Let’s Talk iOS 264: October event debriefing

Let's Talk iOS podcast on iPhone X

Listen to Cody and Sebastien give a debriefing of the event Apple held in late October. The two co-hosts give their first impressions of the new MacBook Air, the new Mac mini, and the new iPad Pros. Also some interesting discussions about the current state of the MacBook line up, as well as the impact of terrific hardware slowed down by poor software.

Next-gen AirPods receive Bluetooth SIG certification

Male headshot showing a profile of a young person wearing an AirPod in their left ear

The next model of Apple's popular AirPods has surpassed another milestone on its way to release. As noted by MySmartPrice, the wireless earbuds have received certification from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), essentially giving them the green light to move forward.

Keyboard shortcuts to move up and down web pages on Mac

Macbook Pro Keyboard Shortcuts for Web Pages

One of the first things I looked for when I started using a MacBook Pro for work was how to navigate web pages faster. Being able to move to the top, to the bottom, or both in small increments and without lifting my fingers from the keyboard was essential.

If you’re like me and want to navigate sites you visit quicker, this list is for you. Here are several keyboard shortcuts to move up, down, and sideways on web pages on Mac.

Crystal lets you clear all unread notifications with a pull-down gesture

When you wake up every morning with a stack of unwanted notifications cluttering up your Lock screen and Notification Center interfaces, you might be compelled to clear them all in one fell swoop.

A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed Crystal by iOS developer Antique lets you do this with by dragging downward on the Lock screen or Notification Center interface where your notifications appear, as shown in the screenshot examples above.

Benchmarks confirm iPhone XR brings iPhone XS-like speed but with a longer battery life

All new iPhones run Apple's latest A12 Bionic system-on-a-chip and synthetic benchmarks like Geekbench 4 confirm this. According to the CPU, GPU and GPU compute scores for iPhone XR, Apple's colorful phone basically offers identical performance to the premium iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max smartphones, but in a package with a longer battery life that costs $250 less.

DayView: A dashboard to start your day on Apple TV

DayView on Apple TV

When you get up in the morning, you don’t have to flip through channels or apps to see what your day looks like. To see the weather, news, calendar events, stocks, and more, just pop on your Apple TV and the DayView app .

The DayView - Personal Dashboard gives you everything you need to start your day.

Color spectrum wallpapers for iPhone

water color iphone wallpaper splash

Our Wallpapers of the Week section provides photo quality iOS device wallpapers every Sunday. With an attempt to bring a range of hues, this week's collection features color spectrum wallpaper backgrounds for iPhone. Taking full advantage of the aggressive contrast ratio on the new iPhones as well as the color gamut replication, these wallpapers should look great on your devices.

Pwn20wnd releases unc0ver V1.1.2 to improve exploit success rates

Pwn20wnd’s unc0ver jailbreak tool for iOS 11.0-11.4 beta 3 received a notable update on Sunday with improved success rates for both the Empty_List (VFS) and Multi_Path (MPTCP) exploits that it utilizes to pwn Apple handsets.

Pwn20wnd announced the updated version of unc0ver via his Twitter account, which came just hours after unc0ver V1.1.1: