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How to activate COVID-19 contact tracing on iPhone and receive exposure notifications
With iOS 13.7, iPhone owners can use COVID-19 contact tracing to receive exposure alerts if they're near someone with the coronavirus symptoms. Follow along with iDB as we show you how to activate COVID-19 contact tracing on iPhone to receive exposure notifications.
iOS app economy has created 300,000 new US jobs during the coronavirus pandemic
Apple this morning published a fresh set of numbers that highlight the importance of its App Store in the overall US economy just as the application bazaar is increasingly finding itself under siege from disgruntled developers, competitors and regulators around the world.
How to lock focus and exposure separately in the Camera app on iPhone
Exposure compensation control allows compatible iPhone cameras to lock exposure independently of focus. If you struggle with balancing exposure and focus, you can lock them both separately. In this tutorial, we show you how it's done, which iPhone models are compatible, and what you need to pay special attention to.
Google is testing native picture-in-picture mode in YouTube for iPhone and iPad
YouTube's mobile app's had picture-in-picture (PiP) mode for some time now, but it only works within the app. As soon as you switch apps or land on the Home screen, the video doesn't continue playing because Google wants to serve you pre and mid-roll ads through the app. That could change soon as the search company is now testing an iOS-friendly PiP mode.
Sword-swinging fantasy meets marble mania in “Marble Knights,” due soon on Apple Arcade
The adventure game “Marble Knights” from WayForward Technologies is coming to Apple Arcade, the iPhone maker's game-subscriptions service for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and tvOS.
Apple blocked Facebook update meant to shame its 30 percent App Store revenue share
Facebook recently blamed the “Apple tax” for allegedly stopping it from helping struggling small businesses which had lost income due to the coronavirus. And now the social network has made another attempt to slam Apple over its refusal to waive its longstanding 30 percent commission on sales for its new online events feature.
Amazon’s shopping app brings enhanced AR tools
Augmented reality has a few quite legitimate use cases, like home furnishing. Ikea uses augmented reality in its Place app to a great success, and now Amazon's expanded augmented reality capabilities of its shopping app with a new Room Decorator feature making it easy to create more than a hundred different configurations consisting of dozens of virtual products.
AppleCare+ 1-year signup window works with all Apple hardware and month-to-month payments
The extended AppleCare+ signup window will be available for all Apple devices and work with the monthly payment option. AppleCare+ is Apple's optional extended warranty with accidental damage coverage. It should not be confused with your free 1-year AppleCare warranty.
“Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time” launches on Apple Arcade
Following the official announcement in February of this year, “Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time” by Adult Swim Games is now available free of charge on the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac and Apple TV devices as part of your Apple Arcade subscription.
Instagram now tells you who cannot see a private post or story before you hit Send
Aside from rolling out suggested posts in your feed this morning (which is related to the content you already follow), Instagram today also launched another new feature which aims to prevent accidental sharing of private posts and stories to people in direct messages.
Setapp lowers the fee for additional devices to make it more affordable to use iOS apps
Setapp has lowered its device activation fee to make it more affordable to start using a selection of newly added iOS apps on an iPhone and iPad with your Setapp subscription.