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iOS 6 Beta 4 Brings Improved Bluetooth Sharing, Updated Maps, Enhanced Privacy & More
Apart from pulling the native YouTube app from iOS, Apple has also introduced a bunch of improvements in iOS 6 beta 4 including better 3D Maps experience, improvement in privacy settings including bluetooth sharing and updated Passboook app (via 9to5Mac). The update also brings fixes for majority of bugs reported in earlier betas. Check out the...
Apple Removes YouTube App In iOS 6 Beta 4, Google To Soon Release It In App Store
Apple released iOS 6 beta 4 a few hours ago and the biggest highlight of the update is removal of the dedicated YouTube app that has been included on the iPhone operating system ever since its launch in 2007. Apple has already dropped Google Maps in iOS 6, replacing it with own 3D Maps app but pulling the native...
Apple Releases iOS 6 Beta 4 To Developers
Just like the previous beta release i.e three weeks after iOS 6 beta 3, Apple has pushed iOS 6 beta 4 to the developer community. Developers running beta 3 on their iOS devices can grab the update either as an over the air (OTA) update or manually download iOS 6 beta 4 .IPSW files from Apple's iOS...
Apple May Be Sharp’s Only Means Of Staying Afloat
Sharp's days appear to be numbered. They aren't progressing too well as a company at this point, mainly due to their consumer business of selling televisions failing during current times. According to Reuters, Sharp is cash-strapped and may actually need to dump their television business to survive. Rather then continuing on as a consumer...
Apple’s Whole Product Lineup To Receive New Dock Connector This Fall
According to a report from iMore, Apple has plans to roll out the new miniaturized dock-connector to all its products this fall. The products receiving the update will include the iPhone 5, the new iPod Nano and iPod touch, the 7-inch iPad Mini, and the 9.7 inch iPad. The source failed to note whether the current product lineup,...
Apple Outshines Competitors With Revenue And Profit Margins
You may realize that Apple doesn't sell the most smartphones during each quarter, but does that really matter? This past quarter Samsung shipped out 50 million smartphones while Apple only shipped 26 million. Sure, Samsung had a significant lead, but guess who sells a wide-range of smartphones and profited bare-minimum from each sale. The answer is Samsung....
Nuance Is Bringing Voice Assistant ‘Nina’ To Third Party Applications
Nuance, the company that has brought you many voice recognition applications, including Dragon ID and Dragon Drive, is returning, but this time they're working on adding voice-powered 'Nina' to third party applications. They hope to expand to bank, insurance, and other large iOS (and Android) applications. To accomplish this feat, Nuance has launched a SDK for developers....
Photos of The Next Generation iPhone’s Nano-SIM Tray Surface
With speculation over the past few months that the next generation iPhone would come equipped with a nano-SIM card tray, some photos have finally surfaced. A translated report from Nowhereelse.fr has brought extended proof that these SIM-card trays are in production. Translated from the source: Presented as being designed to slip into the SIM card...
Enhance Your iPhone’s Battery Life With ‘BattSaver’ [Cydia]
If you're an iPhone user that is constantly experiencing battery drainage issues, you sure will enjoy this jailbreak tweak. Hacker @pod2g has pointed to a tweak by @xvolks called BattSaver. It claims to enhance the battery life of your jailbroken iPhone running iOS 5.0 or later. According to BattSaver's official website, the tweak will allow for double the current...
Tips & Tricks: Use AirDrop From Quick Look In OS X Mountain Lion
Apple introduced AirDrop WiFi ad-hoc service in Mac OS X Lion 10.7 that allows users to exchange files between Macs without the need of a Wi-Fi network or any configuration. While the feature is fairly simple to use via the OS X Finder, folks over at OSX Daily have pointed out that using AirDrop is now easier...
Apple Granted Hacker Access To A Reporter’s iCloud Account
Well, this is truly shocking. On Friday, Mat Honan, a writer for Wired, had his iCloud account hacked. This resulted in a number of emails and social networking accounts of his also being hacked. Once Honan was re-granted access to his iCloud account, he was able to trace back the hacker's steps through password reset emails. Keep reading...
Apple Seeks Interest In Social Networking Site ‘The Fancy’
According to a report by Business Insider, Apple may be interested in acquiring a social network dubbed 'The Fancy'. Similar to Pinterest, users of The Fancy can "fancy" products they find interesting. The only twist is the capability of purchasing the fancied product on-site. This allows the social network to also be labeled an e-commerce...
