Archive | November 10th, 2011
With mobile Flash on the outs, iPad competitors lose key “selling point”
Now that Adobe has officially ended their support for its Flash player across mobile devices, iPhone and iPad competitors have one less selling point at their disposal. To be fair, it’s not as if Flash support prompted millions of users to purchase non-iOS devices in the first place, but that didn’t stop competitors with second […]
Continue reading...Apple releases iOS 5.0.1 update
10. November 2011
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After releasing a few betas to developers in quick succession, Apple today finally released iOS 5.0.1 to the public. While a seemingly minuscule would typically fly under the radar, this iOS update is particularly important in that it seeks to address widely reported battery problems that have affected a decent number of iPhone 4S users. In […]
Continue reading...Meet Jon Briggs, the voice behind Siri
10. November 2011
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The Telegraph has an interesting article detailing the man behind the voice of Siri, a Brit by the name of Jon Briggs. A voice over actor by trade, Briggs was recently contacted by Apple asking him not to reveal his participation in the Siri project. There was just one problem, Briggs never was officially part […]
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10. November 2011
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