There is no shortage of photography apps on the App Store. From end-to-end solutions like Camera+ and Snapseed, to focused ones like DMD Panorama, and IncrediBooth; there is something for everyone!
The Scale package is a new jailbreak tweak that offers similar functionality to a number of Cydia offerings already out there with a couple of notable differences in the way the feature set is implemented. You may not immediately guess from the tweak name but Scale manages to find itself at home within the stock Music player app that ships with Apple's iOS, and it gives users the ability to share their musical choices with their connected social world.
Every now and then, a jailbreak package comes along that seems like it should have been a part of Apple's own implementation of iOS. The new Merge tweak that has been unveiled by Joshua Tucker and Andrew Richardson during the JailbreakCon event in San Francisco is one of those creations and it wouldn't be surprising if Apple actually adopted it going forward. Merge greatly improves the iMessage feature on compatible iOS devices by merging conversations into one on a per contact basis.
Apple is pretty adamant that once a user opts to upgrade, they don't want them to be able to roll-back the software on their device to a previous version of iOS. In a lot of circumstances, this wouldn't be an issue, but there are a number of legitimate reasons for users wanting to downgrade to an older version, in this case, from iOS 6 to iOS 5.1.1.
Generally speaking, the majority of us are concerned about our security and privacy at all times, and since most, if not all of us are rocking a mobile device of some description, the same rules apply therein. Whenever software makers put our sensitive data into potentially precarious positions, we call for heads to roll, however, despite small oversights by software developers potentially leading to dire consequences, the onus is just as much on us to arm ourselves against situations which could see our data accessed, stolen or used for unscrupulous ends.
We all know those people who, ignorant to the dangers of sharing confidential information online, will happily post their cellphone number for the entire world to see on some of the web's most frequented sites. And whenever we do see the occasional imbecile make such a blasé error, we usually look, say to ourselves "whew, I'd never do something that stupid," and continue about our business.
One of the biggest recent controversies in the smartphone industry is that of Apple replacing Google Maps with their own Maps solution in iOS 6. A small book can be written on the topic, but the tl;dr of it is that, after nearing the end of their Maps deal with Google, Apple had no choice but to include their own Maps in iOS 6, and the decision has garnered considerable criticism from customers.
Following hot on the heels of their previous update for their main iOS app, Facebook has taken the opportunity to push out a new update for their extremely popular Messenger app for the iPhone. Rather than just being an incremental update, Facebook has made enough changes to the messaging app to warrant it a v2.0 tag, and is now available through the App Store as a free download for new users and as an update to those who already have the app installed.
iOS Maps might have been criticized ad nauseam over the past ten or so days, but that hasn't stopped iPhone and iPad users flocking to the brand-new mobile firmware from Apple. Onswipe, a firm helping websites offer a more touch-friendly interface, reports the problems surrounding iOS 6 don't seem to have prevented consumers downloading and installing en masse, and of 100,000 users sampled through the company's partner sites on Friday, an incredible 59.43% of iPhone traffic and 41.3% of iPad traffic was coming from those running the newer software.
Google has followed the lead of a number of other well-known developers in the last few days by pushing out a well-timed update for their official iOS Gmail app that brings full optimization for the latest Apple smartphone as well as offering support for iOS 6. The official Gmail experience can now be enjoyed across all of Apple's mobile devices that run iOS 4 and above, with iPhone 5 owners no longer needing to view their incoming mails through a letterbox interface.
