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The formerly secret history of the iPhone, as told by Scott Forstall
The Apple/Samsung litigation has proven to be an Apple enthusiast’s dream. iPhone prototypes, iPad prototypes, and a plethora of fascinating information regarding Apple’s design process and previously undisclosed internal workings of the notoriously secretive company. This past Friday was no different when Scott Forstall – Apple’s Senior VP of iOS Software – took the stand to […]
Continue reading...iTunes Match in iOS 6 now streams music
Thursday, June 14, 2012
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Apple’N’Apps reports: When you’re on a Mac, you can stream music without any files being stored on your device. On your iOS device, if you tapped to play a song, the song plays automatically, but downloads too. In iOS 6, that’s changed, at least in the first beta. Now when you tap to play a […]
Continue reading...In-depth look at how Apple may revamp the Maps app
Friday, June 8, 2012
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Solid breakdown over at Network World looking back over many of Apple’s mapping acquisitions and job postings over the past 3 years. In short, if Apple introduces its own Maps app next week at WWDC, expect it to be a very big deal. Imagine an interface, for example, whereby a user could explore a virtual […]
Continue reading...iOS 6 to introduce deep Facebook integration
Monday, June 4, 2012
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Following in the footsteps of Twitter, it appears that Apple is planning to deeply integrate Facebook into the upcoming iOS 6. MG Siegler reports: But Facebook integration will be very important for iOS — tons of apps use Facebook for sign-ups and authentication (many use Facebook as the only way to do this, to the […]
Continue reading...iOS 6, Google Maps, and Siri for iPad
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Following up on 9to5Mac’s scoop regarding a revamped and Google-less Maps app in iOS 6, All Things D corroborated the report, with one source in particular intimating that the 3D maps functionality in iOS 6 will “blow your head off”. To this end, MG Siegler was able to confirm with his own sources that Apple […]
Continue reading...Apple’s amazing new Maps app will “blow your head off”
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Following 9to5Mac’s report that iOS 6 will usher in a new era of iOS mapping, namely that Apple will be replacing Google Maps in favor of an in-house solution with an incredible 3D mapping feature, John Paczkowski of All Things D adds some tantalizing, albeit non specific, details to the story after independently confirming Apple’s […]
Continue reading...Apple to drop Google maps in iOS 6 in favor of in-house solution
Friday, May 11, 2012
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9to5Mac reports: According to trusted sources, Apple has an incredible headline feature in development for iOS 6: a completely in-house maps application. Apple will drop the Google Maps program running on iOS since 2007 in favor for a new Maps app with an Apple backend. The application design is said to be fairly similar to […]
Continue reading...Why iOS apps tend to look more elegant than their Android counterparts
Monday, April 30, 2012
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It’s not a stretch to say that the same mobile app on iOS and Android devices don’t always look the same, which is to say that iOS apps tend to look more refined and elegant than their Android counterparts. This phenomenon isn’t necessarily and solely rooted in the efforts of developers themselves, but is also […]
Continue reading...iOS 5.1 contains evidence of 4G support
Thursday, March 22, 2012
More evidence that the iPhone 5 will support 4G LTE was found buried deep within iOS 5.1. via iDownloadblog
Continue reading...Apple releases iOS 5.1 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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A short while ago, Apple released iOS 5.1 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The latest additions include: Japanese language support for Siri (availability may be limited during initial rollout) Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream Camera shortcut now always visible on Lock Screen for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and […]
Continue reading...iOS 5.1 undergoing quality assurance tests, release likely imminent – Report
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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It’s been a while since we’ve seen an iOS update, but with the iPad 3 release just days away, iOS 5.1 may be dropping sooner than later. Chronic Wire reports: The Gold Master build of iOS 5.1 has been in a vigorous quality assurance phase for the past three weeks, with extensive testing being done […]
Continue reading...iPads running iOS 6 turn up in Ars Technica server logs
Monday, March 5, 2012
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Apple hasn’t released any iOS updates since this past November when it released iOS 5.0.1 to the public. As you might remember, the update was nothing special, though it did address a number of important battery life issues many iPhone users had been complaining about. Since then, it’s been all quiet on the iOS front, […]
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Monday, August 6, 2012
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