Facebook-owned WhatsApp is taking another page from Snapchat and other apps with a new privacy feature in testing that lets you set a self-destruct timer for image attachments.
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Apple’s Music Memos is officially dead
Keeping true to its promise, Apple has officially removed the Voice Memos app from the App Store. The app launched in 2016 to give musicians ways to capture song ideas on their iPhone.
Apple promotes students in New Zealand creating their own Samoan language app with iPad
Apple has its hardware in many schools all across the globe. Sometimes, the company promotes how students and faculty are using those devices to create new things. Today is one of those days.
New Shortcuts actions in iOS 14.5: Take Screenshot, Orientation Lock and more
Aside from unlocking your iPhone with an Apple Watch, changing the default music player for Siri requests and other perks, iOS 14.5 adds several handy new actions to the Shortcuts app.
Apple is sending invites to developers to bring their iPad apps to the Mac
The Mac is perfectly capable of running iPad apps now, thanks in part to the latest upgrades to macOS. And of course the transition to the M1 processor. But while there are plenty of apps available for Apple's computers, there could be more. So Apple's inviting developers to online sessions to help with the process.
ReProvisionFix fixes crashes associated with apps signed via ReProvision after January 28th
Many avid jailbreakers were left disappointed when ReProvision developer Matt Clarke formally announced that the popular side-loaded application re-signing mechanism wouldn’t receive an update to fix crashes affecting apps installed after January 28th.
Fortunately, the jailbreak community is no stranger to third party patches, and that’s one of the reasons why we think many jailbreakers will be excited to learn about a new and free jailbreak tweak release called ReProvisionFix by iOS developer nyuszika7h.
SortingSwipe can instantly sort Home Screen app icons by name or color
Everyone sorts the app icons on their Home Screens differently, and things will only get crazier now that iOS 14 has introduced the brand new App Library.
But one thing that hasn’t changed is that most people appreciate some sort of rhyme or reason to their app icon sorting, whether it’s by type of app, favorite apps, alphabetical order, or something else.
Unable to delete apps on your iPhone or iPad? Try these fixes
Learn what to do if you’re unable to uninstall apps from your iPhone or iPad, as the option to ‘Delete App’ is missing when you touch and hold an app icon and tap Remove App.
The popular Procreate art app brings the iPad experience to your iPhone
The versatile, award-winning drawing and illustration software Procreate Pocket for iPhone has been updated on the App Store with a bunch of new features, some of which used to be exclusive to the iPad edition of the app. The refreshed app also includes a totally new interface and the Valkyrie graphics engine that “moves as fast as you can sketch, paint or draw.”
Shazam now has a Home screen widget
Shazam, the Apple-owned music identification service, has picked up a handy Home screen widget on the iPhone and iPad in the latest refresh to the software on the App Store.
Google is trying to work around Apple’s new privacy permission prompt
Google and its ad industry partners are not liking Apple's upcoming tracking prompt in iOS 14. The company's been dragging its feet with adding data privacy disclosures to its iPhone and iPad apps on the App Store. And now, Google says it will stop using a device’s unique IDFA (Identifier For Advertisers) to avoid showing the new privacy permission prompt in iOS 14.
KBAppDock upgrades the stock keyboard on jailbroken iPhones
The keyboard is one of the most frequently-used interfaces on any iPhone, and that’s not just because it’s useful for texting, but also because it’s the one tool you use whenever you browse the web, jot down notes or reminders, or search the App Store for your favorite apps, among other things.
While it’s certainly possible to download third party keyboards from the App Store to replace iOS’ native keyboard interface, you’d be hard pressed to find anything nearly as powerful as what can be had with a jailbreak tweak. That’s because jailbreak tweaks often let you keep Apple’s wonderful native keyboard while still enabling you to augment it in ways that Apple otherwise wouldn’t permit on a stock handset.