, the popular Mac app subscription service has just launched an iOS version of the same service. We’ve tested out Setapp in the past, and it’s a great value for what it offers. The Mac version includes premium versions of popular apps like PDF Pen, Wi-Fi Explorer, Bartender, Ulysses, and many more. For a single $9.99/month subscription, you get access to all of the apps. Setapp for iOS is…
Fantastical Premium makes iOS and Mac calendar system family-friendly with new group plan
August 13, 2020
The highly popular calendar app Fantastical by Flexibits has launched a family subscription. The new option lets up to 5 users take advantage of the rich calendar software across all Apple devices at an economical price.
Flexibits shared today that Fantastical Premium for…
Among the variety of security and privacy enhancements with iOS 14 is improved control for photo permissions. Read along for how to limit third-party access to the iPhone’s Photos app.
With iOS 13 and earlier, when a third-party app asked for permission to access your…
One of the key privacy features in iOS 14 is a new option that allows users to disable tracking between different applications. During its quarterly earnings call last month, Facebook pointed out that the new tracking setting could impact its advertising revenue, and a new report from today goes into more detail.
The report explains that Facebook representatives have been meeting with mobile…
Twitter opens up anti-troll feature to all iOS app users [U]
August 13, 2020
Twitter tested an anti-troll feature earlier in the year, allowing select users to choose who is able to reply to their tweets. The experiment was clearly a success, as the latest version of the iOS app makes the feature available to all …
It turns out Twitter made a…
iOS 14 lets users grant approximate location access for apps that don’t require exact GPS tracking
August 13, 2020
An iOS 14 feature that has gone a bit under the radar is the Precise Location toggle for Location Services. This new toggle gives the user more control over which apps can access your current location, and to what granularity.
Before iOS 14, you could grant an app access to…
Clever BBC feature lets you use iPhones and iPads as surround-sound speakers for your Mac
August 13, 2020
Britain’s BBC is trialing a clever new piece of technology that lets you use your iPhones and iPads as a kind of surround-sound speakers for your Mac.
You can try it today with a demo, and then listen to a radio drama series which uses it …
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The BBC has unveiled the first ‘immersive audio experience’ made with its new production tool, Audio Orchestrator.
The slightly…
Smartphone-use lens modules Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) has maintained its production is still running without issues, and demand from its brand handset clients remains normal.
Noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is reporting that a quality problem has emerged during…
A new report today from Canalys shares its estimates for US smartphone shipments. The data shows Apple as the big winner with iPhone sales actually increasing during the pandemic despite the overall smartphone market in the US seeing a drop in shipments.
We’ve seen…
Another one of the under the radar but valuable privacy changes to come with iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 is the option to mask your device’s Wi-Fi address. Read along for how to easily use a private Wi-Fi MAC address on iPhone and iPad.
Each device you use that connects to the internet has a media access control address or MAC address. In an iOS 14 privacy and security improvement, Apple is making it…
