Google is renowned the world over as the foremost search company, but it's also an advertising juggernaut that accounts for a large portion of the ad revenue across the Web. Its AdWords service pulls in billions of dollars per year in revenue, whilst also allowing companies, blogs and sites to advertise, and in a continued attempt to cater to iOS as well as its own Android platform in terms of apps, has just dropped AdWords Express for iPhone and iPad. In addition, the Big G also rolled out YouTube Creator Studio for its iOS-rocking contingency.
Whenever a new iPhone comes around, Apple always seems to have a problem with meeting that early demand. As millions of eager early adopters descend upon Apple Retail Stores across the world, the first batch seems to run out long before even half of those in search of the device actually manage to get hold of it, but with the iPhone 6's retail date now looming, the Cupertino outfit looks to be pulling out all of the stops to ensure a sizeable early inventory.
When it comes to the Apple versus Samsung duel, any small victory on either side is amplified, with each respective party always eager to celebrate one-upmanship in terms of sales, advertising, or general popularity polls. But with heavyweight chip-maker TSMC having now taken a large portion of Apple's next-gen microprocessor orders - a hardware component that Samsung has long since been the main provider of - the Cupertino company just dealt its arch nemesis a major blow worthy of a quiet fist-pump.
When Apple took to the stage at the Worldwide Developers Conference last month, we knew that there would be some big iOS-related announcements as part of the keynote. But whilst we'd already gathered quite an insight into HealthKit and such, we didn't foresee the opening up of several key areas of the platform to third parties. As well as bringing widgets and offering developers the chance to do more with Siri, the Cupertino company finally came through and brought third-party keyboard support, and given how the AutoCorrect had become a bit of a running joke, the announcement did not arrive too soon.
Google Now is still very much a work in progress, and even though it has evolved significantly since its introduction a couple of years ago, it's always going to have its imperfections. One such case is when, rather irritatingly, the voice recognition feature cannot properly comprehend what you're saying, and if you're asking a long question, having to repeat the entire speech becomes cumbersome even at the second time of asking. Now, though, thanks to an update, you can correct just the word that Google Now has failed to latch onto by using a simple command, and although it's rare for the polished service to mishear anything anyway, it's a good little tip to know.
As if to really drive home the fact that wearables are becoming the kind of thing that every company on the planet needs to make, Adidas has today announced its very own fitness band, dubbed the FIT SMART.
Even though, for quite a while, we've had a pretty solid idea of what's in store for the iPhone 6, we're now starting to encounter some solid evidence through numerous component leaks, and today, we've been treated to a close-up look at the rear shell of the 4.7-inch model of Apple's upcoming handset. As well as a few high-quality images, there's also a video to accompany this latest discovery, and below, you can catch all of the details.
Apple's iTunes U application for the iPad and iPhone has received quite the feature bump, with version 2.0 now available to download. The big 2.0 update was announced last week.
The Internet is abuzz with rumors and reports surrounding the upcoming iPhone 6 these days (both of them, apparently), and rightly so, since there’s hardly been a device in recent history that has been so extensively leaked. However, that doesn’t mean that Apple’s current reigning smartphones, namely the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s, are to be discarded just yet. In an effort to boost sales and keep the interest piqued in their offerings, Apple has partnered (once again) with eBay for a “low-profile Factory Outlet store” that is selling Apple Certified refurbished iPhones at a much discounted price, all complete with Apple’s one-year warranty.
With the manufacturing process for the iPhone 6 now apparently under way, we're witnessing a lot of component leaks, and in what is claimed to be a legitimate sighting of the enigmatic device's SIM tray, we have evidence that the next-gen device will arrive in Silver, Gold and Space Gray color configurations.
