Huawei overtakes Apple to become the No. 2 smartphone provider

During the second quarter of 2018, China's Huawei overtook Apple to become the No. 2 smartphone provider in the world. During the quarter, Huawei delivered shipments of 54.2 million units compared to 41.3 million units for Apple. The change represents the first time since the second quarter of 2010 when Apple wasn't No. 1 or No. 2 in the world, according to the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker survey. 

SilentAir makes the AirDrop receiving pop-up less intrusive

AirDrop comes in handy when you want to wirelessly send files from one device to another, but the user interface leaves a lot to be desired, especially when receiving large files.

The single most significant complaint is that the intrusive AirDrop receiving pop-up appears on the screen for too long, blocking you from doing anything else until the pop-up vanishes. But a new free jailbreak tweak called SilentAir by iOS developer Muirey03 aims to change that.

Highlights from Apple’s Q3 earnings call

Following the release of its Q3 financial results, Apple's CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri hopped on a conference call to talk about the numbers. You already know Apple set a June quarter record earning $53.3B in revenue on 41.3M iPhone sales, but below we've listed some  other highlights from the call.