Finally. Facebook has released a native watchOS 2 compatible Facebook Messenger app for the Apple Watch. This is Facebook's first full featured app for the Apple Watch.
Adobe treated professional and aspiring artists alike with flurry of new apps and updates to its existing portfolio, creating an aura of excitement so intense that a key development went unnoticed. Adobe has eliminated the traditional dependencies of its Photoshop Lightroom app for iPhone and the iPad, making the app a truly standalone product.
After initially publishing a number of leading tweets relating to a possible iOS 8.4.1 jailbreak, Luca Todesco, a student from Italy, has now released the source code that provides a jailbreak solution for the last publicly available version of iOS 8. The release of the source code of the jailbreak, which has been given the name Yalu, looks likely to stick around for a while before an actual jailbreak tool is served up by Todesco for the less technically minded for jailbreaking devices on iOS 8.4.1.
What better way to showcase the capabilities and drawing functionality of the new iPad Pro and accompanying Apple Pencil than to hand the hardware over to some of the most talented illustrators and digital artists in the world. Apple is obviously keen to push and market the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil as being an extremely capable hardware duo that's perfect for the professional environment, and to prove that, it has handed a number of units over to Disney animators to put the new tablet and stylus through their paces.
iOS 9.1 beta 4 is now available to download. Today's iOS 9.1 seed has been made available only a week after beta 3 was released.
The existence of malware on Apple's iOS platform isn't exactly a new thing, contrary to the popular myth that iOS and OS X are bulletproof. With that said, as a mobile platform, iOS is seemingly a lot more secure than the competition, and has historically only come under attack if the device is actually jailbroken, meaning when it has been liberated from the security of Apple's walled garden. Unfortunately, that may no longer be the case thanks to a new strain of malware known as YiSpecter, which has been discovered to attack non-jailbroken iOS devices.
If you think of affordable, intelligent home automation products, then it's highly likely that the Philips Hue range will spring to mind. Home automation isn't particularly a new concept, but Philips has managed to do an extremely professional job of bridging the gap between those who want to add some intelligent automation to their home, and those who could actually afford to do so. Now, Philips has just announced an updated version of the original Hue Bridge, as well as a range of new Hue bulbs, all of which are now compatible with the Apple HomeKit platform.
Here's how to set a looping video as your Facebook profile picture on iOS. Full step by step instructions are illustrated below.
There may not be a huge amount to get excited about in iOS 9.1 beta 3 just yet, but there are some changes to the bundled wallpapers for those that like that sort of thing.
EA has continued to show its commitment to mobile gaming by releasing Need for Speed No Limits, the gaming giant's first Need for Speed title built exclusively for mobile devices. EA has worked in conjunction with Melbourne-based Firemonkeys Studio - who of course have pedigree with the Real Racing series - to bring Need for Speed No Limits to the iOS App Store and Android Google Play Store as an entirely free download.
