Tag: iOS

Apple releases new betas for iOS, tvOS and OS X

Earlier this week Apple released new betas for iOS 9.3.3, OS X 10.11.6 and tvOS 9.2.2 and this is only a few weeks after the company released the first version of the software betas. Also it is only a week ago since Apple released the third beta of iOS 9.3.3, but this update has no new features just bug fixes to make it stable for release. OS X 10.11.6 and tvOS […]

Apple unveils iOS 9.3.3 beta 2 to developers

Earlier today Apple released the second beta for iOS 9.3.3 to developers. This small release mostly just brings bug fixes and also features the patch for the iPad Pro 9.7 bricking issue. Any registered developer can download the latest version over the air on the device or via the Apple Developer Centre. Also Apple’s annual WWDC is set for next week starting of on June 13 for the main keynote […]

Google creates iOS keyboard, included built in Google search

Google famously supports the iOS platform really well and ironically a lot of the apps are much better than the versions on Android. But now Google have released a keyboard app for the iPhone and iPad which allows you to search the internet, look for GIFs and grab quick weather reports too. It’s called Gboard and it can find anything online from your keyboard. The Principal Enginner at Google, Rajan […]

BlackBerry BBM now has free video calls for Android and iOS

BlackBerry is still slipping by the wayside with every passing day, but in an effort to stay relevant the company is still developing the once popular BBM messaging platform further to compete with the ever crowded instant messaging and video calling space with Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Hangouts, Skype, FaceTime all now offering free video calling you’d of thought the last thing we need is another video calling app but here […]

New iOS 10 concept imagines new features and dark mode

Popular Apple blog MacStories has come up with a gorgeous iOS 10 concept video for what we could expect the next big release of iOS to look like and a wishlist of what we’d like to see. Federico Vittici who runs MacStories reamed up with Sam Beckett to create this concept video, nearly all of the ideas that they have included are very well though out and would have no reason not […]

iOS 9.3 is now available to download

Along with the new smaller iPad Pro, smaller iPhone and new Apple Watch goodies – Apple has just released a slew of software updates for iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS. In this post we’ll focus on iOS 9.3, separate posts will be released containing information about the other updates. What’s new? After a few months in beta testing, Apple have now released the final version of iOS 9.3 for […]

iOS 9 adoption still at 77%, rate slowing

Over the past few months, the adoption rate of quite a few operating systems including iOS 9 and Windows 10 have been gaining traction extremely quickly, just in November Microsoft had 132 million users and earlier this year it hit 200 million. On the flip side iOS 9 has been gaining popularity and adding new users to the updated version, but since the last time it was checked two weeks […]

Back in 2014, Google paid Apple $1 billion to be the default search on iPhone

Just today the news has broke that back in 2014 Google actually paid Apple $1 billion to simply be the default search engine on the iPhone, as well as the iPad. This deal was obviously kept very secret until now but the news came from court transcripts which were aquried by Bloomberg. The question is, if Google hadn’t of paid Apple that money what would be the default search engine on […]

iOS 8.4.1 and iTunes 12.2.2 launch with fixes for Apple Music and Beats 1

Today, Apple released a incremental update for iOS and iTunes to fix some issues with the Apple Music streaming service, iOS 8.4.1 is now available around six weeks after iOS 8.4 originally launched at the end of June. iOS 8.4 has the build 12H321 and can be downloaded by going to Settings > General > Software Update – it is compatible with iPhone 4s and later, iPad 2 and later and iPod […]

‎Dropbox now has ‎Touch ID on iOS 8

Dropbox has now received a software update to adopt the Touch ID sensor in the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus for security access, as well as some general improvements. Other services such as OneDrive have also adopted support for the sensor. iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus support have been added like Facebook, YouTube, Chrome and other apps such as OneDrive and Skype. Touch ID support is […]