MessageBox Brings Facebook's Chat Heads Systemwide to iOS

Updated on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 1:45AM by Gustavo Franceschini

Facebook released Facebook Home for Android devices a couple of weeks ago. Essentially, Home is a launcher that changes the look the device sports and adds different features. Among these features are Chat Heads, which allow you to quickly reply or send messages from wherever you are on your device. This is available through Facebook's iOS app, but it can work as it does on Android due to the restrictions in place for accessing iOS resources.

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Nitrous Unlocks the Nitro JavaScript Engine to Give Chrome and Third-party Browsers Speed [Jailbreak]

One of the main complaints about third-party browsers on iOS is that these can't access the Nitro JavaScript engine that is at the heart of Apple's Safari browser. This puts browsers like Chrome in a disadvantage against Safari in terms of speed.

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Give Your iOS Apps' Icons an Instagram Look with Aicon [Jailbreak]

Jailbreaking is all about tweaking, customizing the look and feel of your iOS device until you feel you have a unique device. One jailbreak app that can help with this is Aicon. It gives the iOS apps' icons an Instagram-like look with some filters that you can adjust to your liking.

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Add Chrome's Omnibar to Safari for iPhone with This Jailbreak Tweak

One of the best features Chrome has, both on desktop and mobile, is the Omnibar. It is a feature that allows the url bar to also act as a search bar, therefore, you can type an url or a search term on the same place.

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Set Chrome for iOS or Any Third-party Browser as the Default One with Browser Changer [Jailbreak]

Last week the released of Google Chrome for iOS created a buzz in the tech community. But this buzz brought the long discussed problem with iOS, you can't set up a third-party browser as the default one. But for those that have their iOS devices jailbroken there is a solution.

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More Options When Placing Calls on Your iPhone with MultiDialer [Jailbreak]

MultiDialer is a jailbreak tweak that is placed on native iOS app, such as the Phone, Contacts, etc. to give you the option to dial any number with apps other than the Phone's app.

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MountainCenter Brings the Notification Center from Mountain Lion to the iPhone and iPad [Jailbreak]

OS X Mountain Lion is just around the corner with an expected release in July and the jailbreak community has a cool tweak for iOS devices that brings the Notification Center from OS X Mountain Lion. Of course, iOS devices already have Notification Center, but in Mountain Lion the way you reveal the Notification Center is quite different.

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iOS 6 Photo Sharing Option in Your iPhone Now with this Jailbreak Tweak

iOS 6 is months away, but for those that want just a bit of it can install this jailbreak tweak. It gives you the share options that are currently available on iOS 6 when an user wishes to share a photo.

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iPhone Lockscreen Animation with this Jailbreak Tweak

Jailbreak tweaks allow iOS device users to change the look and behavior of their devices. Now with this latest tweak, it is possible to have your lockscreen animated.

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This Tweak Lets You Save Safari Pages to Pocket [Jailbreak]

If you are a Pocket user, formerly known as Read It Later, then you will like this tweak. It is called PocketSafari and it allows you to save Safari pages to Pocket.

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