The new Calendar Goals feature can be customized, but includes preset options, such as ‘Build a skill’ and ‘Me time’. Image: Google Google’s new Goals feature in its Calendar app is designed to take the legwork out of setting aside time in a busy schedule for activities such as exercise. To help Calendar users stay […]
“Bricked” is a word that should send a chill down the spine of any iPhone or iPad owner. Fortunately, most devices that at first seem to be dead can be resuscitated with a little know-how. Here are the steps I take when trying to bring a dead iPhone or iPad back to life. First off, […]
If you’ve been affected by the iOS 9.3 hyperlinks bug, your wait for a fix is over as Apple pushes out iOS 9.3.1 to iPhone and iPad users. According to Apple, the update “fixes an issue that caused apps to be unresponsive after tapping on links in Safari and other apps.” In other words, this […]
I know that this isn’t going to be any comfort to those suffering from iOS 9.3 bugs, but according to mobile app analytics firm Apteligent, the new release a has a crash rate of only 2.2 percent. This is a far lower crash rate than experienced by earlier releases of iOS. Apteligent It’s interesting to […]
Apple unveils new iPad Pro, iPhone SE Apple held a press event this week to show off the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro and iPhone SE. If you didn’t get to see the event that’s OK as ZDNet has broken it down by the numbers. Source: ZDNet Preorders open for iPad Pro, iPhone SE Though only […]
CNET Estimates suggest that there are a lot of crusty old beige-box PCs out there, with some 600 million of them over five years old. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said that this was “sad,” and that he’d like to see them taken out of service and replaced with shiny new […]
Apple faces off against the FBI The FBI has demanded that Apple unlock a terrorist’s phone for law enforcement and the company has refused. At stake is Apple’s fear that a special version of iOS to do what the FBI wants will be bad for all iPhone owners should it get out in the wild. […]
(Image: ZDNet/CBS Interactive) Apple has released a new software update for iPhones and iPads. Users should update as soon as possible as it fixes a major flaw that could allow some encrypted content used in iMessage to be unscrambled. The company said Monday that iOS 9.3 comes with a fix that would fix a flaw […]
The day after announcing it had purchased cross-platform mobile tool vendor Xamarin, Microsoft officials are offering a few new details about the company’s Universal Windows Platforms onboarding strategy. As previously rumored, Microsoft is dropping work on its Android “bridge,” or toolkit for bringing Android apps to Windows 10. It’s putting all its mobile-toolkit eggs in […]
CBS Interactive Apple’s new version of the 9.7-inch iPad said to be announced in mid-March won’t be called the “iPad Air” and will be added to the iPad Pro line instead, according to Mark Gurman of 9to5mac. The new 9.7-inch tablet, which will have Apple Pencil capability and a Smart Keyboard, will join the 12.7-inch […]