Apple included a button in the Music and Videos applications in iOS 5 that took the user directly to the respective section of the iTunes Store app. Now, in iOS 6, Apple includes a new feature to the redesigned Music app that will make purchasing even faster and easier than before. The new button, which appears at the bottom of albums, is a Complete My Album toggle. Rather than pull the user out of the Music app and into the iTunes Store, the list expands to show the entire album and allows for purchasing the songs directly in the new Music app....

Well, now’s the time to learn! That’s because influencers aren’t niche anymore. Heck, the influencer space has ballooned into a multi-billion dollar phenomenon. Brands of all sizes are eager to find ways to feature creators in their campaigns. It’s no surprise that Instagram is the go-to network for influencers. Recent stats say that carousels, Reels and Stories are among the most popular content types for creators. As creators continue to dominate the platform, brands need to know how Instagram influencer marketing works....

Apple has officially release iOS 11.2.5 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The release build version is 15D60. The update primarily adds support for HomePod ahead of its release next month, but includes a few other goodies as well. The new version is available on Apple’s developer center and is rolling out to all users now. HomePod support – Setup and automatically transfer your Apple ID, Apple Music, Siri and Wi-Fi settings to HomePod....

BGR says we’re due for an iOS update in the next week or two which should address some, if not all of the issues that have been giving 4.3 users some hassles. Perhaps we’ll also see some battery optimizations for 4.3 which seems to have lowered battery time for some. That means developers should be seeing a seed any…minute…now (tomorrow?). Will Verizon users get an update too? Jailbreakers will obviously want to hold back....

To fully understand how well your content performs on Instagram, you need to dig deeper than simple vanity metrics. Whether you’re an individual or business running 10-plus Instagram accounts, you need the right tools to analyze and improve your campaigns. If you’re serious about Instagram, then you want to run the reports that make it easy to tell what content is and isn’t performing. Instagram’s native tools can help you scratch the surface, but true social media marketers have to benchmark, reconfigure and improve campaigns or Instagram strategies with the data....

Decryption is the process of converting encrypted data to plaintext. Basically, it is the reverse of encryption. It is used to decrypt the encrypted data so that only an authorized user can access and read the data. The process entailing encryption and decryption together is called cryptography. Private and public keys in cryptography A key is a bit-valued string that is used to convert the plaintext into ciphertext and vice-versa....

Apple last year launched iOS 13 and introduced iPadOS for iPhone and iPad, respectively, Where most of the users believe the update improves their device, not a lot but quite a bit. However, some users think that it doesn’t feel any significant changes but you can resolve those issues with some tips to Speed Up your iPhone or iPad devices. Where they feel like the device performs a bit lower compare to older iOS versions....

A reader has spotted that iOS 8.3 includes some new configuration options for password entry in the iTunes and App Store. Labelled as ‘Password Settings’, the new view allows users to configure how frequently Apple should ask for the user’s iTunes Store password for purchases. This includes allowing users to choose to allow free apps to be downloaded, no password necessary. The first option allows users to require passwords immediately or expire after fifteen minutes....

We have gathered the different types of Instagram ads and have listed the correct sizes. That way, you can always ensure that your ads will be fit for purpose and unlikely to be rejected by Instagram for technical reasons. What Are the Correct Instagram Ad Sizes? Free Social Media Image Resizer Tool Try out the FREE Social Media Image Resizer Tool to resize your images to the correct sizes and formats for Instagram Ads....

Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge (herolte/hero2lte) launched in February 2016. The smartphone came out of the box with Android 6.0 Marshmallow and was later upgraded to Android 8.0 Oreo. In this tutorial, we will guide you to install the latest Lineage OS 19.1 on the Galaxy S7/S7 Edge (herolte/hero2lte) 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 which brings many new features and improvements....

Support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), a new suite of standard protocols for the Network layer of the Internet, is built into the latest versions of Microsoft Windows, which includes Windows XP, although it is not installed by default. If you are running Windows XP prior to Service Pack 2, you will either need to update your system to the latest service pack or install the Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP....

It seems Apple included a bit of a networking surprise in iOS 7. According to a logs captured from an iOS device while connecting to Apple’s Siri servers, the latest version of the mobile operating system includes support for a new technology called multipath TCP. Multipath TCP allows devices to transmit data over multiple connection types at once, such as LTE, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. Essentially, this allows devices to maintain their connection to the Internet or another device even if one of the connections fails....

Despite their role as cyber-gatekeepers, many employees haven’t benefited from cybersecurity training. Instead of looking at that as a weakness, think of it as a major opportunity for your cybersecurity team to teach cybersecurity best practices and build a culture of security. At the Infosec Inspire Cyber Skills Summit, we had the opportunity to speak with two leaders in corporate cybersecurity training. Donna Gomez is a Security Risk & Compliance Analyst at Johnson County Government in the State of Kansas....

Instagram today is further expanding the capabilities of its stories feature. In a blog post this morning, Instagram has announced a new “Type” mode for stories that lets users share anything on their mind, with no text or video required… Instagram touts that Type mode allows creators to “turn your most random thoughts into something colorful and expressive.” Much like photo and video stories, Type stories will also disappear after 24 hours....

Intuit is out today with a new version of its personal finance app with the release of Quicken 2015 for Mac. The latest version of Quicken boasts an overhauled design to simplify the app as well as “new investment capabilities”, Intuit says. The new Mac version is accompanied by a sync compatible, updated Quicken Money Management app for iPhone which supports snapping and saving receipts as well as displaying charts on-the-go…...

You may know some unofficial iOS apps that offer some kind of emulation. These apps run based on hacks and exploits, which reduces performance considerably — but that’s about to change. Apple has silently introduced support for Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation on iOS 14.2, which will allow emulation apps to run at full speed on the iPhone and iPad. JIT, or Just-In-Time compilation, is a way to run software that will be compiled during its execution, while a traditional software is fully compiled before it is executed....

iOS 14 homescreen Currently, you can only view iOS apps through their homescreen icons and through search. This new page will include a list of all application icons, making it easier for users to see all of their installed apps at once. Furthermore, the list view will include several different sorting options and other details. For instance, you’ll be able to filter applications such that you see all apps that currently have unread notifications....

The 10 Best iOS Accessibility Features To Make Your Phone More Useful There are so many accessibility features that it is impossible to cover them all. So I have chosen what I think are the ten best ones. This doesn’t include one of the best ones ever – Facetime. Using Facetime, deaf people can have conversations with others using sign language. I’ve seen friends do this often, and it always blows my mind....

For both Google and Apple, the operations on their virtual stores are hugely important, as they account for millions of dollars. However, there has historically been a disparity between the number of downloaded applications and the actual money generated by them, a trend that seems to have peaked in the first quarter of this year. According to App Annie‘s Index Market for Q1 of 2016, in fact, Google’s Play Store saw a number of downloads that roughly doubles that of the iOS App Store, which in turns represents the platform with the highest profitability, with over 90% more revenue generated over its counterpart…...

Forget about Chromebooks, here come the Ultrabooks. Ultra-what? Per Intel’s presser at the Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan, Ultrabooks represent an entirely new class of notebooks that include the best features of tablets. If this sounds suspiciously familiar, look no further than the upcoming Mac OS X Lion operating system that is being pitched by Apple as “taking our best thinking from iPad and bringing it all to the Mac” or the MacBook Air’s iPad-like instant-on promise....