Tag Archive | "iOS"
iOS 5 rumored to come with system-level Twitter integration
Now that we know Steve Jobs will officially handle the keynote duties at WWDC, we can get back to your regularly scheduled programming of iOS 5 rumors. To be honest, iOS 5 rumors have been hard to come by aside from wide sweeping reports of a focus on location awareness and voice recognition. But TechCrunch […]
Continue reading...Lodsys ignores Apple, proceeds to sue iOS developers
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Well that was quick. Just one week after targeted iOS developers felt they were in the clear after Apple issued a strongly worded response to Lodsys over alleged claims of patent infringement, the patent troll has decided to move forward with its plans regardless. Lodsys today published a sequence of blogposts where it detailed its […]
Continue reading...iOS 5 will only run on the iPhone 4 and beyond – Rumor
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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Eldar Murtazin is a Russian mobile phone guru with an uncanny knack for getting his hands on unreleased phones. While most of Murtazin’s information and scoops have involved non-Apple products, Murtazin recently tweeted that the next major iOS update, iOS 5, will only run on the iPhone 4 and the next-gen iPhone. In other words, […]
Continue reading...Why Apple’s “closed” system gives it a leg up on Android
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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The crux of the debate amongst iPhone and Android fanboys ultimately reverts back to control. Whereas Android users like to point to Apple’s Soviet Union style of OS control, iPhone users counter that Android is a fragmented mess that ultimately results in a subpar user experience. The funny thing is, the control Apple is so […]
Continue reading...Apple’s iOS profits are 2.3 times higher than Microsoft’s Windows profits
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
By John Hiesler: In an era where PC growth is declining, Apple is the lone company actually seeing an uptick in PC sales. More than that, because Apple offers a unique and non-commoditized experience, the margins it enjoys for each Mac sold is the envy of the entire industry. In the most recent quarter, Apple […]
Continue reading...Apple to run voice recognition technology from Nuance at its North Carolina Data Center
Monday, May 9, 2011
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By John Hiesler: It’s largely believed that one of the more important features of iOS 5 will be voice recognition. Not only did Apple purchase Siri – a company well regarded for their voice-activated personal assistant app – but rumor has it that Apple is exploring a deal of some sort with Nuance, the company […]
Continue reading...Apple exploring deal with voice recognition company Nuance
Saturday, May 7, 2011
In just about a month, Apple will take the wraps off of iOS 5. While we’re typically able to glean significant details about OS X upgrades from developer betas, we aren’t afforded the same inside look at Apple’s mobile OS. To that end, what we know about iOS 5 is largely unsubstantiated, but that’s not […]
Continue reading...iOS revenue for EA Mobile is up 100% year over year
Friday, May 6, 2011
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Somewhat overlooked in the news that EA had acquired the Melbourne-based Firemint was an interesting blurb from EA’s earnings conference call yesterday. Not surprisingly, EA’s mobile division is doing gangbusters, with revenue for the past quarter clocking in at $70 million, a 27% increase from the same quarter a year-ago. But EA naturally offers mobile […]
Continue reading...iOS 5 to bring over the air iOS updates – Rumor
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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9to5Mac reports that Apple has plans to eventually include within iOS 5 the ability to download iOS updates over the air. As it stands now, iOS updates can only be downloaded via iTunes on a tethered connection. While the feature isn’t expected to be available when iOS 5 launches this Fall, sources relay that Apple […]
Continue reading...Apple issues iOS 4.3.3, iOS 4.2.8 updates; fixes “location tracking” bugs
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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Apple today released iOS 4.3.3, an iOS update that addresses a number of bugs associated with the “location tracking” code that created quite a stir a few weeks ago. If you recall, the consolidated.db file in iOS 4 keeps a running log of cell phone tower and wi-fi hotspot information to expedite the process by which […]
Continue reading...iOS 4.3.3 update will address location tracking issue within 2 weeks
Monday, May 2, 2011
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Apple last week officially addressed the controversy surrounding the consolidate.db file found in iOS 4. As noted by Apple’s official press release, the data compiled by Apple was not user location data, but rather information regarding Cell Phone towers and wi-fi hotspots to speed along the process of determining a user’s location at any given […]
Continue reading...Developer finds reference to iOS 5.0 in system crash log
Thursday, April 28, 2011
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By Louis Estrada With iOS 5 on track for a Summer preview and a Fall launch, Apple has already begun internally testing the iOS update with third party apps. The developer FutureTap tweeted on Wednesday that it noticed a crash log from its app with information revealing that the OS version in question was iOS […]
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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