There’s no doubt about the fact that people are just starting to get bored of the iOS notification system. After all, Apple hasn’t done very much to change it in the past several years, leaving users feeling a little stale.
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Blahget, Reflectr, Starmony, and other apps to check out this weekend
Tell me it's the weekend, without telling me. It's time for another Apps of the Week roundup! This week we have some great picks for you including a voice-controlled budget tracker, an AI-infused journal app, and an app that can generate hit songs in minutes. And as always, we've selected a fun new game for you to check out.
Nanoleaf brings more Matter-enabled smart lights outdoors with its new String Lights
The home smart lighting geniuses over at Nanoleaf on Friday released their much-anticipated Matter-enabled outdoor string lights, which can elevate the ambiance and mood of any outdoor patio or deck with full RGB and cool or warm white hues.
SanDisk to preview world’s first 4TB SDUC UHS-I card & more at NAB Show 2024
Think you might be needing some larger capacity SD or microSD cards at some point in the future? If so, then you might consider waiting for SanDisk, one of the world’s leaders in flash memory and storage, to launch some groundbreaking new offerings.
Pocket nice savings on these Nintendo Switch games & accessories before you can’t
It is once again that time of the week where the iDB staff searches the internet far and wide for some of the best deals to be had on Nintendo Switch games and accessories.
Highly anticipated Qi2 wireless chargers from Belkin shown off at CES now available
Those of you who are excited about the onset of Qi2 wireless chargers post CES may be excited to learn that at least three new offerings from Belkin are now available to purchase from the brand’s website and third-party retailers such as Amazon.
Encrypted visual search is another mysterious feature in iOS 18
Apple will launch iOS 18 this fall, and the update seems to include a new iPhone feature called Encrypted Visual Search, but little do we know about it now.
Apple to permit used parts in iPhone repairs, with Activation Lock restricting components harvested from stolen devices
Apple will soon permit genuine parts to repair iPhones and other devices, except for the components harvested from stolen devices.
Rootful palera1n ending support for Substitute tweak injection in next update, switching to ElleKit advised
If you’re using palera1n, the checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak tool for arm64 devices (iPhone X and earlier) running iOS & iPadOS 15.0 and later, then you may want to know about some important changes that are coming in a future update.
PurePKG v1.3 released with tons of fixes, delete/reinstall recommended
PurePKG, the newest package manager app for jailbroken and bootstrapped devices, received another update early Thursday morning, this time bringing it up to version 1.3.
iOS 18 could bring a Safari browsing assistant, but little is known at this time
Safari Browsing Assistant is rumored to be part of a set of generative AI features thought to be coming to iPhone with the iOS 18 update this fall.
iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus could come in two additional colors—white and purple
Apple may bring the new white and purple color finishes to the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus models for a total of seven color choices.