APPLE NEWS

FakeCarrier, a tweak that lets you customize the carrier name of your iOS device, has been updated with support for iOS 7.

Day 8 of Apple's 12 Days of Gifts offers Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book 1) as a free download.

Swipey is a new quick launcher for iOS 7 from Tyler Nettleton that lets you swipe to access your favorite apps.

AskToSend tweak has been updated with iOS 7 support as well as ARM64 support bringing it to newer devices like the iPhone 5s, iPad Air, and iPad Mini Retina

Chpwn has announced the release of Infinidock, Infiniboard, and Infinifolders 2.1 which bring support for iOS 7 and the iPhone 5s.

BigBoss, of the BigBoss Cydia Repository, is warning jailbreakers who have yet to update to iOS 7.0.4 to update to the firmware before Apple releases an update blocking the evasi0n jailbreak.

Happy New Year to our iClarified readers. We wish you the best the in the coming year! As a reminder, you can stay up to date with the latest on iClarified in 2014 by subscribing to OS X push notifications.

A new website called SnapchatDB! has allegedly leaked 4.6 million Snapchat usernames and phone numbers for Snapchat.

Day 7 of Apple's 12 Days of Gifts offers the Rayman Jungle Run game as a free download.

Winocm has announced the release of p0sixspwn 1.0.2 for Mac which adds fixes for LTE and should resolve issues with running on OS X Lion 10.7.

Sony is reportedly considering the launch of a Windows Phone in 2014, according to The Information.

Vimeo has been updated to bring search back to the iPad. In addition, users can simply tap and hold video thumbnails to share and download.

Apple's ongoing feud with the court appointed monitor in the E-Book antitrust case intensified when court papers were filed claiming Apple was obstructing the monitor's work

MapsAllCountries is a new tweak from Rafael Costa that enables turn-by-turn navigation for some unsupported countries.

Apple has issued an official statement on the revelation that the NSA has or had a backdoor to access nearly everything on the iPhone.

The Nike Training Club app has been updated with brand new 3-day programs tailored to your goals and ability, downloadable workouts, new customization options, and a premium new design.

iFixit has posted its tear down of the new Mac Pro giving it a Repairability Score of 8 out of 10.

Saurik has announced the release of Cydia Substrate 0.9.5000 bringing compatibility with iOS 7 and the ARM64 CPU used in the iPhone 5s, iPad Air, and iPad mini 2.

Day 6 of Apple's 12 Days of Gifts offers Avicii's New Year's Eve Mix as a free download.

iH8sn0w has announced that the p0sixspwn untether used for jailbreaking iOS 6.1.3-6.1.5 has been updated with fixes for LTE and iMessage issues and support for the Apple TV 2.

The evad3rs have updated their iOS 7 untethered jailbreak tool to version 1.0.2 beta, which fixes issues with the iPad 2 models that some users were experiencing

The NSA reportedly has a backdoor codenamed 'DROPOUTJEEP' that gives them access to anything on an iPhone including its mic, camera, SMS, and more.

Tweetbot 3 has been updated with support for viewing images in Direct Messages.

iH8sn0w has announced that the source code for p0sixspwn, a utility that performs an untethered jailbreak of iOS 6.1.3, 6.1.4, and 6.1.5, has been posted to GitHub.

A new report from Flurry Analytics reveals that while Christmas app downloads increased by 11% the year-on-year growth has slowed considerably.

The Fitbit app has been updated with MobileTrack to offer basic Fitbit activity tracking using the iPhone 5s' M7 motion co-processor.

New York Times Magazine design director Arem Duplessis has joined Apple's internal marketing team as a creative director

A first-generation iPhone prototype, running Apple's internal diagnostic software, has been sold on eBay for $1,500

iFile 2 has been released in Cydia by Carsten Heinelt bringing a new icon, buttons, and design for iOS 7.

Pod2g has tweeted to accuse iH8sn0w and winocm of burning a valuable root exploit that could have been used for future jailbreaks to release p0sixspwn, a jailbreak for iOS 6.1.3, 6.1.4, and 6.1.5.

Sam Beckett has posted a new video to showcase his concept for Interactive Notifications in iOS 8.

iH8sn0w, winocm, and SquiffyPwn have released p0sixspwn, an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.1.3, 6.1.4, and 6.1.5.

Day 5 of Apple's 12 Days of Gifts offers the movie 'Hugo' as a free download.

Sales of the Google Chromebook rocketed past sales of the Apple MacBook in 2013, according to a NPD report.

Samsung Display has posted a video entitled 'Display Centric World' in which it imagines a world filled with its touchscreen displays.

Day 4 of Apple's 12 Days of Gifts offers the Toca House kids game as a free download.

Whited00r 7 is a re-engineered firmware bundle that brings the look and feel of iOS 7 to older devices not capable of running the new operating system.

Check out this beautifully designed infographic timeline of Apple's 2013 Year in Review.

Frequency, an app that lets you watch Internet video, has been updated with search and the ability to create your own channel.

Ryan Petrich has released FlipControlCenter, a tweak that lets you customize Control Center, as a free beta.

An updated version of the evasi0n 7x untether has been released in Cydia.

Coca-Cola has released a new Placelists app that lets you add songs to places you go.

Android users often complain that it takes too long for their devices to be updated to the latest version of the operating system. HTC has published a new infographic that takes a look at the process they must go through to bring a new update to users.

Day 3 of Apple's 12 Days of Gifts offers the Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2014 book as a free download.

Apple has released its Preliminary Proxy Statement in which it recommends that shareholders vote against a proposal by Carl Icahn to buyback $50 billion worth of shares during fiscal 2014.

Amazon has posted some statistics on its record setting holiday season.

Martin Hajek has teamed up with user interface designer Andrew Ambrosino to create an improved Apple TV concept.

Other World Computing has performed a teardown of the new Mac Pro and confirmed that it has a removable CPU.