Posted on 18 February 2013 by Shane McGlaun
A new iOS update is tipped to be coming sometime this week to patch problems Apple has been having with things such as synchronizing with Microsoft Exchange servers. The new update is tipped to bring iOS to version 6.1.2.
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Posted on 12 February 2013 by Shane McGlaun
Singer Alicia Keys recently became the official celebrity director for BlackBerry. She also recently had a tweet posted via her official account from the iPhone causing some embarrassment. Keys says that she was hacked and didn't make the post.
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Posted on 13 November 2012 by Shane McGlaun
A new rumor has surfaced pointing to the next generation iPhone coming possibly as soon as six months from now called the iPhone 5S. According to the rumor the device will be released some time in Q1 of 2013.
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Posted on 30 October 2012 by Shane McGlaun
If you watch the news, surf the web, or read the paper it's hard to miss the fact that the gigantic storm is bearing down on the East Coast. Flooding is expected in some of the lower lying areas of major cities including New York. Apple has prepared its flagship Fifth Avenue store to defend against flooding.
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Posted on 08 August 2012 by Shane McGlaun
The latest statistics from analytics firm IDC have been released for the smartphone market. According to the latest stats Android and iOS devices account for 85% of all shipped smartphones.
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Posted on 12 June 2012 by Shane McGlaun
Apple and GPS company TomTom have signed a new deal for maps. TomTom is providing the mapping data for Apple's new custom maps application that debuted yesterday with iOS 6.0 at WWDC.
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Posted on 14 May 2012 by Shane McGlaun
If you are anxiously waiting for the untethered iOS 5.1.x jailbreak to land, the developer says it's coming in a few weeks. The jailbreak will work with any iOS device running 5.1.1 except ATV3 devices and support for that may come eventually.
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Posted on 04 April 2012 by Shane McGlaun
According to reports, Google is making more money off of Apple's iOS and it makes from Android. This claim comes from an analyst called Horace Dediu from Asymco based on documents that surfaced in a recent court case.
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Posted on 08 March 2012 by Shane McGlaun
iPhoto on iOS devices has stopped using Google Maps in the latest distancing action between Apple and Google. Instead, Apple is now using its own maps and apparently is not licensing third-party maps.
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Posted on 29 February 2012 by Shane McGlaun
A loophole in iOS has surfaced that allows developers to grab all the photos on iPhone or other device running iOS using a rogue application. Apple says this flaw was unintentional and a fix is in the works.
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Posted on 03 January 2012 by Shane McGlaun
Analytics firm Flurry reports that between iOS devices and Android the week of Christmas there were 1.2 billion apps downloaded. That over a billion downloads a week mark is expected to come several times in 2012.
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Posted on 11 November 2011 by Shane McGlaun
One of the things that the iOS 5.0.1 update was supposed to fix was the battery issues some users are seeing. There are a bunch of users on the Apple support forums complaining that the issue is no better and some claim its worse.
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