Here's a video of WhatsApp Messenger voice calling (VoIP) feature for iPhone in action. More details, screenshots and video demo can be found right here.
Here's a rundown of some of the best paid iOS and Mac apps that have gone free for a limited period for this weekend only. Head over the jump for the complete list.
Apple's iOS is considerably more interactive than it used to be thanks to the introduction of Today view widgets, the Control Center, and other such effects. But minor adjustments, like the active icon of the Clock app showing the actual time, also make use of otherwise static, unspectacular necessities. The jailbreak scene is always looking for ways to improve and modify things, though, and if you'd like to replace the default analog clock with a digital one, then, well.. there's a tweak for that!
It's coming up to the weekend before the Apple Watch is set to be properly launched at Spring forward event on Monday, and where this part of the week is ordinarily low-key as far as big tech reports are concerned, the blogosphere is currently under siege from info pertaining to Apple's new wearable. Accompanying the report that Watch will offer a very respectable five hours of battery life when in continuous heavy use, it appears that a full charge will take only two hours, which is quite a good turnaround for a gadget that is touted to run for a whole day of continued use.
Amazon has long been into its gaming, and with its own Appstore app for Android, has managed to thrive with its own platform of sorts with the modified flavor of Android gracing its Kindle line-up. The Fire OS is its own fork of the Google mobile software as well, and with Amazon Game Studios, the company that began life flogging books is well and truly invested in the modern Digital Age. But while the majority of the online retailer's dealings have pertained to Android, Amazon Game Studios has announced its intention to launch four new games for Apple's iOS, the details and previews of which you can find after the fold.
Speculative rumors are suggesting that Apple may be planning the release of a fourth-generation iPad mini mid-cycle, which by the sound of things, could serve as your typical product refresh as opposed to a more notable hardware upgrade. According to a new report, the iPad mini 4 could arrive very shortly indeed, with a stronger internal processor as well as improved Wi-Fi hardware comprising the majority of the improvements.
We've all seen battery charging cases for smartphones, now meet Reserve Strap, the interchangeable charging strap for the Apple Watch. Head over the jump to read all about this brilliant contraption.
Earlier this week, we learned of an antiquated security flaw that has been lurking for over a decade, and could leave Apple and Google device subject to attack. With the former said to be working on a fix to release in the near future, it has now been revealed that the FREAK security flaw also affects those running Windows machines, adding many millions more devices and users to the list of the vulnerable.
Jony Ive seems proud of the efforts he has injected into the design process of the Apple Watch. The watch that was described by Ive as the "most personal" device from Apple, has him discussing the design efforts that went into it in a new interview.
We knew that the day would come eventually, and here it is - a major maker of smartphones is set to ship its latest and greatest handsets with antivirus software as standard.
