LottieStatusBar brings Lottie-inspired animations to the Status Bar

It was only a couple of days ago that we showed you a jailbreak tweak dubbed LottieLockscreen by iOS developer MiRO. In a nutshell, it brought fun and quirky Lottie-style animations to the Lock Screen on jailbroken iPhones. The tweak’s popularity rapidly gained momentum following its release, and as such, we knew it would only be a matter of time before the developer expanded the concept to other interfaces of iOS.

LottieStatusBar is the latest of such expansions, and just as the tweak’s rather conspicuous name implies, it ports these Lottie-style animations to the handset’s Status Bar.

The M1 MacBook Air’s battery life won me over

A still from Apple's event video showing software chief Craig Federighi opening the lid of a MacBook Air

2020 feels forever ago, and it's hard to imagine that in those 12 months I managed to buy two different MacBook Air models. But that's what happens when, at first, you really need to upgrade, and then, by the end of the year, Apple intrigues you enough to grab your interest all over again.

The best apps for kids to learn sight words on iPhone and iPad

Apps for Sight Words - Phonics Reading

Teaching children to recognize sight words is important when they’re just learning to read. Knowing those common words that they can spot easily and not have to sound out helps them focus on tougher words.

For helping the youngster in your life, you can download sight word apps for iPhone and iPad. These digital tools can reinforce what they learn from you and their teachers. Plus, apps like these give them fun and entertaining ways to learn, which makes education more interesting.

Take a look at this list of apps for kids to learn sight words and see which one or more you think your child would enjoy!

All the ways you can use the rotatable Digital Crown button on your AirPods Max

Your AirPods Max over-ear headphones feature a rotatable Digital Crown button, located on the top of the right earphone. Follow along with this tutorial to learn all the ways you can use the Digital Crown to pause, resume or skip the music you’re listening to (or the video you’re watching), as well as adjust the volume, invoke Siri, answer and end calls, and much more..

Changes are coming to the Let’s Talk iOS podcast and we want to hear from you

First of all I want to say happy New Year everyone, and thank you so much to those who continue to listen to our weekly podcast. We recently surpassed 370 episodes, and we just wouldn’t be able to do that without your support. That being said, after 7+ years of doing this every week, Sebastien and I felt it was time to switch things up.

Now don’t worry, we’re not going anywhere. But we have been discussing some ideas for a refresh, and at this point in the process we felt it was time to share some of those thoughts with you, and hopefully get some feedback.