then you will love what Antitype brings to the genre.

As a writer, I think it’s safe to say that I love word games. I have come to realize that I am just much more of a word person than I am a numbers gal, but I’m completely fine with that. Throughout the past several years, I believe that I’ve gone through my fair share of word games, from the Scrabble and Boggle clones to more unique ones, such as Letterpress, BAIKOH, and SpellTower. Despite the fact that most word games have the same concept, I can’t help but jump on the opportunity of a new title, because I’m an addict. When the news of Antitype hit my inbox, and seeing how it was from BorderLeap (makers of Alpha Omega and other words games), I knew I had to get my hands on it. And if you’re like me and want a word game that stands out from the crowded marketplace, then you will like Antitype.

Decipher Opposite Word Pairs in AntitypeDecipher Opposite Word Pairs in Antitype

Visually, Antitype is about as minimal as you can get. The game has an incredibly simple and clean look, and everything is flat so it fits in well with the modern design aesthetic these days. Despite the simplicity, Antitype is still visually appealing because of its use of bright and vibrant colors that compliment each other rather nicely, and the white and black spaces for the words provide sharp contrast. Animations are subtle but buttery smooth and fluid, and there are some fantastic clicking sound effects that are downright fun to hear. Like their other word games, BorderLeap has done it again with the minimalistic design of Antitype.

In Antitype, there is only one game mode, but there are over 300 puzzles included with the initial download, so you do get a good amount of content for your buck. Another interesting thing about Antitype is the fact that each puzzle can be uniquely shuffled on every attempt so that there is always a different solution. Regardless of how the puzzles are shuffled around each time, the goal remains the same: decipher each pair of words that are opposites of each other with a common theme between them. While it sounds easy enough, the unique gameplay mechanic makes things a bit more challenging than they appear on the surface.

Each puzzle will consist of two rows (of varying length) of letter tiles that are stacked on top of each other. A number in the corner of each tile indicates the number of times that the tile can be changed. When you tap on a tile, it will change the letters that are around it, but not change the tile you selected. With this in mind, you have to plan your moves wisely and carefully, because after a tile changes enough times, it becomes locked. When all tiles are locked, you’ll have to tap on the restart button and try again. The hint for each pair of words is revealed at the beginning of a level, but you can tap anywhere around the tiles to see the hint again if needed.

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Revealing the hint also brings up the buttons to go back or forward one level (if able) or go back to the very beginning of the game or where you last left off. You also can see your progress in the game with the “level # of 325” message at the bottom of the screen. A medal icon at the top of the pause/hint screen takes you to the leaderboards, where you can see how you stack up against other people from all over the world. The leaderboards are based on how many puzzles you’ve managed to solve so far, and with the unique shuffling for each attempt, this means that no one has an unfair advantage (plus there’s no in-app purchases). And for those who have multiple iOS devices, don’t worry — your game progress will go with you, no matter what device you’re using, thanks to the iCloud game save syncing.

As a fan of word games of all kinds, I am enjoying Antitype so far. The game is unlike most other word games I’ve tried in recent memory, and I love the simplicity of the visual and audio design. It can definitely be challenging on some levels because of the shifting mechanic, but I like the fact that there will always be a different solution on each attempt, because it keeps things fresh and interesting, and no one gets an unfair advantage over another. This is a perfect game to play for both quick and longer game sessions.

I highly recommend Antitype to anyone who likes word games and brain teaser puzzles. You can find Antitype on the App Store as a universal download for your iPhone and iPad for $1.99. There are no in-app purchases.

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