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.
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo iOS apps to be removed from the iTunes App Store?
02/22/2011, It looks like the long arm of Apple’s iTunes App Store policies is going to spare nobody. After recently denying Sony from bringing their app into the iTunes App Store because it didn’t have any in-app purchasing functions (due to [...]
iPad 2 screen protector discovered – reveals front facing camera and home button
02/18/2011, It’s time for our weekly dosage of iPad 2 speculations. The folks over at 9to5mac have gotten their hands on some photographs of what is touted to be a screen protector for the iPad 2. It has been confirmed that the [...]
View iOS app info from Twitter itself
02/17/2011, Twitter has just upgraded their services to include iTunes App Store integration. Now you no longer have to go into iTunes or the online iTunes App Store just to find out more about an app – the Twitter site now [...]
Apple iPhone wins the Best Mobile Device Award at the Mobile World Congress
02/17/2011, If anyone can make an impact without even showing up, it has to be Apple. At the Mobile World Congress, the fruity Cupertino company was nowhere to be found (understandable since they prefer to host their own launch events anyway) [...]
Anti Sleep Pilot turns your iPhone into an anti-sleeping device
02/17/2011, Having problems staying awake during long drives back home? Well the folks over at ASP Technology have recently released an app to solve help solve your sleeping problems. Called Anti Sleep Pilot, this app is ASP Technology’s attempt at preventing [...]
Second Generation Apple Peel 520 image renders found
02/16/2011, The second generation Apple Peel that was demonstrated last month has now has some product renders, and boy does it look good? In case you didn’t know, the Apple Peel is a special iPod Touch case that when fitted with [...]
CARbonga helps you check the safety of a vehicle
02/16/2011, If you’ve ever had to deal with purchasing a secondhand car from a dealer, you know that you’re in for a tough time especially if you know next to nothing about cars. Fortunately for you, Speedemissions has come up with [...]
Drone Master lets you use the iPhone’s gyroscope to pilot the Parrot AR.Drone
02/16/2011, It looks like the Parrot AR.Drone quadracopter is all the rage now. The folks over at Logic Applications have come up with a new app for the iPhone that you can use to fly your Parrot AR.Drone. Called Drone Master, [...]
Kindle for iOS updated
02/15/2011, Amazon has just released a new version of Kindle, their popular eBook reader/store app for iOS. New features of the app include: real page numbers for thousands of books so you can make proper citations in the classroom or follow [...]
iOS 4.3 to arrive by Feb 28th?
02/15/2011, Folks are still busy wondering when iOS 4.3 will be arriving, but if you’ve been paying attention, there might be a hint. The free access to the new iPad news publication, The Daily, has been extended beyond the original two-week [...]
Verizon offering $200 reward card with FiOS TV triple/quad play subscription
02/14/2011, Now that the iPhone is finally on Verizon’s network, it looks like the carrier is doing all it can to push it out of the door into the hands of consumers. Verizon has just announced a new promotion where new [...]
The Daily app updated
02/10/2011, Apple has just launched a new update for The Daily app and improves the overall performance of the app. It brings much needed improved stability and speed enhancements to the iPad exclusive daily newspaper, and this is what The Daily [...]
Verizon iPhone 4 subjected to a teardown
02/10/2011, The folks at iFixit have done it again. This time they’ve managed to take apart the Verizon iPhone 4 for our viewing pleasure, and it turns out that nothing much was changed from the original GSM iPhone 4 to this [...]
