iOS

Looks like Apple is gearing up for the Verizon iPhone by releasing iOS 4.2.6, Build 8E200 to developers. Verizon users in the US will soon be excited to use the iPhone 4 on their network. The notable feature that debuted on iOS 4.2.5, was the announcement of Personal Hotspot. Rogers has already mentioned they would...

An interesting article from our friends at 9to5Mac surmising that with the purchase of Lala coupled with Apple's new North Carolina data centre facility, we could see our venerable iTunes replaced with Safari!? Say it isn't so! Then I got to thinking: iTunes is basically a browser now, a front-end for your iTunes library safely...

Today, a 9To5Mac report indicates that Apple may be bringing its popular Photo Booth application to iOS devices. The report further reveals solid proof of this intention found in the recent iOS 4.3 firmware files. The iOS 4.3 frameworks “PhotoBooth” and “PhotoBoothEffects”, as seen below, indicates an intention to release the application for iPhone, iPod...

The Digital Daily is reporting today, that Apple has sold over 1,000,000 units of it's latest version of Apple TV. This comes after Apple announced, last week, that they were expecting this would happen. This new, little black box from Apple is really taking off, despite it's limitations. It only supports streaming of iTunes compatible...

Who wouldn't love to have a Star Trek-type communication device, that they could whip out and command it to do something? OK perhaps 'beaming' is a bit beyond today's technological capabilities...how about "Spock! Play Doodlejump!" or "Scotty! Download updates!". Soon Apple might have an iOS for that! Job postings from Apple show they are looking...

Are you an iOS developer that wants a better way to integrate in-app payments? PayPal has now setup their Mobile Payments Library to make it easier for developers. Here's a brief description: With our mobile libraries, you can start accepting in-app payments in a matter of minutes. As always, you can use the library for...

Well we've had AirPrint for a few weeks now but it's not all it's cracked up to be, other than a few new AirPrint enabled printers it doesn't really work for most of us. Lets fix that. Regardless of your OS of choice we're going to show you how to get it working with ANY printer...

With the iPhone iOS 4.2 update hotly awaited, information has come to light that might support the spreading rumour that Apple could be offering free MobileMe services with the update. Error messages imbedded into both the iOS 4.2 and 4.2.1 build frameworks (specifically the AppleAccount.framework) seem to reference "maximum number of free accounts" for MobileMe...

Any user that upgraded from an older iPhone to the iPhone 4 will most certainly notice the improved battery life that the new device offers. You really notice in the end of the day when you look at the battery meter and is surprised that it still breezing with say 20-30% of battery. Not to...

Last Monday, the Canadian company Research in Motion (RIM) announced their new iPad competitor, the Playbook.  While no firm dates or pricing information has been released, there has been a lot of early interest in this new device.  Later this month, Microsoft will be introducing the Windows Phone 7 OS that looks to be a...

Last night we reported that iOS 4.2 Beta 2 was released (along with iTunes 10.1 Beta) to developers less than two weeks after the last build was released. With it will come a few enhancements including this one regarding uploading YouTube videos. This feature has been available on the YouTube desktop client for some time. When uploading...

New hope arose last week when two new apps appeared in the App Store utilizing the Google Voice service. GV Mobile + and GV Connect were accepted by Apple for the first time since they removed such apps last summer (and yes, they are available in the Canadian iTunes store). With the new App Store...