As rumored back in January, Apple's Siri-powered HomePod smart speaker has gone on sale in India, a 1.35 billion people market, where it's sold for below the regular US pricing.
HomePod hits India, selling for below the regular US pricing
Prolific leaker claims iPhone 12 lineup will start with 128GB of storage and $50 less
The next iPhone should double the storage, with the baseline model expected to start at 128 gigabytes rather than 64 gigabytes like the current iPhone 11 family. On top of that, the baseline iPhone 12 should be cheaper at launch by $50 versus its iPhone 11 counterpart.
Word and PowerPoint gain Split View, trackpad support coming to Office for iOS by the fall
Keeping true to its promise, Microsoft yesterday updated its Word and PowerPoint productivity apps on the App Store with the ability to open two documents in a side-by-side view on iPad via Split View multitasking support. The Excel app did not pick up Split View support at post time, however. Microsoft has also acknowledged that it's working on implementing iPadOS trackpad support for the Office suite, but don't expect to be taking advantage of it before the fall.
iPhone 12 Pro rumor: ProMotion 120Hz screen, 3x optical zoom, 4400mAh battery & more
According to Max Winebach and EverythingApplePro, the flagship version of the next iPhone will be equipped with a ProMotion screen, a 3x telephoto zoom lens out the back, a massive battery rated at more than 4,400mAh, improved Face ID and other perks.
StickyNote is a macOS-inspired note-taking tweak for iOS
If you’ve ever used a Mac before, then you already know about the Stickies app that comes pre-installed by Apple from the factory. This app lets you jot down lists or thoughts directly on your desktop for easy reference later on, and it got some of us thinking… why doesn’t iOS have a feature like this?
Well now it does, and it’s all thanks to a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed StickyNote by iOS developer Gabriel Siu.
How to add your favorite songs to your Facebook profile
Want to share your favorite songs on your Facebook profile page? This tutorial shows you how to add and display your favorite music on your profile.
How to customize your X (Twitter) notifications like a pro
Receive too many notifications from X? This tutorial shows you how to customize the notifications on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and the web to cut down unnecessary alerts and reduce distractions.
This tweak makes you solve math to shut your iPhone’s alarm off
If you use your iPhone’s alarm feature to wake up in time for class or work every morning, then you know just how easy it can be to dismiss the alarm and oversleep. Apple doesn’t seem to have any plans for making this feature more fool-proof in the future, and that’s why we’re turning our attention to a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called You Up? by iOS developer 1di4r.
In a nutshell, You Up? forces the user to solve math problems to turn their firing alarm off. The concept should sound familiar because there’ve been literally countless tweak releases in the past that could do the same thing. What You Up? brings to the table is an aesthetically pleasing interface paired with the fact that the tweak is fully open-source on the developer’s GitHub page.
Editor’s Desk: more Apple stores reopening, MacBook line now making sense & more
Apple has updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard and other perks, marking the end of the line for butterfly keyboards and streamlining its notebook offering. We've also learned when the virtual WWDC 2020 will take place, analyzed Apple earnings, covered fresh new jaiblreak tweaks, reviewed some accessories and wrote up a bunch of new tutorials for you to learn something new while you're in lockdown.
OLED optimized Fold wallpapers for iPhone
The high end iPhone flagship devices come packed with a fantastically bright, and dark, colorful OLED panel. These panels are maximized for extreme color and complete blacks to sit right next to each other.
Because the pixels are individually illuminated, you can have 100% brightness next to a completely off pixel for incredible inky blacks. These "Fold" style wallpapers take advantage of both that color pop and complete true black canvas.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Circuliser, ColoredScrollIndicator, SettingsWidgets, and more…
Whether you jailbreak to make your iOS handset look cooler, or you do it to add new features that Apple won’t provide out of the box, there’s no reason you can’t use a pick-me-up.
This roundup will showcase all the latest jailbreak tweak releases from Monday, May 4th to Sunday, May 10th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by talking about our favorite releases first and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.
Safari Electro 2 brings improved web browsing and Safari theming to iOS
Apple’s Safari web browser is perhaps one of the best ways to explore the internet on your iPhone or iPad, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. In fact, we can think of a number of ways that it could be improved, such as importing many of the iPad’s web browsing features to the smaller iPhone.
But whether you’re looking for functionality upgrades or the ability to theme your Safari web browser from top to bottom, we’ve got a gut feeling that a newly released jailbreak tweak called Safari Electro 2 by iOS developer Minazuki could be right up your alley.