Apple Pay is continuing its slow expansion as it is officially now available in Germany, a country that counts 83 million people.
Apple Pay launches in Germany
Security researcher Jann Horn publishes a privilege escalation bug that was fixed in iOS 12.1.1
Given everything that’s been happening in the security research space lately, iOS 12 appears to be far from non-exploitable. On the other hand, bugs, exploits, and vulnerabilities for Apple’s latest and greatest operating just keep rolling in with each passing day, and this could potentially be great news for the jailbreak community.
The latest of such occurrences involves a privilege escalation bug for iOS 12.1 and earlier by Jann Horn of Google Project Zero. The security researcher published his notes online regarding the bug Monday afternoon, just five days after Apple publicly released iOS 12.1.1 to patch the bug, along with several others.
How to see at what time a movie or show will end on Apple TV
Learn how to use the video scrubber on your Apple TV to see not only the time remaining until the show ends but also the time it will be when you finish watching.
Instagram launching walkie-talkie voice messaging feature in Direct
After launching video chat in its built-in messaging feature, aptly named Direct, earlier this summer, Facebook-owned Instagram today began rolling out voice messages.
Apple seeds first betas of iOS 12.1.2, watchOS 5.1.3, tvOS 12.1.2 and macOS 10.14.3
Apple on Monday issued new betas for iOS 12.1.2, watchOS 5.1.3, tvOS 12.1.2 and macOS 10.14.3 to developers. Those with Apple developer accounts can install the new betas either directly from the Dev Center or via their respective over-the-air mechanisms once the proper configuration profile has been installed.
Google Chrome is gaining proper support for macOS Mojave’s Dark Mode
Chrome is a popular web browser so it's puzzling that it does not support a new system-wide Dark Mode introduced in macOS Mojave, but don't worry because Google is working on it.
Apple’s reportedly shelved plans that would’ve significantly curtailed location collection
Apple's allegedly abandoned plans to make changes to its iOS mobile operating system that sources say would've helped reduce the amount of location data collected by your iPhone.
Shortcuts Focus: getting Dark Mode on virtually any website
Darkened interfaces look good in apps, not so much on websites. The problem is, web content remains a major source of visual inconsistency as far as the popular Dark Mode feature is concerned. Thankfully, you can get a Dark Mode-alike environment on almost any website thanks to a handy Dark Mode V2 shortcut for your iPhone and iPad.
How to create an alias for your Gmail email address
Learn how to create an alias for your Gmail account to keep your main email address private when signing up for online services or replying to messages.
ifConnected augments Low Power Mode with new toggling options
Battery life is one of those essential things that iPhone owners are always trying to improve. The Low Power Mode setting that comes baked into iOS can help with this, but it could still do with some improvements.
Given some of the shortcomings that Low Power Mode exhibits on the iPhone, iOS developer Soh released a new free jailbreak tweak called ifConnected that brings a handful of new toggling features to the platform.
TapticSpotify brings haptic feedback to the Spotify app’s music controls
I’ve always had a soft spot for jailbreak tweaks that bring subtle haptic feedback to various parts of my iPhone. That said, anyone who might be in the same boat should consider a new free release called TapticSpotify by iOS developer Chloee.
As you might have already inferred from the tweak’s name, TapticSpotify brings Taptic Engine-driven haptic feedback to the music controls found in the Now Playing section of the official Spotify app.
Pwn20wnd pushes unc0ver v2.0.2 to the public, no longer a ‘pre-release’
Pwn20wnd dropped the first pre-release of unc0ver v2.0.2 at the end of last week with significant improvements to revoke prevention, jailbreak speed enhancements, and bug fixes. After a couple of updated bundled resources were released over the weekend, it now seems that this particular version is ready for the masses.
We first learned about the unc0ver v2.0.2 public release in a Tweet shared by Pwn20wnd Sunday morning: