While playing around with a tweak (ScrollingBoard) I tried to set the battery widget to the dock. Well once I did that my phone went into an immediate bootloop. Needless to say I was surprised and not very happy. I think the cause of this was that I also use Battery Doctor Pro and these two […]

Thank you to everyone who visited ElectricSproket in 2012! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 50,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 12 Film Festivals […]

At their press event Tuesday, Sony unveiled some important news for the PS Vita handheld. The company announced that popular apps like Hulu Plus and Crackle will be hitting the handheld, “soon.” Unfortunately for those abroad, the streaming video services are U.S.-only, but they should be welcome additions to those with subscriptions. Sony recently added…

Oh how lovely is Lara Croft? So lovely, but not your typical damsel in distress as through the years she has proven that she can handle herself. But this new Tomb Raider, given an early 2013 release date for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii U, will let you understand why Lara Croft became…

Originally posted on OMG OS X!:
We’ve been getting a lot of emails lately asking for recommendations of the best apps for this or that… So, we decided to come up with a list of our top ten favorite apps for your Mac. 10. Adobe Reader All Apple computers come with a default PDF viewer – Preview, but it’s…

Originally posted on OMG OS X!:
Who wouldn’t want to take a first-person look inside the town of Quahog? Well, that will soon be possible when the browser-based Family Guy Online MMO is released into the wild. The game has had a few rounds of closed beta-testing since earlier last year, the most recent one…

During the years we spent and are are spending in Windows Hell, we ask are selfs, can WinZip ever come to our Apple products? As of this morning, those who have iOS devices and WinZip on a PC can be happy, as the official WinZip app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch is available, FOR…

We here at ElectricSproket are proud to introduce Jewels as a new part of our team. You may have already read a post or two by her and will be reading allot more to come. So here is a little info on Jewels and her influences. Thank you for welcoming me to the Electricsproket Team, […]

Originally posted on weaponBRAIN:
The EFF is asking the U.S. Copyright Office to declare that jailbreaking does not violate the DMCA, and they need our help. In 2010, the Copyright Office said jailbreaking smartphones doesn’t violate the DMCA. This year, they’re asking them to renew that exemption (otherwise it will expire) and expand it to…