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If you own a HomePod and don’t have an Apple Music family account, your music listening experience is going to get a bit more restrictive. Apple is no longer allowing HomePod owners to stream different tracks on their HomePod and on their iPhone simultaneously. If you are playing music on your iPhone or iPad and start playing music on your HomePod, Apple Music will stop streaming music to your iPhone and vice versa. The same behavior is also going present if you are playing music from Apple Music on your iPhone and try to listen to stream songs from Apple Music via iTunes on your Mac. Its a seemingly small change but one that is definitely going to trouble a lot of users. Essentially, Apple is now only allowing one stream at a time from a regular Apple Music subscription. As per Apple customer support, it should not have been possible in the very first place for users to play music simultaneously from Apple Music on their iPhone and HomePod. It was possible so far due to a bug whi...

Despite costing almost $250 less than the iPhone XS , the iPhone XR offers almost the same set of features and experience as its more expensive sibling. Apple does make a few compromises to reach that $749 price tag of the iPhone XR including a downgrade to IP67 certification. While the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max come with IP68 certification, the iPhone XR features an IP67 certification. That’s not bad by any means and the same as iPhone 8 and iPhone X from 2017 . But what exactly does the IP67 certification mean? Read below to find out. What IP Certification Really Means The IP certification guideline has been defined by the IEC 60529 standard which provides an Ingress Protection a.k.a IP rating to all consumer devices for their dust and water-resistance capabilities. The ‘6’ in the IP67 rating of the iPhone XR denotes its dust-resistance capabilities, while the ‘7’ denotes its water-resistance capabilities. While 6 is the highest dust-resistance rating ...

The Qualcomm vs. Apple battle has revealed some interesting tidbits about the business practices of both companies. Qualcomm paid Apple $1 billion as an “incentive payment” in 2011 as a part of a 3-year agreement to exclusively supply modem for iPhones.  Qualcomm’s CEO Steve Mollenkopf revealed this incentive payment detail during his testimony on Friday. He said the payment was made to ease the technical cost for Apple to switch from Infineon baseband to those from Qualcomm. While Qualcomm is known to make such payments to other companies as well, the figure of $1 billion is extremely high and unheard of previously. And since Apple could not commit to the number of chips it would buy from Qualcomm, the latter was forced to pursue an exclusivity agreement with it. Ultimately, Apple and Qualcomm signed an exclusive deal for a three-year period and if Apple ended up sourcing baseband from any other supplier during this period, it would lose out on the rebate. Interestin...

Apple today announced that it will start selling te HomePod in China and Hong Kong from January 18 for 2,799 yuan and $HK2,799 respectively. It will be available in white and space gray colours. Apple had previously confirmed that it would be launching the HomePod in Mainland China and Hong Kong . The Siri-powered smart speaker is known more for its excellent audio quality which can rival far more expensive Hi-Fi speakers. “HomePod is the perfect wireless speaker for music lovers. It delivers an unmatched music listening experience with high-fidelity sound wherever it is placed and creates a new way to discover and interact with music using Siri,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “We’re excited to bring HomePod to our customers in mainland China and Hong Kong markets. We can’t wait for them to experience how great it sounds in their home, we think they are going to love it.” With AirPlay 2 support, iPhone and iPad users will be able to stream ...

Last week, Tihmstar revealed found a useful exploit in iOS 11 that could have possibly allowed for an iOS 11.2.6 – iOS 11.4.1 jailbreak for iOS devices featuring a headphone jack. After doing the hard work of getting tfp0, Tihmstar has decided against releasing the standalone exploit since it would interfere with projects that other developers are working on. On the bright side, Tihmstar is promising to release something cool. It is unclear what this “something cool” the developer is talking about here but if you have an iPhone or iPad running iOS 11 and featuring a headphone jack, you will be able to use it. He also says that if your device is not jailbroken, you can keep it that way. Similarly, if you have already jailbroken your iPhone then that’s fine as well. i finished the exploit enough to be useful for my purpose, which is porting the KPP bypass to iOS 11(.2.6 and up). However i unfortunatelly can't release the exploit standalone (as planned originall...

Love it or hate it, you cannot ignore Face ID now. After first being introduced with the iPhone X in 2017, Face ID is now the only biometric authentication method offered by Apple across its 2018 iPhone and iPad Pro lineup. It took years for the fingerprint sensor technology to mature and in comparison, Face ID is only a year old. The technology is definitely not perfect and has its own teething issues. In this guide, we will help you solve some common Face ID problems that you might be facing on your iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR , or the 2018 iPad Pro. Setup Alternative Appearance Irrespective of what Apple claims, Face ID is simply not as good as Touch ID. It is definitely more convenient but the failure rate with Face ID is also going to be on the higher side. If Face ID is failing to work properly for you even in seemingly perfect conditions, you can try setting up Face ID again. But make sure to do so while you are in a decently lit room. If you wear spectacles or sunglass...

If you are a heavy WhatsApp user, there are two scams going on currently that you should be aware of. The first one is ‘WhatsApp Gold,’ an old scam which is recirculating again. You might receive a message from an unknown number or from your friend or family warning you not to open a video called Martinelli which will be launched in WhatsApp tomorrow.  The message claims that the said video will install a virus in your phone and you should avoid updating to WhatsApp Gold. This is obviously a hoax message and you should avoid it. This was an old scam which seems to be recirculating again. It is always recommended that you only update WhatsApp from the iOS App Store or Google Play if you use an Android device. This is doing the rounds again. Apparently tomorrow Whats App Gold will be a thing and screw your phone up. #WhatsAppGold #Martinelli #WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/4nHA4N07Xi — TechBuzz Ireland 👨‍💻 (@techbuzzinfo) January 2, 2019 Another more serious WhatsApp scam...