Software

Report: Facebook Set for iOS 6 Integration – PC Magazine

Rumors have been circulating about what Apple will unveil at next week’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), and the latest reports suggest that Facebook will be deeply integrated into iOS 6. TechCrunch reported last week that the social network will be … Continue reading

Apple iOS 6 to extend Siri personal assistant to iPad (2012), sources say – Macdaily News

“Come this fall, people will start talking to their iPads. Apple’s breakthrough Siri Assistant, based on an incredible artificial-intelligence system, will no longer be exclusive to users of the popular iPhone 4S,” Mark Gurman reports for …

Apple will bring Siri to the iPad with iOS 6, report says – Venturebeat.com

The iPhone 4S’ Siri voice assistant will finally land on the iPad this fall with the release of the iOS 6 operating system, 9to5Mac is reporting this morning. The launch of the newest version of the iPad tablet went incredibly … Continue reading

Apple goes public with iOS security features – CRN Australia

Reveals engineering for first time. Notoriously private Apple has decided to go public with its iOS security features, releasing a detailed guide this week that highlights the technical specifications of its products. The 18-page document, considered the …

Apple Explains Why iOS Don’t Need No Steenkin’ Anti-Virus – Forbes

A few weeks back we were treated to the sight of Eugene Kaspersky insisting that Apple needed to open up the iOS architecture to people like Eugene Kaspersky so that anti-virus programs could be developed. His argument, and I think … Continue reading

Facebook linked to Apple’s iOS 6, report says – CNET Asia

The next major version of iOS will be getting a lot more social, according to a new report. TechCrunch says it’s heard Apple’s iOS 6–which is expected to be unveiled at Apple’s annual developers conference in a little less than … Continue reading

Apple to bring Siri to the iPad in iOS 6? [Rumor] – UberGizmo (blog)

At the moment, Apple’s Siri voice assistant feature is currently an exclusive to the iPhone 4S device, but will Apple bring Siri onto other iOS devices in the future apart from the iPhone? According to 9to5 Mac’s sources, the answer … Continue reading

Apple publishes iOS security guide – Help Net Security

Apple has a reputation for being extremely reticent when it comes to discussing security in public – so much so that most of the security features their devices sport have been discovered by researchers via reverse-engineering. Consequently, the …

Is it right that iOS apps may have different feature sets in portrait and landscape modes? – ZDNet

This is a very interesting interface. Even with the crazy, anything-goes UI implementations accepted in Apple’s iOS Human Interface Guidelines, this drastic functionality change between landscape and portrait modes seems to run counter to …

Apple and Facebook: A place for friends? – Computerworld

I think we can do more with them. Just stay tuned on this one.” Apple already boasts Twitter support built inside its mobile OS. This seems set to extend to Facebook at WWDC next week, and has sparked speculation of … Continue reading