We got to go hands-on with Orbit's new HomeKit equipped smart watering system that allow you to control your watering schedules with HomeKit and Siri.
Hands-on with Orbit’s B-Hyve HomeKit smart watering systems
Apple awarded crucial patent for TrueDepth camera’s 4-element infrared optics
Apple's TrueDepth camera on iPhone X uses infrared sensors that capture light in the wavelength range of 800nm to 1300nm to achieve pattern-based depth mapping, allowing it to work day or night, like devices used for medical diagnosis, food inspection and night vision.
Apple subsidiary FileMaker debuts new ad featuring some of the original cast from ‘The Office’
In what is no doubt a disappointing revelation for any fans of The Office, the previous teaser for "The Farm" has turned out to be a commercial FileMaker, an Apple subsidiary.
US lawmakers attempting to stop Huawei from entering US market on national security grounds
Members of Congress are lobbying against Chinese handset maker Huawei's plans to enter the US market via AT&T's discount subsidiary Cricket, demanding that federal regulators stop the move on national security grounds.
Hands-on with the iDevice Instinct HomeKit wall switch with built-in Amazon Echo speaker
iDevices built an Amazon Alexa speaker right into their upcoming Instinct wall switch, and while we didn't get to try it, we did get to check it out, as well as iDevices other new products, at CES 2018.
KeyUtilities brings configurable keyboard commands to iOS
Most iPhone and iPad users merely use their keyboard for typing inside of their apps, but with a new jailbreak tweak called KeyUtilities by iOS developer AlexK, you can use your keyboard to do so much more.
Right out of the box, KeyUtilities feels reminiscent of desktop-class keyboard shortcuts. On the other hand, it provides a bevy of iOS-centric features that you might find useful whether you’re a novice or a power-user.
BatteryStatus revives the old school Bluetooth device battery indicator in the Status Bar
Numerous modern Bluetooth devices report their battery levels inside of the Batteries widget found in Notification Center and to the left of the Home screen and Lock screen. On the other hand, it didn’t always work that way; Bluetooth devices used to report their battery levels in the Status Bar before Apple created this widget.
Anyone feeling nostalgic for the older Status Bar-based battery level display might enjoy a new free jailbreak tweak called BatteryStatus by iOS developer ipad_kid, as it revives this fan-favorite feature on later iterations of iOS.
Let’s Talk iOS 222: Hitting some sweet ramps
An eclectic episode about how to get extra lives on HQ, iPhone bugs, CES gadgets, GoPro, DJI, and dogs getting the flu.
How to get Extra Lives on HQ
There is no room for approximation in HQ. If you answer a question incorrectly, you are eliminated. However, if you have some social clout and have used your referral code, you might get a few HQ Extra Lives from that, but these usually don't come by that easy.
App Store to eclipse worldwide box office revenues sometime this year
App Store revenues may become bigger than the entire worldwide movie-making business sometime this year, with both industries likely to hit the $40 billion mark in the near future.
Israeli class action suit over Meltdown & Spectre targets Apple, ARM and Intel
In spite of assurances from Intel that software fixes for the recently publicized vulnerabilities in CPU designs would not result in substantial performance penalty, Apple has nevertheless found itself in the middle of a legal brouhaha over Meltdown and Spectre over in Israel.
Russians are hopping on the anti-Apple bandwagon
Moscow-based law firms NLF Group and Lex Borealis have collected a number of iPhone owners who will be soon taking the company to court over the iPhone slowdown debacle.