Last week Apple revealed it was going to roll out an update to avoid the sales ban in China. Now that the update is rolling out, we are finding out exactly what Apple changed within iOS. The ban stems from an injunction Qualcomm successfully argued against Apple highlighting two specific patents. One of those patents was app management and the update confirms it’s the way apps are...
Apple on Monday released the fifth beta of iOS 11.4.1 to developers and public beta testers as it gets one step closer to the software’s official release. The latest iOS update is a minor software upgrade that mostly focuses on performance and seeks out rogue bugs to stabilize performance. For the first time in iOS 11.4.1’s beta release timeline, Apple seeded out the developer and...
One of the biggest features to arrive with iOS 11 is ARkit. It’s Apple’s new framework to build AR worlds around you with the iPhone. We found seven apps that offer a little bit of everything with ARkit, whether it’s conjuring furniture into your living room, playing games or discovering anatomy of the human body. MeasureKit – $2.99 MeasureKit is a neat little AR app that measures...
Everyone loves emoji. It’s a new form of communication that replaces letters and pictures with tiny little graphics. Their flexibility is what makes them so popular. No matter where you are and no matter what language you speak, you can use emoji to effectively communicate with others. People have been using fewer words online in favor of using emoji as they tend to express emotions...
Everyone knows that Google is lost when it comes to messaging, but the company could be implementing a popular feature from iMessage when the latest version of Android reaches public availability. SMS Connect appears to be a new app/service hidden within Android 8.1 Oreo. If you open it, the app explains its purpose. Users can send and receive text messages on a Chromebook with SMS...
The original iPhone debuted back in 2007, radically changing the mobile market. It was ahead of its time in both design, with its big 3.5-inch display, and its operating system, iPhone OS 1. We’ve had a chance to check out the hardware many times here at TechnoBuffalo, but none had the original software. Through an exhaustive search, we managed to get our hands on a rare first-...
Samsung's very own Tizen platform is yet to mount a significant threat against rivals like Android and iOS, and it's probably a good job more of us aren't using it. According to one security researcher, the operating system is a hacker's dream, with 40 unknown vulnerabilities that could allow anyone to break into Samsung Smart TVs, smartwatches, and more. Samsung has been developing...
Over the course of the past few weeks, Facebook has been silently rolling out a new feature — dubbed Rocket Feed — to its mobile application. Accessible by pressing a rocket-shaped icon in the menu bar, Rocket Feed analyzes content you’ve liked in the past to produce a second News Feed filled with popular articles, photos and videos it thinks you’ll enjoy. If the feature...
Ordering your Starbucks drink is easier than ever. Today, Starbucks announced the roll-out of its “on command” My Starbucks barista software. It’s included in a new update that lets you order your favorite coffee drink on your iPhone or Amazon Echo, from home, with just your voice. On the iOS app, there will a chat feature with an AI-bot that will let you either speak or write out your...
Artificial intelligence is expanding at an incredibly rapid pace; it's also terribly fragmented when it comes to personal AI assistants on our gadgets. Google Assistant works on Google Home and the Pixel, but it operates differently depending on the device. Amazon Alexa works on Amazon Fire devices, the Echo and soon, the Huawei P9. Siri works on Apple TV, Macs and the Apple Watch....