Weekly Round Up: December 1st – December 6th

Weekly Round Up: December 1st – December 6th

Welcome to the weekly round up post, where we reviewed AppHeads by sharedRoutine which lets you switch between your apps like switching between Facebook\'s ChatHeads system. From there, we also covered the unexpected release of the iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak from TaiG, another Chinese jailbreak team. We also shared with you a Casual Connect videos from the event last month. Like always though, a few great iOS games have also been updated with new content that you should check out.

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Monday, December 1st

AppHeads: A New Perspective on iOS Multitasking, and a Short Interview with the Developer AppHeads is a new Cydia tweak by sharedRoutine that enjoyed a decent amount of hype in the jailbreak community. The original teaser post from 3 months ago had almost two hundred upvotes and a little over fifty comments with everyone wondering when they could get their hands on it. The post was this little teaser image in his alpha stage and people ate it up like the next best thing since sliced bread. A little while went by with no updates on it and then just under two weeks ago this post on Reddit popped up and teased it again with a video. It saw over two hundred upvotes and nearly one hundred comments with the same feeling from Redditors, they were basically frothing at the mouth and screaming, “TAKE MY MONEY!!”. It’s now on the BigBoss repo for $4.99 and worth every cent. iOS 8.1.1 Jailbroken by Pangu’s Rival “TaiG”, Best to Hold Off for Now [Updated] TaiG (pronounced “Tai-G”) is a Chinese hacker team/App Store that had a hand in the iOS 7 jailbreak by the Evad3rs team which caused some controversy in the community back in December of last year. Supposedly, they offered the Evad3rs a hefty sum of cash to include their App Store with the iOS 7 jailbreak. This was the cause of the controversy as TaiG has been closely linked to piracy in China. It seems as though the team is attempting to redeem itself in a way by releasing a public jailbreak for iOS 8.1.1, even though it’s at a very weird time. The jailbreak uses three exploits to attain root access for installing Cydia, one of which is the same one Pangu learned from i0nic’s exploit training classes, which Apple apparently hasn’t fixed properly. We will update you with more information when it we get it though. As with all jailbreaks when they first drop, it’s a good idea to stay away from this one for a few days to make sure respected members of the community can thoroughly check it to make sure it’s safe for public use. If you want to throw caution to the wind and try it for yourself just go to their site or download it directly from Mega here.

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Tuesday, December 2nd

Casual Connect Belgrade 2014: The Movie [Video] ‘Red Bull Racers’ for iOS Receives New Winter Update Red Bull Racers, the free racing game from Red Bull Media House and Bongfish, has gotten an extensive new content update that’s just in time for the winter season. The arcade racer, based on the legendary slot car system from Carrera, now features three winter-tested additions to the motor pool and seven new tracks with jumps and drifts. Players can look forward to the completely new winter locations on seven new tracks with a wintery design as well. In total there are 36 new challenges that can be accomplished, which extends the gameplay time by a couple hours. Three new vehicles have also been added to the game to suit the winter conditions. Indie Prize Showcase at Casual Connect Belgrade 2014 [Video]

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Wednesday, December 3rd

How to: Jailbreak iOS 8.1.1 from iOS 8.1 Pangu Now that Muscle Nerd has officially deemed the iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak from TaiG safe, you can now upgrade to the new iOS 8 update and jailbreak your device yet again. Reddit user, michaelbui, has written a pretty straight forward and simple guide on upgrading to iOS 8.1.1 and re-jailbreaking your device if you’re running into any trouble or just need some help along the way. If so, be sure to check out the following steps below.

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