Atom is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to easily launch your 6 favorite apps right from the lock screen. It does so by placing a grabber at the bottom of the lock screen. Upon tapping and holding on the grabber, the 6 apps zoom in around an unlock icon in the center. Moving the grabber over an app icon will enlarge the app icon slightly to indicate...
With the announcement of Apple's upcoming "Spring Forward" event on March 9th and the Apple Watch release set for April, it should come as no surprise that we'll be seeing an iOS 8.2 public release in the near future. BGR reports that the release is expected for this coming Monday. Should the release not happen on Monday, BGR expects iOS 8.2 to drop...
Yesterday, Apple sent out invites to a March 9th media event to select members of the press. The event, which tips its hat to Daylight Saving Time with its “Spring Forward” tagline, will be the platform for Apple to show off its Apple Watch line once again and fill in the blanks left after the device’s September unveiling. Is the Time right for...
Yesterday, Apple sent out invites to a March 9th media event to select members of the press. The event, which tips its hat to Daylight Saving Time with its “Spring Forward” tagline, will be the platform for Apple to show off its Apple Watch line once again and fill in the blanks left after the device’s September unveiling. Is the Time right for...
Apple has added new, 3D animated imagery to its Maps application starting with some of the most famous British landmarks. Apple Maps now features a rotating London Eye and Big Ben's clock* now shows the correct time when using the app's Flyover feature. Check out a video of the moving London Eye below: The 3D London Eye in Apple Maps now rotates!...
During an investor's call, Chase today announced one million customers had provisioned their credit or debt cards for use with Apple Pay since its October launch. "We were an early participant of Apple Pay," said Eileen Serra, CEO of Chase Card Services. "We do continue to see good growth in the number of consumers that are provisioning Chase cards in...
Pebble today launched a Kickstarter campaign for its next-generation smartwatch: Pebble Time. The newest Pebble features a number of improvements over the original Pebble and subsequent Pebble Steel including a color e-paper display, thinner design, on-board microphone and revamped 'timeline' interface all while retaining Pebble's signature weeklong...
Looking at the case market can be bewildering at times. Especially when it comes to the iPhone. Do you get a leather pouch, a plastic shell, a tank-proof Otterbox or something else? What if you want a bumper case? Even in this single category there’s a plethora of noise, and very little that’s actually unique. Enter: The Straightjacket for iPhone...
New emoji picker Apple has released new betas of both iOS and OS X to its developer sites. While OS X 10.10.3 and iOS 8.3 both have their own new features, this latest beta seems to focus on one improvement on both platforms: Emoji. Besides adding in a new Emoji picker, the update also includes a big improvement face and people choices. Instead of...
Late last month Apple released iOS 8.1.3 to the public, which patched exploits used in the PP and TaiG jailbreak tools. For a short time, you could still update or downgrade to iOS 8.1.2 in order to jailbreak, but that time has come and gone. With that said, there is currently no way for the general public to jailbreak if you've already updated to iOS...
Apple Watch's April launch draws ever nearer and as we get closer to getting our hands (wrists?) on the wearable device, a number of developers are opening up about their plans to adapt their iOS offerings for the small screen. Over at wearable-focused blog Wareable, devs have given some insight into the development of their Apple Watch apps with some...
Google today announced a new, family-friendly version of the YouTube app for iOS: YouTube Kids. Focused on creating a safe and easy environment for children to discover and watch video content, the new app has been built from the ground up with little ones in mind. Like most parents, I love helping my kids learn more about something they're interested...
Every single day, new content, app updates, brand new games and special offers hit the App Store. Each week, Apple does its best to highlight some of that content on its front page but a lot of great stuff slips through the net. With App Refresh, we round up the most recent app and game releases, discounts and updates we think are worth you checking...
Following weeks of rumors surrounding Apple's "Titan" electric car project, Bloomberg is claiming that the Cupertino company is aiming to begin car production by 2020 according to "people with knowledge of the matter". The timeframe -- automakers typically spend five to seven years developing a car -- underscores the project’s aggressive goals and...
Notification Center and Control Center after applying some of the options found in SimpleCenters SimpleCenters is a new jailbreak tweak released this week that allows you to customize the appearance and functionality of Notification Center and Control Center. The tweak contains a large number of options which allow you to customize Notification Center...
A new game landed on iOS today: Alto's Adventure. The snowboard-themed endless runner combines beautiful graphics, an exemplary soundtrack and quick in-and-out gameplay that will keep you playing: Above the placid ivory snow lies a sleepy mountain village, brimming with the promise of adventure. Join Alto and his friends as they embark on an endless...
Games get added to the App Store every day. Some of them long, epic adventures with immersive graphics and beautiful soundtracks, some of them miniature, one-tap-to-play frustraters designed to keep you coming back for more. We highlight some excellent games that fall into the latter category... Radical Radical is a super simple iOS game. So...
Earlier this week, it was reported by WSJ that the shipping version of Apple Watch will have fewer health features than originally intended. As part of the report, the authors went on to estimate between 5 and 6 million Apple Watch units being produced ahead of its April launch. As far as the split between the aluminum, stainless steel and gold models,...
We're now potentially less than two months away from the release of the Apple Watch. Since its unveiling in September, we've come to learn more and more about what it will be capable of. But as with the iPhone, the Apple Watch will also allow for third-party applications and interactions. Apple released the Apple Watch software development kit (SDK) and...
Apple is facing an uphill battle in trying to launch Apple Pay in China, according to a Caixin report (via MarketWatch). Although the Cupertino company's mobile payment system has had a strong start in the US, crucial talks with UnionPay are said to have stalled. "Apple is seeking to cooperate with Chinese financial institutions," a People's Bank of...
Apple decided against including a number of advanced health sensors in Apple Watch due to reliability issues, reports The Wall Street Journal. While early reports on the wearable suggested it would be sensor-laden proved to be inaccurate when the first-generation Watch was unveiled in fall 2014, it seems Apple had experimented with a number of...
The New Yorker today published an extensive profile of Apple design chief Jony Ive. The lengthy, wide-ranging piece gives a detailed and thorough overview of the Apple SVP of Design's role at the company following his start at Apple in the late '90s to creating some of the most successful products of all time. The article covers topics from Ive's...
Every single day, new content, app updates, brand new games and special offers hit the App Store. Each week, Apple does its best to highlight some of that content on its front page but a lot of great stuff slips through the net. With App Refresh, we round up the most recent app and game releases, discounts and updates we think are worth you checking...
Apple might be late to the streaming music party, but that doesn’t mean the company won’t succeed in the market. In fact, quite the opposite. There were plenty of smartphones before the iPhone, plenty of tablets before the iPad, and you can bet that Apple Watch is going to trounce earlier wearables when it arrives in a couple of months. Apple has...
Every single day, new content, app updates, brand new games and special offers hit the App Store. Each week, Apple does its best to highlight some of that content on its front page but a lot of great stuff slips through the net. With App Refresh, we round up the most recent app and game releases, discounts and updates we think are worth you checking...
If you opted for Apple's supersized iPhone offering late last year, it might be worth getting yourself an equally supersized data allowance. New data suggests that users of the iPhone 6 use twice as much data as those that use the smaller iPhone 6. According to a report by Citirx, the larger your device screen, the quicker you will burn through your data...
Apple's CEO Tim Cook spoke at the annual Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference today and, while covering a range of topics about Apple's business, had some interesting comments on the upcoming Apple Watch. Cook was asked what separates Apple Watch from competing smartwatches and responded as follows: If you think about the MP3 industry, we...
Apple just became the world's first $700 billion company ever. Apple's shares climbed 1.9% today to $120.02 and made it the first company to finish a day of trading with a valuation of $700 billion (in fact, it was over $705 billion). In nominal terms, that makes Apple the largest company ever. While Apple's stock has traded above the $700b line...
Apple's iPhone 6s could retain the 8MP snapper found in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Apple has previously downplayed the significance of the number of megapixels in its iPhone cameras — focusing instead on optics, photons and image processing — and it appears Apple could be sticking to that same line in 2015. According to Taipei-based analyst Jeff Pu in...
Timed to coincide with Sunday's Grammy Awards, Apple debuted a new ad campaign for iPad Air 2. Entitled 'Make Music with iPad', the edgy video ad focuses on music creation with artist Elliphant. iPad is changing how we live, work, and create more and more each day. For recording artist Elliphant, it’s liberating her to make music in a radical new way....
It’s the weekend and that can only mean one thing — it’s time for The TiP Weekly! As you know, tech moves fast and it can be hard to keep up with all of the developments in the mobile industry — especially when Apple is concerned! So, every weekend, we bring you all of the important stories from the week in Apple tech in an easy to digest format....
Typo, the company specializing in BlackBerry-style physical keyboard cases for iPhone, has been ordered by a US District Judge to pay $860,000 in damages to BlackBerry, reports Reuters. The Ryan Seacrest-backed company violated an injunction against continuing to sell the $99 keyboard attachment that was found to have likely infringed on several of BB's...
Apple is said to be hosting a special media event in late February, according to French Apple blog iGen. Sources indicate Tuesday, February 24th, could be the specific date Apple has selected for the event which would likely focus on Apple's upcoming line of wearable devices as well as the rumored 12-inch MacBook Air. Tim Cook has previously stated that...
Since Apple purchased the Beats Music streaming service as part of the company's $3 billion acquisition of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre's Beats, little has been said publicly about the company's plans for the service. Rumors of a rebrand to the Beats Music app have been swirling for a while now but a new report from Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac has shed more light on...
Four months after its public release, iOS 8 is now on almost three quarters of all iOS devices, coming in at 72%. Apple's Developer Support site shows this information in comparison to older versions, with iOS 7 coming in at 25%. This is in comparison to last month, where iOS 8 was reported on just under 70% of devices. There's no surprise that last...
Judging by Apple's keynote unveiling the device, Apple Watch will come loaded with features, mini-apps and experiences for the wearer fresh out of the box. Link it up to your iPhone and you'll have access to all kinds of information in a glance-able format, your notifications and alerts, and new, unique communication methods like Digital Touch. Where...
As Apple steps into the fashion market this Spring with Apple Watch, particularly with the gold Edition line, there has been much talk about how the company will adapt its many retail stores around the globe in order to effectively sell the new wearables. While we still know relatively little about how the company will tackle the point of sale...
It’s the weekend and that can only mean one thing — it’s time for The TiP Weekly! As you know, tech moves fast and it can be hard to keep up with all of the developments in the mobile industry — especially when Apple is concerned! So, every weekend, we bring you all of the important stories from the week in Apple tech in an easy to digest...
