The popular email app Spark by Ukrainian developer Readdle has introduced support for the new Siri Shortcuts automation feature introduces in iOS 12.
Readdle’s email app Spark introduces Siri Shortcuts support
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Google Photos for iOS picks up iTunes Smart Playlist-like Live Album functionality
Live Albums, available in the just-released version 4.3 update to Google Photos for iPhone and iPad, is a cool new feature that lets you choose the specific people and pets you'd like to see and then have the app automatically add new photos of them as you take them.
Farming RPG Stardew Valley hitting App Store on October 24 as a $7.99 download, no IAPs
Stardew Valley, a popular indie farming simulation role-playing video game developed by Eric Barone and published by Chucklefish, is coming to an iPhone and iPad near you in a fortnight on Wednesday, October 24. According to yesterday's announcement in a blog post, the premium game is priced at $7.99, sports 50+ hours of content and contain no In-App Purchases whatsoever. As the initial purchase price gets you the full game, you won't be forced to spend cash on virtual stupidities like loot boxes, virtual coins and so forth.
iOS 12 Screen Time suspected to cause excessive iPhone battery drain for some
Are you seeing excessive or even extreme iPhone battery drain after updating to Apple's latest and greatest mobile operating system? If so, you're definitely not alone because many affected people have taken to Reddit, Twitter, MacRumors Forums and Apple Support Communities to describe the problem, with some reporting that the new iOS 12 Screen Time feature might be causing up to two times faster iPhone battery drain when enabled.
Business Chat in Messages expands to UK, Japan, France, Germany & other countries
Apple's Business Chat feature in Messages has expanded to nearly a dozen countries following its launch in the United States earlier this year in partnership with brands like Dish.
Private social network Path is shutting down, here’s how to download your data
Path, a social networking-enabled photo sharing and messaging service, recently announced it'd be shutting down. Here's their specific shutdown schedule and how to download your data.
Twitter brings data saver feature to iPhone app
Twitter's iPhone and iPad app on App Store was updated this morning with a new data-saver feature designed to minimize the app's cellular data consumption on the go. The company has been testing this feature in the iOS app since May of 2018, and now it's ready for prime time.
iPhone 1337 Team releases jailbreak tool for firmware 1.1 on the original iPod touch
It’s been more than 11 years since Apple first released the iPod touch with firmware 1.1, but a team of jailbreak developers calling themselves the “iPhone 1337 Team” on /r/jailbreak have allegedly produced a working jailbreak for it.
More than a decade later, most people are using at least iOS 10 or later, so the circumstances surrounding this news are about as niche as it gets. Nevertheless, we felt it was worth a mention, considering how much we respect jailbreaking here at iDB.
Check out 70+ emoji coming to iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple Watch with iOS 12.1 this fall
Apple will bring more than 70 new emoji characters to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch with an upcoming iOS 12.1 software update, plus watchOS and macOS. Today, the Cupertino giant previewed some of the new emoji sets coming to your Apple devices, including new characters with red hair, gray hair and curly hair, a fresh new emoji for bald people, more emotive smiley faces and additional emoji characters representing animals, sports and food.
Overhauled NHL app brings more shows, Apple Watch support, no-spoiler feature & more
Monday morning, NHL's app for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV has been redesigned and updated with fresh new content and features, including Apple Watch support and a no-spoiler option.
Google Maps brings new commute features with live traffic and transit information, more
Monday, Google announced a slew of new commute features for its mobile Maps app.
In iOS 12, iMessage images are auto-saved to Photos. Here’s what you need to know.
iOS 12 auto-saves any iMessage attachments snapped with the Messages camera to Photos.