Christmas preparations are in full swing, and given the time when the spirit has everyone working on decorations - be it outside or on that evergreen conifer - lighting as always remains an integral part of the planning. Apple has recently started stocking these new Christmas lights from Lumenplay that are smart in nature and can be controlled via an app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
The jailbreak scene is always an interesting one to watch when a new version of iOS arrives. It gets truly interesting though when someone releases a new jailbreak and, for whatever reason, nobody really knows whether they should trust it.
Sales data for three months ending on October 2014 has been released, something analysts have awaited for a while after the release of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices in September. It looks like Apple’s sales have risen dramatically across major offshore markets, with the iPhone 6 being the chief reason.
So what do you do when your favorite IM app decides to pull the 'Read Receipts' feature on you? If you're a security researcher, you figure out how to crash it for others. WhatsApp may have added the ability to turn that feature off, but a group of security research students in India have demonstrated how a simple text message can be used to crash the app at the receiver’s end, pretty much ending the "message seen" dramas.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak may not be as publicly prominent on the technology scene as many would like, but he still manages to appear in the most random of places. "The Woz" can often be found travelling, waxing lyrical about emerging technologies at conferences in every continent as well as talking fondly about his days in Silicon Valley with his beloved Apple. In his latest appearance, albeit an unexpected and non-commercial one, takes place at the W Hollywood Hotel where he quickly slips into demonstration mode to show off the hotel chains' new SPG Keyless entry system.
It seems that the team behind the popular Web browser Firefox may be working on an iOS version of the app according to new reports.
The simplest way to protect a treasured mobile gadget, is to purchase a case or cover that can cope with the inevitable scratches, scuffs and drops that a device will inevitably face during its lifespan. But not everybody is thrilled about the added bulk, particularly when most protective gear arrives with no guarantees that a device is completely safe from harm, and as such, mobile vendors are always looking for ways to increase the ruggedness of their roster. A new patent filing suggests Apple may have found a solution to the problem of dropping, and thankfully, it appears to do so without adding masses of rubber or silicone to the outer shell.
A clever 7-year old boy just developed a rather simplistic method to unlock his father's iPhone 6 Plus protected using Touch ID.
We've seen notebooks coming in from Apple that start at 11-inches with the MacBook Air, so when faced with the prospect of a 12.2-inch iPad you just can't help but wonder how this stellar tablet will stack up against the existing lineup of Apple's iOS based devices when it comes to size. Well, here's a look into what could potentially be the future.
If you're a fully paid up member of the jailbreak fraternity then you always have your eyes open for new ways of customizing your iPhone or iPad. If there is one good thing about Cydia, it's the myriad of different apps and tweaks that make it easy to stand out.
















