Joining standard payment methods accepted on Apple's content stores—such as Paypal, plastic money and iTunes credit—customers in some European countries can now have their app and media purchases charged to a monthly mobile phone bill from their carrier.
If you sleep with an Apple Watch on, consider disabling Auto Call in Emergency SOS settings
Emergency SOS, a tremendously helpful feature in iOS and watchOS that allows you to quickly and easily place a potentially life-saving call to local emergency services, is apparently causing some unforeseen problems for people who sleep with their Apple Watch on.
BoostedWifi augments your iPhone’s Wi-Fi capabilities
If you’d like to beef up the Wi-Fi capabilities of your jailbroken iPhone or iPad, then you might take interest in a new free jailbreak tweak called BoostedWifi by iOS developer KingPuffdaddi.
BoostedWifi augments your device’s Wi-Fi capabilities by removing the signal limit levied by Apple and displaying detailed signal levels for every network.
Let’s Talk iOS 231: The Bermuda triangle of tech problems
Cody and Sebastien muse on Apple's upcoming education event and what could be announced in terms of software and hardware. The two also discuss WWDC 2018, and surprisingly, how Cody could be the secret inventor of the iPhone.
Apple seeds sixth beta of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4
Apple on Monday issued the sixth beta of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 to developers. Registered developers can download the beta through Apple's developer center, or it can be installed using the Update mechanism in the Mac App Store.
7 ways to pause and resume music on HomePod
Learn about all the different ways to pause and resume music playback on your HomePod using your voice, its top touch surface, or your iPhone.
How to change the Apple Music account associated with your HomePod
You set up your new HomePod for the first time by bringing it near an iPhone or iPad, which prompts Apple's handy Automatic Setup feature to transfer settings such as saved Wi-Fi passwords and your Apple Music subscription information from your iOS device to your new HomePod.
If you would like to associate a different Apple Music account with your HomePod than the one you're currently using on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you can do that with just a few taps. We'll show you how to change the Apple Music account just for your HomePod.
Rocket for Mac lets you quickly enter emoji by typing rather than scrolling through a list
macOS's emoji interface is somewhat clunky: you have to press Control (⌃)-Command (⌘)-Space to bring up the persistent emoji overlay, then search for the right emoji character.
Bloomberg: Apple is building its own micro-LED displays at a secret plant in California
Apple is reportedly designing and producing its own screens for future devices at a secret manufacturing facility in California, based on the emerging micro-LED display technology.
My locked Apple Watch Edition eBay adventure
eBay is the Wild West of shopping. There are some rules, but mostly its a wasteland of objects and you can call in the Marshall, to continue my terrible pun, if you need to report someone or get your money back. It is not as bad as Craigslist. I generally stay away from both.
However, my desire for a shiny white Apple Watch Edition and my unwillingness to pay $1,350 for a new one, drove me into the world's largest yard sale, eBay. After purchasing the Apple Watch Edition Series 2, it was a full three weeks before I was able to use it, thanks to the disaster that is Apple Authentication Lock. The saga has me swearing to never order a used Apple device again.
Apple ‘Let’s take a field trip’ media event wallpapers
Friday, March 16, Apple sent invitations to the media and k-12 staff for an upcoming event hosted at Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago. The event will be held on Tuesday, March 27 at 10:00AM local time.
It will be a time to "hear creative new ideas for teachers and students," according to the invitation, which exclaims "let's take a field trip." A calligraphy Apple logo adorns the simplistic invitation design. No doubt, there will be plenty of conversation about Apple famously existing at the crossroads of technology and liberal arts, as heralded by Steve Jobs.
8 jailbreak tweaks to check out this weekend
It appears as though we’re starting to see more iOS 11-esque jailbreak tweaks in Cydia since the public release of Electra for iOS 11.0-11.1.2 devices, and this week’s list of tweaks reflects upon that.
We’ll be talking about all of this week’s jailbreak tweak releases in this weekly roundup, and as usual, we’ll kick things off by showcasing our favorite releases and then conclude by outlining the rest afterward.