Apple is moving right along with the next major update to iOS and iPadOS, as well as the next software updates to the other operating systems as well.
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Microsoft launches the new Office iPhone app that consolidates Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Back in November of last year, Microsoft began beta testing a new version of its Office app for iPhone, one that consolidates Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into one app experience.
Apple seeking to block further publication of App Store Confidential book for revealing ‘business secrets’
Earlier this week, the book App Store Confidential was published in Germany. Now, Apple is looking to block any further publication of the title.
Facebook is internally testing easy switching between sequential, chronological and algorithmic News Feed sequencing
Facebook has internally prototyped a tabbed version of the News Feed in its mobile app that makes it easy to switch between algorithmic, sequential and chronological sequencing.
Adobe brings new features to Photoshop for desktop and iPad
Today marks Photoshop’s thirtieth birthday. To celebrate the anniversary, its maker Adobe released updates to both the desktop and iPad apps.
How to see locations that accept Apple Pay in Apple Maps
Learn how to find out if a location you see in the Apple Maps app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac accepts Apple Pay or not.
Apple Maps expands its transit directions coverage across Europe
Apple Maps now offers transit directions in major cities across France, Spain, Germany and possibly a few other European countries.
Alto’s Odyssey is now available on the Mac
Alto's Odyssey, the award-winning endless sandboarding journey for the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Android, is now available on the Mac for $9.99.
How to customize the Spark email action toolbar on iPhone and iPad
For Spark email users, the update we covered bringing features like dark mode, avatars, and productivity tools to iPad was great news. And another terrific feature with that update came the ability to customize the email actions toolbar on iOS.
You’ve seen that toolbar at the bottom of an email and used it plenty of times. But modifying it with the actions you need most is another super reason to use Spark. To help you out, here’s a short tutorial on how to customize that Spark email action toolbar.
ColorFlow 5 gives iOS 13’s Now Playing interface a fresh coat of paint
If you’ve recently jailbroken iOS 13 with checkra1n or unc0ver and you enjoy listening to your favorite songs or media through Apple Music or Spotify, then we have a feeling that you might enjoy a newly released jailbreak tweak called ColorFlow 5 (iOS 13) by iOS developer David Goldman.
As you might’ve inferred from the tweak’s name already, ColorFlow 5 is the fifth iteration of this tweak, and it automatically colorizes the Now Playing interface using the dominant colors from the current track’s album artwork. Examples of this are shown in the screenshots above.
Give your jailbroken handset the custom aesthetics it deserves with Cyanea
Cyanea is a newly released jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Sirius24 that incorporates a surfeit of fun new ways to customize your jailbroken handset’s system-wide aesthetics and behavior.
Cyanea is the highly-evolved successor of an older tweak called Chameleon that we showed you last year. It permits those users to personalize their device with custom color gradients, color palettes, animations, and more.
Dots 2 gives OLED-equipped iPhones an awesome new notification indicator
Ever since Apple first introduced an OLED display in its smartphone lineup, there’ve been countless jailbreak tweak releases attempting to take full advantage of it. From always-on displays, to revolutionary new notification indicators, there has been no shortage of innovation on this front.
The latest addition to the party is a newly released jailbreak tweak called Dots 2 by iOS developer Shyam Lad, and as depicted in the screenshot examples above, this tweak displays pulsating colorful dots for missed notifications at the top of an always-on pitch black display when the device is locked.