Since 2011, Apple has used WWDC predominantly to showcase new software and services for iOS and OS X devices. It’s expected the company will do the same this year, but we’re all waiting, and wishing that iOS 7 will get the refresh it desperately needs. According to one analyst, Katy Huberty of Morgan Stanley, Apple’s plans for the year include launching…
AppGratis’ ousting from the App Store this week made pretty big news among the tech sites, and for good reason. The popular app discovery program was kicked out for doing the exact thing it was designed to do. However, it does look as though any app that does the same will be given the same treatment. The crackdown is reportedly on apps which break…
A patent published today shows how iTunes users may soon be able to make music purchases whilst offline. Published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the patent is named “On-device offline purchases”, and it does pretty much what it says on the tin. The system would allow iTunes users to buy credits from iTunes, and store those credits for a…
TiP Daily April 4, 2013: New images claim to show the iPhone 5S with a curved back panel and front display, rumors hint that Apple could be gearing up to sign a contract with major record labels for its iRadio service, and more! – iPhone 5S leak: http://tinyurl.com/c7jozfo – iRadio deals: http://tinyurl.com/bndhp4q – WeatherIcon6…
For those of you unfamiliar with Quickoffice, this Google-branded application basically helps subscribers of Google Apps for Business manage their cross-platform productivity applications. Quickoffice users can access and edit Microsoft Office applications while saving compatible versions of the files to Google Drive, making it much easier to network…
For those of you looking forward to the idea of one day being able to resell your iTunes songs that you no longer want, you may be waiting for quite some time. There was recently a legal push through the United States district court to give music owners the right to resell music to other users digitally. Unfortunately for music lovers looking to cash in…
Problems for Apple in China are escalating, today is has emerged that Apple is being sued by a state-owned film studio. Shanghai Animation Film Studio has produced animated movies such as “The Monkey King”, and is accusing Apple of infringing on intellectual property rights while providing unauthorised download services in its App Store. It claims that…
Apple is now pushing its redesigned “Report a Problem” tool to selected groups of iTunes store customers. Users can now report iTunes problem without having to access a computer, and the system used to deal with problem reports is now automated. Usually, Apple customers would have to fill out a form, which would be configured similarly to the…
Over the past few months we’ve heard a few horror stories of kids using their parent’s iDevices and racking up huge iTunes bills after “accidentally” spending money on in-app purchases. This kind of occurrence has become all the more frequent following the growth in popularity of “freemium” games titles like Temple Run and Real Racing 3. The one case…
Apple launched 2-step verification this week, and promptly afterwards it was discovered that there was a pretty big flaw in the iForgot password reset system allowing anyone to access another person’s account with just an email address and date of birth to hand. Thankfully, Apple’s staff worked hard to get the security issue fixed and has now brought…
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