LIFX unveils new Beam accent lighting system with HomeKit integration and more
Just a few days after unveiling its modular Tile lighting panels, LIFX today has unveiled its latest connected lighting system. Dubbed the LIFX Beam, these lights can be arranged in a variety of different shapes on your wall with support for over 16 million colors and integration with your iPhone and HomeKit.
Chamberlain’s MyQ Smart Garage Hub brings HomeKit to almost any garage door
Chamberlain today has released its second HomeKit compatible product, MyQ Smart Garage Hub. After releasing its MyQ Home Bridge product that brings HomeKit support for existing MyQ setups last month, the Smart Garage Hub is billed as a universal smartphone garage controller that brings smarts to most garage door openers.
Apple releases iOS 11.0.2 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Apple has just released iOS 11.0.2 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. This marks the second bug fix update since iOS 11 launched in September. The build number is 15A421.
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Instagram Stories receives new ‘interactive poll sticker’ along with new creative tools
Instagram today has rolled out a new feature that allows users to add polls to stories along with a new text/brush color picker and alignment tool.
Tim Cook rises to #3 on Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List as Eddy Cue drops
Vanity Fair has released an updated version of its New Establishment rankings and as is usually the case, a couple of Apple executives have made the list. CEO Tim Cook has moved up to the third spot this year, while Eddy Cue has fallen to number 73….
Inside Hong Kong’s Wanchai computer market, where unofficial iPhone repairs are a cottage industry
China’s Shenzhen market is famous for the unofficial iPhone repairs and upgrades available from the many stalls there. Hong Kong’s Wanchai electronics market may be smaller, but in the five floors of tightly-packed stalls, you can’t turn around without bumping into an iPhone repair service.
The market sells everything from phone cases through cheap-and-nasty Windows laptops to expensive drones and high-end cameras. But there’s one thing that really stands out, and that’s the ubiquitous and entirely unofficial presence of everything Apple …
App-connected smart planter waters your plants, nudges you when it needs help [Video]
If you like the idea of growing your own food but know nothing about gardening, a new startup thinks it has just the thing you need.
Grow Duo calls itself the world’s first intelligent planter. The companion app shows you how to plant your seeds, the planter takes care of the watering and the app lets you know when it needs your help – either for pruning, or for harvesting your crop …
Today’s update to iOS YouTube app adds iMessage sharing
Ikea now offering HomeKit-compatible color smartbulbs as well as white ones
Ikea first announced it would be adding HomeKit compatibility to its smartbulbs back in May, finally pushing an update in August that added support. The first set of TRADFRI bulbs were white only – though offering a range of color temperatures – and it has now added the promised color versions …