Popular podcast app Pocket Casts has received a long-awaited update for iPhone and iPad. Pocket Casts 6.0 brings with it a refined look and feel, new audio-enhancing features, and iPad multitasking support in iOS 9, among other things.

One of the big changes that developer Shifty Jelly has made was to re-write large portions of the app in Apple’s Swift programming language. Because of this, Pocket Casts has seen substantial stability improvements, along with faster performance.

On the iPad, Pocket Casts now supports Split View and Slide Over multitasking, letting you control your podcast listening while you do other things. For video podcasts, the app has also added support for picture-in-picture, letting the video window float in the foreground of your display as you use other apps.

There are other improvements as well. Pocket Casts now has its own dark mode, and a dedicated download section. Your Up Next list is now easier to manage, episodes can now be filtered by date, and i…

How do you use Siri with the Podcasts app? Simply talk and listen!

With Siri for iPhone and iPad, you can search for podcasts, play and pause them, and even jump forward, backward, slow down the talking, or speed it up. All with just the power of your voice!

How to play/pause a podcast with Siri and Podcasts for iPhone and iPad
How to search podcasts with Siri for iPhone and iPad
How to use playback controls with Siri for iPhone and iPad

How to play/pause a podcast with Siri and Podcasts for iPhone and iPad

Press and hold the Home button or say Hey, Siri to activate Siri.
Says something like, Play my podcasts. Or, if you want to play a specific podcast, say something like Play the iMore Show podcast.
Say pause or stop to pause the podcast.

Siri can’t help you play specific podcast episodes yet.

How to search podcasts with Siri for iPhone and iPad

Siri can help you search for podcasts in the Podcast app, though she isn’t always the most reliable.

Press and hold the Home bu…

Are you a fan of only charging your iPhone or iPad with an Apple-branded charger? If so, you’ll want to check out this deal on Apple’s USB charger with Lightning cable that is a replacement for the one that comes in the box. Right now you can pick one up for $18.95, a savings of $19.
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Everything you need to know about the Pokémon you’ve caught and hatched in Pokémon Go!

Curious as to which characters are currently included in Pokemon Go? Need a handy reference to which types each Pokémon are strongest/weakest against, how many candies are required for evolution, and the maximum CP for each Pokémon? Gamepress got their hands on a ton of data, and we compiled it into this handy reference index!

Just starting out? Read our Pokémon Go: Beginners guide

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Max CP

It’s worth noting max CP (Combat Power) refers to the maxed-out power up available to a lvl. 40 trainer, so don’t be discouraged if you never see a CP 1000 Bulbasaur in the wild.

It’s worth keeping these numbers in mind, however, when you’ve got enough candies to evolve and are determining which Pokemon to evolve, or whether to wait until you’ve caught a higher CP Pokémon. It’s typically a better strategy to wait for a higher CP Pokémon, …

Amazon has launched its Dash grocery scanner in the UK to help consumers quickly and conveniently add items to their basket for easy checkout by scanning barcodes. Once the items have been added, all that’s required is to complete the checkout process on a PC or using one of the official Amazon mobile apps.

As noted in Engadget’s report, should two Amazon Fresh orders be completed before August 28, the Dash can be delivered for free. For those who don’t, it’ll set them back £35. There’s also voice support, in case you’d rather say what you wish to have ordered, as opposed to messing around with scanning individual products.

All we need now are the Dash buttons so we can maintain an unhealthy supply of Monster energy drink.
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It looks like the iPhone 7 will be unveiled in the first week of September. Noted leaker Evan Blass posted on Twitter that the upcoming iPhone will go up for pre-order from September 9, with an earlier tweet stating that the phone will release on September 12.

Confirmed: Pre-orders start on the 9th. You can extrapolate the launch event date from there. https://t.co/gwoPzIM1dI— Evan Blass (@evleaks) July 28, 2016

If Apple sticks to its timeline, we may see the iPhone 7 announcement on September 6 or 7. Last year, the iPhone 6s was announced on September 9, a Wednesday, with the phone going up for pre-order three days later on September 12.

As for the device itself, rumors suggest that the iPhone 7 will eschew the 3.5mm audio jack for Lightning audio, along with upgraded internals and a larger camera unit.

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Apple has announced that it has now sold one billion iPhones in the lifetime of the product. The company announced the milestone at a company meeting on Wednesday morning.

From Apple:

”iPhone has become one of the most important, world-changing and successful products in history. It’s become more than a constant companion. iPhone is truly an essential part of our daily life and enables much of what we do throughout the day,” said Cook. ”Last week we passed another major milestone when we sold the billionth iPhone. We never set out to make the most, but we’ve always set out to make the best products that make a difference. Thank you to everyone at Apple for helping change the world every day.”

To give this number some context, it took 27 years for one billion PCs to be sold. Disney welcomed the one billionth visitor to its theme parks after 49 years of operation, and it was 131 years before there were one billion cars driving across roads across the world.

Apple crossed the …

Yahoo has revamped its desktop Messenger app for Windows and Mac platforms, adding features such as ”liking” posts and support for GIF images.

Yes, it is true: Yahoo Messenger is apparently still a thing even though it had reached its height durin…