Software

Inside Apple’s 2011: Steve Jobs’ achievements, battles and crises [Page 2] – Apple Insider

Jobs also appeared at Apple’s summer Worldwide Developer Conference in June to introduce iCloud as the “next big insight,” replacing the PC “digital hub” he had introduced around the iMac ten years ago. In its place, Jobs would deliver upon … Continue reading

Apple TV hacks, jailbreaking lead to iOS apps running [U] – Electronista

[Updated: video of Troughton-Smith demonstrating Mudkip's iOS window manager and apps on Apple TV] The untethered jailbreak for some iOS 5.0.1 devices has migrated into Seas0npass, a tool for jailbreaking the black (current model) Apple TV, resulting in …

Week in Apple: onward to 2012 edition! – Ars Technica

The slow week between Christmas and New Year is finally almost over, but it wasn’t a boring week in Apple news here at Ars. We compared five different podcast apps for iOS, discussed potential fixes to the problem of iMessages … Continue reading

Apple’s Terrific And Tumultuous 2011 – Boston Globe

Word started to get out that iOS 5 would be pushed to the fall, instead of a summer release. But the good news was that it sounded like Apple’s new cloud service would be launched at WWDC. Apple set the … Continue reading

Apple files for iOS face detection patent – SlashGear

The US Patent and Trademark Office has just published a patent application today from Apple that reveals the company’s plans for implementing face recognition and presence detection technology. Apple intends to implement the technology in iOS devices …

Q&A: Keeping Your Reading List in Sync – New York Times Blogs

How do you sync the Safari Reading List? I have iCloud turned on, but I don’t see a setting for syncing my Reading List stories between copies of the Safari browser running on my iPad, Windows 7 PC, and Mac … Continue reading

Inside Apple’s 2011: iOS, Apps & iCloud – Apple Insider

Like other mobile platforms (including Google’s Android, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7, RIM’s BlackBerry OS, Nokia’s Symbian or HP’s webOS), Apple doesn’t earn any revenues from charging its users for system software updates. Unlike its competitors, however …

Inside Apple’s 2011: iOS, Apps & iCloud [Page 2] – Apple Insider

In October, Apple released iOS 5.0, which introduced a new Notifications Center for managing alerts; added direct iMessage support for devices that enabled WiFi-only devices to send and receive text messages; added a Newsstand app for managing and …

Android, iOS gain subscribers in US while RIM slides – Computerworld Australia

Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS gained a larger percentage of the U.S. smartphone market in the latter part of the year, while Research in Motion’s share declined along with Microsoft and Symbian, according to the latest figures from market researcher … Continue reading

Adapting iCloud for the Enterprise – PR-USA.net

A few months ago, journalists around the world were busy reporting about Apple’s iCloud service. This is really a service for consumers to store and access their digital media from a central resource (Apple’s data center in North Carolina), using … Continue reading