iOS

According to Brazilian Apple site Blogdoiphone, iOS 6.1 (as seen in beta 3) will ask users to create security questions and set a recovery email during the initial setup for an iCloud account. Example security questions include asking the user what their favourite children's book was and what the model was of their first car. Apple...

Looks like the former iOS 6 Wi-Fi bug causing data overages has received some media attention via CTV News BC. A report by CTV's Consumer Reporter Lynda Steele takes a look at a particular case that involves Fido, where customer Derek Finnamore was noticed increase usage of his data plan compared to before: "I had apparently used...

Apple has released iOS 6.1 beta 3 to developers, a 105MB update (on the iPhone). No word on what's new in this version but stay tuned. iOS 6.1 beta 2 was released in the middle of November for developers, which was another OTA update as well (it brought back Panorama mode as the first beta...

Back in February, a major security bug was discovered in iOS that allowed stolen iPhones to continue receiving iMessages, even if the SIM was deactivated and password changed. Now, The Next Web is reporting that Apple has fixed this critical bug in iOS 6 through a variety of checks placed on iMessage. The report points out that in...

According to Apple's latest stats, there are about 400 million iOS devices out there worldwide, while Eric Schmidt of Google expects the number of Android devices to exceed a billion by next year. (more…)

Apple has released iOS 6.1 beta 2 to developers, build 10B5105c, an over-the-air update. Also made available is a new beta version of Apple TV software and Xcode 4.6 Developer Preview 2. The iPhone 5 update comes in at roughly 98MB. iOS 6.1 beta 1 was released to developers on November 1st. Stay tuned to see...

According to an Agence France-Press report, Apple has reportedly paid $21 million (17 million euros) to the Swiss Federal Railway to license their famous clock design, originally used in iOS 6 on the iPad without their permission. The company agreed in October to pay the lump sum so it could continue using SBB's Swiss-designed station...

As noted by 9to5Mac, Apple has released iOS 6.1 beta to developers just after releasing iOS 6.0.1 publicly. Do note the image below refers to the iPhone 5 as A1428 (GSM for Canada; AT&T in the USA) and A1429 (CDMA for Verizon and others): Release notes aren't available yet so stay tuned for updates.

Apple has just released iOS 6.0.1 to the public, one day ahead of the official iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad global launch. The update introduces a handful of improvements and bug fixes including keyboard screen glitch and camera flash Issues among others. The 6.0.1 update is available both via iTunes as well as OTA. However iPhone 5...

Though I'm not a big fan of Microsoft's latest Windows Phone OS offering, I do kinda like the concept of Live tiles a.k.a the Metro UI. If you add these Live tiles to the iOS along with some Android widgets, an interesting concept by visual and user interface designer Max Rudberg shows you exactly what will happen (via...