The accelerometer, while not everyone's favored method of controlling cars in Real Racing (primarily because it looks strange on the subway) could have many other uses besides iOS gaming - at least if the tweaksters have their way!
When Timeline dropped at Facebook's f8 keynote back in September, it was billed as one of the biggest features to be added to the social network leader since its inception several years ago.
Many WinterBoard themes for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users pass through Cydia on a daily basis. Some are fantastic - clean, crisp, and really enhance the GUI. Some, on the other hand, are rather tacky, bland and tasteless.
Chair, the developers behind the hugely popular Infinity Blade, have released a two-minute trailer showing off the game's sequel, Infinity Blade 2.
Before the belated introduction of Siri, Notification Center was the main talking point of Apple's much improved operating system for mobile devices - iOS 5. Although the voice-recognition software is marvelous and all, the improved notification infrastructure has to go down as the prized feature of what is (besides the battery issues) a very well put together update.
I think it would be fair to say that I have mostly entertainment-based apps on my iPhone and iPad. It is easy to forget that there are many useful apps out there that can help improve your lifestyle. I came across one such app today submitted by Philips to the iTunes App Store called Vital Signs Camera.
The official native Gmail App has returned to the App Store promising to resolve the issues that had plagued the first version.
Anchor Free's Hotspot Shield has been around for quite some time on the desktop, with the app offering a way to create a secure Virtual Private Network, or VPN from your machine to another. Doing such a thing offers a couple of advantages, but the main one is security.
With the various reports of Apple's latest smartphone sapping battery life faster than a vacuum, the company's engineers are said to be scrambling for a fix.
According to a report published a few hours ago, Apple is preparing its retail stores for an all new self-check-out-without-confirming system called EasyPay.
