Wednesday
Oct192022

Bumble dating app brings Ted Lasso's Bantr to life

Bumble, the women-first dating and social networking app, has recently partnered with Apple’s global hit Emmy Award-winning comedy Ted Lasso to let members experience Bantr, the fictitious dating app featured on the show.

A weekly Bantr Live experience will be available free of charge in Bumble’s Date Mode and people on Bumble can RSVP directly within the app. 

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Wednesday
Oct192022

Apple iPadOS 16 gets Oct. 24 release date

Source: Apple

Apple has delayed the release of iPadOS 16 without a definite release date until this announcement. The company will start rolling out the operating system on Monday, October 24. The new iPad and iPad Pro will ship with this latest software. It will come as an update for the base iPads (5th-gen and later), iPad mini (5th-gen and later), iPad Air (3rd-gen and later), and iPad Pro tablets.

The delay was attributed to the buggy Stage Manager implementation, a feature expected to introduce laptop-level multitasking to the iPad. It was initially supposed to be for the M1 iPads, but it is coming to the third- and fourth-generation iPad Pros. One feature that won't be available at launch is the external display support. Apple plans to roll this out through an update later this year. iPadOS 16 will get features like edit or unsend texts in iMessage and a Weather app (finally).

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Wednesday
Oct192022

Apple refreshes iPad Pro with the new M2 chip

Source: Apple

Apple is also introducing a refresh for its professional line of tablets. The iPad Pro gets the M2 processor the company introduced earlier this year in the MacBook Air. It's expected to be 15% faster than the M1 processor used in last year's iPad Pro. Apple's also bringing a new "hover" feature that detects when the Apple Pencil is slightly above the screen. If you've used a stylus-compatible Samsung, you'll be familiar with this feature. When you hover over an item, you can "see a preview of their mark before they make it." 

According to the company, this should also make it easier to sketch and illustrate with improved precision. Like with Scribble, the text fields will automatically expand when your Apple Pencil is near. It should convert handwriting to text faster, too. Apple says third-party apps could take advantage of the feature.

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Tuesday
Oct182022

This is how to charge the Apple Pencil 1st-gen w/ iPad 2022

Source: Apple

While we're still trying to figure out why Apple is intent on keeping around its 1st-generation Pencil, we have to live with the fact that you'll need to use that with a 2022 iPad. And the process isn't even straightforward. If you already have that 2017 Apple Pencil, you'll need to buy the USB-C-to-Lightning adapter for $10. If you get the $129 Pencil, the adapter comes with it. And you will need this dongle. According to Apple, the adapter is needed for pairing and charging. 

And the charging isn't as straightforward as attaching the adapter to the Pencil and then your iPad. The adapter is female-to-female and not female-to-male, meaning you'll need the iPad's USB-C charging cable. Plug the Pencil on the Lightning port side, then plug the charging cable on the other side before connecting it to the tablet.

This issue hasn't come up before because the other USB-C iPads all charge the 2nd-gen Apple Pencil wirelessly when attached magnetically to the side of the tablet. That isn't available with this base model.

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