Google Now is the big talk of the app world this week. The popular productivity and reference feature within the latest update of Google’s Search app for iPhone and iPad was introduced only two days ago, but is already coming under criticism for its supposed lack of efficiency. Users are reporting that they’ve seen drastic changes in expected battery…
Evernote has just been updated on the App Store to version 5.2. Among the new features for iOS are those borrowed from the OS X version of the app, including: “Snippets • New Snippet View is great for quickly scanning your notes Better PDF Viewing • New PDF viewer • Multipage preview screen for PDFs • Search inside of your PDFs to…
iFun.de is reporting that Apple is preparing to release the next delta update to iOS 6.1 un the next couple of weeks. iOS 6.1.2 is being developed specifically to take care of the vulnerability allowing a simple button press sequence to bypass the passcode on the Lock Screen. The site’s sources giving them this information are the same which correctly…
So, you expect that when you set a numerical lock code to be prompted when turning on your iPhone, that your device is safe from unauthorized use, right? Wrong. No thanks to a bug in iOS 6.1, you can bypass the numerical lock code screen by using a simple sequence of button presses demonstrated in the video above. Thankfully it doesn’t give full access…
iOS 6.1 hasn’t exactly been the smoothest of OS updates for Apple. Whether it’s because it was killing batteries or mucking up people’s 3G coverage, it’s seen its fair share of hiccups. One of which was an issue that stopped iDevices from connecting with Microsoft’s Exchange server correctly. In fact, the Microsoft issue was so frustrating, that the…
iOS 6.1 has barely been here two weeks, and already Apple’s planning on releasing the next delta update. iOS 6.1.1 was made available as a beta almost as soon as the jailbreak for 6.1 was released to the public, and has now reached the final part of testing. Consumers globally had complained that iOS 6.1 was affecting 3G performance, and had caused a…
Do Not Disturb is one of the least talked about features launched in iOS 6, but is one my personal favorites. The ability to schedule a time each day for my iPhone to silence all incoming messages and calls is fantastic. Especially at night. Unfortunately, the schedule function appears to be faulty this morning. Users are reporting that the feature…
TiP Daily Nov 20, 2012: A new Apple TV update is causing the device to crash, Facebook is testing a new automatic photo syncing feature, and more! – Apple TV bugs: http://tinyurl.com/cxqqd4s – Facebook photo syncing: http://tinyurl.com/ceqc2ud – Kids want iPads: http://tinyurl.com/bqctoy6 – Follow me on…
TiP Daily Nov 12, 2012: iPhone 5 online shipping estimates drop to 2-3 weeks, Apple pushes iOS 6.1 beta 2 to developers, and more! – iOS 6.1 beta 2: http://tinyurl.com/ajoz4hh – iPhone 5 shipping times drop: http://tinyurl.com/bztsvf9 – Apple’s Blue Sky Project: http://tinyurl.com/b8chgtg – Follow me on…
An interesting report and set of images have cropped up thanks to Anandtech and CultofMac that point to what could be a slight fault with some iPhone 5 cameras. What the photographs show is a purple halo/flaring effect when the cameras refract some direct light of any kind. It’s not – by any means – every single iPhone. I’ve tested mine, and…
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