With more 1.5 million jailbroken iPhones out there by some estimates, a new alternative to Apple’s App store launched over the weekend to great interest in the iPhone community. Cydia Store, the ...

First the U.S. Copyright Office gave smartphone jailbreaking the green light. Not long after, JailbreakMe emerged. Now, Apple iPhone users can add whatever apps they ...

When you jailbreak an iOS device, you are given access to Cydia, the wild west frontier of tweaks, themes and apps you can’t get in Apple’s own App Store. Jailbreaking gives you the freedom to ...

Sideload apps: Follow developer instructions to add to your phone. Not common. Risky: Jailbreak an iOS device and load apps to it. This article explains how to get apps that are not in the App Store ...

Cydia is the top app directory and store for apps you can install on jailbroken iOS devices. But while Cydia will let you download and install apps that aren’t available from Apple’s App Store, Cydia ...

The recently posted instructions for jailbreaking iPhones running software/firmware 1.1.1 is being met with difficulty for some, but has been successful for most. If you're having trouble, read the ...

Jay Freeman, the man behind the Cydia app store for jailbroken iPhones, has committed to developing an equivalent jailbreak store for Macs. Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ ...

ymgerman via Getty Images Were that not the case, Cydia argues, users would "be able to choose how and where to locate and obtain iOS apps, and developers would be able to use the iOS app distributor ...

Brendan is a freelance writer and content creator from Portland, OR. He covers tech and gaming for Lifehacker, and has also written for Digital Trends, EGM, Business Insider, IGN, and more.

The new Apple TV basically runs the same operating system as the iPhone and iPod touch. Apple’s locked it down though, so that the Apple TV only really ones one app most of the time. It’s called ...