You think 50 billion is a big number? It's certainly a bit bigger than some other numbers that spring to mind, such as 48 billion, and that in itself gives Apple something to celebrate. As is customary with these App Store milestones, whichever lucky jackanape triggered their download at just the right millisecond will ...
Square Aims to Replace Cash Registers With $299 Stand
on 5.14.13
Square unveiled a new piece of hardware on Tuesday, designed to replace traditional cash registers in the businesses that use the company to accept payments. Square Stand, which can be pre-ordered for $299 starting today, features an integrated card reader for processing payments. An iPad connects to the stand, and the ...
ABC to Bring Live TV to Mobile Devices This Week
on 5.12.13
This week ABC will quietly revolutionize its app for iPhones and iPads with a button called “live.” Users around New York and Philadelphia will be able to live stream all the programming from ABC’s local stations there, the first time that any major broadcaster has turned on such a technology. The functionality will ...
First Retina iPad Mini is on Track, DisplaySearch Reports
on 5.6.13
The iPad Mini will get a refresh in the third quarter with a Retina display, NPD DisplaySearch predicted. "We see two refreshes coming. One in the second half of this year, then one in Q1 [first quarter] of 2014," analyst Richard Shim told CNET. "The Q1 [2014] device will have a Retina display plus an updated ...
Apple’s Curved Batteries Could Make Future iPhones Even Thinner
on 5.3.13
In Apple’s seemingly endless quest to make its products lighter and thinner, the company may have come up with a clever way to save space in future versions of the iPhone and iPad: by using curved batteries that nestle more comfortably into its devices’ contours. AppleInsider has found a pair of Apple patent filings ...
Google Denies Battery-Draining Location Bug in Google Now for iOS
on 5.3.13
Google Now was probably the best thing to happen to mobile devices in 2012. Google’s brilliant virtual assistant uses location, search history and other data to automatically present users with information like the weather, driving directions to meetings and travel times, sports scores and more without any interaction ...
U.S. DoD Gives Samsung Galaxy, iOS 6 Devices Security Approval
on 5.1.13
The United States Department of Defense will reportedly grant security approval to Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and Apple’s iPhone and iPad running iOS 6 for use by Pentagon officials, according to The Wall Street Journal. Both companies have been pressing officials to grant them clearance and allow Defense employees to ...
iPad mini Dominated Apple Tablet Sales Last Quarter
on 5.1.13
That chomping sound you hear is the iPad mini eating into the sales of its older sibling. Unnamed sources have told Digitimes that Apple shipped 12.5 million iPad minis last quarter that accounted for roughly 64% of all iPads shipped. The reported iPad mini shipment numbers would give Apple’s 8-inch tablet a significant ...
Amazon Adds Features to Help Blind, Visually Impaired Users on Kindle iOS App
on 5.1.13
Amazon announced a number of new features for its Kindle for iOS app that aim to make it easier to use for blind and visually impaired users. Wednesday's update, Amazon says, will make it easier for these users to use features like “X-Ray, End Actions, sharing, highlighting and bookmarking.” Amazon says these new ...
Rumor: iOS 7 Interface to Be ‘Very Flat,’ May Scare Long-Time Users
on 4.30.13
According to multiple people who have either seen or have been briefed on the upcoming iOS 7, the operating system sports a redesigned user-interface that will be attractive to new iOS users, but potentially unsettling for those who are long-accustomed to the platform. The new interface is said to be “very, very flat,” ...
Recent Comments