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With a new free toolbox-likejailbreak tweakcalledPhone ToolsbyJustin Petkovic, you can customize your Phone app’s user interface to your liking by disabling and/or removing the features you could care less about. Similar tweak concepts have already been implemented for apps likeCameraandPhotos, but this is the first time we’re seeing one for the Phone app iniOS 10. After installation, you can head over to the Settings app where you will find a new preferences pane to manage all of your settings:...

Please Don’t Use Deodorant To Fix Your Squeaky Car Parts A recent TikTok trend has once again proved that you shouldn’t blindly believe everything strangers post onto the internet. TikTok user erxc.z33 hadfound a belt merrily squeaking awayin their Audi A4. Instead of replacing the belt, the user decided to grab a stick of Old Spice deodorant and gently placed it onto the squeaking belt. In the 10-second clip, the hack works and the squeaky belt stops making the awful sound....

Razer Seiren V3 Mini Review: A Tiny USB Mic Priced Right For Gamers It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking you’ll need to drop big money to get the ball rolling on a streaming setup. Moreover, there’s a bit of a plague of folks jumping straight to expensive gear even for the most basic things like gaming. If you’re not shopping with a substantial budget, all of the negative comments and reviews about cheaper microphones can lead people to believe there’s nothing on the affordable side of things worth buying....

You didn’t thinkStar Wars: The Force Awakenswas going to arrive in theaters with little to no fanfare did you?Disney and Lucasfilmare pulling out all the stops for this first Star Wars sequel in over ten years. And it’s going to be a big party. Directed byJ.J. Abramsand starringJohn Boyega,Daisy RidleyandOscar Isaac, the7th installmentin theSkywalker family sagais going to have its world premiere in Los Angeles on December 14. Then, a number of star-studded premiers will happen around the world....

BioWare and EA today launched the latest expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Legacy of the Sith. Star Wars: The Old Republic continues its tenth anniversary with the launch of its latest expansion, Legacy of the Sith. In it, players will travel to the aquatic world of Manaan to uncover the plans of Darth Malgus and put a stop to them before he can destroy the Jedi and Sith. The expansion includes brand new story missions, intricate new ways to customize their characters, and a slew of quality of life updates to make the game more accessible....

If there’s one thing us geeks like more than a celebrity CEO, it’s a book about one. With that in mind it’s perhaps not a great surprise that the biography of Steve Jobs is already a Bestseller across multiple categories for Amazon – and it’s not even out yet. Unimaginatively titled ‘iSteve‘, the book currently holds the top spot in the technology, biography & history and business categories on Amazon.com, with the Walter Isaacson work sitting in 29th place in the top 100 books on the site…...

Demand for Apple’s latest products is as strong as ever, it would seem.After reportingsales of 51 million iPhones and 26 million iPads during the lucrative holiday quarter, as a result Apple’s key contract manufacturers –FoxconnandPegatron– are seeing a nice rise in their earnings, too. Pegatron, the primary manufacturer of the iPhone 5c and iPad mini, last week reported a cool 22 percent annual rise in earnings attributed to strong demand for mobile products....

The unlimited data plan, for all intents and purposes, is dead on two of America’s largest wireless carriers. BothAT&TandVerizonrecently switched to Shared data plans, and they’re not looking back. But while other operators are eradicating the unlimited plan, T-Mobile is embracing it. The carrier just announced that it is going to start offering new unlimited,unthrottleddata plans next month… From the press release: “T-Mobile USA, Inc., today announced an industry first — a truly Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan....

The Big Drawback To Renting An Electric Car By now, even people who still say they will never purchase an electric vehicle know that they offer many advantages (viaEDF Energy). For one, they save big time at the fuel pump, which judging by the prices of today, most of us would gladly welcome. However, the decision to drive an EV isn’t for everyone and this more fuel-efficient option also isn’t optimal for every occasion for a variety of reasons....

At four gigabytes, the increased RAM in Apple’s third-generation iPhone SE brings perks such as smoother multitasking and faster app performance. How much RAM does the third-generation iPhone SE have? Based on code strings unearthed from Apple’s Xcode by developerMoritz Sternemann,MacRumorshas been able to confirm that the third-generation iPhone SE is indeed equipped with four gigabytes of memory instead of three gigabytes in the previous, second-generation iPhone SE. Joe Rossignol, MacRumors: The same type of Xcode strings have accurately revealed the amount of RAM in several generations of iPhones and iPads....

The Reason Why Most Airlines Don’t Fly Over Russia Russia and Ukraine have been at war since February 2022, a conflict that has turned into somewhat of a stalemate. As of mid-April 2025, Russia occupies around 20% of Ukrainian territory and frequently bombs Ukrainian cities. Ukraine has been conducting drone attacks on the Russians in retaliation. Beyond being a humanitarian crisis, the ongoing war has heavily impacted global aviation, as numerous global airlines now don’t fly over Russia....

The iDownloadBlogWallpapers of the Weekcollection is populated with new, photo quality downloads every Sunday. We have been on this mission for more than seven years! Last week, we rounded up themost downloaded wallpapers posted in 2020. This week, we have the top five wallpaper sets that were downloaded in 2020, but not originally published this year. Consider this an all-time-wallpaper downloads top five list, a retrospective! Top wallpapers in 2020 As we recap the all time downloaded wallpaper packs in 2020, a common theme emerges....

The Panasonic S1 is the company’s first full frame digital SLR and offers an impressive feature set for photographers. Highlights include a 5.7 million-dot viewfinder, 4K video, 5-axis in-camera stabilisation and a high-resolution mode that allows the 24MP sensor to capture at up to 96MP. The camera also comes in two specialist variants: the S1R, a 47.3MP high-resolution model (capable of 187MP) aimed at professional still photographers, and the S1H, a 6K video model aimed at professional videographers....