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The new Outlook for Mac app will launch in October with design refresh and more
Microsoft has confirmed that its all-new Outlook for Mac app will launch soon, and with a major redesign along with it.
Apple Watch Series 6 features a beefier battery and a bigger Taptic Engine than Series 5
Repair experts over at iFixit have torn apart their Apple Watch Series 6 unit to peek what's under the hood. Their teardown analysis confirms that the new wearable device from Apple is equipped with a beefier battery and sports a bigger Taptic Engine, too, among other findings.
Solo Loop or Braided Solo Loop has poor fit? The entire Apple Watch has to be returned!
If Apple's new Solo Loop or Braided Solo Loop band for the Apple Watch Series 6 feels loosey on your wrist or too tight to get on and off the wrist, and you'd like to have it replaced, know that you'll need to return the entire watch to Apple in order to get a different-sized band.
Iconify makes missed notifications more discernible from the Home Screen
If you somehow manage to overlook the plethora of notification banners that stack up on top of one another on the Lock Screen, then you’ll be met later on with a myriad of red notification badges from the moment you authenticate and arrive at the Home Screen. But whoever said iOS’ notification experience needed to be so bland? Ah yes… Apple did.
Spori makes it easier to use Siri to dictate music playback in Spotify
If you’re jailbroken on iOS 13 and use Spotify as your primary music streaming app, then chances are you might find yourself wishing that Siri worked as smoothly with Spotify as it did with Apple Music. Fortunately, a free jailbreak tweak called Spori by iOS developer udevs can make that happen.
Siri can already play tracks via the Spotify Music app if you specifically articulate that you’d like to play that song in Spotify, but who wants to waste their time adding those extra words to each and every Siri command? I, for one, certainly don't.
Zefy makes Spotify behave more like a default media player on jailbroken iPhones
Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services available for the iOS & iPadOS platforms apart from Apple's own Apple Music streaming service. But if anything’s painfully obvious, it’s the fact that Apple nerfs the functionality of third-party apps and services that compete with its own by limiting what they can do on their platform; this effectively makes Apple’s own services look better by comparison, and intentionally so.
If you’re an avid Spotify user and you also have a jailbroken iPhone or iPad at your disposal, then you could probably benefit from the likes of a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed Zefy by iOS developer udevs. This tweak implements a few handy workarounds for iOS to make Spotify feel more like a native music player than just a third-party alternative to Apple’s.
Review: WT2 Plus translation earbuds bring us one step closer to a Babel Fish type experience
If your foreign language skills leave a lot to be desired, these specialized earbuds from a Chinese brand, called TimeKettle, provide near real-time translation from one language to another, with 95 percent translation accuracy and support for enough language pairs to cover more than 80 percent of the world’s population. Here’s how they work in real life.
Apple’s AirPods Studio headphones may use the U1 chip to determine how they’re being worn
Apple's rumored over-ear headphones, dubbed AirPods Studio, are said to use the company's U1 chip for spatial awareness to determine how they're being worn.
Apple said to market its upcoming compact 5.4-inch iPhone model as “iPhone 12 mini”
Apple is expected to release four new iPhone models later this year with three screen sizes: 5.4 inches, 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches (measured diagonally). The 5.4-inch model should become the company's new king of compact smartphones, and now a source has claimed that Apple will market that particular device as "iPhone 12 mini".
Apple adds a second mini-LED supplier ahead of tech’s debut in future iPads and Mac notebooks
For years now Apple has been rumored to have been working with its network of Asian suppliers on the commercialization of mini-LED display technology, and now it seems the company may have already found a way to boost production.
“The Morning Show” scores Apple TV+ its first primetime Emmy award
The Apple TV+ streaming service has won its first primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Billy Crudup's performance in "The Morning Show" which stars actresses Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.