After many years of being available to users as a way to fully customize the operating system, the backbone that handles purchases on Cydia (which was only available to jailbroken devices) is today ...

Following on from last week – where we looked at Jailbreaking, the processes, the challenges and the teams involved – this article looks to peer into Cydia, an alternative marketplace for ...

Following a security issue that would allow hackers to buy apps using other people's accounts, Cydia app store creator Jay Freeman (who goes by the name of Saurik) has pulled the plug on purchases ...

The iOS 9 jailbreak was recently released, and while many users were happy to see iOS 9 finally get jailbroken, a few things still needed ironed out, including the Cydia app store. However, users can ...

When you jailbreak your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, the first thing you'll want to do is launch the Cydia application that automatically gets loaded onto your device. Cydia is the premier "app store" ...

When speaking about iPhones, the term "jailbreaking" refers to the process of hacking the device's firmware so you can use unapproved apps unavailable from Apple's App Store, while "unlocking" an ...

Some say the best smartphone is a jailbroken iPhone, but one problem (aside from the obvious, that jailbreaking, although legal, voids your warranty) is the issue of reinstalling all your ...

Although the Cydia app offers an extensive soup-to-nuts package, every once in awhile you might find it useful to add a source to the ones already available. Here’s Cult of Mac’s guide on how to add a ...

One of the big features during Apple’s Back to the Mac event in October was the preview of the next iteration of Mac OS X – Lion (a.k.a. Mac OS X 10.7). Lion borrows a number of user interface ...