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Umoove Ltd., a startup founded in 2010 that specializes in face and eye tracking technology for mobile devices, has just released a game called "Flying Experience" that uses the iPhone's front facing camera as an interface. It's not the type of game you'll get addicted to and spend hours playing, but more of a showcase of the technology.

When you start the game, the front facing camera is activated and you are asked to calibrate the facial tracking. Your face will appear in a frame and a circle will appear on top of it and an empty circle appears to the right. You move the circle into the empty circle by slightly turning your head to the right. This is repeated for left, up, down and center. Once calibrated, the game begins. You start out flying toward a 3D

Google announced today that it will be adding data compression and Google Translate to its Chrome iOS app. Chrome's data compression and bandwidth management tool can "reduce data usage by up to 50%," according to the Chrome blog. Users can navigate to Settings > Bandwidth management > Reduce data usage to enable the bandwidth saving tool. You can also track how much bandwidth you have saved each month from this page.

Google is also adding Google Translate to its iOS app. This tool allows users to translate any foreign webpages they visit on the Chrome browser. This is a popular feature on Chrome desktop and Android versions, but it has not been available on iOS until now.

The iOS keyboard tweak SwipeSelection is a must have for all jailbreakers and it just got better! SwipeSelection was originally released to Cydia in 2012 and it quickly became a favorite tool of the jailbreaking community. The tweak makes editing text on your iOS device easier by allowing you to use gestures on your keyboard. For example, you can move the cursor using a one finger drag, or quickly highlight and edit text by holding the shift key and dragging your finger. You'll never be able to use Apple's stock iOS keyboard again after using SwipeSelection. That's how great it is!

The original version of SwipeSelection is available for free on Cydia, and now there is a pro version available too. SwipeSelection Pro has been rewritten for iOS 7 and adds new features like the ability to adjust the swipe sensitivity, cursor speed and the ability to toggle select features. Another big feature is the ability to disable the tweak by tapping the shift key three times.

The hacker group 1775 Sec, in collaboration with another group known as the European Cyber Army, on Tuesday announced that it had successfully hacked into Apple's database. 1775 Sec has also claimed responsibility for the recent Dropbox downtime. They published the results of today's operation on Pastebin.com.

The hacked information that was posted contains items such as user names, locations, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. A lot of it seems to be old though, with most devices showing iOS 6 as their operating system. In 1775

IGN is giving away free promo codes for Gameloft's Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour as part of their Free Game of the Month promotion. The first-person shooter is normally $6.99 on the App Store.

Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour was originally released for iOS devices in December of 2012, and it was met with mostly positive reviews. TouchArcade called it the one of the best online first-person shooters you can play on a mobile device. The game has also been praised for its detailed graphics and gameplay. You can grab a free promo code for the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch here. The game requires iOS 5.0 or later and is rated 17 or older.