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FluidTabs lets you swipe between an open app’s tabs

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 13, 2019

You’ve undoubtedly happened upon an app on your iPhone in which tabs appear at the bottom of the interface for navigating said app. Many native apps, in addition to third-party downloads from the App Store, use this type of navigation interface.

Users generally tap on the tabs at the bottom of the app to get from one view to another, but a newly-released and free jailbreak tweak called FluidTabs by iOS developer tomt000 brings this concept to the 21st century by allowing users to ‘swipe’ between an open app’s tabs.

The best podcasting microphones for around $100

Evan Selleck ∙ August 12, 2019

Podcasting is incredibly popular these days, both listening to them and creating them. So we've got a quick list of some of the best podcasting microphones to get things up and running on the creative side.

How to stop being inundated with notifications from Apple Card and Daily Cash

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 12, 2019

Follow iDownloadBlog's step-by-step tutorial to learn how to easily stop receiving Apple Card notifications every week and month summarizing your spending and transactions, as well as opt out of Daily Cash notifications from Apple Cash (automatically issued each morning).

Zagg expands its keyboard offerings with a new Folio case for iPad mini 5

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 12, 2019

Zagg today released a new keyboard folio for Apple's iPad mini 5.

Magic Mouse 2 now works in iPadOS and iOS 13, but support for gestures still nonexistent

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated February 15, 2023

It didn't work previously, but Apple's wireless mouse can now be paired with an iPhone or iPad.

Apple, Google, and other companies reportedly ignoring safety advocates over rail crossings

Evan Selleck ∙ August 12, 2019

Apple Maps and Google Maps are remarkably helpful tools for a variety of tasks, but especially when it comes to getting from one point to another. But some safety advocates say the big tech companies aren't doing enough to point out potentially dangerous sites like rail crossings.

Video: legendary Macintosh artist Susan Kare talks about pixels, bitmap displays and the graphical user interface

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 12, 2019

Susan Kare needs no introduction. She has a special place in Apple lore as the artist who designed the original icons, symbols, vector fonts and many of the other user interface elements used by the Mac computers in the 1980s, many of which have lived on to this day.

iOS 13’s Notes app apparently features automatic curse word censoring

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 12, 2019

The improved Notes app in iOS 13 apparently features automatic curse word censoring.

Apple publishes teaser trailer for ‘The Morning Show’ coming to Apple TV+ this fall

Evan Selleck ∙ August 12, 2019

In November of 2017, it was confirmed that one of Apple's first and biggest shows for its streaming service (which would eventually be announced as Apple TV+) would be called The Morning Show and star Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies) and Jennifer Aniston (Friends).

This malicious Lightning cable lets an attacker remotely tap into your computer

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated September 2, 2021

Not all Lightning cables are created equal. In fact, the security researcher known as MG has managed to create a special cable that looks like Apple's official Lightning cable with one crucial difference: it gives an attacker a way to remotely tap into your computer.

Here’s when precisely you’ll get your Daily Cash with Apple Card

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 12, 2019

One of the cool features of the new credit card from Apple is Daily Cash, which rewards you with a certain percentage of the purchase price. The iPhone maker has now clarified in a support document when customers can expect to get paid a cash reward in their account.

Bedrock brings Minecraft’s funny splash screen messages to your Lock screen

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 12, 2019

It was only a couple of weeks ago that we broke the news about a jailbreak tweak release called McSettings that could theme your Settings app to look and feel more like the popular Minecraft game, but now you can do the same with your Lock screen with the help of a new add-on called Bedrock by iOS developer Samg_is_a_Ninja.

As you might’ve discerned for yourself already, Bedrock brings the nostalgic Minecraft-centric splash screen messages to your iPhone’s Lock screen. These are generally one-liners and somewhat tacky, but Minecraft lovers will be excited to hear that they animate precisely as they would in the game on your computer.