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.
RecognizeMe brings face unlock to your iPhone
02/15/2012, If you’ve got an iPhone and wish that it had the nifty face unlock feature that’s present on Android Ice Cream Sandwich devices – well you now can. Provided you have a jailbroken iOS device with a front facing camera. [...]
Google+ app for iOS updated
02/14/2012, In addition to making some changes to its Google+ website, Google has released a new version of its app for iOS devices as well. The latest update brings it on par with the Android version of the app, introducing instant [...]
iCelsius Pro turns your iOS device into a thermometer
02/13/2012, We all know that there’s no sensor on the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to let you read the temperature of objects around you, but wouldn’t it be cool if it had one? Introducing the iCelsius Pro. This handy little [...]
iOS gets an unofficial retro-makeover
02/13/2012, If you’ve ever wondered what iOS would look like if the iPhone was released back in 1986 instead of 2007, you’re in luck. A designer named Anton Repponen decided to give the mobile operating system, a makeover by redesigning the [...]
Spotify for iOS upgraded to support “Extreme” quality streaming
02/13/2012, If you want to use Spotify on your iPhone but the lack of 320kbps streaming has always put you off, it looks like you won’t have that reason anymore. Spotify has updated its iOS app with the inclusion of a [...]
Sharp-made Retina Display to be in iPad 3?
02/13/2012, As the days draw closer to the eventual announcement of the iPad 3, more details about what components will be found in the iOS tablet are starting to surface. Last week there was leaked info about the iPad 3′s screen [...]
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 [...]
