All the stories tagged with: iOS
was once upon a time called iPhone OS, or “operating system”, which is the software that provides all the basic device functionality and is the interface between the hardware and applications. iOS was introduced with the iPhone on January 9 2007, and it was originally not intended to be programmable by third parties. Steve Jobs had envisioned that developers could create Web Apps that would run in the browser. This changed less than one year after when the iPhone SDK (software development kit) was introduced in October 2007. Today, hundreds of thousands of apps have been created for this platform. iPhone OS became iOS on June 2010. Interestingly, both iPhone and iOS were former trademarks of Cisco, that Apple now uses under a license.
Minecraft – Pocket Edition updated
02/12/2012, Great news Minecraft players on mobile devices, the long-awaited Survival mode for the game is finally here! Mojang has just pushed out a new update for Minecraft – Pocket Edition that introduces a host of brand new features, bringing it [...]
Game of Life and Monopoly get zAPPed
02/12/2012, At Toy Fair 2012, Hasbro showed off the latest variations of its classic family board games – Game of Life and Monopoly. The games company teamed up with Volumique, a French-based innovator, to create Game of Life zAPPed and Monopoly [...]
DONKEY.BAS now on iOS
02/10/2012, If you had a PC-DOS computer back in the 1980s you’d probably remember DONKEY.BAS. It is a game written in BASIC and was included with early versions of the PC-DOS operating system. In case it doesn’t ring a bell, the [...]
iPad 3 demo apps and commercials being finalized?
02/10/2012, We’ve all heard rumors about the iPad 3 being announced in the first week of March, and now there are more reports online corroborating with the previous story. According to the folks at The Next Web who were tipped off [...]
speaktoit now on iOS
02/09/2012, When Siri was launched for the iPhone 4S a lot of people were disappointed that their older iPhones weren’t able to run the app despite them being capable hardware wise. Since then, a lot of similar apps started popping up [...]
MSN for iPad app released
02/09/2012, iPad users who are fans of MSN will be glad to know that there is now an official app available for the iOS tablet. The app provides users an easy way to stay in the know with MSN except this [...]
Mass Effect Infiltrator arriving on iOS
02/09/2012, Mass Effect 3 might be a month away, but iOS users are going to be able to have their fix of the game before the game hits the streets. BioWare recently announced Mass Effect Infiltrator – a companion app to [...]
iOS 5.1 out on March 9?
02/08/2012, Operator profiles are not exactly the kind of documents that you would dive into even when you have run out of sites to visit on the Internet, and are the perfect material to read if you have difficulty in sleeping. [...]
Apple warns developers about manipulating App Store chart rankings
02/07/2012, If you’re a developer who wants to continue developing apps for Apple’s App Store, it looks like you’re going to have to play by the rules or risk your development license being revoked. Apple has recently posted a message to [...]
Starbucks Cup Magic AR app updated for Valentine’s Day
02/06/2012, Remember the Starbucks Cup Magic app that was released last year in conjunction with the holiday season? Well it looks like the app has been given an update just in time for one of the most celebrated events worldwide: Valentine’s [...]
Android sees most action in toilets among smartphone platforms
01/31/2012, When it comes to the Android, Windows Phone and iOS operating systems, just which one is the most hygienic? It seems that you should opt for the latter two – since in a survey that was conducted by marketing agency [...]
Ace Attorney trilogy to be remade for iOS and Android devices
01/30/2012, Ace Attorney (aka the funky haired lawyer known as Phoenix Wright), one of the most popular video game franchises by Capcom made its way over to iOS devices quite some time ago, but it now looks like the other two [...]
