If you’ve got the ABC Player app for iOS installed on your iPhone or iPad, at some point this week it’s going to be updated to include a very nifty little “live” button. Anyone in and around New York or Philadelphia will be able to live-stream programs from the local ABC stations. The company plans to show it off tomorrow (Tuesday 13) in front of…
Bill Gates was interviewed for CBS’ 60 Minutes recently in which he discusses a variety of topics, mostly to do with his charitable work. But, as with any serious interview with the Windows man, it does turn towards his relationship and competition with Steve Jobs. During the 80s, both Apple and Microsoft were battling it out to be the king of…
Since Apple started allowing third party clients for email management on the App Store we’ve seen a flood of arrivals. Early on Sparrow took the world by storm, but since then there’s been a few more notable clients which in some ways out perform everyone’s favorite client. And that’s forgetting Google and Yahoo! both released iOS apps for their email…
This week has certainly been an interesting one here at TiP HQ. I took delivery of a Galaxy S4 to try, and there’s been a good selection of rumors, news, and a couple of breath-taking concepts. With WWDC 2013 only a month away now, interest in Apple’s next generation hardware and software products is increasing. What will Apple’s chiefs unveil at…
Amazon’s been hard at work over the past year releasing cloud-based apps and services in a desperate effort to keep up with the modern trends in technology and media consumption. The latest addition to the ever-expanding portfolio of apps and services is Cloud Drive Photos, which does exactly what the name suggests it does. The app essentially allows…
Apple launching two-step verification for more secure access to Apple ID and iCloud logins seems like a distant memory, and you could be forgiven for thinking is was a widespread release touching all countries globally. It wasn’t. When released, it was only available in the States, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Thankfully, Apple has now…
Once it was announced that Scott Forstall was leaving his post as SVP of iOS, a fairly large section of the Apple community cheered. A larger group cheered even louder when Jony Ive was made responsible for the look and feel of hardware and software at Cupertino. Those management changes kick-started rumors that Jony Ive would get rid of the…
Online security has never been more of a hot topic than it is now. Vulnerabilities have shown up multiple times over the past couple of years, and there’s no denying that we need to move past day of using passwords and PIN numbers. After all, no matter how complicated, there are ways of getting around them. One thing that can’t be as easily copied or…
We’ve all heard the arguments of “cheap plastic” Galaxy S4 versus the iPhone 5′s “elegant and luxurious” aluminum and glass. Turns out, “cheap plastic” isn’t so cheap after all. Analysis of all the parts found inside the Galaxy S4 price it at around $237 for the 16GB model. The breakdown was undertaken by IHS iSuppli which also found some big…
When Incipio sent me a few cases to review recently, the one I didn’t really pay much attention to at first was the Incipio Printed Lexington for iPad mini. From the outside it looked just like any other case, albeit with a rather eye-catching design printed on the outer canvas layer. Don’t get me wrong, there’s was nothing inherently wrong with it, I…
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