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App Store once displayed app download count, but Apple removed it at developers’ request
Many people are oblivious to the fact that Apple's App Store once used to actually display the download count for all apps and games. Unfortunately, this undeniably cool feature (at least as far as end-users are concerned) had to be removed because the developers objected.
Apple Japan offers free repairs of gear damaged by torrential rain and landslides
Apple Japan announced (Google Translate) Friday that it's going to offer free repairs of customers' devices directly damaged by the record rainfall that hit southwestern Japan earlier this month and caused hundreds of deaths, flooding, landslides and collapsed infrastructure.
TextEmojis lets you type Emojis and more with text shortcuts
A variety of popular third-party messaging apps, including Discord and Slack, let you enter Emojis by typing a colon followed by a specific shortcode. Apple doesn’t provide users with a comparable feature throughout the rest of iOS, but wouldn’t it be nice if they did?
If you answered “yes” to the question above, then you might be happy to learn about a new jailbreak tweak dubbed TextEmojis by iOS developer Andreas Henriksson. Once installed, you’ll be able to input Emojis and other quirky text faces by typing pre-configured text shortcuts.
Latest Samsung ads ridicule the iPhone X notch, lack of split-screen multitasking & SD card
The renewed bashing continues as Samsung of South Korea on Thursday released three new anti-iPhone ads, part of its current “Ingenius” ad campaign, which poke fun of that infamous iPhone X notch while ridiculing the handset's lack of an SD card slot and split-screen multitasking.
How to enable Material Design interface in Chrome for iPhone, iPad & desktop
Google Chrome 68 for desktop and mobile includes elements of a Material Design refresh that are disabled by default, but can be activated at will by changing hidden settings, here's how.
Google finally updates its Street View iOS app with iPhone X support
Google's finally updated the Street View iOS app with support for native resolution on the handset's edge-to-edge Super Retina display. With today's update, the app no longer shows the horizontal black bars that appear when running unoptimized apps on an iPhone X.
Duo adds a second page to Control Center in iOS 11
The modular Control Center interface in iOS 11 is great because you can customize the toggles and shortcuts that appear there. Unfortunately, Apple limits the how many you can have, and that’s where a new jailbreak tweak called Duo by iOS developer Muirey03 comes into play.
As the name “Duo” infers, this tweak gives you a secondary page in Control Center that provides additional space for more toggles and shortcuts.
How iPhone and Mac decide which Wi-Fi to join automatically
Learn some interesting facts about how your iPhone, iPad, or Mac determines the order in which it should automatically join previously saved Wi-Fi networks.
Check out this Apple-curated list of iPhone apps that offer pure black mode
With macOS Mojave, Apple is bringing a dark-themed interface to your Mac. Although a similar mode is yet to make its way into iOS, a bunch of popular third-party applications now include either a pure black mode, like Twitter and YouTube, or at least offer a darkened appearance, like Outlook and Twitterrific, which uses shades of grey to generate panel contras.
Removing items from our bags at airports might no longer be necessary
Traveling has long been a nightmare especially when airports are involved. New technology could eventually end one of the biggest headaches of this type of travel: having to remove items such as laptops and iPads from our bags during the security check.
ApolloOpener opens all Reddit links in the popular Apollo client
Apollo is one of the most robust third-party Reddit clients ever conceived for iOS. That said, wouldn’t it be nice if every Reddit link you tapped on launched the Apollo app?
A new free jailbreak tweak called ApolloOpener by iOS developer gilshahar7 brings this ideal concept to reality.