eBay on Wednesday announced that its mainland mobile app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch will be gaining advanced image-based search and discovery features via an update this fall.
Image search and discovery coming to eBay’s iOS app this fall
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Google launches Trusted Contacts iOS app with Find My Friends-like features
Google on Wednesday released a free Trusted Contacts app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch following its release on Android in December of last year.
Hands on with iOS 11 CarPlay: lane guidance, speed limit, DND While Driving & more
iOS 11's CarPlay has gained a multitude of new Maps capabilities for safer driving while bringing slight design changes to some of the stock apps and subtle interface refinements such as notification badges, cellular signal bars replacing the dots, larger app icons and more.
PauseOnMute makes music playback more intuitive
Have you ever had to mute your music for any reason, only to find that the song was almost over or that your device moved to the next song by the time you could un-mute your music?
It’s sort of an annoying problem, especially when someone’s tapping on your shoulder while you have earbuds in. On the other hand, a new free jailbreak tweak called PauseOnMute by iOS developer KingPuffdaddi helps you pick up where you left off.
Fuzzy blurs the Lock screen background when you have notifications
iOS 10 changed how incoming notifications looked on the Lock screen by doing away with the background blur that appeared behind banners and adding those polarizing banner backgrounds.
If you miss the way the Lock screen wallpaper would always become blurred when receiving notifications, then you might be interested in trying a new free jailbreak tweak called Fuzzy by iOS developer candoizo.
Hide unwanted features from the Messages app with NoMessageButtons
The Messages app gets more new features with each iteration of iOS, but whether you use all those features continues to be a pressing question that needs to be explored.
If you feel like you don’t use all the modern features in the Messages app, you can use a new free jailbreak tweak called NoMessageButtons by iOS developer NeinZedd9 to remove extraneous buttons from the interface and achieve a minimalist look and feel.
New in iOS 11 beta 4: notification swiping, revamped Touch ID UI & app icons, more
A fourth beta of iOS 11 was issued yesterday to Apple's registered developers, bringing a ton of bug fixes along with several feature changes and subtle visual refinements.
iOS 11 public beta 3 now available
Apple today posted a third public beta of iOS 11, which packs in the same features as the developer-only iOS 11 beta 4 release that dropped on Monday.
iOS 11 prevents your iPhone from trying to connect to spotty Wi-Fi connections
iOS 11 automatically ignores flaky or unreliable Wi-Fi connections, like those at Whole Foods, Starbucks, airports and other places, before it tries using them, The Verge reported Tuesday.
This tweak puts a temperature indicator in the Status Bar
Recent iterations of iOS have made it easier to get to weather information at a glance, but if you want a faster update as to the temperature outside without having to open interfaces, then try a new jailbreak tweak called WeatherStatusBar10 by iOS developer HiDaN.
As the name suggests, this tweak puts the weather temperature right in your Status Bar. This information appears on the right side, just to the left of the battery indicator.
Enable AirPlay in apps that block it with PremiumPlay
A lot of people rely on AirPlay to stream media from their handsets to their Apple TV or other AirPlay-enabled devices. Unfortunately, some apps, like those provided by TV providers, seem to purposely block the AirPlay function so you can’t stream to the big screen.
As I’m sure many people are peeved by this deliberate block of standard iOS functionality, a new jailbreak tweak called PremiumPlay by iOS developer Tony Kraft provides a way around it.
Choose which apps are allowed to use Wi-Fi with ConditionalWifi2
iOS lets you restrict apps from using cellular data, so it only makes sense to let users do the same with Wi-Fi networks. Although cellular data is more prone to being limited by caps and speed reductions, Wi-Fi networks can sometimes cause issues with apps because of how they're configured or raise security concerns.
By installing a new jailbreak tweak called ConditionalWiFi2 (iOS 10) by iOS developer Creatix, you can choose what apps can connect to the internet over a Wi-Fi connection.