Apple releases iOS 10.3.1 with Wi-Fi vulnerability fix, brings back support for iPhone 5/5c

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 3, 2017

Apple on Monday issued a minor update to iOS 10.3, which released on March 27, 2017. The new iOS 10.3.1 software update comes with a build number of 14E304 and is recommended for all users. According to release notes accompanying the download, iOS 10.3.1 includes bug fixes and improves the security of your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. The software update can be downloaded over-the-air via Settings → General → Software Update on your iOS device.

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Facebook testing Explore feed which surfaces content you haven’t connected with yet

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 3, 2017

Facebook has been caught testing a new kind of feed on its mainland mobile app, designed to surface relevant posts from people and pages that you haven't befriended or liked. According to Mashable and Wired, some users noticed a new rocket-shaped icon at the bottom of their News Feed. Tapping it displays content from an alternative News Feed.

Labeled Explore, it's focused on posts, articles, photos, videos and other content from people, media organizations and pages you're not following.

Facebook is currently testing this feature with a small subset of users and could pull it any time it wants. We'll be making sure you're among the first to know when, and if the new Explore tab launches to everybody.

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Benchmark GPU performance of your iPhone, iPad and Mac with Geekbench’s updated app

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 3, 2017

Available on App Store free of charge, Primate Labs' refreshed Geekbench app now lets you measure the performance of mobile GPUs in iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac devices. Geekbench 4.1 brings a new Compute Benchmark to iOS and macOS. Written using Apple's new graphics API, Metal, it measures the performance of the GPU at executing common compute tasks such as image processing and computational photography.

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Springtomize 4 review: new Profiles feature makes this tweak even more powerful

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated May 16, 2022

The highly popular Springtomize jailbreak tweak is now compatible with iOS 10 through 14 thanks to its latest release, which was a joint effort between iOS developers Filippo Bigarella and Janosch Hübner (sharedRoutine).

Springtomize 4 has been re-written from top to bottom with improvements to not only its design, but also to its set of features. In this piece, we'll go over everything you can expect from Springtomize 4.

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Official F1 2016 game coming to Mac this Thursday

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 3, 2017

Developer Feral Interactive announced Monday that it will be releasing a Mac port of Codemasters' official game for the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship this coming Thursday, April 6. The game takes advantage of Apple's new graphics API, Metal, so it should squeeze every bit of power from your Mac's GPU. It includes various online multiplayer game modes that let you compete against up to 21 players on any of the 21 Grand Prix circuits.

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ESPN releases revamped Apple TV app with on-demand content, live streams & more

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 3, 2017

ESPN today refreshed its app on App Store with an overhauled user interface on Apple TV and other features. Renamed from WatchESPN to just ESPN, the free of charge universal binary now works across your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV and Apple Watch. It now supports auto-playing live streams, replays and full episodes of on-demand content. The app is rolling out today so check back later if it's not live yet on your local App Store.

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Apple is developing its own GPU chips

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 17, 2018

In a bombshell press release issued Monday, UK chip designer Imagination Technologies said Apple told it that it would end a fruitful deal to use Imagination's blueprints for customized graphics cores in its own A-series chips powering iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch and Apple TV devices.

Apparently, the Cupertino company is now looking to create independent GPU designs that could be ready in about two year's time. Shares of Imagination immediately plunged over 70 percent to their lowest level since the financial crisis in 2009, wiping over $625 million off the company's market value.

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Apple may offer HBO, Showtime and Starz in a combined premium TV bundle

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 2, 2017

Recode reported Sunday that Apple is considering offering a “premium TV bundle” with content from the networks HBO, Showtime and Starz.

As I'm sure you'll recall, the Cupertino company's long been rumored to have been interested in creating a $30-$40 per month skinny bundle of top TV programming from multiple content owners.

While App Store offers apps from each of those channels individually, Apple has reportedly approached the three networks about rolling them up into a single package, as conventional pay TV operators sometimes do.

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Apple, Amazon and Google in the bidding war to acquire Toshiba’s flash chip unit

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated July 1, 2017

Although Toshiba saw strong overall results from its HDD/SSD business in 2016, it's spinning off the lucrative NAND flash unit into a separate company. It's a last-ditch effort to plug a gap after the firm reported a heavy one-off $6.3 billion loss in December 2016, prompting its chairman to resign.

Korean Herald cited yesterday's report in Yomiuri Shimbun Daily claiming that Apple, Amazon and Google are engaged in a bidding war to acquire the Japanese giant's NAND flash unit. A very diverse conglomerate, Toshiba is Apple’s top supplier of memory chips for iOS devices and files as the second-largest flash chip maker in the world after Samsung Electronics.

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Samsung Galaxy S8 wallpaper pack for iPhone and desktop

Jim Gresham ∙ Updated May 14, 2018

Last week, Samsung announced its newest flagship device, the Galaxy S8. While there are many jokes to be made about Samsung handsets, exploding batteries aside, they are good at some things. Okay, my Samsung dishwasher leaks and the washing machine too (no joke!). Also, my Samsung refrigerator rattles when the compressor is on. Never mind. Jony Ive appliances would be nice.

As I was saying, sometimes Samsung does things right. When the Galaxy S8 launched, I received a lot of requests for the new wallpapers. Thanks to help from Twitter, I was able to round up more than 30 different Galaxy S8 wallpapers. Take a step inside for the details and downloads.

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: EnhancedSwitcherClose, UsageBarX, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated April 27, 2017

It's Sunday again, and that means we're coming at you with another one of our jailbreak tweak roundups!

It was a busy week following the public release of iOS 10.3, but jailbreak developers have continued working on their own projects for Cydia regardless.

In this roundup, we'll talk about our favorite new jailbreak tweak releases first, and then we'll discuss the rest of them afterwards.

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