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DisplayCandy adds new open, close, and switching animations to iOS

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated February 25, 2013

DisplayCandy is a brand new tweak that significantly spruces up the animation transitions on your iPhone or iPad. There are three areas where animations can be customized — opening, closing, and when switching between applications.

Each of the areas can be customized using a wide variety of animations, along with a slider to increase or decrease the duration of the animation you choose. As you'll come to appreciate from the video inside, DisplayCandy is an excellent way to customize the look and feel of an iOS device...

Report: Apple using MacBook supplier AU Optronics and LG Display for iPad mini display

Ed Sutherland ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

As we get closer to the expected October launch of Apple's "iPad mini," details are emerging about how the Cupertino, Calif. company is reshaping its supplier base in the face of growing demand for handheld devices. AU Optronics, which made MacBook displays, is now building parts for the smaller iPad, Bloomberg reports Friday.

LG Display is also among the suppliers for the smaller tablet, according to Bloomberg.

Apple and several publishers offer concessions to avoid e-book suit

Cody Lee ∙ August 31, 2012

A new report is out this morning claiming that Apple and several major publishers have agreed to offer pricing concessions in an effort to end an antitrust investigation by the European Union (EU).

Last December, the EU started looking into claims that Apple was conspiring with publishers to raise e-book prices, saying its "agency model" was hampering digital publishing competition in Europe...

FaceMail opens Facebook emails in its native app

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated February 25, 2013

FaceMail is a recently released jailbreak tweak that forces Facebook links appearing in the stock Mail app to open in the Facebook app instead of Safari.

At first glance, this might seem like the perfect tweak for avid users of the Facebook app, but upon further inspection it has a few shortcomings. Check inside for the full rundown...

The new iPhone looks really thin compared to the 4S and 3GS

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

Thanks to new in-cell display panels, a smaller dock connector and other modifications, the new iPhone is going to be thinner than ever before. How thin? The casing for the handset has been measured at 7.6mm.

While that doesn't sound like a very big difference — just 1.7mm thinner than the 9.3mm 4S — it's certainly noticeable. Just look at these two comparison photos showing the new iPhone, the 4S and the 3GS...

Sharp slows production of Apple’s new iPhone screen

Ed Sutherland ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

Apple may need to give a cash infusion to one of its iPhone display suppliers, whose production has slowed due to high costs, Reuters reports Friday. Screens for the new iPhone expected on Sept. 12 have embedded touch sensors, eliminating the need for an additional touch-screen layer.

Sharp is "struggling with high costs that have cut into its margins on the screens," the news service reports this morning, citing an unidentified production source...

Developer finds tracks of the iPad mini in server logs

Cody Lee ∙ August 31, 2012

As the rumored October launch date of the iPad mini inches closer, evidence of the tablet's existence is starting to pick up. We've seen rear shells, dock connectors and even cases that reportedly belong to the device.

And today, it looks like even more proof has surfaced. An iOS developer is reporting that he has spotted two new iPad devices in his app logs, which he believes could be variations of Apple's highly-anticpated new tablet...

Tokyo court rules Samsung devices don’t violate Apple patent

Cody Lee ∙ August 31, 2012

You have to feel for Samsung, it's had a pretty rough week. First, it lost a high-profile patent suit to Apple which will cost it in upwards of $1 billion. And now it's facing a US sales ban on 8 devices.

But this should help ease the pain: a Tokyo judge has just handed Samsung a court victory, ruling that its phones and tablets do not violate Apple's patent related to music and video syncing...

iOS 6 App Store app updated with card-based search results

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

The App Store was updated with a brand new layout for search results in iOS 6 beta. The change impacts both the iPhone and the iPad.

The card based layout is quite a departure from the current search results on iOS 5, as you'll see in our hands-on video.

Apple seen rejecting applications that copy popular app icons

Cody Lee ∙ August 30, 2012

Earlier this year, Apple started pulling applications from the App Store that were blatant knockoffs of popular titles. This included games like Temple Jump, Tiny Birds, and Numbers With Friends.

Now it looks like it's applying the no-clone policy to app icons as well. A developer says Apple recently told him his App Store submission was rejected because its icon was too misleading for users...

Tim Cook reportedly in talks with Google’s Larry Page over patents

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 7, 2016

If you're getting as tired of all of the patent lawsuits as we are, then you'll happy to hear that Google and Apple have opened the lines of communications regarding intellectual property matters.

A new report is out this morning claiming that Tim Cook, and Google's CEO Larry Page, have been involved in behind-the-scene talks over a range of things, including mobile patent disputes...

LTE iPhone could be a game changer, especially for Verizon

Ed Sutherland ∙ Updated November 19, 2018

If you're looking to handicap which iPhone carrier is ahead in the LTE horse race, one Wall Street analyst points to Verizon and Sprint as the big winner and loser. Indeed, an LTE-enabled iPhone 5 would "change everything," making it "the biggest consumer product launch ever."

Jeffries & Co.'s analyst Thomas Seitz Thursday advised investors to buy Verizon shares, hold onto AT&T and sell Sprint-Nextel. Verizon now has 230 million LTE POPs -- more than all other US carriers combined. As a result, Seitz sees "a share shift towards Verizon, primarily at AT&T's expense."