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The iPhone and iPad are both getting a bunch of new features courtesy of a software update today.
Apple is releasing iOS 16.1 – adding to the functionality which arrived with the iPhone 14 range last month – and iPadOS 16, which comes ahead of the launch of new tablets this week.
Starting with the iPhone, here are the main new features you can expect when you download the update.
Shared photo libraries
This feature arrives just in time for any families heading off on a half-term getaway, allowing you to set up a shared photo library with up to five other people.
It builds upon the idea of the existing shared photo albums, with more options to let everyone add, edit, favourite, caption and delete pictures.
You can also add past photos to the new library, rather than having to start from scratch, and a toggle in the camera app will let you send a new snap straight to it if desired.
Clean energy charging
Here’s one for the climate-conscious – a toggle which will selectively charge your phone based on the availability of lower carbon emission electricity.
Apple says the idea is that charging time will be optimised based on when the grid is using cleaner energy sources, though initially it will only work if you are in the US.
One thing to note is that this new feature is going to be turned on by default when you get the update – if you don’t want to compromise, you may wish to switch it off in settings.
Fitness without the watch
Apple offers a £9.99 per month subscription service called Fitness+, which offers workout and meditation routines.
Until now, you needed an Apple Watch to actually use it – but now all you need is an iPhone.
While you won’t get the same real-time feedback without the wearable, such as calories burned and heart rate, stretching and meditating along to the videos on your phone will work just fine.
Live activities expanded
You will have noticed big changes to your iPhone lock screen when iOS 16 launched last month, with live activities among the additions.
They are widgets which aim to provide real-time updates from certain apps on the lock screen, rather than send a series of separate notifications.
Today’s update makes these more accessible to non-Apple apps, so expect to see more options from live sports scores to a widget showing how close your Uber driver is.
As for the iPad, new features such as shared photo libraries are the same, but there is some bespoke stuff.
Stage manager
This brings enhanced multitasking to the iPad, making it more of a laptop-like experience. Apps can be resized, overlapped and moved around, much like on a traditional desktop.
You can hook up your iPad to an external display if you have one of the newer Air or Pro models, again, in the same way you can with a laptop.
Weather app
It seems incredible, but all this time the iPad has never had a built-in weather app like the iPhone.
That finally changes today, bringing much the same design as it has on the phone.
Improved handwriting
If you have an Apple Pencil, the notes app will now try to improve your handwriting.
Should you turn the option on, the app will make written words appear straighter and neater.
And a raft of the iPhone’s latest additions
The iPadOS 16 update is mostly based on iOS 16, and so comes with many of the new features iPhone users have enjoyed since last month.
That includes the ability to edit and delete texts in the messages app, improved focus modes for filtering out notifications from certain apps, and a redesigned podcast app.
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Leaving her elderly father on a basement floor for two days in a soiled adult diaper won’t mean jail for a Calgary woman.
Justice Indra Maharaj accepted a joint Crown and defence submission on Wednesday for a two-year-less-a-day conditional sentence order for Tara Picard to be followed by 12 months of probation.
Prosecutor Donna Spaner and defence counsel Shaun Leochko proposed a community-based term which will include eight months of 24-hour house arrest followed by a nightly curfew for the second eight months.
Maharaj also agreed with the lawyers to order Picard to commit 300 hours of community service over the length of the three-year sentence.
The Calgary Court of Justice noted that amount of community-service hours was “a lot” to commit to.
But Maharaj said it showed Picard, 52, was truly remorseful for her conduct towards her father, whom Postmedia is not identifying because of the embarrassing nature of the facts of the case.
“What that shows me is Ms. Picard does sincerely recognize what has happened here,” the judge said of her willingness to complete community service.
“What I interpret from that is Ms. Picard’s willingness to give back to the community.”
Picard pleaded guilty in January to charges of assault and failing to provide the necessaries of life to her 77-year-old father.
Court heard caregivers found the elderly Calgary man on the basement floor of his daughter’s southeast home wearing a soiled adult diaper.
At the time, Picard was responsible for her father’s day-to-day care after he was moved to her residence, Spaner, reading from a statement of agreed facts, told court at the time.
“He had a number of medical ailments, including non-insulin dependent diabetes, coronary artery disease, some early onset dementia-like symptoms and chronic alcoholism,” Spaner said.
“(He) had been living independently in a Calgary apartment building. Family members became concerned that he was not caring for himself safely.”
With the help of Alberta Health Services he was moved to a home where Picard resided.
A registered nurse assigned to his care attended the 38 Street S.E. home on Nov. 15, 2021, to drop off food bank supplies for him and was told he was sleeping downstairs.
When the nurse called about an hour and a half later and spoke to the man on the phone he said he was lying on the floor, had fallen and was unable to get up.
When she returned to the home with a co-worker she found the victim lying on his back on the floor.
“(He) said that he had been lying on the floor for two days,” Spaner said.
Leochko said Picard was overwhelmed by the situation she was thrust into.
“It really was more than she could handle,” he said.
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@juanhall: I gotta say, this was the most interesting bike in this post….love that Intense is experimenting with gearboxes…I can see it have a huge effect on DH bikes….thank god there’s still people pushing things. Now, they need to make an Enduro bike with the Pinion MGU!
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The City of Pointe-Claire would like to inform you that the Bob-Birnie arena will be closed for its annual maintenance as of Monday, April 29. The Annex rink will reopen to the public on Monday, May 13, and the arena’s Main rink will be accessible as of Monday, June 3.
Public skating will resume on May 13, and the summer public activities programming will begin on June 3 when both rinks have reopened to the public.
In addition to the annual maintenance of the facility, two renovation projects are also scheduled to start at the same time:
Installation of new sound systems
The City will be replacing its current sound systems in both the Main rink and Annex rink, to offer arena visitors a better overall experience, whether watching from the stands or participating in on-ice activities. This project is expected to be conducted throughout the month of May.
Renovation of locker rooms in the Main Rink
The City will also be renovating the five locker rooms located in the Main rink, to bring up to date the amenities currently available to participants. These renovations are expected to begin in early May and will be completed by mid-August.
For all information about the Bob-Birnie arena, visit the arena’s page on our website.
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