In this tutorial, we’ll go over five simple ways to check the current battery health information of your iOS device to ensure optimal performance and longevity.
5 ways to check your iPhone battery health
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Hulu drops prices for those who subscribed to the “No Commercials” plan through iTunes
If you subscribed to Hulu's "No Commercials" plan through your iOS device, or Apple TV, you should see a price reduction on your next bill, as the plan dropped by two dollars, from $13.99 to $11.99.
Limneos launches MobileMiner, a free cryptocurrency mining app for iOS
Cryptocurrency is a hot commodity right now. If you’ve been itching to start mining some for yourself, then we have some good news for you.
Veteran jailbreak tweak developer Elias Limneos just launched a new free iOS app called MobileMiner, and it lets you mine Electroneum with the raw CPU power from your personal iPhone or iPad.
How to convert a Keynote document to a PowerPoint document
All Mac and iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad come with a suite of office applications pre-installed. This includes Keynote, a presentation software app very similar to PowerPoint, its Microsoft counterpart.
Keynote presentations can easily be viewed on any Apple hardware, but as an application exclusive to Apple platforms, there can be compatibility issues when wanting to share a Keynote document with a Windows user. To avoid these compatibility issues between Mac and Windows, one can save Keynote documents created on Mac as PowerPoint documents that will easily be viewable on Windows.
Apple relaxes its controversial guidelines for template-based apps, waives dev fees for governments and nonprofits starting next year
Apple took a stance recently against cookie-cutter style apps by outright banning them from the App Store. These template-based apps were often used as ways to clone low-quality apps (any remember the onslaught of Flappy Bird lookalikes?) Unfortunately, they were also often used by small business, nonprofits, or government organizations who didn't have the resources to develop their own apps from scratch.
Microsoft’s Pix Camera gains Photosynth mode & comic strips with speech bubbles
Microsoft on Wednesday pushed a noteworthy update to its Pix Camera app for iPhone and iPad, which made its App Store debut in July of this year, bringing out two new shooting modes.
Bloomberg: developers will soon be able to write universal apps for iPhone, iPad & Mac
Apple will provide new developer tools that will for the first time let app makers design, engineer and compile a single app binary which will run across iPhone, iPad and Mac devices.
Google Hangouts has been optimized for iPhone X
Google yesterday pushed an iPhone X-focused update to its Hangouts for iOS app on App Store.
3 ways to find the GPS coordinates of any location on iPhone
Many apps you use on your iPhone are tapping your location to provide services or data based on where you are. While everything happens in the background, all these apps are actually using your GPS coordinates on your iPhone to pinpoint your location in the most precise way.
While an average user will never have to deal with GPS coordinates, knowing how to obtain and understand them can be valuable for some. I'm thinking about outdoorsy people or those into geocaching, for instance. If you're one of these people, or if you just want to learn something new, here's how to view GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) on iPhone.
Adobe updates Photoshop Express with Send to Photoshop feature & other perks
Creative software maker Adobe on Tuesday pushed a brand new version of its Photoshop Express mobile app for iPhone and iPad on App Store with several improvements, including a new Send to Photoshop feature and souped up photo collages.
Plex launches Winamp-like miniaturized music player for Mac
Media software developer Plex on Monday released a standalone Winamp-like music player for Mac, called Plexamp, which integrates with your existing Plex music library.
Shazam for iPhone brings offline mode
Media identification service Shazam (soon to be Apple-owned) today updated its iPhone and iPad app in App Store, implementing a brand new offline mode which allows users to keep Shazaming even when they’re not connected to the Internet.