1. iPhone 5S fingerprint scanner A new rumor suggests that Apple’s next iPhone will feature a capacitive home button instead of a physical one, a sapphire crystal display instead of glass, and a fingerprint scanner built right in. These are some interesting rumors, and it’s definitely not the first time we’ve heard them (and none of them are true yet) so…
Two incredibly popular iOS applications, Facebook and 1Password, both received pretty major updates today. 1Password, the popular password storage application, was updated to 4.2. Among the new features, 1Password now offers the ability to share items via Messages, search for passwords using a URL, and the usual amount of bug fixes. The app is available…
1. MiniPlayer tweak This cool little tweak brings the iTunes mini player right to your iOS device. This isn’t really groundbreaking or anything, but it’s the customization like this that makes jailbreaking so great. Apple would never allow a customer to choose between the standard music controls and something like this, but jailbreaking gives iOS users…
1. Facebook Messenger updated Facebook has updated its dedicated messenger application to include a few much needed features. Most notable among the changes are the addition of the swipe to delete function and stickers, which are emojis but enormous and much more funny looking. I don’t personally use this app, but it’s definitely nice to see Facebook…
You’re probably familiar with the Fandango iOS application – it’s the only movie ticket app built directly into Siri. Today it received a pretty significant update. Fandango version 5.6 now lets iPad users scroll through photos & videos in full screen mode. It also now offers Visa Signature account holders the chance to purchase tickets faster and…
TiP Daily April 23, 2013: Apple announced it’s Q2 2013 earnings, hints at breaking into new product categories, weighs in on bigger iPhone, and more! – Apple Q2 financial results: http://tinyurl.com/a6pp9x4 – Larger screen iPhone: http://tinyurl.com/avjh8k6 – Apple and “new product categories”: http://tinyurl.com/a7o537n – Follow me on…
Earlier this month, popular web storage solution Dropbox updated both its web application and Android app to support six additional languages with the promise that iOS compatibility would be soon to follow. Today Dropbox delivered on that promise, adding support for Indonesian, Malay, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Traditional Chinese and…
Many Verizon fans were upset at today’s news that the carrier was shutting down its “New Every Two” upgrade plans. Fortunately for Big Red fans, it wasn’t all bad news today from the carrier. Verizon has just confirmed that, starting April 21st, customers will have an option to buy a new device and make monthly payments in addition to their plans with…
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…
Siri is a pretty cool digital assistant, but it’s no secret that she could be doing much, much more. Well, today a video surfaced of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak explaining how he would like Siri to work. Basically, the Woz would like Apple to release a Siri API for developers that would work a lot like AppleScript does on Macs. More specifically, I…
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