Apple introduces new Night Shift feature in iOS 9.3

Alongside the launch of the new devices, Apple’s also made iOS 9.3 available for download. This minor release brings with it some useful features including the new Night Shift mode. Working similar to what the F.lux tool does, it reduces the amount of blue light it emits based on the time of the day or where you are at the moment. Blue light is said to make it harder for people to sleep so you can schedule that to turn on in the evenings. Apple also adds password protection to its Notes app. You can even unlock it via Touch ID. This’ll be useful if you store sensitive personal information in the app. There are also new 3D Touch shortcuts for Weather, Settings, Compass, Health, Stocks, and Store.

Aside from that, Apple also tweaked its News app to personalize the For You section further with interests, suggestions, and trending topics. Multi-user support shows up when it allows students with iPads to share devices easily. Apple Health gets Apple Watch integration, while CarPlay gets the ability to add song suggestions for music and nearby points of interests if you need to find certain places.

Source: The Verge

SXSW releases 10.33GB of free music

In the grand tradition of South by Southwest (SXSW), the music festival is making available yet again tons and tons of music from participating artists available for free MP3 download. Making it easy for you to download, the files are available for download in two torrent files totaling up to 10.33GB of music. Yes, MP3s might be bit old school in this music streaming age but if you still like to get your hands on these tunes. You can get them here.

Source: Gizmodo

Old Kindles to lose connection to the ‘net if not updated by Tuesday

If you’ve been neglecting the old Kindle you still have, now might be the time to bust it out for a bit and update it. Amazon has issued a warning that if the older Kindle e-readers aren’t updated by Tuesday, March 22^nd, these older devices will not be able to connect to the Kindle Store or sync with the cloud, which of course means you won’t be able to download new books. The update is needed for the original Kindle Paperwhite (2012) and every Kindle before that. To sync your old Kindles, just make sure to power it up and then look for the Sync and Check for Items in the menu. But if you miss the March 22^nd deadline, you can still manually download the update file from Amazon’s site and transfer it via USB. You can get more details about that here.

Source: The Verge

Control Chromecast and Apple TV with your smartphone using AirParrot Remote

It’s now easier to control a Chromecast device and Apple TV box with the AirParrot Remote. The AirParrot app lets you add AirPlay and Chromecast support to almost anything in OS X. AirParrot Remote lets you control the AirParrot software right from your phone. It’ll let you build playlists of different media and gives you control over what’s being mirrored from your phone. It can even control the mouse and keyboard on your computer. You can check out 9to5Mac’s demo video above.

Source: Lifehacker | Download: Apple App Store ($9.99)