iOS 14, the next major update to the mobile operating system powering the iPhone and iPod touch, may support all the same devices as the current iOS 13 versions.
This week's editor's desk roundup has me thinking about Apple's green plans for its second-biggest corporate facility in the U.S., the changes it's making to iOS development for the next big release in 2020, and the way it's treated one developer in particular. Read on for more details.
Thirteen has been an unlucky number for Apple. Since the summer, Apple's rollout of iOS 13 has been plagued by misstep after misstep as features were pulled from the initial release, showstopping bugs made it out anyway, and countless updates and iterations have been made to get things right. Apple isn't anxious to make the same mistake next year with iOS 14. The company's software chief is overhauling the way Apple test software to make sure it doesn't happen again, according to a new Bloomberg report.
I’ve used a lot of jailbreak tweaks in my day, but some of my all-time favorites were those that brought the classic Android-style matrix/pattern Lock screen interface to the iOS platform.
It’s been a while since we’ve seen one of these classic tweaks optimized for each of Apple’s latest handsets and mobile operating systems, but one that does is a release called LockDroid by iOS developer Julio Verne.