Apple Music Connect, a feature that lets artists publish posts of their own to give fans and followers a closer look at their work, their inspirations and their world, is getting discontinued.
Apple pulls the plug on Apple Music Connect
Apple will push special iOS updates in China to circumvent Qualcomm licensing issues
Apple will soon release special iOS updates to its Chinese customers that were specifically created to circumvent a pair of patents, owned by Qualcomm, which are essential to an iPhone injunction that the chip maker has won recently in the 1.33 billion people country.
How to view full email headers in the Mail app on Mac
Learn how to view full email headers in Apple Mail on Mac to verify the sender’s authenticity, identify spam or phishing attempts, and troubleshoot issues.
Improve your multitasking workflow on iPhone with EasyAccess
You can undoubtedly multitask on an iPhone or iPad, but Apple's implementation leaves a lot to be desired. That’s why iOS developer Kane Buckthorpe released a new jailbreak tweak called EasyAccess.
As you might come to expect from the tweak’s name, EasyAccess intends to make multitasking more usable on the iOS platform. This tweak lets you perform actions in two apps at the same time and effortlessly move between apps by way of a highly-customizable dock that you can summon at any time with Activator.
NoLowPowerAutoLock disables the 30-second auto-lock when Low Power Mode is turned on
iPhone owners can use the included Low Power Mode to save battery life on their iPhone in a pinch, and while it can be useful, I don’t particularly care for how it forces a 30-second auto-lock down your throat.
Apple doesn’t give you a way to increase the auto-lock timeout on a stock device with Low Power Mode enabled, but jailbreakers can take advantage of a free jailbreak tweak called NoLowPowerAutoLock by iOS developer SparkDev to command differently.
In response to serious bug, Saurik disables purchases in Cydia Store
Saurik (Jay Freeman) was forced to make a tough decision involving the Cydia Store on Thursday after receiving troubling news from concerned developers in the jailbreak community.
As it would seem, a severe bug discovered in the platform by Andy Wiik could have enabled arbitrary Cydia Store package purchases via users’ PayPal accounts if they were logged into a Cydia account with a linked PayPal account and browsing potentially malicious third-party repositories in the app.
iPhones have actually become thicker in the past five years, not thinner
Apple likes to focus on thinness but customers have frequently pointed out that they wouldn't mind a bit thicker device in exchange for a longer-lasting battery. Believe it or not, Apple's iconic smartphone has actually grown thicker in the past five years.
This guy took apart his broken iPhone 4 and framed it
Here's a fun weekend project: if you have a broken iPhone lying around somewhere that's not worth repairing, take it apart iFixit-style and put the parts in a picture frame.
An unofficial web player for Apple Music emerges
Because Apple currently does not provide a full-on Apple Music player on the web, software engineer Naveed Golafshani took it upon himself to create one as a fun project.
Netflix testing an intrusive popup that lets you rewind a scene
Netlifx is testing an instant replay option that, if launched, would let subscribers rewind to the start of any scene, but the implementation of this feature seems to leave a lot to be desired.
Apple is building a new $1 billion campus in Austin
Apple needs more office space for its growing army of employees so the company announced Thursday that it would be building a new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, as well as establish new sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California.
How to use HomePod to find your iPhone or other Apple device
Learn how to use Siri on your HomePod to play a sound on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch to locate them if you cannot seem to find them around.