According to research carried out by mobile app monitoring company Crittercism, iOS apps crash on a more frequent basis than those of its Google-created Android counterpart.
A short while back, we tracked the progress of Liquipel, a company which has produced an almost mystical, invisible formula enabling the waterproofing of our treasured, fragile gadgets.
There is no denying that as a company, Apple have reinvented the use of the touchscreen. Before the iPhone and iPad, we did have devices which used touchscreens, but these were mostly based on resistive technology and required a stylus or some other horrific jabbing device to operate. Then came Apple in 2007 with the original iPhone which had a beautiful, crisp, capacitive touchscreen built right into it which totally changed the way we use personal consumer electronics.
Just days after a German court ruled in favor of Apple in a patent infringement case against Samsung and the Galaxy Tab 10.1, a Mannheim court has swayed in the opposite direction and ruled against Apple in a separate suit involving Motorola Mobility. A previous preliminary ruling by the Independent Trades Commission had judged that Apple didn't have a case to answer in relation to Motorola's claims that the company has infringed upon their patents which are related to 3G connectivity.
Only yesterday, Apple released a point update for OS X Lion dubbed as version 10.7.3, but almost immediately, the Cupertino company's Support forums were essentially DDoS'ed by users complaining of the dreaded CUI errors.
Yesterday, we reported on the news that a young Apple customer began inadvertently receiving the iMessages of an Apple employee from the Genius Bar, after said Genius placed his own SIM card into the boy's device during the healing process.
Despite the premium price bracket, Apple’s iPhone range has now grown to become the third-biggest in terms of shipments and market share.
Apple decided, that in 2011, it would break the regular launch pattern for the iPhone and deviate from the traditional June unveiling. The company took to the stage in October instead during the "Let's talk iPhone" event to announce the details and release date for the current iPhone 4S. Even though the 4S has only been with us for just over three months, people are starting to speculate and anticipate when we will see the announcement of the iPhone 5.
Although the iPod revolutionized the way we enjoy our tunes on-the-go nearly a decade ago, the introduction of iPhone in 2007 has seen a decline in the popularity of portable media devices in general ever since.
Apple has just released a minor update to its OS X Lion operating system for public consumption. Now at version 10.7.3, the latest update to the “world’s most advanced operating system” comes with support for new languages as well as the usual dose of bug fixes.
