Facebook's continued investment of resources and the procuring of the best engineering talent across the globe has meant that it's been able to not only position itself at the forefront of social networking, but also branch out in other areas via the acquisition of startups and other companies. As part of that continued development into its core business, it has invested effort into improving one of the most important key areas of the site - the constantly evolving News Feed.
Apple yesterday released iOS 9 beta 3 to registered developers as part of the operating system's roadmap to an eventual public release this fall. In addition to the usual bug fixes, stability improvements, and continued progress, the company also introduced a new two-factor authentication mechanism that attempts to improve the current security system for Apple IDs.
In an attempt to capitalize and follow on from the successes that came attached to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple is reportedly planning a production run of record proportions for its next-generation smartphone. According to a new report, The Wall Street Journal is not only adding weight to the speculation that manufacturing of the iPhone 6s began back in June in preparation for a fall launch, but it's also suggesting that Apple is demanding suppliers to ramp up production to produce a record number of iPhone 6s handsets in time for the official launch date later in the year.
iOS 9 beta 3 download for compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices has been released. The third beta comes with support for Apple Music, the Cupertino company's first ever venture into the music streaming arena.
The launch of Apple Music may have come embedded with a number of initial teething issues, but it seems to be a key component in convincing users to quickly adopt the latest version of iOS 8. According to data by Mixpanel, the advanced analytics platform for mobile and Web which analyzes more than 48 billion actions every month, iOS 8.4, the latest version of iOS 8 which is just a week old, accounts for approximately 40% of all iOS usage already. It seems likely that the desire to use and interact with Apple Music is the primary reason for such a fast adoption rate.
We've heard some weird and not-so-wonderful excuses for poor sporting performance in the past, but this gem from NBA player Matt Bonner is probably one of the best. Having suffered with a poor shooting percentage throughout the past NBA season, Bonner decided to set the record straight as to the reason. Apparently, it's Apple's fault. And no, we're not making this one up.
It's been an interesting 24 hours in the world of security, with the ominously named Hacking Team themselves being hacked, resulting in 400GB of its data being strewn across the Internet. Inside that data people are finding all kinds of things, not least a price list which details the services Hacking Team offered to those willing to pay the cash - including governments.
Sometimes you would be surprised what people will do when they have a jailbroken iPhone. Some changes to iOS, via some super cool tweaks it has to be said, make the experience better for a variety of reasons whether they be functional or aesthetic. WatchNotifications, a jailbreak tweak costing a dollar and available to download from the Cydia store, falls firmly in the latter category.
Apple's Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services is seemingly at it again, dropping internal company knowledge tidbits via Twitter. Eddy Cue, who last week replied to a number of tweets confirming that Apple Music could potentially be introduced in a new developer beta of iOS 9 has again used his verified Twitter account to answer iOS related queries from the public. This time around Cue has confirmed that Apple is working internally in an attempt to reintroduce the recently removed Home Sharing for music feature back into iOS 9.
Here’s how to set Beats 1 radio station as your alarm on iPhone. The channel will automatically start playing whenever your alarm clock goes off.
















