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Tag: iOS 5
Your first-gen Apple iPad may be old, but it’s not obsolete yet
In the life of every device, there’s a moment when you start…
Apple files U.S. patent application for iOS ‘Notification Center’
A filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday…
iOS 6 adoption already at 60% for iPhone, 41% for iPad
59.43% of iPhone traffic is coming from iOS 6 devices, and 41.3% of iPad traffic…
Google+ nabs top spot in customer satisfaction survey; Facebook falls
Google+ already has reached more than 250 million users, compared with more than 900 million for Facebook…
Dvorak: Windows 8 an unmitigated disaster; unusable and annoying; it makes your teeth itch
The potential for this OS to be an unrecoverable disaster for Microsoft…
IBM paranoid Apple’s Siri could steal corporate secrets, bans use on company networks
Apple’s Siri voice-recognition software, a staple on the iPhone 4S, is one of the great consumer electronics advances in memory…
Untethered jailbreak for all iOS 5.1 devices now in testing
Chronic Dev Team hacker Pod2G, who reported last week of being able…
Australian government approves Apple’s iOS for handling top secret info
Apple’s iOS5 has successfully passed an evaluation using a stringent and intensive security assessment…
Mercedes-Benz integrates Apple’s Siri personal assistant into its vehicles
Mercedes-Benz has now integrated Apple’s iPhone comprehensively into the user experience…
Why Apple didn’t include Siri in OS X Mountain Lion
Apple’s latest OS X update, Mountain Lion, adds a slate of new features, nearly all derived from iOS 5…
CES 2012 devoid of ‘iPad killers’
Apple’s iPad is a juggernaut in the tablet space…
Microsoft exec hints at Windows 8 release in October 2012
Over in Vegas at CES, Pocket-lint has been given its strongest indication yet…
Analyst: Apple enterprise sales of Macs, iPads to surge 58% this year
Apple will sell an estimated $19 billion in Macs and iPads…
Apple’s new iOS 5 beta 3 contains references to Siri for iPad and iPod touch
iPad running iOS 5 beta 3 shows users the standard legal literature and feature information for Siri Dictation…
InfoWorld: Without a doubt, the best smartphone for business and pro users is Apple’s iPhone 4S
InfoWorld has tested each of the major mobile OSes on the flagship devices for each OS…
No iPhone 4S? Jailbreakers can try ‘Spire,’ a new legal Siri port for any iOS 5 device
The Siri port, called ‘Spire,’ works on any iOS 5 device…
Apple’s Newsstand really was a present for publishers
When Apple launched its Newsstand feature in iTunes this fall…
Google working on ‘Nexus’ tablet to challenge Apple’s market-dominating iPad
Google is working on a Nexus tablet for release by mid-2012…
Apple adds bogus AppleTVs, iPads, iPods and iPhones to iOS 5.1 beta 2 config file
A new file Apple put in iOS 5.1 beta 2 includes a lot of silly references to devices that don’t exist….
Apple tells iOS accessory makers to start work on next-gen devices with Airplay over Bluetooth 4.0
AirPlay, a proprietary protocol by Apple allowing for worry-free wireless streaming…
Bittersweet Apple in 2011: Huge momentum, and a tragic loss
It was a bittersweet year for Apple…
Twitter unveils sweeping redesign; says iOS integration has boosted signups by 25%
Twitter on Thursday unveiled a new redesign sweeping across its entire platform…
Apple will remove Carrier IQ; how to block it on your iPhone now
As controversy continues to swirl around Carrier IQ…
Apple: We stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5; never recorded keystrokes, messages or any other info
Apple has confirmed that the company stopped supporting Carrier IQ in iOS 5…
Hearst Magazines prez: Apple’s iPad ‘a pretty efficient distribution for us to be honest’
Hearst Magazines expects to reach one million digital subscriptions by the end of next year…
Forrester: Microsoft’s Windows 8 will be very late to Apple iPad’s tablet party
On tablets, Windows 8 is going to be very late to the party…
Next-gen Apple TV to feature Bluetooth 4.0; opens door to new, more advanced input devices
The next-generation Apple TV will include Bluetooth 4.0 technology…
iOS 5 code hints at iChat functionality coming to Apple iOS devices
Some code in the latest version of iOS hints iChat functionality
Stanford offers iPhone app development course free on iTunes U
Stanford University is offering the iOS 5 edition of its well-regarded iPhone and iPad app development course…
iPad 2 a week in: Marvelous; not missing Android at all
The week I have spent with my new iPad 2 has proven how much better it is than any other tablet…
40% of all photos on Twitter now come from Apple iOS devices
With the integration of Twitter into iOS 5, not only did Twitter score…
Secret iOS 5 Easter egg lets you make panoramic photos
There’s an easter egg in iOS 5: a new panorama mode that lets you stitch together…
Steve Jobs’s last great gadget: the all-purpose ‘iTV’
Technology guru Steve Jobs planned to revolutionise our television experience…
Apple confirms iOS 5 battery bug; releases iOS 5.0.1 with fix to developers
A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices…
Canalys Q311 U.S. smartphone unit shipment estimates: HTC led, Samsung 2nd, Apple 3rd ahead of iPhone 4S
Canalys today released its Q3 2011 country-level smartphone shipment estimates…
Apple misses iTunes Match launch target
At its ‘Let’s Talk iPhone’ media event early last month, Apple announced…
Extend battery life of your iPhone 4S by disabling ‘Setting Time Zone’
It appears that the Setting Time Zone function in iOS 5 can lead to excess power drain…
Analysts: HTC’s lowered outlook bracing for iPhone 4S impact
HTC’s lowered fall outlook may be a sign it expects to take a blow from Apple’s iPhone 4S….
Apple grants iCloud access to Windows PC sufferers as part of iOS 5 upgrade
When I found iCloud installed on my PC after upgrading to iOS 5…
VC: Siri gives Apple at least a two-year advantage over Google Android
Could Siri, the voice-based virtual assistant for every iPhone 4S owner…
Apple gets Siri-ous about TV
There are two key issues here that make Siri ideal for this control function…