This New Year's Eve, we have rounded up a handful of paid iOS apps that have gone free. Head on after the jump and check out what awaits for your iPhone and iPad.
Apple is facing yet another class action lawsuit and this time it's regarding the amount of storage space iOS 8 occupies when installed on an iPhone or iPad.
VLC for iOS is returning to the App Store very soon according to the lead developer for the iPhone, iPad and OS X version of the video player. More details to follow, after the jump.
2014 has been one of Apple's strongest years so far. More record-breaking early sales of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus threw the gauntlet to its competitors, particularly Samsung, and to cap off a great twelve months, the Cupertino company has also pushed some very impressive numbers this holiday period. A total of 51 percent of mobile device activations over Christmas were of Apple products, and with the company's inaugural smartwatch effort looming, the Mac maker looks set for yet more dominance as we head on into 2015.
Being able to get refunds for apps bought via the App Store has been at the center of much discussion for some time. While Google gives downloaders two hours to request a refund for apps they bought by mistake or that simply don’t work as advertised, Apple has never really given any proper indication as to its own policy. Plenty of people have successfully received refunds for apps, but the policy has never been as clear as it could be.
When writing emails, responding to WhatsApp or even just making shopping lists, you may find that you're tapping in the same phrases every time. Recognizing this, one app developer has decided to help you save time, creating a keyboard through which you can store and conveniently prepare and access such phrases while bypassing the tedium of keying in the same stuff over and over.
After a substantial amount of early skepticism upon its arrival with the iPhone 5s last year, Apple's Touch ID has settled nicely as a central iOS feature, even expanding to reach the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 just a couple of months back. But it hasn't all been plain sailing, with the fingerprint sensor having been the subject of scrutiny by security experts, and now, it has emerged that it’s theoretically possible to bypass Apple’s latest security measure or any fingerprint based biometric system using a closeup photographs of your fingers and software that is available readily.
The perfect game-meets-art title called Icycle: On Thin Ice is this week's iOS ‘App of the Week’ and is up for grabs absolutely free for a limited time (usually $2.99). This physics based, one of a kind game is one of the best titles to have hit the iTunes App Store, and if you want to know why, read on after the jump.
ReachApp, now in beta and available to download via Cydia, is a split-screen multitasking tweak that we’ve had our eyes on for a little while and we’re pleased to see it come to fruition.
Here’s a list of the biggest top 5 Apple fails from the year 2014. A lot happened in the past year, and we’ll go through each fail one by one!
