Apple is ready to update the latest version of watchOS, aiming to fix an issue related to battery drain.
Apple releases watchOS 7.0.2 with a fix for battery drain and more
News
Kuo: The iPhone 12 mini screen is too small to appeal to the mass market
Ming-Chi Kuo, who has made a name for himself as the most accurate Apple analyst out there, believes that the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 will be the most popular new model rather than its 5.4-inch counterpart (despite being more affordable) or a flagship 6.7-inch variant.
Keira Knightley backs out of leading role in Apple TV+ series ‘The Essex Serpent’
On a semi-regular basis, we report about all of the big names, both in front and behind the camera, joining new projects for Apple TV+. It isn't often we hear the opposite.
Rumor: The next Apple TV and HomePod mini to double as UWB base stations
According to a prominent leaker, the next Apple TV and a smaller $99 HomePod model will double as ultra-wide band (UWB) base stations capable of tracking the user's location as they walk around the house. This is going to require Apple's A1 chip for spatial awareness that will allegedly be built into the next Apple TV and the HomePod mini. In addition, the feature will require an U1-enabled device like one of the iPhone 11 or Apple Watch Series 6 models.
Apple removes Beats landing page from its website ahead of tomorrow’s event
Ahead of its pre-recorded media presentation happening tomorrow, Apple has now removed the landing page for the Beats by Dre brand from its online store.
TextTime gives jailbreakers a text-based Lock Screen time display
The iPhone’s Lock Screen was designed to show the current date and time at a glance, and it does a particularly good job of it right out of the box. The large numerical display that comes from the factory makes discerning the current time an effortless task. But let’s say you’re jailbroken and want something fancier…
TextTime is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Lightmann that changes how the iPhone’s Lock Screen displays the current time. It does this by switching from a digital numeric readout to a word-based readout that quite literally spells the time out for you.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: AltDaemon, Annotation, iGotBlind, and more…
The jailbreak community has been nothing short of a crazy roller coaster ride lately. From the release of the first public iOS 14 jailbreak from checkra1n and the announcement of an imminent exploit for iOS 13.7 to the departure of legendary security researcher and exploit finder Brandon Azad, it's tough to tell what might happen next. Still, the wheels just keep on turning.
In this roundup, we'll discuss all the latest jailbreak tweak released from Monday, October 5th to Sunday, October 11th. As usual, we'll start by talking about our favorite releases and then work our way into an outline of the rest afterward.
This tweak brings macOS-inspired open app indicators to the iPhone’s Dock
On a Mac, running applications are represented in the Dock with a tiny indicator light beneath the icons that represent said applications. iPhones and iPads also have application Docks, but no such indicator appears on those platforms.
Whether or not such a feature would be useful on an iPhone or iPad remains to be seen, however a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called Dock Indicators by iOS developer LacertosusDeus can bring this functionality to these devices in a fun and customizable fashion.
LS Contacts brings contact interaction directly to your iPhone’s Lock Screen
If you ever want to call or text a contact on your iPhone, then you’d need to unlock your handset and visit the Contacts or Phone app to do so. But wouldn’t it be nice if you could skip that step entirely and get right to it?
Make Spotify’s Now Playing interface more OLED-friendly with Blackout
The Spotify Music app is one of the best alternatives to Apple Music in terms of online music streaming for the iPhone or iPad, and while the application itself already sports a somewhat ‘dark’ aesthetic, there are certainly some areas where it could do with improvement for those who like using dark mode or who use an OLED display-equipped handset.
Blackout is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer atebitsy that brings improved dark mode and OLED display support to the Spotify Music app, and it does so by providing users with an always-blacked out Now Playing interface background, as depicted by the before and after screenshot examples above.
Apple is using retail stores in the U.S. and Canada to speed up product deliveries
In a move that will probably be a welcome one for some customers, Apple has figured out a way to offer even faster delivery: its retail stores.
Apple is reportedly not interested in buying the streaming service Quibi
Remember Quibi? The "revolutionary" streaming service that launched in April of this year? Well, six months later things aren't going as well as planned.