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.
BlackBerry Messenger Heading To iPhone, Android This Summer
05/14/2013, BlackBerry for several years has been keeping its BlackBerry Messenger platform to its BlackBerry devices with many fans of the service hoping one day, the company would expand it to support additional platforms, such as iOS and Android. The day [...]
Apple Job Listing Hints At Upcoming iWork Update For iOS And OS X
05/14/2013, Are you an iWork user? If you are, chances are you might be a bit annoyed that Apple’s iWork apps have yet to receive a major update since 2009, which we have to say is pretty darn long! The iWork [...]
Flipboard For iOS Updated
05/13/2013, If you happen to be a fan of the Flipboard app on the iOS platform, then chances are you would already know that Flipboard for iOS has just received another update, where this app would be on the receiving end [...]
Zynga’s Endless Runner ‘Running With Friends’ Now Available On iOS
05/10/2013, Earlier this year, Zynga revealed they were working on a new “with friends” game called Running with Friends as an endless runner game set in Spain. The game seemed to have borrowed much of what made Temple Run so popular, [...]
iOS 7 Concept Simplifies Design While Making Full Use Of Widgets
05/10/2013, We’ve seen a number of iOS 7 concepts over the past couple of months which imagined a new contacts app, as well as re-imagining its lock screen, text messaging ability and more. But the newest iOS 7 concept we’ve come across from [...]
Amazon Cloud Player For iOS Available In Ford SYNC Rides Now
05/08/2013, From today onwards, those of you who own select Ford vehicles and are also Amazon customers who happen to make use of iPod touch, iPhone and iPad devices will have one added advantage – you can now wirelessly hook up [...]
Google Wants To Help Developers Make iOS Apps Launch Links In Chrome
05/08/2013, If you’re an iPhone user and you use the Google Chrome browser as your main browser on your iPhone, chances are you get a bit frustrated at times when links within apps or messages are automatically opened in Safari instead. [...]
Facebook Messenger For iOS Updated With Stickers
05/07/2013, One of the nifty new features that Facebook is introducing to its Messenger app would be the inclusion of stickers, which are basically glorified emoticons that friends can send to one another, something like the LINE messaging app if you [...]
Gmail for iOS Updated To Open Links In Chrome, YouTube, Google Maps
05/06/2013, Gmail for iOS has been the go-to application for many of us who use Gmail as their primary email account, but if you want to use other Google products with the application, it has been impossible at this point as [...]
Google Now Doesn’t Drain iOS Battery, Google Claims
05/02/2013, Yesterday we reported that it was possible that Google Now might be draining the battery of your iOS device. Google Now for iOS was only released late last month for both iPhone and iPad, though its not available as a [...]
Apple Curved Batteries Patents Hint At New Designs For Mobile Devices
05/02/2013, Apple has filed a couple of patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to the new battery designs it is working on. The designs aren’t exactly conventional, Apple’s patents describe “Curved battery cells for portable electronic devices” and [...]
Stop Google Now From Draining Your iOS Device Battery
05/01/2013, The promotional video of Google Now for iOS allegedly leaked online back in March and it was quickly taken down. The video offered some assurance that Google will soon be releasing this app for iOS and indeed it did. Only [...]
iOS And Samsung Galaxy Devices Reportedly Being Approved For Use By DoD
05/01/2013, A new report from The Wall Street Journal reveals that the Department of Defense is going to approve Apple iOS and Samsung Galaxy devices over the next couple of weeks, for Pentagon officials. This is yet another hit to BlackBerry, [...]
