Apple continues to move right along with its latest beta, preparing developers for the next version of its mobile operating systems.
Apple seeds third betas of iOS, iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, watchOS 6.2.8, and tvOS 13.4.8 to developers
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Apple TV+ shares the official trailer for political coming-of-age documentary ‘Boys State’
Back in late January of this year, we reported that Apple had secured the streaming rights for the political documentary Boys State, with a planned launch to happen sometime in 2020.
‘Defending Jacob’ creator and showrunner Mark Bomback signs a new overall deal with Apple
Defending Jacob, a thriller that stars Chris Evans (The Avengers: Endgame), is one of the most well-regarded series on Apple TV+, so it's not surprising to hear the showrunner has landed a new deal with Apple.
Add funds to your Apple ID, get a 10% bonus until July 10
Stop me if you've heard this one before: if you add funds right now to your Apple ID, you'll get a 10% bonus. The deal is back, just a few months after Apple last offered it.
Vizio confirms the Apple TV app will arrive ‘later this summer’
While Vizio has been rolling out support for AirPlay 2 and HomeKit for a wide range of its TVs for quite some time now, the Apple TV app has been missing from the equation. But the company is changing that this year.
Apple Pay support launches in Serbia
While Apple Pay is readily available in many regions all across the globe, there are still some areas where holdouts exist. But we can now take Serbia off that particular list.
Spotify is adding real-time lyrics support in 26 countries
When Apple introduced iOS 13 last year, it also welcomed a new feature for Apple Music subscribers: real-time lyrics support, allowing listeners to follow along with the lyrics as the song is playing with a fluid animation.
QuickMarkup makes it easier to access Markup in the Photos app
Markup is an incredibly useful feature supported by Apple’s Photos app, empowering users with the ability to annotate or draw on images before sharing them with others. There’s just one problem however: the default method of accessing Markup on a stock device is both convoluted and cumbersome, and it shouldn’t be.
QuickMarkup is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Simalary (Chris) that effectively fixes this problem by placing a dedicated Markup button in the photo editing toolbar, as depicted in the screenshot example above.
ForwardNotifier sends your iPhone’s push notifications to your Mac or PC
Many of us take for granted the the ability to send and receive text messages and phone calls across our iOS and macOS devices, but this level of continuity tends to be limited to certain applications. That said, wouldn’t it be nice if your Mac or PC could receive and display all the push notifications that naturally come to your iPhone?
If you answered yes to that question, then we think you’re going to love a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called ForwardNotifier by iOS developer Greg0109. This tweak sets up a communication line between your iOS handset and your Linux, Mac, or Windows PC so that notifications appear directly on your desktop.
Safari in macOS Big Sur supports Dolby Vision and 4K HDR content from Netflix, but only with newer Macs
Hardware limitations have made Mac users miss the boat when it comes to 4K HDR and Dolby Vision content from streamers like Netflix when using the Safari web browser, but it looks like that little hurdle has finally been put behind us.
Apple launches ‘Path to Apple Card’ to help customers who have been previously denied get approved in the future
If you tried to get an Apple Card but were ultimately denied, Apple is launching a new resource to help those customers make changes to, hopefully, one day, get approved for the Apple-branded credit card launched in partnership with Goldman Sachs.
New video shows off iPhone 12 dummy models; BOE won’t have OLED displays ready for initial 5G iPhones
With this year's Worldwide Developers Conference now officially behind us, even more attention can be put ahead toward the iPhone 12 lineup, which is expected to arrive this fall (with iOS 14 on board!).