Apple today released the third beta of iOS 14.6 to developers, which comes with only a few minor changes when compared to the big update that was iOS 14.5. However, Find My app users will note that it’s now possible to use an email address to put AirTag or other Find My Network-compatible item into Lost Mode. If you lose an AirTag or other item added to the Find My app, you can put it into Lost Mode....

Update: The public beta is now available via Apple’s Beta Program site. Instructions on how to go about installing can be found here. Alongside the public beta of OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Apple today has announced that it will release the public beta of iOS 9 later today. The public beta will allow users to test the new features of iOS 9 before Apple launches in a stable build of the operating system this fall....

Feeling inspired? Keen as a bean to get started? Grab out a notepad and pen and let’s work out exactly what your content strategy will be for Instagram in the new year. Whether you’re a business owner or influencer, or somewhere in between, this is going to help you bucket loads. Questions to Ask Yourself: Instagram Strategy Planning What was your biggest success with Instagram this year (i.e. follower growth, an influencer collab, a sale you ran, etc): What was the least successful campaign you ran this year (i....

A new report via The Hollywood Reporter details new features being tested by Instagram geared towards high-profile “creator accounts”, opening the door for some users to track detailed analytics. Previously, Instagram offered no such option to track data related to new followers and unfollows past the barebones “new follower” notification. However, for the elite few selected for the test, Instagram will provide data similar to third-party Instagram account trackers such as ‘Followers Track For Instagram’ from the iOS App Store....

We’re excited to announce Sprout’s Asset Library 2.0: a comprehensive way to store relevant and successful content including videos and text snippets, in addition to images, for more streamlined and collaborative publishing and campaign management. Available to Advanced plans, the updated Asset Library provides social marketers and content creators a centralized location for storing on-brand and approved content. Comprehensive Content Library For marketers charged with planning and delivering social content, building out a bank of reusable assets is paramount....

In this day and age, there are so many opportunities for people to make money. Whether through online trading or gambling, numerous websites offer people the chance to win big. Although there are a lot of risks involved, if you know what you’re doing, it can be a great way to make some extra cash. In this blog post, I will introduce you to sports betting and dispel some myths surrounding it....

Over a year ago, Instagram rolled out its clone of Snapchat’s popular Stories feature and has since said that its version of Stories reaches over 250 million daily users. Now, Instagram is making a change to its iOS app that makes Stories even more prominent… While before, Stories were limited to a bar along the top of the app, Instagram is now placing much larger “preview tiles” of Stories in a user’s main feed....

As Adam explains, “over time, we want to provide a whole suite of ways for creators to make money. Today, we’re announcing a range of new features around the creator marketplace, improvements to Reels, NFT expansion and extending the period where we don’t take any fees from creators.” Today, we’ve learnt that Instagram is launching a Creator Marketplace. It’s set to be a new destination within the app that allows brands and creators to connect and form partnerships....

Back at the turn of the last decade, industry naysayers and critics said Apple could never make it back to being a ten billion dollar company. They were so wrong as most of Apple’s earnings now come from products which didn’t exist back then — 65 percent of the cash comes from iOS device sales. “iOS powered products (which did not exist three and a half years ago) generated 65% of all sales in the last quarter....

A new iOS 13 concept shared today by Álvaro Pabesio visualizes what Apple’s next mobile operating system could bring based on many of the real expectations we have for the update. That includes a desktop extension feature for Mac/iPad, revamped Mail, Reminders, a fresh volume HUD, Dark Mode, and more. Álvaro Pabesio shared his latest concept on Behance today. First up, the concept visualizes how the new iPad experience could look with a more Mac-like desktop and Stacks in the Dock with an expandable ‘Fan’ view....

Ink Master: Grudge Match winner from season 11, Cleen Rock One, has returned to the tattoo competition as a judge on this season 13 of Ink Master: Grudge Match. Cleen, who is known for his straight-shooting, tell-it-like-it-is type of personality makes him the perfect choice as a judge for this upcoming season. Ink Master: Grudge Match is a spinoff of the original show which changes all of the rules. The goal is to bring former Ink Master contestants who have unresolved grudges and pit them against each other in a head to head battle....

Last month Instagram launched a new video shooting app for iPhone and iPad that combines effects like time-lapse and cinema stabilization called Hyperlapse. Today Instagram is introducing what they call the “selfielapse” by adding support for shooting Hyperlapse videos with the front facing camera on your device using the same features previously only available on the back camera… While iOS 8 brought a new feature native to the Camera app called Time-lapse (we’ve featured several examples shot on the iPhone 6 as well as our own test), Instagram’s Hyperlapse app combines an advanced stabilization effect with more granular controls, and it’s still extremely easy and simple....

iPhone X owners with children have been complaining for a while about the impossibility of approving purchases using Face ID. While on devices with Touch ID it has always been possible to approve purchases using the biometric authentication, the feature had not been implemented for Face ID … It looks like this is going to change soon, according to our testing of the first iOS 11.3 beta. With this beta, we have been able to approve a purchase on a parent’s device using Face ID....

The Apple Podcasts app gets a small, but certainly welcome, new feature in iOS 12.2. You can now tap on the More options menu to access a new podcast feature for episodes: Mark as Played … This feature is not a cutting edge invention by any means. In fact, it existed in Apple Podcasts before. However, it was removed as part of the iOS 11 redesign which morphed the Podcasts app into a semi-carbon-copy of the Music app interface....

On the surface, it might seem like little more than a place for snapshots and selfies. The reality, though? Instagram is an absolute goldmine for businesses of all shapes and sizes. From social selling to community-building and beyond, there’s a reason why Instagram is booming right now among businesses and consumers alike. That said, Instagram’s “simplicity” can be deceiving. Many brands struggle to grow or adopt Instagram as part of their social strategy and we totally understand why....

During Apple’s next-generation Mac Pro portion of its iPad event earlier today, the company took some time to present first impressions from a few professionals that have been using the machine. While the public won’t officially get its hands on it until December, Apple noted that three professionals had been testing the new Mac Pro. One of those pros was award-winning extreme sports photographer Lucas Gilman pictured above next to his Mac Pro setup with a 4K Sharp display....

SSL basically makes use of encryption to ensure the data being transmitted is safe and cannot be accessed by an attacker, thus preventing attackers from reading and changing the data. SSL versions Following versions of SSL have been released along with the year as mentioned below: SSL 1.0 – This was not released because of inherent security issues. SSL 2.0 – Released in 1995. It had many security flaws present in it....

Ahead of the next software release of the popular project management software Basecamp, the company’s founder and CEO has announced that it will release a brand new product to tackle email this spring. “Hey” is designed to make email a “delight” rather than something to “deal with.” And registration for early invites is open now. Basecamp founder and CEO, Jason Fried shared the vision for what they are calling a much-improved approach to email in an open letter today on the Hey website....

Update: Apple has issued a statement to us on the matter A newly found bug surrounding iOS and Messages has emerged that causes the app to continuously crash when a certain text is received. If the text is received while the phone is on the lock screen, it also causes your iPhone to reboot without any notice or explanation. This is obviously a very big problem for iPhone users, especially those with mischievous friends and enemies....

During its press event held in New York City today, Instagram announced a new sharing feature called Instagram Direct that will allow users to share images and videos to other users privately. The new sharing model will require users to follow each other to send photos and messages privately to individuals or groups of up to 15 people. A pending requests inbox will catch photos and messages from users who are not mutually connected....