Apple’s latest iPhone software, iOS 13, is now available — but on Tuesday, you’ll already be able to download the first update, iOS 13.1. And you’ll be able to revitalize your iPad with Apple’s software created for its tablets. From a report: Apple may be best known for its hardware, but it’s really the seamless integration of its devices with its…
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IOS 13 Lock Screen Lets Anyone See Your Address Book
Slashdot reader dryriver writes: A security researcher discovered that if you get your hands on someone else’s iThing running iOS 13, and place a phone call to it, you can choose to respond with a TXT message, and get to see the contents of the address book on the iThing without actually getting past the lock screen… The security researcher who…
Developers Accuse Apple of Anti-Competitive Behavior With Its Privacy Changes in iOS 13
A group of app developers have penned a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, arguing that certain privacy-focused changes to Apple’s iOS 13 operating system will hurt their business. From a report: In a report by The Information, the developers were said to have accused Apple of anti-competitive behavior when it comes to how apps can access user location data. With…
Apple, Spotify Discuss Siri Truce, as Antitrust Battle Looms
Apple and Spotify are in talks about potentially enabling Siri to play songs, albums, and playlists from the leading subscription music service. The Verge: A new report from The Information confirms that Spotify would be taking advantage of new capabilities that Apple is introducing in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, which allow other apps to be on equal footing with Apple…
iOS and iPadOS 13 Beta 4 Signals Death of 3D Touch, Rise of Context Menu
Back in 2015, Apple introduced pressure-sensitive iPhone screens alongside 3D Touch as a potentially major hardware-software innovation, but barely supported the feature, leading to informed speculation that all of 2019’s iPhones would lose their pressure-sensing hardware. This week’s release of the fourth iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 developer betas appears to put the final nail in 3D Touch’s coffin, tightening up…
iOS 13 Will Add Fake Eye Contact To FaceTime For Improved Intimacy
iOS 13’s third developer beta includes a new feature that makes it look like you’re staring directly at your front-facing camera during FaceTime calls, even when looking away at the person on your screen. The Verge reports: Normally, video calls tend to make it look like both participants are peering off to one side or the other, since they’re looking at…
Apple Releases First Public Betas of macOS Catalina, iOS 13 and iPadOS
Apple today seeded the first beta versions of upcoming macOS Catalina update, iOS 13 update, and iPadOS update to its public beta testing group, giving non-developers a chance to try out the software ahead of their fall public release. Beta testers who have signed up for Apple’s beta testing program will be able to download the macOS Catalina beta through the…
Mouse Support In iOS 13 and iPadOS Includes USB and Bluetooth Devices
TheFakeTimCook writes: According to an article on Apple Insider, both iOS and iPadOS 13 will contain mouse support for USB-C and Bluetooth pointing-devices, as part of the “Assistive Technology” features in those Operating Systems. “Apple confirmed both wired USB and Bluetooth mouse models will work in iOS and iPadOS, though the company has not compiled an official list of compatible devices,”…
Apple Is Now the Privacy-As-A-Service Company
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Apple’s truly transforming into a privacy-as-a-service company, which shows in the way that it’s implementing both the new single sign-on account service, as well as its camera and location services updates in iOS 13. The SSO play is especially clever, because it includes a mechanism that will allow developers to still have the…
Apple’s MacOS Catalina Will Open Up To iPad Apps, Be Available In the Fall
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: Apple on Monday announced the next version of MacOS. Called Catalina, the next major revision of the MacOS will replace the iTunes app with three dedicated media apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV. The update coming this fall will also let Mac users run iPad apps they can download through the…