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...
Secret source code for the iPhone’s operating system was posted on the site Github in what could be one of the biggest Apple leaks ever. The leaked source code is that of the the iBoot code that ensures the booting cycle is signed by Apple. First reported by Motherboard, the iBoot code appeared in Github. In an effort to have the code taken down, Apple filed a DMCA takedown, and in the...
In the months leading up to the release of the iPhone X, iOS market share fell in multiple countries as many awaited the release of the highly anticipated device. According to Kantar Worldpanel, iOS market share fell across eight territories in the timeframe spanning from August to October. During that time, Apple released the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus but held off the release of the iPhone...
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...
Third-party email accounts may soon work with the Gmail app for iOS. The feature has been available for Gmail on Android, but for its iOS counterpart, Google has chosen to exclusively make it a home for its own email client. That is changing with the new feature it is testing out on the platform. The Gmail Twitter account invited all Gmail users on iPhone to test out the beta. There...
Apple will do away with the Touch ID fingerprint scanner in all iPhone models in 2018 and instead fully embrace Face ID and the competitive advantages it offers. Reliable KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed the news to investors in a note. Kuo has already stated it will take years for the Android competition to catch up with Apple’s 3D face detecting TrueDepth camera. Kuo...
Apple is ditching Bing in favor of Google search results for Siri and Spotlight . The news was announced this week in a statement made by Apple. Apple told TechCrunch the motive for switching was to “have a consistent web search experience.” It also went on to say it has a strong relationship with both Google and Microsoft, but the switch was for the best. Here is Apple’s entire...