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Apple officially rolls out RCS for iPhone, but many carriers still don’t support it

An iPhone resting on a wooden surface. On its screen can be seen the keyboard and an image of an aeroplane cockpit window with the word Discovery beneath it.
The linked article also contains a link to the Apple Support site, which shows what sort of services are live across the various networks around the world. As of today, 25 networks in the USA and Canada have RCS active for iPhones. In Africa, it is zero right now, but Vodacom in South Africa said they were busy with it.

Basically, each iPhone user’s network must activate RCS for iPhones. Many already have RCS active for Android devices, but there is clearly some separate activation still required for iPhones.

See zdnet.com/article/apple-offici

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Danie

iOS 18 Notes App: All the New Features: Google Must do Better

Multicolour background featuring two Apple-style square icons: One on the left just shows an 18, and the one on the right is their symbol for the Notes app with a yellow bar at the top, and horizontal lines below that.
I only have an iPad left now from the Apple ecosystem, but after testing some of these features out, I must say that Google really needs to just try and catch up with their Notes app. Apple is definitely out-innovating Google here by a mile. Google has really neglected their Notes app quite badly.

Some of the new features I like most with the iOS Notes app are:

  • Notes integrates with the Calculator app in ‌iOS 18‌ for a new feature called Maths Notes. Maths Notes is designed to let you solve equations, so you can do things like add up your monthly budget, calculate what people owe for a group trip, or split a restaurant bill.
  • Maths Notes with the ‌Apple Pencil‌. Just write out equations by hand.
  • All audio recordings that you capture with the Notes app are automatically transcribed in real-time.
  • Transcription Summaries.
  • If you have long notes with multiple headings, you can now collapse those headings.
  • Highlight Colours (Google did release this, but it has not become usable across all my notes yet).
  • Smart Script — The feature uses machine learning to recreate your own handwriting style to refine what you’ve written, making messy writing look neater.

See macrumors.com/guide/ios-18-not

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danie10@squeet.me
Danie

Apple Approves QEMU-Based PC Emulator App for iOS

iPhone screen showing the title UTM SE at the top. Below it is listed a few OS options such as Arch Linux, Debian 11, FreeDOS, Mac OS, and Windows XP.
UTM SE can emulate a variety of desktop operating systems and system architectures, including MS-DOS, Windows XP, and (of course) many Linux distributions—all without workarounds, jailbreaks, or side-loading .ipa files through Xcode.

This really would not be news at all for ANY other platform, but for Apple it is a big deal when they release a single notch of control to users (remember the alternative EU App Store?).

This may not be very fast, and right now will probably be used mostly for retro games like Doom. It is because of how Apple allows something to run on its platform, and why it can’t run as a proper VM. Also, it’s called an emulator, not a virtual machine.

The QEMU-based UTM SE works with iPhones and iPads running iOS 14.0 or later. And no, it won’t be running Steam games.

See omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/utm-se

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The Verge tested Aptoide, the first free iPhone app store alternative

An iPhone being held in a hand. The screen shows the title Aptoide and below that are apps shown in categories such as Top Downloads and Gaming, for downloading and installing.
The popular alternative Android marketplace Aptoide just launched as a challenger to the Apple App Store in Europe. We’ve seen a trickle of stores launch since March when the Digital Markets Act (DMA) forced Apple to support third-party iOS app marketplaces — but nothing has so far managed to upset the balance of power and change the status quo.

I really don’t think, or expect, alternative app stores to overtake the Google or Apple app stores. But they should offer some niche alternatives for many devs as well as users. So I’d think of them more as complimentary offerings.

So, what’s the key selling point? What’s Aptoide offering users that they can’t find on the App Store? Besides a currently stark list of “curated” games, one element Trezentos points to is the way Aptoide combines a freemium model with a rewards structure.

See theverge.com/24172642/aptoide-

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Danie

‘Secret’ iPhone feature lets you easily sign online documents for free, with no scanning, printing, or app installing

Hand holding up an iPhone with a post-it note stuck on the front that has writing on saying "sign here" with an arrow pointing to the left
In the age of digital communication, needing to sign important documents online has become increasingly common, but it’s not necessarily the easiest process.

For an iPhone you can just use the standard Photos app to open it, hit Edit, click the Markup button, and add signature. Useful that you can also move it around.

I see on my Samsung Galaxy phone I can similarly use the Samsung Notes app and just a PDF with the S Pen. The selection tool will also allow me to select and move that signature around or resize it.

Both phones will allow you to sign, or complete, a document offline and no 3rd party apps needed.

See thefocus.news/lifestyle/secret

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