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  • iOS 14.5 developer beta 2 released, includes as many as 217 new emojis

    iOS 14.5 developer beta 2 released, includes as many as 217 new emojis

    With the second developer beta of iOS having been released, it looks like there could be as many as 217 new emojis en route.

    Key among these are new faces, new hearts, and broader gender options, as well as those for couples with mixed skin tones. Perhaps the most notable though is the change to the syringe emoji, which now has nothing in it, meaning it can be better used to signify COVID-19 vaccines.

    If you’re curious, here’s the whole magilla:

    If you’re currently subscribed to the Apple Developer program, iOS 14.5 developer beta 2 is available in Software Updates.

    Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

    Via The Mac Observer

  • Review focuses on amazingly detailed, $100 iPhone X knock off

    If there’s a cautionary tale, it’s this.

    Vice’s Jason Koebler and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai have written a full review of a $100 iPhone X knock off from China. The piece centers on how convincing the top-to-bottom, software-to-hardware bootleggery is. iOS is recreated down to the pixel as an Android skin and only the sluggish performance, on-screen keyboard give the game away.

    Even many of the apps are nearly perfect, which shows the level of detail that’s gone into the creation of the handset.

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  • Apple confirms Apple Watch wrist tattoo issue

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    If you’ve got nifty ink around your wrist, it might get in the way of using an Apple Watch.

    Apple has confirmed that dark wrist tattoos have the potential of interfering with the Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor. It was reported earlier this week that some tattoos, particularly dark or saturated ones, can affect the Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor and ability to register contact with the wearer’s skin.

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  • DexCom device, app to work with Apple Watch upon launch, continuously monitor glucose levels for diabetics

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    This is interesting.

    Medical company DexCom says that a glucose monitor made by the company that monitors blood sugar levels will be supported by the Apple Watch. The company is currently working on an app for the wearable that will be able to show blood sugar levels at a glance and can monitor them continuously.

    The app has apparently been under construction for some time and while the Food and Drug Administration is generally required to approve new medical hardware, a hands-off approach to the companion app has allowed developers to sink their teeth into its creation for the time being.

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  • Composition notebook cover now available for 11″ MacBook Air notebook

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    As nifty looking as the 11″ MacBook Air is, you may feel a need to jazz it up with a modification reminiscent of your school days. Per The Daily What, Beyondthetech is currently selling a skin that will transform the outer lid of your MacBook Air into a traditional mottled black and white composition notebook.

    Installation instructions are available on the Beyondthetech web site and the MacBook Air skin is a free download while the custom ZAGGSkin will set you back US$60 plus shipping and taxes.