There can be no denying the fact that the Instagram app has been insanely successful since its launch onto the iOS platform. What started out as a simple service allowing users to take a photograph, apply some filters and upload it to the Instagram network ultimately ended up with the social networks’ biggest player, Facebook, stepping in and slapping $1 billion in cash and stocks on the table to buy it.
With WWDC just two days away, you could be forgiven for thinking the end of the world was nigh considering the non-stop coverage throughout the tech world. Despite no promise of an iPad or iPhone - the two main instigators of rampant Cupertino commentary, there's still plenty to look forward to, and with so much having been mentioned over the past few days/weeks/months, we take a more classified look at what we're expecting to see.
The closer we draw to WWDC and the imminent announcement of the eagerly-awaited iOS 6, the more rampant and seemingly audacious the rumors are getting. From what we've gathered so far, the sixth edition of Apple's iconic mobile operating system will feature a brand new, Cupertino-inspired Maps app, Facebook integration, Baidu Search, and a whole host of other delicious features.
With every launch of a new a new iOS device and every major Apple conference or media event, there is inevitably going to be a seemingly never-ending string of rumors flying around the world wide web. In the past, we have seen some pretty far fetched and out-there speculation, as well as some conjecture that resonates and turns out to be true.
With Apple being largely responsible for reinvigorating the music industry at the turn of the century and introducing the world to digital downloads, it shouldn’t really come as a surprise that devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are so popular for consumers who are looking for a rich music and media playback experience.
While the tech world was largely unaware of what eventually became the iPhone 4S, we have pretty solid evidence of the upcoming Apple smartphone, which has been unofficially labeled the iPhone 5.
Have you ever felt that you are in a no-win situation when trying to have a conversation with Siri? After all, Apple advertises their digital assistant as being 'intelligent', but considering you have to tell her/him/it when you want to talk, it doesn't seem that it’s enabled all the time for me. For those who are wondering what I am talking about, having a back and forth conversation with Siri is the equivalent of waking a friend up to tell them something, only for them to fall right back to sleep when you are done.
Google has recently announced big changes to its mobile mapping services, with upcoming features including an interesting-looking offline mode, and with Apple set to ditch Google for its own, in-house iOS maps offering, Google quite clearly needs to remain on its toes in the mobile game.
After more than two years of work on bringing new features and reaching out to other mobile platforms, Foursquare completely redesigned their apps for iOS and Android. The updated app, numbered 5.0, offers a much better user-experience and a new recommendation system. We’ve discussed both right after the jump!
With all the rumors and buildup to WWDC surrounding the possible announcement of a new beta release of iOS, Bloomberg has suggested that the news could also accompany a shift in search engine choice for Chinese iOS devices.
