The photography industry has been turned completely on its head by the emergence of smartphones packing genuinely decent shooters, and while your old, pro camera may boast plenty of features and lenses that the modern-day point-and-shoot experience simply cannot cater to, it's fair to say that there are many distinct advantages that a smartphone can laud over a standalone. Connectivity, for example, is something that cameras have only recently gotten to grips with, and as well as ease-of-sharing, owners of today's popular handsets can geo-tag every picture they take with ease. With a little bit of fiddling around, though, iPhone and iPad users can bring this useful feature to any camera, and if you'd like to turn your dumb camera into a smart one, it's actually quite easy to set up.
With every iOS update, Siri is getting smarter and better. It is now able to process information relayed in a variety of ways. Here, we run through a selection of Siri tricks that you mightn’t have stumbled across before, and after checking out all of the tips, we’re pretty sure you’ll wind up using Siri a lot more than you currently do.
As a part of the Windows Phone 8.1 announcement, Microsoft finally took the wraps off Cortana, it's ecosystem's very own answer to Siri and Google Now. At the time, the software maker touted it as a voice assistant encompassing the best features of Apple and Google's respective services, and such is the faith that the Windows maker has in Cortana, that versions for iOS and Android are now being prepared.
The football World Cup is undeniably the biggest sporting event of this year, with thousands of fans descending on Brazil while hundreds of millions tune in at home, work, and just about anywhere with a connection or TV signal. But the football itself is just the tip of the iceberg - the spectacle, the carnival atmosphere, the fanfare - the World Cup well and truly takes over lives, and in the spirit of things, one app developer has thrown out its immensely popular football app for free!
We never miss out on a good deal on an app going free for iOS or Android. And today, we’ve stumbled across a brilliant productivity app for iOS, and a word puzzle game for Android, both of which have gone free for a very limited time, and you should waste no time in downloading them before the developers bring it back to their original prices!
iOS 8 beta is officially out in the wild, and as the tech world continues to dissect the new features, many have chosen to hold off and wait for the official, end user release. Given that beta software is, by its very nature, generally buggy - there's also that $99 annual fee for a Developer pass to contend with - and when you weigh up these caveats, it's easy to see why some have chosen to pass on the unfinished builds. But if you're holding off for purpose of preserving your jailbreak, you can actually enjoy an iOS 8-like experience thanks to the abundance of facilitating tweaks already available, and although it's not quite like the real thing, it's the next best thing for the time being.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup is well and truly happening in Brazil, and if you want to ensure you don't miss a second of the 64 total matches being held over the next few weeks, then we're going to show you how you can tune in via your browser, smartphone, tablet, set-top box or console.
Updates to the Cydia app aren't especially frequent, but the substantial length of time between releases allows its developers to pile on the optimizations. Today's Cydia update - the first major bump since the Evad3rs team finally breached iOS 7 a few months back - packs the usual spate of bug fixes along with a shiny new icon in-keeping with the overall aesthetic of iOS 7, and you can grab the new release via your Cydia app right now.
Finding good apps on the iTunes App Store is a bit of a tedious task at the best of times, and while developers regularly throw out promotional deals, tracking them down can be as arduous as tracking them down. But we're always monitoring the situation here, hoping to stumble across a real gem offered considerably lower than the usual RRP, and occasionally, we strike gold with a freebie. Today, a $12.99 app has just hit that magical zero-dollar price tag, and below, we've got all of the details - including that all-important download link.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup fever is at an all time high and we’re looking for ways to keep tabs on our favorite team as they make their way to the top of the charts, and if you’re a user of Google Now on iOS and Android, then tracking your favorite team just got a lot easier. A lot easier in fact.
