Upgrading to iOS 6? Be careful about leaving your locked iPhone unattended unless you change some settings. Otherwise an unscrupulous stranger could order Siri to send tweets and Facebook posts from your account that you didn't make -- even if your phone is locked. Apple has added the ability for Siri to interact with ...
iOS 6 adoption shoots to 15% in just 24 hours
on 9.21.12
The adoption rate of iOS 6 among iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users has surged to 15% in the first 24 hours, according to a new report from online advertising network Chitika. The rate is much higher than it was with iOS 5, which took five days to reach 20% adoption, and Google’s latest Android operating system, which has ...
iOS 6: The must-have update you’ll barely notice
on 9.19.12
Apple's iOS 6 is more of an incremental update than a game-changer, but with more than 200 features there is plenty to like here. Outside of the new Maps app, Passbook, and new Siri functions, most of the changes are small, but the total package is more than its individual parts. The update will make your iPhone experience ...
Apple’s new iOS 6 system coming Wednesday
on 9.19.12
Even if you’re not planning to upgrade your iPhone to the iPhone 5, that doesn’t mean you have to sit out the smartphone refresh fun. Apple’s going to release the next version of its operating system, iOS 6, to the public Wednesday, which will come with an improved version of Siri, a new mapping app and calling ...
Siri-controlled iTunes could be coming to future Macs
on 9.14.12
Voice control is the way of the future, or at least that’s what Apple wants people to believe. With the launch of Siri on last year’s iPhone 4S, Apple opened up a new world of using a natural language user interface to the masses. Today, Siri is on the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and iPad, and it will land on the new iPod ...
iPhone Haters are “Right,” Nothing to See Here
on 9.12.12
Last year, when Apple introduced the iPhone 4s — a visual clone of the 16-month-old iPhone 4 — a lot of people yawned. “Brilliant” pundits were quick to criticize . It was more of the same, not very new and would surely herald the end of Apple’s leadership in the smartphone market. Sure, it had the Siri voice ...
Apple Is Mixing Up Speech Recognition and Sound Processing in the iPhone 5
on 9.7.12
Audience, the company responsible for developing the EarSmart technology which powers Siri, has announced that Apple is "unlikely" to use the system in the next-generation iPhone. Audience actually helped Apple develop part of the A5 processor, so that it could include a digital signal processor to remove background noise ...
Siri Is The New Clippy
on 8.24.12
So you’re trying to navigate through apps to distract yourself from the mind-numbing boredom of a tech conference, let’s say, and all of a sudden you accidentally press too hard on your iPhone’s home button and boom, the tell-tale tone of your digital inattention interrupts the entire auditorium: Siri butting in out ...
Apple wants fingerprint sensors in its products
on 8.16.12
The next big Apple feature could be a 2D fingerprint scanner. Back in July, Apple licensed technology from AuthenTec to commercialize 2D fingerprint sensors for use in or with Apple products, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission made Wednesday. Apple has already said it has agreed to buy the ...
Watch out, Siri – Google’s enhanced voice search is coming to the iPhone and iPad
on 8.9.12
Google on Wednesday announced that it will be updating its Search application for the iPhone and iPad. The new version of Google Search will include the company’s enhanced voice functionality, which is similar to the service it offers in the latest version of Android. Performance on iOS should identical to the performance ...
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