According to a Monday report by Relaxnews, Happy Theme Park and 2XL Supercross HD are currently dominating the world of free, Apple-sanctioned iDevice applications. Out of the 10 countries where Apple’s mobile products are most popular, the two apps combined had the highest download numbers in five of them from July 11-18.
“Over the seven days prior to July 18, iPhone users in Australia, Canada and the UK have been playing at designing and creating their own theme park with the popular application Happy Theme Park,” the article reads. “The game, …

Since the long wait for an iPad 2 jailbreak finally ended a couple of weeks ago, Gotta Be Mobile’s Will Shanklin compiled a list of the best jailbreak applications and tweaks for Apple’s computer tablet.
Among the top jailbreak programs for the iPad 2: RetinaPad, which displays iPhone apps on the tablet in high-definition; FullForce, which simply turns iPhone apps into iPad apps; Infinifolders, which removes the limit on the amount of apps that can be stored in a single folder; iFile, which displays a file system on the iPad 2; …

Apple has made a significant stand against the practice of jailbreaking in recent months, and now it appears that Time Warner Cable is jumping aboard the bandwagon of anti-jailbreaking crusaders.
Now, when iPad users with jailbroken tablets try to access version 2.0 of Time Warner’s TWCable TV app, they’re greeted with a message that tells them it won’t function on such a device. “TWCable TV is not supported on ‘jailbroken’ devices. Please restore your iPad to factory defaults, then reinstall TWCable TV,” the message reads.
TWCable TV lets Time Warner customers watch …

Apple enjoyed a record quarter in terms of profit and revenue from April to June, raking in a net income of $7.3 billion. The electronic giant’s impressive numbers for its fiscal third quarter are due in large part to strong sales of the iPhone and iPad.
“The most surprising milestone Apple reached was the quarterly sales record for the iPhone, which many analysts believed would have a tough quarter,” writes David Goldman for CNN Money. “Apple sold 20.3 million iPhones in its fiscal third quarter. On a conference call with Wall …

In his latest article for iPhone FAQ, Bob Bhatnagar answers a question that many jailbreakers have: should they update their iPhone to iOS 4.3.4, even though this could render the JailbreakMe 3.0 tool irrelevant?
“Skipping the update leaves your device at iOS 4.3.3 or earlier, which could be useful down the line,” the writer explains.
Apple released its most recent mobile software update to patch up holes exploited by hacker Comex in his JailbreakMe 3.0, a PDF-based jailbreak that’s the first to be compatible with the iPad 2.
“What about the …

With Kdan Mobile’s latest release, the iPhone version of its popular Animation Desk application, users can create their own hand-drawn animations right from their smartphone. Previously only available for the iPad, Animation Desk now includes several new features exclusive to the iPhone version.
“Animation Desk for iPhone is a mobile application that allows users to create hand-drawn animations on their iPhones,” explains a press release from Kdan, a firm that specializes in mobile application software development. “The drawing interface provided by the app resembles the real working environment of a professional …

A recent review on The Gadgets says that one iPad jailbreak tweak is alone worth downloading Comex’s new JailbreakMe 3.0 tool. That tweak is RetinaPad, which transforms pixelated iPhone applications into high-definition software that’s fit for viewing on an iPad.
“When you download an iPhone app on your iPad, because there isn’t an specific iPad app, it comes in a small window and very pixelated especially when you click the x2 at the bottom,” explains the review. “RetinaPad allows you to convert these apps to HD apps, like the normal iPad apps. These means that iPhone apps …

The Google+ mobile application is now available from the iTunes App Store, reports Andrew Couts for Digital Trends. After three weeks of waiting for the web giant to release an iOS-specific version of its new social media site, many iPhone users had grown impatient over the lack of any developments.
“The Plus iPhone app includes much of the functionality of the online version of Google+, like enabling users to organize their friends into “Circles.” Users can then choose with whom they share each post, link, photo or video they post to …

In a recent list available on Rediff.com, Rohit Sane lists the top 5 jailbreak features that Apple should include in its release of the iOS 5 mobile operating system this fall.
Among those applications previously only available on jailbroken iDevices that Apple should copy are Synchronicity, which allows owners to use their gadget while it syncs with a computer; iBlue Nova, which lets them send files to other devices within a certain range; OverBoard, an app that tweaks iOS’ page-to-page transitions; Wi-Fi Sync, which is capable of syncing iPhones, iPads and …

As scientists have been postulating for decades, it’s only a matter of time before the robots are smarter than the humans. On Monday, CleverSense released its first app, Alfred, a “personal concierge” that figures out what users might want to look up, based on anonymous data from other people.
“The app analyzes data from around the Web to figure out what you will like, based on similarities with other people,” explains Mark Rosoff of the San Francisco Chronicle. “It’s similar to the recommendation engines pioneered by Amazon — “other people who …