We are still a ways away from Apple officially unveiling the next big changes for the Apple Watch and watchOS, but iOS 14 code is starting to paint a pretty clear picture anyway.
iOS 14 code hints at Kids mode for Activity rings in watchOS 7
Month: March 2020
25 useful keyboard shortcuts for the TV app on Mac
Whether you want to zip around the app window faster or adjust the playback of your show easier, check out these handy TV app keyboard shortcuts for Mac.
Video: laser dots of the iPad Pro’s new LiDAR scanner in action
The new iPad Pro is the first Apple device equipped with a time-of-flight laser sensor that works similar to the TrueDepth camera in terms of depth mapping, only better. It's the key stepping stone to Apple's rumored augmented reality headset, and a new video shows it in action.
Apple releases ProRes RAW beta for Windows 10
Apple is bringing a beta version of ProRes RAW to Windows, making it possible to watch specific video files in select apps.
Office 365 is now Microsoft 365 as Microsoft Teams gears up to launch for consumers
Microsoft is making some big changes for Office 365 and Microsoft Teams, broadening availability in big ways.
24-hour video review: Apple’s new Powerbeats sporty earphones (2020 model)
Arriving without much fanfare earlier in the month, Apple's new sporty earphones (marketed as "Powerbeats" rather than "Powerbeats4") certainly have a lot going for them.
Apple reportedly considered buying Plessey, an augmented reality display maker
We've been hearing about Apple's rumored augmented reality (AR) glasses for a long time now, and it sounds like Facebook may have jumped ahead of the company in one area.
British comedy ‘Trying’ launching on Apple TV+ on May 1 (trailer)
Apple announced its first British comedy for Apple TV+, Trying, back in January of this year. We learned just about everything we could at that time, including a release date, but we were missing the trailer.
US government taps location data from the mobile ad industry to track movements of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic
The United States government is tapping into smartphone location data, obtained from the mobile advertising industry rather than wireless carriers, to understand the movements of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic and track compliance with curbs on movement.
How to create and mark up a PDF from the Maps app on Mac
If you’re trying to describe a location to someone who isn’t familiar with the area, it can be difficult. You can’t just say, "It’s next to Walmart" if they don’t even know where Walmart is. But with the Maps app and Markup tool on Mac, you can easily use shapes and text to show exactly where you’re describing. And it can even be a little fun.
Here’s how to create and mark up a PDF from Maps on your Mac.
PokeBar brings classic Pokémon-inspired notification banners to iOS 13
Longtime Pokémon game fans, especially of the classic Nintendo Game Boy flavor, may feel a bit nostalgic of the older games at times. Fortunately, if you’re itching for some nostalgic relief and you have a jailbroken iOS device at your disposal, then a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed PokeBar by iOS developer Liberato Aguilar might be able to help.
In the rather conspicuous screenshots above and below, you might’ve ascertained already that PokeBar brings Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow-inspired notification banners to pwned iOS 13 handsets. Moreover, it supports both dark and light themes, depending on your device’s dark mode system settings.
Clockator adds haptic feedback to the iPhone’s Clock app
If you’re anything like me, then you like haptic feedback on your iPhone and wish Apple would implement it more broadly across the mobile operating system. While this could certainly happen in the near future as Apple ponders about how it can make iOS better, jailbreakers won’t need to wait thanks to the plethora of readily available jailbreak tweaks that can already bring haptic feedback to miscellaneous interfaces in iOS.
Clockator is a newly released and free extension by iOS developer CydiaGeek that fits this niche subset of add-ons, and as its name suggests, Clockator introduces haptic feedback to Apple’s native Clock app in various ways.