Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
Starbucks has been continuously updating how its customers can redeem its iconic Pick of the Week promotion. Last year, the chain started offering digital Pick of the Week through the Starbucks app. Starbucks then updated its app to support redeeming Pick of the Week cards with the device’s camera. Now for the first time, the Starbucks App […]
New photos of what appear to be the True Tone flash components for both versions of the iPhone 6 have appeared on ElekWorld, providing even more evidence that Apple is planning to announce and release both models at around the same time. Interestingly, the website also carries a whole host of purported iPhone 6 parts, […]
It is no secret that one of the most often requested features for iOS has been third-party keyboard replacements. In iOS 8 it is finally a reality, and developers are certainly taking advantage of the changes.
As noted by the folks over at TmoNews, the magenta-branded un-carrier will be offering a discount of up to $50 on all iPhones starting tomorrow. An internal memo leaked from the company indicates that not every model will get the full $50 drop, but at least a few will. The cut comes off of the […]
From Reuters: Otter Products LLC, the privately held company that makes the OtterBox protective cases for mobile phones, is exploring a sale that could value the company at more than $2.5 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Otter Products, founded in 1998 by entrepreneur Curt Richardson and owned by him and […]
The video capabilities of the iPhone took a massive leap forward today with the release of Hyperlapse, a powerful new time lapse photography app from Instagram. Hyperlapse uses Instagram’s stabilization technology to shoot cinematic time lapse…
The big update to Apple TV may still be in the works, but in the meantime, everyone’s favorite Cupertino company has expanded the device’s current offerings with the addition of a Showtime Anytime channel. Notably, the channel acts as both an on-demand channel and way to view subscription content if you already have the channel through a cable provider.
There’s a good chance you can run the channel if you live in the States and have both a cable connection and a subscription to Showtime. Supported providers include AT&T U-Verse, Bright House Networks, Comcast Xfinity, Cox, DIRECTV, Optimum, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS — along with a massive number of regional providers. The channel also reportedly allows the viewing of full episodes from select shows for free, although it’s unclear what these programs are.
The addition of the Showtime Anytime channel allows Apple TV owners to watch popular shows such as Dexter, Homeland, Californication, House of Lies, Ray Donovan, and The Tudors on Apple’s diminutive entertainment device, as well as Showtime’s normally impressive list of premium movies.
The news follows on the heels of today’s earlier announcement that Apple had revived the iTunes Festival Channel for the device, which we covered in today’s Morning Report. Earlier in the month, Apple also added NFL Now, Fox Now, and CNBC. As for the highly anticipated Apple TV refresh? It’s likely that we won’t see it until sometime next year.
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Verizon today announced plans to roll out Voice over LTE support in the coming weeks, thus enabling subscribers to experience crisper and higher fidelity phone calls. In addition, subscribers will be able to take advantage of HD video calls,…
Seagate today announced the world’s first eight terabyte hard drive, designed to provide high capacity storage for private and cloud-based data centers. The single 3.5-inch hard disk drive surpasses the storage capacity of previously available hard dri…
Peak iPhone 6 rumor season is upon us and in just a few short weeks we really will know what Apple’s next smartphone(s) will look like. Until Tim Cook actually takes the stage though, the leaks will keep flooding in,…
Do You Believe is an educational app available on all iOS devices running iOS 7.0 or later where users can pick a category and decide if they believe a certain statement is true. For example, if you pick the technology category, one of the questions…
There have been plenty of videos made about the iPhone 6, long before it’s been officially announced. A new video from YouTube user Doldo411 may take the cake, though. Or hot dog.
Big is in at Apple. We already know that’s true for the iPhone based on all the rumors surrounding the 4.7- and 5.5-inch models that are expected to hit shelves later this year, but now Bloomberg is reporting that we’ll see a 12.9-inch iPad sometime in early 2015. Naturally, the sources “asked not to be identified because the details aren’t public.”
Rumors about this device have been floating around since last year. We published a three–part series outlining predictions for the device (then commonly called the “iPad Pro”) last winter, and a July 2013 report from the Wall Street Journal claimed that the Cupertino company was testing tablets that measured “slightly less than 13 inches diagonally.”
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The report from Bloomberg claims that the big iPad represents an attempt to “shake up” the iPad line after two consecutive years of declining sales. The screen is said to support a high enough pixel density to reach ultra high definition (UHD), and its overall design will roughly match that of today’s iPad mini and iPad Air.
Apple may be planning to market the massive tablet to business buyers, particularly in the wake of its notable partnership with IBM aimed at assisting enterprise customers. It’s worth noting that reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities shot down rumors of a big iPad last year (via MacRumors), suggesting instead that Apple will release a new 9.7-inch iPad sporting significantly higher pixel densities than we see in current models.
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Splitting dinner checks with friends in the age of credit cards and no cash has become increasingly complex, but Square Cash for iOS just received a huge redesign and feature update today that makes paying back a buddy as easy…
Apple announced two changes to its iAd platform today, expanding the reach and available formats of the ad network in an attempt to reel in more advertisers. The first of these changes is support for brand new iAd styles, including those pre-roll videos we’ve all come to know and love on YouTube. Full-screeninterstitial have also […]
There are quite a few concepts and renderings of the iPhone 6 out there now, and many of them take into account rumors of a round, and not pill-shaped, True Tone flash. A new report is corroborating those early rumors yet again.