If you've read any of my articles pertaining to Apple TV, you'll know what I think of its remote. It's a prime example of when minimalism is taken too far, and for a company that focuses so much on the user experience, pretty poor form from Apple. But it's not the only set-top remote lacking in buttons, and even though some alternatives are better-designed, they're all considered clutter since none of them can control a TV set as well.
EA SPORTS has just dropped a UFC title for iOS and Android, featuring official fighters and events from the all-action sport. It's free to download, and you can find key details and download links right here.
We've seen plenty of iOS 9 concepts surface in the past few months from fans and designers alike, with some of them being pretty ambitious. This new concept however, does not tinker much with the existing building blocks of iOS 8, and instead, is looking to add a new Quick Access feature on the lock screen.
It's just a matter of days before the Apple Watch should start arriving at the doors of buyers around the globe and app developers are getting their updates out already for the big day. We have already seen plenty of new apps and updates to existing ones over the last few weeks but things have really started to pick up over the last two or three days.
It's always hurtful to lose an iPhone; they're expensive, and they carry a lot of our personal data. Well, for Kirk Hammett, Metallica's lead guitarist, his recent loss of an iPhone transcends all such notions. Why? Because his lost iPhone contained over 250 guitar riffs which he had created for the band's next album.
The YouTube app is, for most iOS users, a staple part of the digital diet, and where it used to be a native utility, it's now an optional download from the iTunes App Store. The removal of the YouTube app from the stock repertoire has been favorable from the perspective of the user, since it has allowed the much-improved app to flourish under Google's third-party control, but now, it seems that the old, pre-iOS 6 app will lose support from next month.
Microsoft has just updated its PowerPoint app for iOS, adding support for Apple's first ever wearable device - the Apple Watch. This new update adds the ability to control all your PowerPoint based presentations right from your wrist.
We have all suffered that anger inducing moment of inadvertently letting go of our smartphone and watching in horror as it crashes to the ground. The whole event usually lasts for a second or two, but feels like an eternity as we wait to see if the fall has caused the dreaded destruction of that beautiful multi-touch display. Imagine the exact same situation, but being forty stories up and watching as your beloved iPhone hurtles toward the ground below it. Oh, and it records the whole stressful event on its way down, too. That's exactly what has happened to Catalin Marin in Dubai.
The Apple Watch has adorned the wrist of many celebrities as we close in on the consumer launch, and a number of high-profile figures have willfully sported variants of the higher-end Apple Watch Edition range. Some, such as Drake, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams and J.J. Abrams, have had to settle for those currently up for pre-order, while others, such as designer Karl Lagerfeld and former rugby player Will Carling, have been treated to exclusive combinations that are not immediately available to purchase. Now, recording artist Beyoncé Knowles has got in on the act, and she has also been snapped rocking the gold link bracelet variant first demonstrated by Lagerfeld.
Apple Watch is packed to the rafters with toys, both hardware and software-related, and among them, users will get a heart rate monitor. Part and parcel of the wearable's investment in fitness and health, we're led to believe that it will provide accurate readings of a user's heart rate, and now, the company has shed some light on precisely how the technology will work.
















