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Verizon offering free streaming in the NFL Mobile App once again

Samuel Rentz ∙ September 30, 2017

Football season is in full swing once again, and just like last year, Verizon is offering its customers free streaming of live local and primetime games every weekend within the NFL Mobile app.

If you are a Verizon customer, this means that you will be able to stream local games as determined by your location, Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, and Monday Night Football. To make the offer even more appealing, Verizon will not count the data used for NFL Mobile streaming against your data cap.

Apple recommends a minimum Internet connection speed of 25 Mbps for 4K streaming

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 29, 2017

Following news that Apple is only streaming 4K movies, not offering downloads, the Cupertino company has now detailed 4K streaming requirements in a recent support document.

Using LTE Apple Watch on its own for SMS/MMS, phone calls & notifications

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 29, 2017

An LTE-outfitted Apple Watch lets you do many things without a paired iPhone, but sending or receiving cellular phone calls or SMS/MMS texts comes with some caveats.

TSMC starts development of A12 chips for 2018 iPhones

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 17, 2018

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, is in the early stage of development and testing of manufacturing processes in preparation for Apple's next-generation A12 chips for 2018 iPhones.

Apple reportedly wants to design its own Mac processors, iPhone modem chips & more

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 29, 2017

Apple is looking to accelerate proprietary semiconductor development in order to differentiate itself from competition even further with products such as ARM-based processors for Mac notebooks, in-house designed iPhone modems and more.

5 excellent iPad Pro apps for college students

Samuel Rentz ∙ September 29, 2017

The iPad Pro and its second generation have made Apple’s tablets more powerful than they have ever been in the history of iOS. With the release of iOS 11, the iPad is more capable than ever to serve as a primary computing device for many people.

College students are some of the best suited primary iPad Pro users, and the following are some of the best apps to help those students flourish in college with Apple’s most powerful tablet.

This tweak adds new privacy and convenience features to the Facebook app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 29, 2017

With Facebook being as popular as it is among netizens, it’s not surprising to see jailbreak tweak developers target the Facebook app with some of their projects.

Among the host of those available in Cydia right now is a new jailbreak tweak dubbed FYA Hack FB by iOS developer uGuer.

Review: Meet Marshall Stockwell, my favorite portable speaker

Andrew O'Hara ∙ September 28, 2017

Marshall, a company known for its outstanding history in vintage guitar amps, entered the consumer market a few years ago with a series of speakers and headphones. The Stockwell, the smallest in their lineup, has stood out as probably my favorite portable Bluetooth speaker to hit the market in several years.

Video: hands-on with Super Mario Run’s major update bringing new levels & game modes

Andrew O'Hara ∙ September 28, 2017

The anticipated update to Super Mario Run is now available on App Store with version number 3.0.4 and packing many enhancements such as a new Remix 10 game mode, new playable character, a whole new world of levels and more.

Looks like Apple is working on Reachability support for iPhone X

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 28, 2017

Journalists have noticed that iPhone X doesn't have Reachability but Brazilian iOS developer Guilherme Rambo‏ is suggesting that Cupertino may be bringing Reachability support to the upcoming OLED handset after all, and he posted video evidence to prove it.

Apple: it’s impossible to enable FM reception in iPhone 7 & iPhone 8

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 28, 2017

Apple cannot magically flip a switch to turn on FM radio in your iPhone because latest iPhones lack FM radio chips in the first place and their antennas are not suited to support FM signals.

Apple Pay Cash could launch in late October

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 28, 2017

Apple Pay Cash could arrive in late October, according to a footnote at the bottom of the Apple Watch Series 1 webpage on Apple's website, as first discovered by 9to5Mac.