When Ford introduced its SYNC 4 infotainment system for its range of automobiles, the company confirmed that wireless CarPlay support would be included for some 2020 models.
Wireless CarPlay is supported in the 2021 Ford F-150 thanks to SYNC 4
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iOS 14’s new paste notification feature shames TikTok into ending clipboard snooping
iOS and iPadOS 14 double down on privacy with a myriad of new features, including notifying you when an app or a widget access the system clipboard. Nest of all, this feature has already forced TikTok to promise to stop accessing the iOS clipboard after it was discovered that the app is grabbing clipboard content every few seconds.
Microsoft is permanently closing its physical stores worldwide
Microsoft is permanently closing all of its physical stores worldwide after it was forced to close all its retail locations globally back in May due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
Leaker claims iPhone 12 Pro and Max will have ProMotion 120Hz displays, iOS 14 kinda agrees
Of the four new iPhones coming down the pike this all, the high-end iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max models should be equipped with displays featuring Apple's ProMotion screen-refresh technology that made its debut in the iPad Pro tablets back in 2017.
Modern Battery upgrades the Status Bar battery indicator on notched iPhones
Lots of iPhone users aren’t happy with the fact that you can’t have a numeric battery percentage in the Status Bar on a notched handset, and you could count me in that camp. As someone to consistently enabled this feature on the older and more traditional iPhones all the time, it felt like culture shock adapting to a user experience without it.
Fortunately, a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called Modern Battery by iOS developer Jax Roth can help in this department, as it can put a numeric battery percentage indicator directly inside of the native Status Bar battery icon.
GreenPotion adds a quirky potion-style battery animation to the Lock Screen
Battery information is a bigger deal to some than others, but if you wish battery monitoring could be a bit more fun than it is out of the box on a stock iPhone or iPad, then we think you’re doing to love a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed GreenPotion by iOS developer Plat-Ykor.
The name “GreenPotion” is a dead giveaway in terms of what you can expect this tweak to do. Once you install it, you can tap on a new button situated between the Lock Screen’s Camera and Flashlight shortcut buttons to invoke a potion-like animation that displays real-time battery information, as shown in the screenshot examples above.
Weather Plus adds dates to the stock Weather app’s forecasts
It’s not uncommon for folks to make plans around the weather; this is especially the case when said plans involve outdoor activities. That said, wouldn’t it be more convenient if Apple’s stock Weather app made it just a little bit easier to see the upcoming dates next to each day in the weather forecast?
If you answered yes, then we have no doubt in our minds that a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called Weather Plus by iOS developer Hao Nguyen will appeal to you.
Apple is now re-closing 14 stores in Florida
The Apple Store closures continue as the spread of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, continues in the United States.
watchOS 7 adds FairPlay support, enabling DRM audio streaming apps
FairPlay is a digital rights management (DRM) tool that Apple developed in-house. It allows the streaming of DRM-protected content on a range of devices, and now the Apple Watch is being added to that list.
You can now buy a leather saddlebag for the Mac Pro
So, you have a Mac Pro, but every time you look at the tower you can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, it would look even better with a saddlebag. Well, the wait is finally over.
Apple enables developers to detect human body and hand poses for screenless app interactions
Apple has added new capabilities to its Vision framework in iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14 and macOS 11.0 Big Slur which enable developers to support cool screenless app interactions.
Barclays analysts predict iPhone 12 announcement in September, no EarPods or charger in the box, and LiDAR Scanner on Pro models
Later this year, Apple is going to announce a new lineup of iPhones, what's known right now as the iPhone 12. And analysts are starting to come forward with their predictions of what we might expect to see once fall rolls around.