Alongside the iPad Pro last November, Apple introduced a new connectivity option for users with the Smart Connector. Originally, Apple only touted the connection as being good for easily pairing things like keyboards to the iPad. We’ve since learned a little more about the capabilities of the three-pin connection, but overarching details are still vague. Last month, I had the chance to try out the LOGI Base dock with Smart Connector support....

Did you get Oppo A5 2020 (Model: CPH1931) smartphone? Then this guide will be useful to you. If you have lost your pattern lock details or you are not able to verify your Google account after the hard reset, then you can bypass it quickly using this guide. You can easily get the ISP PinOUT connection of the Oppo A5 2020 by following the full guide below along with images. By using the ISP PinOUT, you can easily bypass FRP lock or reset user data on your device via UFi Box....

Here we will guide you on how to download and flash firmware files on Oppo R17 Pro. The guide is simple and easy! Alright, so it looks like that you have the Oppo R17 Pro in the palm of your hand. Great! Oppo makes some of the best android devices on a budget. Anyways, you might be facing some issues with your Oppo R17 Pro. Now, you might be someone who is facing the lagging issue, or maybe you tried to root your Oppo R17 Pro....

Phoenix; RootPipe Reborn from patrick wardle on Vimeo. A former NSA staffer says that the OS X 10.10.3 update which Apple claims fixed a significant security vulnerability has failed to do so, reports Forbes. Patrick Wardle, who now heads up research at security firm Synack, demonstrated the vulnerability in a video (without revealing exactly how it was done) to allow Apple time to issue a further fix. The Rootpipe vulnerability allows an attacker with local access to a Mac to escalate their privileges to root – allowing them full control of the machine – without further authentication....

A number of Mac users in an Apple Support Communities thread are reporting that Apple’s 10.9.2 update to Mavericks has broken AirPlay Mirroring to Apple TV and the ability to extend desktops to external monitors. There is as yet no obvious common denominator among those experiencing the problem, though as it works with fresh installs of OS X 10.9.2, it seems it may be a conflict with a setting from earlier versions of OS X....

Just as Apple appears to be readying its music streaming service and Google just announced its subscription music service, Pandora Radio has released a sturdy update to its iPhone app. Users can now publish Now Playing activity to Facebook as it updates, similar to Spotify or Rdio, allowing friends to interact with the music you enjoy. Sharing individual tracks and stations to Facebook, Twitter, and email is built right in now as well....

Hugh Jackman keeps telling everyone - including us - that he’s done playing Wolverine after Logan, but Sir Patrick Stewart - who’s been in the franchise for just as long - is very game to keep playing Charles Xavier if there are X-Men stories that require an older Professor X. Stewart returns in Logan to help Wolverine round out his own trilogy and conclude his journey but like the star of the movie, this older Charles is someone you’ve never seen in the X-Men movies before - and that was extremely important to Stewart....

A Codemasters developer has seemingly confirmed that the recently leaked PS5 development kit design is real. Sony’s last console, the Playstation 4, has shipped over 100 million units since it’s original launch back in 2014 (more than double the 41 million Xbox Ones that lead competitor Microsoft has sold), and the company now seems ready to move forward into the next hardware generation. Earlier this week, a Brazilian patent applied for by Sony led many to assume that an upcoming Playstation 5 dev kit was in development....

If you were of the view that the Pokémon Go hype has gotten completely out of hand, the evidence file just got thicker. Nintendo’s value has more than doubled since the game was launched, notes The Verge. Yep, that makes the games company – which only sees indirect benefits from Pokémon Go – worth more than Sony, at around $40B. And if that weren’t crazy enough, one analyst has even made the unlikely claim that the game could be worth $3B in revenue to Apple …...

Since being introduced in Pokemon Black and White, Darmanitan was always one of the series’ most unique Fire-types - until the introduction of Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Ice-then-Fire-type Galarian Darmanitan, that is. But obtaining a Galarian Darmanitan requires, like many of Sword and Shield’s Pokemon, a little extra work. The advent of Pokemon’s first main-series home console release brought about several features new to the series. Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Wild Area is the franchise’s first experiment with open-world gameplay, allowing trainers to explore a large area in search of new Pokemon....

As Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have started to reach more customers, we’ve been getting more and more reports that users are facing a multitude of issues when pairing with their Bluetooth devices. With every iOS and iPhone release, issues are bound to arise. Though one that stems on the wireless future that Apple has so courageously laid out makes this one all the more impactful. A majority of the reports appear to be coming from users with in-car Bluetooth systems, but we’re also hearing users facing issues from frequently dropped connections, to devices that will show they’re paired even when they’re not....

Power 2 is a brand new Apple Watch app that adds a handy iPhone battery life complication to the watch face. The app’s battery complication allows you to monitor the status of the paired iPhone’s battery without pulling it out of your pocket or purse. While the original Power was based on glances, Power 2 is all about complications. The app also brings a new Time Travel-based battery life prediction function to the table....

I thought, hmm, that’s strange. Maybe the setting wasn’t confirmed, or it’s a glitch or something, so I enabled it again. Shutdown, start the machine, there it is again, this picture I took at the beach and my most recent Facebook profile picture on it. Immediately something started adding up. I checked the Lock Screen settings again, nothing related to Facebook but it kept defaulting to photos. I then checked the privacy settings and turned off Facebook in background apps, yet I still kept seeing this picture as my lock screen....

A number of iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users are now reporting that iOS is showing a random error message related to the iTunes Store. According to some reports on social networks, the error message appears unexpectedly after opening any app installed on the device. The iTunes Store error simply pops up on the screen for several times. “The iTunes Store is unable to process purchases at this time. Please try again later,” says the message....

Apple’s ResearchKit platform has received a significant amount of praise since its launch earlier this year alongside iOS 8.2, and now researchers are looking into new ways to take advantage of the platform. BuzzFeed News today published an interesting report detailing how Purdue Pharma is investigating using ResearchKit to aid in its drug R&D efforts, in the first for-profit use of the platform. The company has looked into the platform, but has not yet decided to build on app or decided what kind of data to collect....

Orange is the New Black has received nearly universal acclaim as a series. However, polarizing protagonist Piper Chapman garners more of a mixed response. The Piper hate train definitely hosts more than a few disgruntled occupants, and it’s not that difficult to see precisely why. She’s privileged, arrogant and self-absorbed, and prison seems to do little to temper any of these unlikable traits. However, boiling her down to the spoiled rich girl archetype is hardly fair....

Joker’s Joaquin Phoenix is the Best Actor favorite at the Academy Awards, according to one betting site. Released at the start of October 2019, Joker has remained in the spotlight ever since, having received praise from numerous sources. Recently, Phoenix took home a Best Actor award at the Golden Globes. At this point, it goes without saying Joker was one of the most unique releases of 2019. Few could have foreseen its box office success, and even before counting international numbers....

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time In Hollywood is listed as the odds-on favorite to win Best Picture at the 2020 Oscars. The ninth film from Tarantino, Once Upon a Time was initially touted in news reports as the director’s 1969 film and later as his Charles Manson movie, but in true Tarantino fashion the film that was ultimately delivered proved to be much more than originally anticipated. Indeed Once Upon a Time In Hollywood concerns events that happened in 1969, and does include a very brief appearance by Manson, but the movie is really primarily about late ’60s Los Angeles as imagined by Tarantino....

An Apple patent application published today reveals an idea for an interesting variation on the magnetically-closed Milanese Loop band that allows it to do much more than simply secure the Apple Watch on your wrist. By using a careful arrangement of magnet orientations, the band can transform itself into a protective case when travelling, a stand on a bedside table or desk – or a Mac accessory … In the standard band configuration, the band would be held closed in a similar way to the Milanese Loop....

Peaky Blinders is one of the highest-rated television series out there. This British drama is full of dynamic and intriguing characters, and the Shelbys are certainly one family that isn’t to be messed with. While fans of the show probably have their favorite Shelby, and even their favorite supporting character, there also must be some pretty big fans of Dungeons & Dragons in the fandom. In case viewers are wondering which character would end up in the same alignment as their own D&D character, look no further....