By admin on July 1, 2016
iOS

(Image: file photo) Apple has been awarded a patent that could help — and hinder — depending on how you look at it. The patent, granted on Tuesday by the US Patents and Trademark Office, allows an iPhone or iPad camera to receive infrared data that can be used to transmit information about an object […]
By admin on June 22, 2016
iOS

In May, Microsoft officials said they’d soon deliver new SharePoint mobile apps for iOS, Android and Windows. Yesterday evening, the first of those deliverables, the SharePoint mobile app for iOS, showed up in Apple’s app store. The SharePoint mobile app, which works on iPhones and iPads, is free. It connects to both SharePoint Online and […]
By admin on June 19, 2016
iOS

Collectively, five browsers dominate the web, accounting for 98 percent of all traffic as measured by the latest U.S. Government Digital Analytics Program. (For a discussion of where that data comes from, see the note at the end of this earlier post.) The trouble with those aggregate numbers is they mash together visits from sites […]
By admin on June 17, 2016
iOS

(Screenshots: ZDNet) Developer Andrew Wiik tweeted screen grabs of what appears to be a Dark Mode within the first beta of iOS 10. The complete Dark Mode wasn’t running on a mobile device, but rather an iOS 10 instance within Xcode. We found it on by default within the alarm app. Dark mode was previously […]
By admin on June 14, 2016
iOS

(Image: CNET/CBS Interactive) Apple is holding it’s annual developer conference on Monday, where the company is expected to reveal the latest and greatest in software and technologies. The event, held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., will begin at 10am PT and 1pm ET. (You can see that in your local […]
By admin on May 19, 2016
iOS

Adobe has provided free iOS apps for creating visually rich social media posts, web-based stories and animated videos for a while, in the shape of Adobe Post, Slate and Voice respectively. The creative software giant has now updated these mobile apps and integrated them with a new web app called Adobe Spark, renaming the iOS […]
By admin on May 17, 2016
iOS

Google thinks Spaces could be useful for groups such as book clubs and conferences where people want to share ideas. Image: Google Google has introduced a new app called Spaces that’s meant to make it easier to share stuff from the web among small groups. The group-sharing app is available for iOS, Android, and the […]
By admin on May 11, 2016
iOS

Android is growing again the expense of its smartphone rivals. Image: ZDNet Android has continued to grow at the expense of rival smartphone operating systems iOS and Windows Phone. Data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech for the three months ending March 2016 has Android continuing to grow sales across the US and China, as well as […]
By admin on May 8, 2016
iOS

Carl Icahn pulls out of Apple Apple investor Carl Icahn has dumped his position in Apple over concerns over China. He took a large position in Apple several years ago and has now sold off his investment. He cited concerns over Apple’s inability to control its business in China. Source: iLounge Apple pushes deeper into […]
By admin on April 14, 2016
iOS

The Apple Watch can do a lot of useful things right out of the box. Most are common knowledge, but there are a few tricks it can do that most owners aren’t aware of. Use “Hey Siri” on the watch CNET Introducing Roadshow Welcome to Roadshow, CNET’s essential destination for car owners, buyers and enthusiasts. […]