How to quickly navigate home in Waze and Google Maps

How to add a Home shortcut to Waze, Google Maps and Maps to quickly get directions on iPhone.

Punching in your home address (or work or any common destination) in your favorite navigation app grows tiresome after a while, even if it is already there in your recent places. Thankfully both Waze and Google Maps offer shortcuts to directions to your favorite places through a simple 3D Touch and a tap. All you have to do is assign your home, work, etc. locations, then they will be available for quick navigation. Apple Maps, as you would expect, is supposed to have this functionality as well, but as of this writing it is not working properly in iOS 11.3

How to quickly put your iPhone into Dark Mode

How to quickly turn on Dark Mode on iPhone and iPad.

While Apple has yet to offer an official "Dark Mode" setting for low light environments, iOS 11 does offer "Smart Invert Colors" in the Accessibility settings, which basically turns white backgrounds to black and black text to white (and vice-versa) and dims bright colors. This makes viewing in low light situations easier on the eyes and less distracting to others around you. Unfortunately it is not very easy to get to in a hurry because it is buried in Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Display Accommodations -> Invert Colors -> Smart Invert.

iOS App of the Week: Candleman

Candleman

Candleman stars a sentient candle who can only burn for ten seconds per level in the newest puzzle game from Fantastic Games. Developed by Spotlightor Interactive, in the game you play as a candle who is on a journey of self discovery. The goal is to find and light all the candles on a level before your run out of wax. This is easier said than done as you only have ten seconds of light to navigate dark corridors with many pitfalls.

Marvel Strike Force finally lands on the Apple App Store

Marvel Strike Force

Marvel Strike Force is a free-to-play RPG featuring over 70 playable Marvel superheroes and villains. In Strike Force, Nick Fury assembles a team to stop an invasion of Earth by the Kree warlord Ultimus. Players must select a "squad" of Marvel characters like Iron Man, Captain America, Loki, Elektra, Dr. Strange to battle their way through Kree warriors. Disney, Fox, and Marvel even got together to agree to allow Wolverine as a playable character in the game.

Report: New case design coming to Apple Watch Series 4

Apple Watch Spring 2018

Big changes are in store later this year for the Apple Watch. KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has delivered his latest note to investors regarding the future of Apple's wearable. Kuo predicts the Apple Watch Series 4 will debut in the third quarter of 2018 with significant design changes.

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