A new project entitled iOSOpenDev will allow something that many iOS developers should be excited about: the ability to create unofficial third-party apps, tweaks, themes, etc. right from within Xcode. The project, created by developer Spencer James, is nearing completion and public release, and is almost certain to gain a lot of hype among App Store developers interested in creating something for the jailbreak community.

If you’ve jailbroken your iDevice(s), you may be aware of a really cool tweak in the Cydia Store that provides the ability to multitask through touch gestures alone. This tweak, called Zephyr, has just been updated to version 1.1, bringing with it the ability to also navigate to the home screen without having to use the home button.

Yesterday, we reported that the developer pod2g demoed on video the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak on an iPhone 4S. The video showed the iPhone fully running the untethered jailbreak without any hiccups while running the Cydia app. Now, the infamous Chronic Dev hackers have posted an image of an iPad 2 with Cydia v1.1.3 running iOS 5.0.1. The hacker Pod2g mentioned in the caption that its full release is only days away.

Following Pod2G’s untethered jailbreak for the A4 chip iOS devices running iOS 5, it looks as if the hacker might be slowly making progress on the remaining two iOS devices: iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Pod2g now has others involved in the project to assist him on the jailbreak, and within a couple of weeks, more »

The same developers who participated in the creation of the Siri port for many jailbroken iOS devices have created an interesting new hack for Apple TV. The hack, which is in its early stages, will allow Apple TV users to run potentially any iOS app on the $99 set-top-box. According to the developer, Steve Troughton more »

Following a month of updates from the jailbreaking community, an untethered jailbreak for iOS users has finally been released by the hacker pod2g. The Chronic Dev-Team and iPhone Dev-Team worked together with pod2g to push out the first untethered jailbreak. The release was issued as a package in the Cydia App Store known as “Corona more »

When Apple announced Siri integration, many iOS users were disappointed it was only made available for iPhone 4S. With Siri’s capabilities, it’s not surprising developers and hackers from the iPhone jailbreak community are all experimenting with the technology. A number of attempted ports for the older iOS devices were made, but they required a bit more »

Ever since the release of iOS 5, the iPhone Dev Team has been releasing constant updates to its redsn0w tool, and another update has made its way out. redsn0w 0.9.9b7 isn’t a major update by any means, as its main purpose is to speed up the jailbreak process by disabling the “stashing” of applications, although this can be re-enabled in redsn0w’s Preferences pane. If left disabled, the stashing process will take place when a user launches Cydia for the first time, instead.

Time Warner Cable has updated its TWCable TV iPad app to version 2.0, introducing new features such as new channels (with over 100 now available), a remote DVR manager, and the ability to view up to seven days worth of listings in its interactive program guide. Along with these new features, though, the company introduced a block against anyone with a jailbroken iPad, which notifies the user that they must restore the device to factory defaults in order to use the app.

Unfortunately, Apple has a habit of discontinuing support for newer iOS versions on older iDevice hardware, usually two years after the iDevice is released. If you’re one of those people who still have a first or second generation iPhone or iPod touch and wish you could use all those cool iOS 4 features that Apple doesn’t want you to have, you’re in luck.