iOS 9 is installed on a majority of iOS devices just a month after it was released. It’s an impressive feat for Apple, especially given that adoption rates for Android Lollipop, released one year ago, is still just nearing 25 percent adoption across all Android devices. It shows just how complicated the Android ecosystem can be with hundreds of OEMs and thousands of different devices...
Last month we got a glimpse at the possibility of an untethered jailbreak for iOS 9. Now it's actually here thanks to the team behind Pangu, which released its latest jailbreaking tool last night.
We can debate all day long about the pros and cons of using an ad-blocking application. Pro: no ads in your face. Con: those ads help content creators make money. But, you might want to consider ad-blocking applications for iOS 9 for a totally different reason: shopping. According to Fortune, which spoke with Branding Brand CEO Chris Mason, popular ad blocking applications such as...
Apple just released iOS 9.0.1 for all. Yes, this is an update that’s available for your devices right now — just one week after iOS 9 hit — and it’s worth making the jump to. According to the release notes, iOS 9.0.1 fixes a bug where some users “could not complete setup assistant after updating.” That would be particularly troublesome, and could have left folks in an updating limbo....
iOS 9 was installed on an estimated 12.6 percent of all iOS devices just 24 hours after its release. That showed, at the time, a slightly slower uptick in adoption than iOS 8 and a much faster upgrade path than competing operating systems, such as Android. On Monday, however, Apple confirmed that consumers are adopting iOS 9 faster than any other iteration of the mobile operating system...
These are my 5 favorite features after using iOS 9 today.
If you’re trying to update to iOS 9 over the air, you might be running into the error “Software Update Failed.” You’re not alone. We’re experiencing it and there are plenty of complaints on Twitter. Thankfully, there’s a way you can skirt this problem, but you’ll need your computer and iTunes. I know, we’re so used to over-the-air updates that it’s like stepping back in time. It’s...
Every time Apple releases a major iOS update we worry it could mean the end of jailbreaking. iOS 9 was supposed to be particularly difficult to crack thanks to a new security feature called Rootless, but it looks like one hacker has already figured out a way around Apple’s latest software. A video shared to YouTube shows an iPhone running iOS 9 along with Cydia, an unofficial app store...
One new feature that will be introduced in iOS 9, Apple’s new mobile operating system that will roll out to consumers on September 16, is a new “Hey Siri” voice training application. That’s going to be particularly useful for folks who can’t seem to get Siri to answer them — like me — and particularly the added support of the new ability to say the “Hey Siri” command from anywhere on...
Consumers will be able to get their hands on the final version of iOS 9 on Sept. 16, which is next Wednesday. If you’re a developer, however, you can download the Golden Master now. Apple has seeded plenty of betas over the past few months, and the fruit of the company’s labors is the new GM, which is for all intents and purposes the same thing consumers will begin using next week. For...