Sony has finally released its long-awaited iPhone and iPad app which lets gamers use iOS touch controls to navigate the PlayStation 4 interface and play their favorite console titles.
You can now play PS4 games with touch controls on your iPhone
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Google’s creepy human-sounding AI that can book a reservation for you is coming to iPhone
Google's human-sounding AI helper which stole the show at Google I/O 2018 by making an erringly realistically sounding phone call to a hair salon is coming to your iPhone soon.
MacStories releases a collection of 150 custom shortcuts to power your iOS automations
No one knows more about iOS automation than MacStories founder and editor-in-chief Federico Viticci who has been sharing custom actions for the Workflow app years before Apple snapped up the whole Workflow team and rebranded their app as Shortcuts.
Apple’s new “iPhone can do what?” microsite educates users on useful features
An update Wednesday to the official iPhone webpage on Apple's website added a new link leading to a section listing many hardware and software features of the iconic handset.
Many Apple Watch bands are now out of stock ahead of expected seasonal refresh
More than half a dozen bands for Apple Watch released as part of the fall 2018 update are no longer available via Apple's online store. This is expected: the company's roadmap calls for seasonal refreshes of the bands and accessories in spring, summer and fall.
Disney CEO Bob Iger may lose his seat on Apple’s board due to conflict of interest
According to Bloomberg, Disney CEO Bob Iger's seat on Apple's board of directors could be at risk because Apple's streaming TV service product slated for launch later this year could easily turn the two friendly companies which share a board connection into fierce competitors.
LG’s new smart TVs will receive support for AirPlay 2 and HomeKit in the middle of the year
LG announced at CES in January that its latest lineup of Smart TV sets for 2019 would feature support for Apple's AirPlay 2 and HomeKit technologies. The South Korean company yesterday confirmed that support for AirPlay 2 and HomeKit control will be arriving to its new models via a software update scheduled to release around the middle of the year.
Apple stops signing iOS 12.1.1 beta 3, halting downgrades to a jailbreakable firmware
In an unfortunate turn of events this week, Apple appears to have stopped signing iOS 12.1.1 beta 3 for most or all iOS devices. Before last night, this was the last jailbreakable firmware that could still be downgraded to via iTunes since Apple closed the signing window for the official iOS 12.1.1-12.1.2 releases exactly one month ago.
Hacker an unc0ver lead developer Pwn20wnd confirmed the unsigning status via Twitter in the wee hours of the night, shortly following up with reports saying that it was still being signed by Apple for certain devices. As expected, a couple of high-profile individuals such as rootlessJB 3.0 developer Jake James and OsirisJailbreak12 creator GeoSn0w confirmed that the firmware wasn’t being signed for their devices:
Apple updates its repair policy, will now fix iPhones with third-party replacement batteries
Apple has informed its Genius Bar employees and Authorized Service Providers (AASP) that it's now OK to fix iPhones that have aftermarket batteries installed by third-party repair shops.
PlayOff enables Apple Music continuity playback between your Mac and iPhone
The Handoff feature in macOS and iOS lets you move seamlessly between devices, but it doesn't work with Apple Music at all. With PlayOff, a cool new app by iOS developer Martin Powlette, you can start streaming a song through Apple Music on your iPhone and immediately pick up right when you left off on your Mac without missing a beat, and vice versa.
Swift Playgrounds 3.0 beta is now available
Apple today released the first beta of the Swift Playgrounds 3.0 coding app which you can download through TestFlight provided you've elected to help Apple test the app.
W3C approves WebAuthn, a new authentication standard for password-free logins
If you suck at remembering or creating strong passwords, you're going to love that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) yesterday approved Web Authentication (WebAuthn), a new authentication standard for password-free logins that's already supported by major browsers.