Angela Ahrendts, the ex-CEO of Burberry and Apple's former Senior Vice President of Retail, has joined Airbnb's board just as the company is preparing for an initial public offering.
Former Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts joins Airbnb’s board
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The Statue of Liberty app lets you explore Lady Liberty from all angles in augmented reality
One of America's most inspiring symbols, the Statue of Liberty located on New York's Liberty Island, now has an official iPhone app of its own. And with support for augmented reality, you can see Lady Liberty in your own world and rotate and explore her from all angles.
Instagram is killing off its standalone Direct messaging app
Instagram's standalone direct-messaging app, called "Direct from Instagram," will be killed off in the next few weeks, TechCrunch reports. A spokesperson for the Facebook-owned company has acknowledged that “We’re rolling back the test of the standalone Direct app”.
Concept: a notch-less iPhone with a hole punch display and a minimal camera bump
Apple is expected to release the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR successors in the fall and much of the debate has thus far focused on that massive rectangular-shaped camera bump that we saw on CAD renderings. One designer has put together some cool mockups imagining the next iPhone with a minimal camera bump and a notch-less appearance thanks to a hole-punch display like we saw on the Galaxy S10 range.
Watch this: an internal Apple music video that parodies Windows 95
Shortly following Steve Jobs' exile from Apple in 1985, the company went into a downturn with Mac sales under increasing pressure from commodity PCs running Microsoft software. The desktop wars of the '90s were pretty much over when the software giant released Windows 95, the first good-enough version of its operating system for the masses.
Valve relaunches Steam Link app on App Store after being rejected due to “business conflicts”
Following Valve's first attempt to get its game-streaming software in App Store last June, the Steam Link app for iPhone and iPad is now available on App Store.
How to set a default email account on iPhone, iPad, Mac
Learn how to set a default email account on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, so you don’t send emails from the wrong account.
Pwn20wnd teases substantial speed and stability improvements in upcoming unc0ver update
Those who’ve been closely subscribed to the jailbreak scene as of late might’ve noticed the sudden stereo silence from team unc0ver following the release of the Electra Team’s Chimera jailbreak for iOS 12.0-12.1.2, but don’t be fooled. Pwn20wnd still works on the unc0ver jailbreak to this day, but he doesn’t push updates as incrementally as before.
In a Tweet shared just this morning, Pwn20wnd said he’s been working on significant updates for both the unc0ver jailbreak tool and Cydia itself. Specific details regarding those updates aren’t yet known, but we do know that they should make things discernably faster and improve system stability:
The best iPhone apps for hiding photos
Here’s a list of the best iOS apps for hiding photos on your iPhone or iPad to ensure your privacy and security.
Anker’s USB-C audio dongle lets you use your iPhone headphones with a Mac or iPad Pro
Since iPhone 7, Apple smartphones have been shipping with wired EarPods that connect to the Lightning port, but that prevents you from using them with your USB-C based Mac or 2018 iPad Pro without a special adapter, like this little new dongle from accessory maker Anker.
Apple seeds first betas of iOS 12.4, tvOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3 and macOS 10.14.6
Apple on Wednesday seeded the first betas of iOS 12.4, tvOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3 and macOS 10.14.6 to developers. Registered developers can install the updates via each platform’s respective OTA mechanism, or through Apple’s Developer Center.
Some customers can now use Apple Pay for their App Store, iTunes, Apple Music, Apple Books and iCloud purchases
According to a refreshed support document, customers in supported countries can now set up Apple Pay as their payment method for purchases made in iTunes and App Stores, as well as cover their Apple Music subscriptions and iCloud storage upgrades with Apple Pay.