Reminiscent of 2017’s Halloween theme for Outlook, fans of Microsoft’s Outlook.com web mail service are finally able to switch to a darkened user interface which adopts shades of gray to generate panel contrast.
Based on modern web technologies, Progressive Web Apps combine features offered by most modern browsers with the benefits of a mobile experience. Here’s how to install and use Progressive Web Apps on iOS.
AnyTrans for Cloud is a safer, faster way to manage the files you keep in cloud storage like Dropbox or Google Drive. A pre-release version is now ready so check out why this is a comprehensive cloud-storage manager that leaves Apple’s Files app in the dust.
Major improvements to Gmail on the web help people be more productive with features like email snoozing, message revoking, confidential mode and other cool perks.
Apple is providing tools to help developers fulfill data requests made by users, ensuring compliance with the European Union’s upcoming General Data Protection Regulation.
The revamped Google Calendar is gradually rolling out to business users first but you can enable it manually for your personal account right now, here’s how.
If you love Instagram but loathe its iPhone app, you can take photos and upload them to the service via the web interface in Safari on your iPhone, here’s how.
In addition to enjoying Live Photos on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac, Apple now provides JavaScript code for embedding Live Photos in websites and web apps.
The new Google Earth web app has launched with interactive Voyager stories from around the world and other features like Knowledge Cards, 3D views, Street View, virtual postcards and more.
If you’re a heavy Twitter user whose device is running low on storage and you’d like to reduce data usage in the mobile Twitter app, the company today announced a new solution that may interest you, aptly named Twitter Lite. It’s a client-side Progressive Web App written in JavaScript and running in Safari on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Taking up only one megabyte of storage on your device, Twitter Lite loads in under five seconds on a 3G cellular connection and can save up to 70 percent on data.
UnlockBoot has discovered that potential buyers of a secondhand iOS device can still check Activation Lock status by IMEI through Apple’s Support website.
As we reported, Apple recently took down its tremendously useful Activation Lock webpage for reasons unknown. The theft-deterrent tool allowed legitimate iOS device owners and just about anyone else to check the status of the Activation Lock feature by entering a serial number. Apple provided no explanation for the removal, but all checks point to it being a precautionary measure meant to prevent hacks relying on stolen serial numbers, as a reader pointed out in comments.
