“School is a brutal place for electronics—they need to be long-lived and fixable on the cheap for most education budgets,” iFixit told me in an email Tuesday.
Education iPad teardown finds repairability doesn’t pencil out
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Tired of minimalism, this designer wants to bring skeuomorphism back
You could argue that Apple's Scott Forstall-era iPhone software gave digital skeuomorphic designs a bad name, especially after skeuomorphism escalated to an obnoxious level in iOS 6 which culminated with Forstall's departure and the Great Flattening of iOS.
iOS 11.4 beta hands-on: AirPlay 2, Messages in iCloud, HomePod stereo pairing & more
Apple yesterday seeded first developer-only betas of iOS 11.4, tvOS 11.4 and watchOS 4.3.1, with the iOS and tvOS betas reinstating a pair of missing features that we were promised at WWDC back last summer: AirPlay 2 and Messages in iCloud.
AVLock adds a Rotation Lock toggle to iOS 11’s video player interface
AVLock is a new free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer gilshahar7 that attempts to make watching videos more tolerable on the iOS platform.
After installation, you’ll gain access to a new Rotation Lock toggle in the stock iOS 11 video player interface, precisely like the one shown in the screenshot example above.
This tweak lets you colorize iOS 11’s Control Center modules
One of the most significant changes to ship with iOS 11 was the redesigned modular Control Center interface. But despite everything Apple did to make Control Center more customizable, it still lacks color-based personalization.
A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed ColorMyCCModules by iOS developer iKilledAppl3 fills this void by providing users with a way to colorize Control Center’s various modules.
iOS 11.4, tvOS 11.4 betas bring back AirPlay 2, Messages in iCloud & HomePod stereo pairing
HomePod stereo pairing and the underlying AirPlay 2 technology that powers it have now re-appeared in the developer betas of iOS 11.4 and tvOS 11.4 (that arrived earlier today) following their unexpected removal from the previous iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3 updates.
4K video editing shootout: 9.7″ iPad (2018) vs 9.7″ iPad Pro (2016)
With the recently unveiled sixth-generation iPad in customers' hands, we put the new Apple tablet through its paces and compare its video processing prowess to the 9.7-inch iPad Pro.
8 jailbreak tweaks to check out this weekend
The Cydia store wasn’t bustling with new jailbreak tweaks this week like it was the last, but there were still a handful of noteworthy releases that earned a place in the spotlight at iDB.
In this roundup, we’ll talk about all the new jailbreak tweaks released in Cydia from March 26th to April 1st. As always, we’ll kick things off by talking about our favorites first and then outline the rest afterward for your convenience.
Apple rolling out developer tools to let users manage their iCloud data
To help app makers comply with the European Union’s upcoming General Data Protection Regulation, Apple on Friday announced it is providing new tools designed to help developers fulfill data requests made by users in the European Union or around the world.
iOS 11.3 release notes
On Thursday, March 29, 2018, Apple released the iOS 11.3 software update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch with battery health assessment in Settings, the ability to disable Apple's controversial CPU throttling at will and other new features.
iOS 11.3 packs charge management for iPads plugged in for long periods of time
Today's release of the iOS 11.3 software didn't just bring battery health assessment and the ability to disable performance throttling on iPhone, but also a new charge management feature.
Apple releases iOS 11.3 with battery health, iPhone throttling control, new Animoji & more
Less than a day following the release of iOS 11.3 solely for the new iPad, Apple on Thursday released the software update for other compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.