Amber alerts are designed to play at maximum volume to get your attention. As such, they may be harmful to your hearing if you happen to wear your AirPods when one hits.
About AirPods and Amber emergency alerts
How to get real-time song lyrics and sing along with Apple Music and Shazam
Learn how to get real-time song lyrics in Apple Music and Shazam on iPhone or iPad to sing along like you're at a karaoke.
Apple is recalling some three-prong wall adapters over a risk of electrical shock
Apple today announced a voluntary recall and exchange program concerning select first-party AC wall plug adapters and the firm's World Travel Adapter Kits that include these adapters.
AutoInvert automatically toggles Smart Invert based on your display brightness level
A hidden accessibility feature on your iPhone called Smart Invert lets you enjoy a Dark Mode-like experience on your handset on demand, but you still need to invoke it manually if you wish to use it.
With that in mind, iOS developer Cole Cabral has just released a new jailbreak tweak in Cydia called AutoInvert that automatically facilitates your handset’s Smart Invert feature based on your current display brightness level.
Apple Maps launches detailed terrain features for Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada
Apple's been quietly rebuilding Maps in the past year or so with detailed terrain data in select US states and cities, including the most recent additions: Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada.
VideoSwipes adds swipe gesture controls to iOS’ native video player
The iOS platform sports a gorgeous native video player interface, but as you might come to expect from Apple, those good looks aren’t coupled with the oodles of functionality that you might find on other platforms such as swipe gesture-based controls.
In response to this apparent shortcoming, iOS developer AnthoPak has just released a new free jailbreak tweak in Cydia called VideoSwipes, and just as the name implies, this tweak brings swipe gesture-based controls to iOS’ native video player.
Augment iOS’ native power down interface with ModernPower
Pressing and holding a certain button sequence on your iOS device (the sequence varies depending on the device) invokes the power down menu from which you can easily turn your handset off. Unfortunately, iOS’ native power down menu has an ongoing reputation for being somewhat ‘featureless.’
In an attempt to change that, iOS developer conorthedev released a new free jailbreak tweak called ModernPower, which gives iOS’ native power down menu a modern facelift and supercharges it with additional features that you won’t find out of the box on a stock device.
Diagnose any and all car troubles with this tiny scanner and your iPhone
Few things in life are more inconvenient (and sometime life-threatening) than experiencing car troubles when you’re on the road. From stalling engines to faulty speedometers, these vehicular issues can derail your entire day and potentially the entire month.
iOS’s File Provider extension for accessing remote storage is coming to macOS 10.15
Earlier this week, 9to5Mac's Guilherme Rambo leaked some of the goodies coming to Apple developer at WWDC 2019, and today I want to zero in on another little yet important aspect of iOS that macOS 10.15 will support in order to make apps better, more appealing to users.
The best iPhone emoji keyboard apps
These days, using emojis when sending text messages is the norm. You can say about anything with an emoji instead of text from “I love you” to “Let’s grab a burger.” And your iPhone is packed with tons of them to use. But there are apps that take these handy little smileys to another level.
You can send emojis that are arranged in a picture, those that you edit yourself, and many that you won’t find on your iPhone by default. If you want to step it up with your emojis, here are the best iPhone emoji keyboard apps.
Some Amazon employees who listen to Alexa requests have access to users’ home addresses
Bloomberg recently reported that Amazon has a project with some of its employees listening to some of the audio recordings made by Alexa speakers when users interact with them, but it now appears that those folks have access to customers' home addresses, too.
Apple News+ is about to charge users $10 per month, here’s how to cancel your trial now
Apple News+, an all-you-can-eat digital magazine and newspaper subscription service that the iPhone maker launched last month, is about to start charging customers who have signed up for a free 30-day trial its regular monthly fee of ten bucks.