Software
iOS stalking Android & further penetrates the market – Phones Review
Apple iOS devices are now catching Google Android devices in numbers activated but the important factor to consider from this is that the iOS rise is not detrimentally impacting the Android share but just taking customers away from the other … Continue reading
Apple files for trademark for new notification icon – CNET News
Apple earlier this week filed a trademark application in Europe requesting ownership of an icon, presumably designed for iOS, that would allow it to show communications applications with pending notices in a single pane. An art example in the …
Apple files for new iOS notification icon patent – CNET News
Apple has been on a patent-applying tear lately. The company earlier this week filed a patent application in Europe requesting ownership of an icon, presumably designed for iOS, that would allow it to show applications with pending notices in a … Continue reading
You can use iCloud’s free email without installing Lion – Dallas Morning News
When Apple gives me the message that MobileMe is ending soon and that it’s time to move to iCloud, is it saying that I will no longer be able to use or access my mac.com address if I do not move to … Continue reading
iPad mini could be similar in size to Samsung Note – CNET Asia
Apple could be taking a cue from frenemy Samsung with its next iOS device, offering a gadget that’s a bit larger than most cell phones, but about half the size of a tablet. According to Japanese Apple news site Macotakara, … Continue reading
Apple bolstering privacy by ending developer access to UDIDs – CNET News
The unique string of numbers that individually identifies each iOS device has typically been used by developers as a way to track their app installations across Apple’s user base. About six months ago, Apple warned developers that their ability …
World Backup Day: Backup Your iPhone and iPad Automatically – Gotta Be Mobile
Apple introduced iCloud last year as a free way for iPhone and iPad users to backup their data. In addition to storing your contacts, calendars and 1,000 most recent photos, iCloud offers access to all of your iTunes purchased apps …
Google earns 80% of its mobile revenue from iOS, just 20% from Android – Apple Insider
Many observers had mistakenly interpreted Google’s mobile revenues to mean Android revenues, but the majority of Google’s mobile search, maps and YouTube traffic come through Apple’s iOS devices, which make up more than half of all high end mobile devices … Continue reading
SuperPhoto Easy iOS Photo Sharing App Announced, Accessible to Visually Impaired – PR Newswire
SuperPhoto also follows Apple’s Accessibility standards and, using Apple’s VoiceOver which is included on all iOS devices, is 100% accessible by visually impaired users, making it one of the few camera apps to be so. A single touch of a … Continue reading
How Apple’s Siri got her name – YAHOO!
Siri, Inc. was incorporated in 2007, and the technology was launched as an IOS app available in the Apple Store in early 2010; plans were in the works to make the software available for the Blackberry and Android phones. Things … Continue reading