Apple has submitted a new patent application last week that aims to introduce a new audio-sharing network feature to iOS. Although the patent relates to hearing aid technology, the feature can be applied in many other situations. Completely based off patent descriptions, the audio sharing network would be accessible by easy means through an application...
The title of an application can be the most important detail a developer presents on the market -- setting aside the application's actual content. After all, the title is the typically the very first detail you notice within the App Store. So it's always important the name is thought out wisely and thoroughly. With the App Store containing...
Siri has been caught red faced after mistaking poison ivy for poisonous oak in their latest paper advertisement on the back of the The Economist. The advertisement clearly asks Siri, "What does poison oak look like?"--the response pulls up a photo of poison ivy instead, courtesy of Wolfram Alpha. If this is myself making the...
If you haven't followed Apple patents closely over the years, you may not realize that they've filed many patents regarding video glasses. Dating back to 2006, Apple has filed patents similar to Google's, "Project Glass" glasses; one interesting patent has come into light earlier today. Apple wants to bring their high resolution Retina display to...
Got the urge to kill some zombies? You can now do it for free on your Android device. Madfinger Games, developer of the popular iOS and Android game “Dead Trigger”, recently dropped its price on the latter’s Google Play service. And by “dropped” we actually mean: eliminated. The game is now available for free, reduced...
Last year, Apple sued Samsung, claiming copyright and patent infringement. The trial is scheduled to happen July 30th. Often, in these type of intellectual property disputes, the parties involved will ask that their patents be submitted sealed, as to not leak the nature of the patents to the public. Both Apple and Samsung had asked for their...
At Apple's WWDC 2012 keynote, all new MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros were released. After customers got these new notebooks in their hands, it became apparent that the battery was not lasting as long as it should, with a brand new Mac. Apple acknowledged the issue, and promised a fix was coming. Today, Apple has...
Apple announced the iTunes Match service at WWDC 2011, and it launched in Canada eight days before Christmas on December 15, 2011. I immediately paid the $27.99 fee and subscribed. I was excited at the thought of being able to match the 5500+ songs in my library to the iTunes Match service, allowing access to...
It's not often that Apples goes back on a decision they have made, but today Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Bob Mansfield, issued a statement explaining that Apple has reversed it's decision to remove it's products from the EPEAT registry, and eligible products are now back on the registry. Apple had removed all...
Greenpeace wants Apple to get cleaner. A new report released on Thursday gave Apple a “C” rating in a couple key clean energy categories, including “Renewals and Advocacy” and “Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emission.” While this is an improvement over the previous “D” ranking in these same categories, there is still much work to...
I get asked this question a lot by fellow iPhone enthusiasts: “Do you jailbreak your phone?” I know as soon as this question is asked, a healthy debate is about to ensue. Recently this article was written on Cult of Mac. The author has eloquently stated his case as to why he is in favour...
Many app developers out there have expressed their frustrations with Apple's app review process. The process can take a lot longer than it should, directly affecting an app developer's revenue on the product. Business Insider recently had a conversation with former Apple Senior Engineer, Mike Lee. He shared some insight into what he thinks the...
