Tag Archives: Apple

Samsung called out in parody video

You may have seen Apple’s bouncy, artsy video about innovation and product creation from this year’s WWDC keynote. It basically reiterates everything that all of the company’s heartfelt commercials do – that Apple really cares, and that it wants to make products that change peoples lives, yada yada yada. Well, today there’s a video circulating that…

Fantastical developers Flexibits release Chatology for Mac

A new app for Mac, Chatology has launched today. The new software, available on a free trial now, enables users to search for messages from past chats. Users can search instantly for messages, including searching for a specified date range, along with the ability to quickly isolate images and links within messages.     You can…

Air France Mobile app now with Passbook support

Whilst the lack of Passbook apps makes the feature essentially useless, more and more are being added all the time. This week, Air France has updated its iPhone app to bring support for digital boarding passes in Passbook. The new feature will allow users to board planes simply by using their iPhone at departure, saving paper and time. No other…

Siri now more aware of suicide

With the release of iOS 7, it has become apparent that Siri is now much more aware of suicide. Whilst many of us have asked Siri ridiculous and outrageous questions to pass the time, sometimes, requests to Siri aren’t always a joke. Last year almost 40,000 Americans committed suicide, with global estimates of between 800,000 and one million people,…

NYC to get free solar-powered charging stations from today

According to the New York Times, New York is to receive 25 solar-powered charging stations across its 5 boroughs starting today. The project is the result of a joint partnership between AT&T and the city’s authorities. As of today, it will begin with 25 stations to be placed in parks, beaches and other outdoor spaces. Each station consists of a 12.5…

Report: Apple still holds top spot for mobile shoppers

Report after report after report keeps coming out with the same information: iOS users love to buy stuff, especially from their mobile devices. The report, coming from Forrester via TechCrunch, says that iOS users are 30% more likely to purchase a product from their mobile device, and 15% more likely to do research on a product from their iDevice….