Apple is no longer selling the Lightning to 30-Pin Adapter on its website. The accessory, which launched in 2012, was removed in the past few days, according to MacRumors.
Apple discontinues the Lightning to 30-Pin Adapter
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Following data breach, Google+ is shutting down
It's the end of the line for the heavily-maligned Google+ service for consumers. The move to close the site comes after Google was forced to come clean about a three-year-old data breach that exposed private data for tens of thousands of users on the social network.
Apple releases iOS 12.0.1, includes fixes for iPhone XS charging bug, Bluetooth issues, and more
Apple on Monday released iOS 12.0.1 to the public. Available for iPhone and iPad, the update includes various bug fixes. More specifically, iOS 12.0.1 fixes iPhone XS charging issues, and other problems users may have encountered.
Apple and British Telecom’s EE Mobile working together on pay-TV
Apple and British Telecom (BT) are in early discussions about working with one another on pay-TV initiatives. The move comes as Apple gets ready to begin releasing $1 billion worth of original video content sometime next year.
iOS 12 Screen Time suspected to cause excessive iPhone battery drain for some
Are you seeing excessive or even extreme iPhone battery drain after updating to Apple's latest and greatest mobile operating system? If so, you're definitely not alone because many affected people have taken to Reddit, Twitter, MacRumors Forums and Apple Support Communities to describe the problem, with some reporting that the new iOS 12 Screen Time feature might be causing up to two times faster iPhone battery drain when enabled.
Facebook announces Portal, a video-chatting device for the home
Facebook has introduced an all-new video-based smart display called Portal. Available in two sizes, the device's primary purpose is to connect family and friends. It also includes other goodies that could eventually make it a winner.
Hacker demos untethered jailbreak running on iPhone 5 with iOS 10.2.1
The jailbreak community has been anything but quiet lately. We’ve seen things ranging from jailbreaking the new flagship iPhone XS Max, to updating untethered bootrom exploits for the legacy iPhone 3GS, to releasing a new jailbreak tool for firmware 1.1 on the original iPod touch; and now, something else of interest has surfaced.
In a curious video shared by YouTube user doras2 over the weekend, we discern what appears to be a fully-untethered jailbreak running on a 32-bit iPhone 5 handset with iOS 10.2.1 installed on it:
Did you wake up to a dead watch this morning? Chalk it up to a daylight saving time bug!
Some Apple Watch Series 4 owners have experienced an issue causing the watch to crash or reboot on its own, which can be chalked up to a daylight saving time bug.
How to use two separate Slack apps on your iPhone or iPad
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Add transparency and zoom features to Google Maps for iOS with GMEnhancer
Despite how Apple Maps has matured over the years, Google Maps continues to be one of the most popular navigation solutions on the iOS platform. Google Maps is reliable, easy to use, and encompasses a bevy of conveniences that Apple Maps doesn’t; but one thing it lacks customization.
Here to fix that dilemma is a new free jailbreak tweak called GMEnhancer by iOS developer b01s. This tweak provides users with several ways to modify the stock look and feel of the Google Maps app on pwned iOS handsets.
FastDeleteX skips the “Recently Deleted” album when deleting pictures from iOS
One of my pet peeves concerning photo deletion on iOS is that everything you delete gets sent to the “Recently Deleted” album in the Photos app rather than being permanently deleted. The result is that you end up deleting everything for a second time to remove it from your device.
Albeit a safety measure in case you change your mind or delete something by accident, this feature creates more work than some people want to deal with. Fortunately, a new free jailbreak tweak called FastDeleteX by iOS developer Mohammad Ghzayel solves this problem for anyone who feels the same way I do.
Cross-platform SHSH blob-saving tool blobsaver updated to version 2.2 with improvements
Good practice for any jailbreaker is to save your handset’s SHSH blobs regularly. Doing so opens you up to the possibility of firmware downgrades and other fruitful benefits concerning jailbreaking.
A whole host of SHSH blob-saving tools exist today, including blobsaver. The latter is a cross-platform GUI app that promises ease of use across common operating systems like macOS, Windows, and even Linux.