In June the RipDev-Team announced to quit with Installer. They now announced they will quit entirely. The most important competitor of Cydia stops. Apps like Installer, Icy, Kate and Kali will never be updated again.

The RipDev-Team apologizes for quitting the support for payed applications. Their own Cydia repo will only be available for another year, but will not be updated if bugs are found. » RipDev-Team Quits

The guys from Ripdev released a new direct Cydia competitor called Icy. Check out the demo and speed test video after the break.
» Icy: alternative to Cydia

RipDev updated their website with some information regarding their application Kali Anti-Piracy. They announced that the app is no longer in Beta and is ready to be released. Official word after the break.
» Kali Anti-piracy update

On February 11th the guys from Ripdev released a new application called Kali Anti-Piracy. This system helps the developers to protect their applications from being pirated.
» Ripdev: How Kali Anti-Piracy Works

The blog of RIPDEV has some very interessting news regarding the upcoming installer version 4. I am fairly sure you are all excited with the newly opened App Store (just like I am). I’ve already purchased a bunch of applications (and of course, downloaded a few for free), and I must say big “thank you” to both Apple for rolling out such a system and to the developers who put a tremendous effort into creating all these applications.
» Installer v4 soon ! (fixed)

Kate (formely known as Caterpillar) is a set of tools for your iPhone that exist of separate modules. Each single module has its own features aimed to make your iPhone more productive and fun. Customization, business tools, quick contacts search, system font replacement and many more. Kate received a update to version 1.3.1. The prices for the app has remained the same. 20$ for 3 months, 35$ for 12 months and 45$ for unlimited use. The full changelog after the link.
» Kate 1.3.1 – Productivity tools for you iPhone

Pool is a fun application to play a game of pool, 8-ball or 9-ball on your iphone, or ipod touch. With Different gametypes (single player, vs. Computer and 2vs2) it’s a fun game to kill the time. The game has a few new features after the 2.1 update. Allow me to briefly explain what changed. First of all the developer improved the important AI algorithm, balls go where they should go with the correct movement. Thanks to developer RipDev the game now also contains some sound effects that definitely cheer up the game some more.And there are also 2 important bugfixes by the developer.
» Pool 2.1 – Billiards for the Apple iPhone