HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework. This column is typically used to share recommendations and advice around using HomeKit, but this week I want to zoom out and talk specifically about why you should choose HomeKit. There are a lot of “smart home” platforms on the market and plenty of connected accessories with iPhone apps, but I actively avoid products that don’t work with Siri....

Seasons of television shows need to begin with a strong premiere episode to hook fans back in following the summer hiatus. In the case of How I Met Your Mother, those premieres usually included a big tease about the titular Mother, with mixed results. Sometimes they filled in a big piece of the puzzle; other times, they revealed that the puzzle was a lot larger than we initially thought. The characters would all take major turns in their ongoing arcs and open up new storylines for the season....

Pangu today released a jailbreak tool that allows users to jailbreak iOS 9.3.3 on eligible 64-bit iPhones and iPads. As of now, the tool is only available in Chinese and is Windows-only. An English version should be arriving shortly. The jailbreak will also work with older iOS versions all the way back to iOS 9.2. In the following tutorial, we’ll show you how to jailbreak your eligible iOS device step by step....

House Of Payne is a hit TBS sitcom that ran for eight seasons and over 250 episodes, so it must have been doing something right - here’s a guide to the main characters. Since making his movie debut with 2005’s Diary Of A Mad Black Woman, Tyler Perry has been a prolific actor, director, and producer. In addition to making ten further Madea movies - where he plays the title grandmother - like Boo 2!...

Halloween and Friday the 13th are both classics of the horror genre, but it turns out the former’s success directly inspired the latter. It’s a bit hard to pinpoint the first slasher film. Some point to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho as an early precursor, while others would call The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Black Christmas the slasher’s grandfathers. Regardless of where the sub-genre started, many would hold up John Carpenter’s Halloween as the best example of how to do a slasher movie right....

Apple has talked a lot about how it’s tackling curation better than the other guys by putting a big focus on hand-picked, human curated playlists for Apple Music, but how exactly does a user’s input alter the music the app serves up? The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple spoke directly with Apple to answer that question and put together a guide detailing exactly how likes and other user input work to customize some aspects of Apple Music but not others:...

You’ve decided it’s time for a change, and you’re packing your bags, eager to move into your new home. But how much will you have to pay to have your furniture and belongings moved? How much do removalists cost? This article will give you more information on this and other removalist-related questions you might have as we break down the removalist checklist whether you’re buying your first house, your next house, or interested in investing in property....

With Apple’s latest MFi summit taking place earlier this month to school accessory makers on adopting Apple’s new smaller Lightning connector standard, many accessories from reputable companies are quickly starting to roll out. Unfortunately, the delay in getting the new standard out to third-party accessory manufacturers means many well-known companies might not get a product on the market in time for the holidays. Some that have released products are unable to keep up with demand and ship before the Dec 25....

Apple announced that it was discontinuing the original HomePod back in March, with Apple focusing its efforts on HomePod mini. The product has been listed as available ‘while supplies last’ since that time. The space gray model sold out within a couple days of the announcement. The white model remained available to buy (price unchanged) up until today, at least in the United States. The HomePod product page on the online store has not yet been removed....

It’s no secret that here at Plann, we have major respect for the creatives of the world. From the social media managers to the graphic designers and brand strategists, the digital space would certainly be much duller without these brilliant, out-of-the-box thinkers. This is particularly true of people like Jen of Pink Pom Pom, which are an explosion of fun and color. Their accounts just make our day a little brighter!...

iMessage is a reliable application that has made it easy for its users to know the status of the messages they send. When you send messages via iMessage, you can know when they have been delivered or read compared to regular text messaging services. If you don’t know how to know when iMessages have been delivered or read, this guide has explained all you need to know. It isn’t enjoyable to send a message and not be sure if it has been read or delivered to the recipient....

Jordan Peele is considering making a sequel to his smash hit Get Out, but if he does, what will it be about? Although the original ends with Chris Washington exacting his revenge and escaping the Armitages’ house, there are still many loose ends and different possibilities Peele could explore in the next film. Get Out exploded on the scene in 2017 and soon became a hot topic for conversation in the mainstream....

There are many content creators on TikTok, which ensures a new video for people to enjoy each second. As a content creator, there are a few regulations that you must follow before posting on TikTok, and TikTok takes measures to ensure you do so. One such measure is reviewing your content to ensure it is safe for consumption. Are you seeing the “Video Under Review” message limiting posting your video on TikTok?...

Here’s how Rick And Morty season 3 episode 4 “Vindicators 3: The Return Of Worldender” took aim at superhero cinema. Rick And Morty season 3 proved to be the darkest season of the show to date, with the first episode ending with Beth and Jerry splitting up and Rick literally declaring to Morty season 3 would be the darkest year of their adventures. Rick And Morty season 3 featured all the laughs of previous years, but it took time to probe the impact Rick is actually having on his family too....

When we were children, Hocus Pocus was one terrifying piece of art. Most of us were frightened by the evil witches from the film when we were little, yet now as adults, the vast majority of us grew up to be these witches. Every year we start to love this movie more and more, and it will never lose its status as a total classic. Everything from the iconic characters to the killer musical numbers makes this one of the most beloved films in the history of Halloween flicks....

HomeKit Weekly is a new series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework. As a HomeKit enthusiast, I find myself playing around with a lot of different automations. Some stick because they’re actually useful while others are just neat proofs of concept that prove less practical. There is one set of automations that I absolutely love and recommend every HomeKit user copy: automating outside lights on and off based on time and sunset....

HomeRun is a new HomeKit Apple Watch app from indie developer Aaron Pearce that fixes a major pain point. HomeRun lets you design your own HomeKit app for Apple Watch from the iPhone with a dense layout of tiles that can run HomeKit scenes. HomeRun for watchOS is absolutely the fastest way to browse and run HomeKit scenes on the Apple Watch. HomeKit scenes are combinations of accessory states across rooms....

Huawei Honor 7X was launched in the year 2017 which came out of the box with Android 7.0 Nougat. It is powered by Kirin 659 processor. But if you’re one of the Huawei Honor 7X BND-L21, BND-L22 users and want to find out Test Point to Remove FRP lock, Huawei ID, User Lock, and Firmware Flashing then follow this article. Here we’ll gonna share how you can find out the Huawei Honor 7X BND-L21, BND-L22 Test Point, or get into the Download Mode (Emergency Download Mode) so that you can perform multiple advanced level tasks by yourself....

When you check the following list on your Instagram page, you’ll notice that the list has no specific order. You must have wondered at some point how it works. Why isn’t it in the order of the following date? Like you, many Instagram users wonder how the list works and why it works how it works. Aside from just wanting to know why the list is lined up in that order, sometimes people want to know what others (like their partner, crush, or ex) are up to; who did they recently follow?...

When you pick your phone to call someone or to open an app or play games or just to check notifications, the battery is responsible to provide the power to the components that make things work on a smartphone. If you don’t know how a battery works, it shifts electrons from one place to another to produce electricity which is consumed by the components like the SoC and others to complete the given task....