It's only going to be a matter of time until every major appliance in the home is connected to our mobile devices in some fashion. We already have kettles that can be switched on via a mobile app; intelligent thermostats that evolve and become more capable based on our behaviors as well as lighting systems that can be altered directly from a companion app to suit or moods at any given time. The possibilities are pretty much endless.
Apple has passed on the message to developers that it will be removing all CloudKit data from its servers as of Monday, July 7th. This is not out of the ordinary, and in fact, regularly occurs around the time that iOS and OS X betas arrive, and anybody running iOS 8 beta or OS X Yosemite Developer Preview with data stored in the iCloud Photo Library, Mail Drop or iCloud Drive will need to retrieve it over the next couple of days.
We cannot, it seems, help but get carried away by voice assistants, and even though Microsoft joined the party extremely late with the introduction of Cortana earlier this year, the amount of hype it has generated for the software giant will certainly do Windows Phone's cause no harm whatsoever. Having already been compared a dozen times to Google Now and Apple's Siri, Cortana has had the benefit of watching and learning from both, but while the Halo-based voice assistant has clearly borrowed from its two longer-serving rivals in many departments, Siri is now looking to Cortana for inspiration.
It's become customary for big new movies to be accompanied by a mobile title, which offers fans supplementary entertainment whilst also ramping up promotion. We're still a couple of weeks away from the box office début of Dwayne Johnson's Hercules movie, but already, we have an action-packed iOS / Android game on our hands, the details of which you can find below.
Intelliborn has just rolled out an update to IntelliScreenX, the iconic jailbreak tweak that pulls a wealth of information and functionality into one intuitive interface, has just been bumped to version 7.10.3, and notably, includes support for the latest versions of iOS 7 jailbroken by the Chinese outfit Pangu.
We do our level best to keep the deals rolling through, and yet again, we're back with a bunch of great freebies for those in ownership of an iOS device. There are seven in total, so join us inside, where you'll find all of the relevant details and of course, those all-important download links.
Although Apple and Samsung regularly drag one another through the slog of the courtroom in quibbles over patents and whatnot, these two keenest of rivals also like to take digs at each other through advertising. Whether a new product is being released or has been around for several months, both Apple and Samsung like to point out the flaws of their adversary's product lines, and now, the Korean Galaxy maker has taken a pop at the iPhone's battery life.
Facebook has, in more recent times, sought to diversify its range of mobile apps, and in doing so, decided to separate the messaging component the official Facebook into a standalone, Facebook Messenger app. The move has worked very much to the benefit of the Facebook experience as a whole, but while the iPhone version has been knocking around for quite a while, the iPad version has been conspicuous by its absence. Now, though, the Menlo Park firm has rolled out a version tailored to Apple's prized tablet, and below, we've got all of the details.
Facebook aside, most photo-sharing networks focus heavily on the here-and-now, and often, we lose a sense of context, with memories of events becoming something of a blur. Thankfully, there are apps out there that allow us to relive great moments through journals, presenting features that help us to log pictures and thoughts as they occur, and one of the more popular iOS journaling apps for iOS has just gone completely free!
The growing list of "iPhone 6" leaked visuals, components and schematics seem to be never-ending at the moment. Rarely does a day go by at the moment without someone claiming to have inside knowledge of Apple's supply chain through which they have extracted the exact design and visuals of the next-generation iPhone. Rarely do these predictions turn out to be true. Still, the annual pre-release dance is always entertaining, bringing with it some beautiful looking concepts and renders from some of the Internet's best designers. The latest visuals, and perhaps the most convincing and aesthetically pleasing yet, come from designer Mark Pelin and aim to incorporate all of the most reputable leaks into one single artist's impression.
