With every iOS update, Siri is getting smarter and better. It is now able to process information relayed in a variety of ways. Here, we run through a selection of Siri tricks that you mightn’t have stumbled across before, and after checking out all of the tips, we’re pretty sure you’ll wind up using Siri a lot more than you currently do.
Apple's well-documented acquisition of Beats Electronics was officially announced only a couple of weeks ago, but even though co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine clearly enjoyed their first publicized engagement alongside Tim Cook and the other Apple executives, the company is still very much on its game as far as the business of releasing new products is concerned. Having already taken the wraps off the new Solo2, Beats has just announced its very first wireless earbuds in the form of the Powerbeats2, and like the original Powerbeats, they are designed with the active, sporting individual in mind.
It is largely reckoned that Apple will be rolling out two significantly larger iPhone 6 models later on this year - a 4.7-inch version and a more sizeable edition packing a 5.5-inch display. It has been mentioned on several occasions that the bigger iPhone 6 will cost $100 more, and a new analyst report has corroborated this notion while also adding that consumers are more than willing to bear the additional cost for the corresponding bump in display real estate.
As a part of the Windows Phone 8.1 announcement, Microsoft finally took the wraps off Cortana, it's ecosystem's very own answer to Siri and Google Now. At the time, the software maker touted it as a voice assistant encompassing the best features of Apple and Google's respective services, and such is the faith that the Windows maker has in Cortana, that versions for iOS and Android are now being prepared.
Brazil and Croatia kicked off this summer's World Cup with what can only be described as a controversial 90 minutes of action, but with three matches scheduled for today and more to follow, football's most celebrated tournament is about to get into full swing. To mark the occasion, ESPN has teamed up with Google to provide official match highlights as search results, so if you miss anything, just Google it!
Wearable technology is fast becoming the next big battleground for the big tech companies of the world, but a key part of that expansion beyond the smartphone is likely to be health, and Google is reportedly taking steps to make sure it isn't left behind.
Even with everyone currently seemingly obsessed with wearable technology, companies are still banging out new tablets like there's no tomorrow. Apple isn't due to refresh its iPad lineup until later this year, but Samsung has today rolled out two new flagship tablets that it hopes will take the iPad Pro to task - if indeed that's something that ever exists.
Facebook has today updated it's Facebook Messenger app, the app that saw the social network break its instant messaging feature out into a completely separate app on mobile.
We already live in a world where computers know pretty much everything about us, and with our smartphones tracking where we go and what we do, there are few corners of our lives that are left untouched by modern technology, and that's just the way we like it. That's why when we heard about a cup that can monitor what you're drinking and then spout out information based on that drink, we got a little big excited.
iOS 8 beta is officially out in the wild, and as the tech world continues to dissect the new features, many have chosen to hold off and wait for the official, end user release. Given that beta software is, by its very nature, generally buggy - there's also that $99 annual fee for a Developer pass to contend with - and when you weigh up these caveats, it's easy to see why some have chosen to pass on the unfinished builds. But if you're holding off for purpose of preserving your jailbreak, you can actually enjoy an iOS 8-like experience thanks to the abundance of facilitating tweaks already available, and although it's not quite like the real thing, it's the next best thing for the time being.
