The colossal £/$1000 price tag of the forthcoming iPhone X has somewhat obscured the rest of the Apple portfolio in recent weeks, overshadowing releases that might otherwise have expected their 15 minutes of fame. The arrival of iOS 11 has been treated almost as an afterthought, even though it brings a number of important new […]
Safari’s new Intelligent Tracking Prevention imposes new restrictions on how cookies can be used to personalize ads. Image: CNET Apple is rolling out iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra today, bringing with them a new cookie anti-tracking feature in Safari that advertising groups say will “sabotage the economic model for the internet”. Globally, iOS is […]
Here’s how you can download iOS 11 to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch today Here’s how you can get access to the release golden master build of iOS 11 today without having to wait until September 19 like everyone else. Must read: Buying a new iPhone just got more expensive Don’t worry — you […]
Video: iOS 11 Beta testing: The checklist Smartphones, and in particular the iPhone, seem to attract more battery life complaints than any other device out there. Maybe it’s because we use the thing so much and don’t realize it, or maybe it’s that we rely on it so heavily for so many aspects of our […]
Apple is stepping up its efforts to entrench iOS in the enterprise via a partnership with Accenture, a large systems integrator and consultant focused on digital transformation projects. When coupled with its iOS partnership with IBM and SAP, Apple is clearly covering its enterprise bases with the companies deploying technologies in the field. Under the […]
The developer behind the popular adblock apps Adblock and Weblock is now finding that Apple is rejecting app updates because they violate the App Store Developer Guidelines. See also: How to make sure your charger or power bank doesn’t blow up your expensive smartphone According to 9to5Mac, the violation relates to section 4.2.1: Apps should […]
Anyone who uses SMS for two-step verification will soon see an invitation to try Google prompts when they sign in. Image: Google Starting next week, Google will make a significant step towards moving users off two-step verification sign-in delivered by SMS. Google has continued to support SMS for two-factor authentication despite the National Institute of […]
Pretty much a year ago today I wrote a piece about the then iOS 10 public beta where I called it a mess. Then, a week away from release I published another assessment where I once again called it mess, but at least now it was a snappy, stable mess. Must read : How much […]
On Monday Apple released the public beta of iOS 11. With its release, the average user can install and test the unfinished operating system before its official release this fall. Because iOS 11 isn’t finished and in its current state there are bugs, unfinished features, and features that will end up not making the final […]
Apple demos iOS 11 on the new iPad Pro It’s early days, but it seems that iOS 11 has a big problem when it comes to usability and discoverability of new features. See also: Build yourself a Windows-powered iMac Pro clone The WWDC 2017 keynote gave us the first proper look at the upcoming iOS […]