Year: 2016

iOS 10 Public Beta 3 is now available

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 2, 2016

Just 24 hours following the fourth developer-only betas of iOS 10, macOS Sierra, tvOS 10 and watchOS 3, Apple on Tuesday morning has made the latest beta of iOS 10 available to public beta testers who are singed on the Apple Beta Software Program. If your device is registered for public betas, runs a prior iOS 10 beta and has a proper configuration profile installed, iOS 10 Public Beta 3 should appear in Settings → General → Software Update.

iOS 10 Public Beta 3 and developer-only iOS 10 beta 4 contain the same features.

Pokémon GO responds to criticism over removal of footsteps feature

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 2, 2016

Pokémon GO has become the top free game in the App Store and Google Play stores in such a short time. It's undoubtedly popular among players around the world, even though it's not yet available in all countries.

Nevertheless, a recent update removed the footsteps Pokémon tracking feature from the game and left many users upset, and now the game developers have released an official response to the criticism they've received.

iOS 10 tidbit: sending fireballs via Digital Touch

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 2, 2016

The Digital Touch interface made its debut on the Apple Watch in April 2015. With iOS 10, Apple is bringing Digital Touch features to the Messages app and it does so much more than its wrist counterpart was capable of at launch.

With Digital Touch, you can doodle over live video, adorn your messages with animated kisses, digital taps and auto-dissapearing drawings and even send animated hearts and broken hearts to other people.

Today, we're taking a closer look at another nifty feature in iOS 10 Messages: the ability to express your angst or anger by shooting virtual fireballs at your recipient(s).

Saurik unlocks tweak purchases in Cydia for iOS 9.3.3, adds self-service refunds

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 2, 2016

Saurik has made some changes to the Cydia Store on Tuesday that will be music to the ears of jailbreakers who want to download paid jailbreak tweaks on the newly-jailbroken iOS 9.3.3 firmware.

Among those is a new fail-safe to make sure you don't pay for tweaks that don't work.

Instagram is rolling out Stories—Snapchat-like auto-dissapearing slideshows

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 2, 2016

Snapchat has Stories and now Instagram announced a similar feature of its own, called—wait for it—Stories. Basically a slideshow format designed for sharing multiple photos and videos, Stories appear on user profiles and, similar to ephemeral messaging services, automatically disappear 24 hours after being posted on the service.

This cool new feature will be rolling out globally over the next few weeks on the mobile Instagram app for iOS and Android.

97 percent of YouTube traffic is now encrypted

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 2, 2016

According to a post published yesterday on the official YouTube Engineering and Developers Blog, 97 percent of YouTube's traffic is now encrypted since the Internet giant began rolling out encryption using HTTPS two years ago. Encrypted traffic increases your security by garbling the data as it travels from servers to your computer, and vice versa, in order to make these transmissions unreadable to rogue parties without an encryption key.

Apple Maps launches Traffic data in Greece

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 2, 2016

Real-time updates about vehicular traffic on Apple Maps have expanded to include Greece, home to population of eleven million people, according to an update posted on Apple’s iOS Feature Availability webpage. The latest expansion comes hot on the heels of launching public transit directions on Maps in Prague earlier in the week.

Traffic data on Apple Maps is currently available in about three dozen countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Denmark and more.

Let’s Talk iOS 146: Lost in the storm

Sébastien Page ∙ August 2, 2016

This week on Let's Talk iOS, Cody and Sebastien talk numbers, specifically about Apple's latest financial results but also the 1 billion iPhones sold milestone. And then of course, they also talk about the future disappearance of the headphone jack. Spoiler alert!

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How to spoof your location in Pokémon GO [jailbreak]

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated March 29, 2019

In most typical scenarios, Pokémon GO is a GPS-based game that uses your current location to help you navigate around to find new wild Pokémon to catch.

On the other hand, some people just don't live in Pokémon-rich areas. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to spoof your location in Pokémon GO by taking advantage of your jailbroken iPhone or iPad.

New Frank Ocean album coming Friday as Apple Music exclusive

Cody Lee ∙ Updated June 13, 2018

Popular R&B artist Frank Ocean is set to release his highly anticipated album "Boys Don't Cry," and it's going to be exclusive to Apple's streaming music service. The New York Times is reporting that the singer has reached a deal with the iPhone-maker to keep the album Apple Music-only for at least two weeks, and that includes a major video and printed publication as well.

New ad positions iPad Pro as a computer replacement

Cody Lee ∙ Updated May 1, 2018

Apple on Monday released a new commercial for its iPad Pro line. Titled "What's a Computer," the ad spotlights the firm's latest and most powerful tablet, showing off various productivity and multitasking features that one might desire from a PC.

This isn't the first time Apple has suggested that the iPad Pro is powerful enough to replace your computer or laptop, but it is the first time it has done so blatantly in an ad. It's so flagrant, in fact, that it almost has a Microsoft Surface feeling to it.

iTunes 12.4.3, which squashes a playlist syncing bug, is now available

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 1, 2016

After seeding fourth betas of iOS 10, macOS Sierra, tvOS 10, watchOS 3 and Xcode 8 earlier this morning, Apple has managed to push a minor iTunes update to users. iTunes 12.4.3, which fixes an issue with playlist syncing, is now available through the Mac App Store's Updates tab. In addition to iTunes 12.4.3 and new OS beta releases, a revamped Remote app for the Apple TV with support for Siri voice input, Game Mode and other perks has released on the App Store for everyone to use.