iOS 12 will bring some welcomed new security features to the operating system. Among those is a new USB Restricted Mode. When enabled, this mode will force you to re-authenticate any USB devices plugged into your iOS device if it has been locked for more than an hour. This means that anything plugged into the Lightning port will be restricted to only charging. This includes plugging into iTunes to sync....
iOS 14.5 beta has been surprising us with several new features, including new options to unlock the iPhone using the Apple Watch, changing the default music player for Siri, and more. With the release of iOS 14.5 beta 2 earlier today, Apple added new actions to the Shortcuts app for taking screenshots, changing orientation lock, and even changing cellular data mode. With the “Take Screenshot” action, the shortcut quickly takes a screenshot so you can save it to your photo library, send it to another app, change its resolution, or do any other interactions that the Shortcuts app offers to users....
For the past few weeks, we have been testing two battery backup accessories for iOS devices: Mophie’s Juice Pack Plus case for the iPhone 5 and Just Mobile’s Gum Max Duo accessory for iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches. You can find our full reviews of both battery accessories below: Mophie Juice Pack Plus for iPhone 5: Following the release of both the Juice Pack Helium and Juice Pack Air for iPhone 5 (which both received positive reviews in our March comparison), Mophie has released an additional “Plus” model of the iPhone 5 backup battery case....
Information security managers play a necessary, pivotal role in the IT and information security departments of the organizations they serve. They operate as the brains of the organization’s IT and information security teams and manage the overall operations and direction of their departments. This article will detail the roles and responsibilities of this profound position and will leave you with a better understanding of the part they play in an organization....
Instagram is rolling out some changes today to keep the platform a more positive place for users. Two features rolling out now include the ability to control who can tag or mention you in comments, captions, or Stories as well as the ability to delete comments in bulk. Instagram noted in a blog post today about the updates that the latest changes are part of its efforts to “fight online bullying” and come along with parent company, Facebook’s release of its May Community Standards Enforcement Report....
Xiaomi Redmi S2 (Y2) (ysl) launched in May 2018. The phone came out of the box with Android 8.1 Oreo and was later upgraded to Android Pie. In this tutorial, we will guide you to install the latest Lineage OS 19.1 on the Xiaomi Redmi S2 (Y2) (ysl) smartphone. We have given the complete instructions, downloads, and useful updates in the future. As we all know, Lineage OS 19.1 is based on Android 12 which is the 12th major release by Google and brings many new features and improvements....
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjpVAB06O4] Apple’s purchase of Siri in early 2010 and their partnership with Nuance in 2011 has many hoping that Apple has something like speech-to-text or voice-navigation up its sleeve for iOS 5. One of the remaining advantages of Android over iOS is its system-wide Voice Actions technology. Unfortunately, WWDC and the iOS 5 announcement came and went and nothing related to voice-navigation had been announced. Even so, the Apple-Nuance partnership has been confirmed by way of Nuance voices in Apple’s OS X Lion and Nuance speech-to-text functionality that is referenced in Apple’s internal settings modules....
The iOS 9 GM includes a new feature for Siri to help it better recognize your voice when using the automatic ‘Hey Siri’ activation feature. On all current iPhones, you can activate Siri by saying ‘Hey Siri’ when the device is plugged in to power. On the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, the ‘Hey Siri’ activation feature works all the time, plugged in or not, thanks to new dedicated components inside the latest iPhones meaning it can be ‘always on’....
WARNING! Spoilers for Midnight Kiss ahead New Year’s Eve is a time of reflection and celebration, but Hulu’s Into the Dark takes this to fearsome levels with their latest effort, Midnight Kiss, which features a shocking ending with a mammoth twist. Midnight Kiss, directed by Carter Smith (The Ruins), looks at a group of longtime friends decide to ring in the New Year by retreating to a cushy guest house and engaging in their yearly tradition of “Midnight Kiss,” a playful game that gets them to push their boundaries....
Apple has released iOS 14.5 beta 7 to developers, coming one week after the release of beta 6. iOS 14.5 packs a variety of new features including the ability to unlock your iPhone using Apple Watch and new Siri voices. Update: Now rolling out to public beta users as well. Today’s new release of iOS 14.5 beta 7 is available to developers and public beta users via an over-the-air update in the Settings app....
Update: Apple confirmed in a statement to AllThingsD that it is working on a fix for a future software update: Forbes publicizes a bug in the iOS 7 Lock screen and Control Center implementation that could allow a person to bypass the device’s passcode and access the photo library. This bug is more of a potential security issue as it requires users to both be running their camera app (so it shows up in multitasking) and have Control Center activated for the Lock screen....
This week’s iOS 9.3 beta software update for iPhone and iPad is a pretty major release for a mid-cycle version. New features including the F.lux-like Night Shift which lets you change the color temperature of your display and Touch ID plus secure passwords for Notes feel more major version features. Other parts like new 3D Touch quick actions for many of Apple’s stock apps feel more like playing catch up, but overall iOS 9....
Bringing Fortnite to iOS in March helped the survival game hit 125 million players this month. Epic Games announced the stat as it promised big prizes for a series of upcoming competitions … Epic said that last month that it would be offering $100M in competition prizes, and the company has now provided a little more detail. The company says that details of platforms and schedules will be provided soon. iOS-specific competitions seem likely as the company continues to promote the platform....
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOf_2HCX51w&feature=youtu.be] Fortune’s Phillip Elmer-DeWitt pointed us to an hour long interview and Q&A session at LinkedIn headquarters with “Inside Apple” author Adam Lashinsky. The interview is conducted by our former boss and current LinkedIn Executive Editor Dan Roth. As PED noted, one of the more notable exchanges is with a former Apple employee who thought CEO Tim Cook is charismatic enough to be the United States President. See the clip below (plus another interview this week at Davos)....
Here’s every episode of Inside No. 9 season 4 ranked. While anthology shows were once out of fashion, they’ve now come back in a major way. This could be down to the continued success of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story, with each season delivering a new creepy scenario for his cast to navigate, alongside copious amounts of sex and gore. Iconic anthology The Twilight Zone was also revived once again in 2019 too, though its critical reception was somewhat mixed....
Good News for all Samsung Galaxy J2 2016 (SM-J210F) (j2lte) owners. Now you can install the latest Lineage OS 14.1 on Samsung Galaxy J2 2016 based on Android 7.1.2 Nougat. Lineage OS is a new Open Source project morphed after the death of CyanogenMod OS. However, the man behind the LineageOS seems to be the CEO of Cyanogen.inc Steve Kondik. Today you can enjoy the build of Lineage OS 14.1 on Samsung Galaxy J2 2016 (CM14....
The Information reports that Apple will be taking a big leap in iOS 12, giving some third-party developers full access to the NFC chip inside iPhones, first introduced with iPhone 6. The report says Apple wants the iPhone to be used in many more contactless interactions beyond Apple Pay payments, like acting as a hotel door key or as a virtual transit card for easier transportation. Apple started down this road with iOS 11, by adding the CoreNFC framework....
This new icon found in the iOS 14.3 beta released today to developers resembles the alleged AirPods Studio leaked image shared in September. Earlier this year, Bloomberg described AirPods Studio as headphones with “a retro look with oval-shaped ear cups that swivel and a headband connected by thin, metal arms.” We also heard from sources that AirPods Studio will have ear detection to automatically pause the music when you take the headphones off....
With iOS 7, Apple has debuted iTunes Radio, its answer to streaming music services like Rdio, Spotify, and Pandora. It is a free service with some occasional ads. So far the ads have been about advertising cars and iTunes Festival. If you do not want any ads, you can pay twenty-five dollars a year for iTunes Match… To get into iTunes Radio, open up the Music App, which got a makeover and is now salmon-colored with a white sixteenth note in the middle of it, as opposed to it being orange with a brown sixteenth note in iOS 5 and iOS 6....
Thanks to a new trailer and gameplay footage, the Clown Prince of Crime has finally joined the action for Injustice 2. Mere weeks before the arrival of the follow-up to the popular game Injustice: Gods Among Us, Warner Bros. Interactive Games has given us no shortage of looks at the new game. From story trailers to gameplay footage, we’ve learned about many of the heroes and villains who will populate the new game, and what moves and allegiances they’ll have....
