The new Cydia update we’ve all been anticipating for a while now is ready for your jailbreaking entertainment! Cydia 1.1 can be had by simply launching Cydia and letting the packages refresh. It should then notify you that an upgrade is available. Simply select complete upgrade and let it do its thing!

The new features of Cydia 1.1 are as follows:

• Speed improvement, such as with "Loading Changes"
• Memory usage has decreased
• Much improved search algorithm
• Lets iOS run Activator, libstatusbar, and SimulatedKeyEvents while Cydia is running

All you jailbreakers out there, get your Cydia on and let us know what changes you’re noticing in the comments!

Thanks Dave for the tip!

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iPaditis is either a new plague about to be unleashed on humanity… or a way for the BBC to poke a little fun at those of us who enjoy our iPads.

(And yes, BBC really did a video about iPads that’s not iPad compatible. Check out our how to watch Flash video tip for work-arounds.)

[BBC, thanks Kerri!]

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Apple has aired yet another "if you don't have an iPhone" commercial, this time focusing on the Retina Display. It highlights photographs, movies, maps and email and how clear they look on the phone with the highest resolution screen!

Official Apple video after the break. What do you think, better than the previous iBooks, iTunes music, App Store, and Game Center spots?

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Have you ever been out and about with your iPhone or iPad and wished you knew how to just press a button and get a video view of your home? Sure there are home security solutions that can do this — for a lot of money. But how about on the cheap? Well, if you have an iPhone or iPad 3G and Skype, you can. We’ll show you how after the break!

[Thanks to Mickey Papillon for this ninja-level tip!]

Okay, if you want to set up Skype to be your cheap home security, on-demand video peeping solution, you’ll have to get a few things set up.

This is an advanced level tip so we’re going to assume you know what Skype is, have an account, and are familiar with using it. If not, let us know in the comments and we’ll break out some basic tutorials to get you started.

1. Login to Skype.com and set up a second Skype account
2. Don’t give anyone this second account ID or allow them to contact it unless you don’t mind them peeping into your house either!
3. Setup the second Skype account on your home Mac or Windows PC in the room you want to be able to look into
4. Set Skype on that PC to automatically answer video calls
5. Open up the Skype app on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad (logged in on your regular/primary Skype account).
6. Use your primary Skype account on your iOS device to call your second Skype account at home, which will now automatically answer.
7. Watch the video and make sure everything is safe at home.

That’s it. Again, the steps above require a knowledge of how to setup and use Skype so if you need help, let us know. Otherwise, if you try it out, how does it work for you?

Tips of the day will range from beginner-level 101 to advanced-level ninjary. If you already know this tip, keep the link handy as a quick way to help a friend. If you have a tip of your own you'd like to suggest, add them to the comments or send them in to dailytips@tipb.com. (If it's especially awesome and previously unknown to us, we'll even give ya a reward…)

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The Apple Peel 520 t has now been confirmed that it will be released in China on March 28, that is next week! Back in July 2010, we heard about an iPod touch sleeve coming out of China called the Apple Peel 520. What’s interesting about this particular sleeve is it can give your iPod touch cell services.

The sleeve will allow you to make normal phone calls, send text messages and also use GPRS data services. It also has a battery built in too, to offer some extra juice to your iPod touch when you're using it. Of course your iPod touch will need to be jailbroken.

The price for the sleeve will be around ¥520 ($79) if you are prepared to pre-order or ¥598 ($99) if you wait for it to be released. No news on international shipping, or if it will be available outside of China; we will have to wait and see.

Could you see a need for cell services on an iPod touch? Would you buy one of these if they are available in your country? Let us know in the comments!

[Engadget]

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