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 ...
10 iPhone Apps to Help You Train for Your First Marathon
on 5.1.13
Training for your first marathon is an enormous challenge and requires complete dedication. Ideally, when you start, you’ll have the best training partners and programs out there to make sure you’re prepared for that challenge. Unless you’re rich or a celebrity sports personality, however, you’re probably not going ...
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 ...
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 ...
Siri Creator Refutes Study, Says Siri’s ‘Car Mode’ is Safe to Use
on 5.1.13
A recent study suggesting that Siri and other voice-to-text services are just as dangerous to use while driving as traditional text messing is seriously flawed, according to one of Siri’s co-creators. The study, conducted recently by the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University, found that drivers who ...
RIP Original iPhone: 2007 — June 11, 2013
on 4.30.13
Roughly six years after its public launch, the original iPhone is about to become obsolete—at least in Apple's eyes. Apple reportedly sent out internal documentation to its support partners, which was then passed on to 9to5Mac, detailing which of its products would no longer be considered current or recent devices as of ...
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,” ...
Sorry, Android, But We’re Breaking Up: It’s Not Me, It’s You
on 4.29.13
I’ve never had an iPhone, but I will soon. Let me take you back. Ever since I heard the first rumors about the Galaxy S IV, it was the only phone I wanted. The two smartphones I’ve used – the Motorola Droid and Droid 3 – both ran on Android, and while I’ve had tons of issues with the hardware (random restarts, ...
Report: Apple’s WWDC Will Have New Hardware, But No iPhone 5S in Sight
on 4.29.13
While software is expected to take center stage at Apple’s WWDC keynote this year, a new report claims that we’ll still see some new hardware debut on June 10th in San Francisco. WWDC 2013 tickets sold out in under 3 minutes as excitement among developers boiled over, and all eyes are on iOS 7, which is expected to ...
Google Now Launches on iPhone and iPad
on 4.29.13
Google on Monday expands its predictive search tool Google Now from Android to iOS. Now is being made available in an update to the Google Search app, which is available on the App Store now. The app works from the Google Search app on either iPhone or iPad, and is fully opt-in. Because of the unique partitioned nature of ...
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