Apple is finally embracing Android’s chaos Apple is finally embracing Android’s chaos For years, I’ve kept a pretty spare iOS homescreen. Two or three rows of icons on the top of the screen, sometimes arranged in such a way that the app icon colors complement each other, and three apps in the dock. Because of Apple’s resistance to letting its users muck with the homescreen’s look and feel, I haven’t been able to make things quite as simple as I would like. I’ve looked at more customizable Android homescreens with jealousy. I’ve had an iPhone since the day the first one came out, and while Apple’s smartphones have since become wildly more powerful, capable, and larger, the company has forced me to organize my apps starting from the top of…

Prime Day Deals for Power Stations and Balcony Power Plants When we introduced the Jackery Explorer 1000 Pro in a hands-on review about a year ago, the selling price for the power station was a hefty 1,200 euros. Meanwhile, this price has halved. As part of Jackery's Prime deals, you can currently get the compact power storage for 599 euros. The smaller Jackery Explorer 500 is now available for 299 euros. Please note that these are end-of-life models that do not include app control and do not yet use the more robust LiFePO4 battery technology. Regardless, the Explorer Pro is regularly in use here mainly because it has a convenient form factor and is very comfortable to transport. However, note that Jackery relies on proprietary solar inputs, and if you…

Uber Adds Fare and Wait Time Info for Different Cities Uber Will Let You See Average Fares and Wait Times for Different Cities Uber rolled out a new update that lets users search average fares and wait times for planned trips in other cities. The company said it wants to give people who are planning trips or vacations more visibility into how much it will cost to book Uber rides when they get there. The update will give people access to fare and wait time details in approximately 10,000 cities globally, Uber says. The change rolls out starting on Tuesday, July 16th. To find these insights, you select the “destination” box in the “plan your trip” tab and scroll down to “search in a different city.” There, it will autofill…

Elgato’s Limited-Edition Atomic Purple Stream Deck: Prime Day Deal Elgato’s Limited-Edition Atomic Purple Stream Deck is $35 Off for Prime Day Amazon Prime Day is just beginning, and Elgato is already dropping a sweet deal. Prime subscribers can get the limited-edition atomic purple version of Elgato’s Stream Deck MK. 2 for $124.99 ($35 off) at Amazon. Normally, the standard Stream Deck MK. 2 comes in black or white and sells for $149.99 (or discounted as low as $109.99 during its biggest sales promos), so there is a bit of a premium on the limited-edition model and its aesthetics. But this is the first (and possibly only) time the atomic purple model has been discounted. Elgato only sells this variant on Amazon, and it claims the individually numbered run will no…

Nintendo-Emulator Delta: iPad-Version erstmal nicht für EU-Bürger Der Nintendo-Emulator Delta ist seit dem Wochenende auch für das iPad optimiert erhältlich. Anwender in den Mitgliedsländern der Europäischen Union sitzen hier jedoch vorübergehend zwischen den Stühlen. Über Apples App Store ist die App in dieser Region nämlich nicht verfügbar. Stattdessen wird die Anwendung hier über den von Apple unabhängigen App-Store AltStore PAL angeboten, dieser wiederum lässt sich aber bislang nicht auf dem iPad verwenden. Wer zusätzlich über eine Apple ID verfügt, die beispielsweise in den USA registriert ist, kann den Delta-Emulator direkt aus dem dortigen App Store auf sein iPad laden. Eine andere Option steht für die Nutzer in Deutschland und weiteren EU-Ländern bislang nicht zur Verfügung. Diese ärgerliche Situation ist das Resultat davon, dass Apple angesichts der seitens der Europäischen Union…

The Xreal Beam Pro Has Good Ideas About AR — But Not Enough Juice There are two possible paths for augmented reality devices. One path is the all-in-one approach, which you might call the smartphone path or the Vision Pro Path: you buy a full-fledged single device with everything you need, and when you need an upgrade, you buy a new one. The other path is the unbundled one: your AR system might be lots of devices rather than just one, and you’ll upgrade and swap things in as you need them. That path is more like building a home theater system than buying a new iPhone. The Xreal Beam Pro, which I’ve been testing for the last couple of weeks, is a big bet on unbundling. It’s a $199…

BetterTouchTool integriert Menüleistenmanager Die Mac-Anwendung BetterTouchTool kennen wir in erster Linie als Werkzeug, mit dessen Hilfe sich verschiedenste Eingabegeräte für den Mac anpassen und vom Funktionsumfang her erweitern lassen. Mit der neu veröffentlichten Version 4.615 bietet die App darüber hinaus auch eine Verwaltungsfunktion für Menüleistensymbole integriert. Der Entwickler von BetterTouchTool, Andreas Hegenberg, macht keinen Hehl daraus, dass diese Ergänzung durch die Kontroverse um die auf diesen Funktionsbereich spezialisierte Mac-Anwendung Bartender inspiriert wurde. Bartender hat im Zusammenhang mit einem Besitzerwechsel etliche Vertrauenspunkte in der Mac-Community verspielt. In der Folge wurde Hegenberg zufolge verstärkt der Wunsch nach einer vergleichbaren Funktion als Erweiterung für seine App geäußert. Mit der neuesten Version von BetterTouchTool steht der integrierte Menüleisten-Manager nun erstmals für alle Nutzer der App bereit. Allerdings merkt der Entwickler an, dass es sich…

Prime Day 2024: Apple Deals and Selected Offers at a Glance Amazon's Prime Day 2024 is underway. Yesterday, we already highlighted Amazon's pre-available hardware deals, and now drastic price reductions across all categories and from various manufacturers have gone live. This year, the Apple Store on Amazon is worth a visit during Prime Day. For instance, you can buy the standard iPad in blue at its best price to date for just 369 Euros. Moreover, there are numerous other devices from Apple's complete product range available at very attractive prices. From different models of AirPods and the Apple Pencil to the iPhone, Apple Watch, and MacBooks. Apple subsidiary Beats is also included, with some earphones and headphones priced at around half off. Some Attractive Deals to Start Here are a…

iOS 18 Might Help You Rescue Photos You Thought Were Gone Forever iOS 18 Might Help You Rescue Photos You Thought Were Gone Forever Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple’s next major iOS, iPadOS, and macOS updates will add a new “Recovered” album in the Photos app to help you find photos and videos on your device that may have been lost or damaged, according to 9to5Mac. When you update to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, your device will scan for potential photos or videos that could appear in the Recovered album, 9to5Mac reports. If there are, the Recovered album will show up in the Utilities section of the app. Note that the Recovered album is separate from the Recently Deleted album, where photos you delete…

It’s Never Been Easier for the Cops to Break Into Your Phone It’s Never Been Easier for the Cops to Break Into Your Phone Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge The FBI said it ‘gained access’ to the Trump rally shooter’s phone just two days after the attempted assassination. Continue reading… source: https://www.theverge.com/24199357/fbi-trump-rally-shooter-phone-thomas-matthew-crooks-quantico-mdtf