Developers of camera apps are being forced - due mainly to the sheer volume now available on mobile devices - to come up with new, innovative ways of bringing something unique and interesting to the table. The likes of Instagram and its many filters have been done a thousand times over, but a new app for Android called Whistle Camera brings a neat, hands-free aspect to the point-and-shoot experience.
If you're a baseball fan and in particular, a follower of the Major League, then you've come to the right place since one of the most popular titles has just dropped from $9.99 to absolutely free of charge. It's often the case that developers throw out some decent savings on great games and apps, but seldom do we see a price drop of ten bucks, and with the limited-time promo offer coinciding with a major point-nought update, this is a must-download for all MLB fanatics.
iOS security researcher Stefan Esser, better known in the jailbreaking scene as i0n1c, recently showcased an iOS 7.1.1 untethered jailbreak on the iPhone 5c. This was quickly followed by another untether by Winocm, which was demoed on iPhone 4. And now, Chinese hacker Yeongjin Jang has demonstrated a video showing the process of installing an unsigned app on a jailbroken iPhone 5s running iOS 7.1.1, although unlike i0n1c's or Winocm’s solution, it appears that this one is tethered.
Samsung has long since been known to push the boundaries when it comes to increasing the display sizes on mobile devices. As well as the Galaxy Note, which is credited with founding the "phablet" market, the company also took the wraps off the Galaxy Mega last year, which packed a mammoth 6.3-inch display. In this day and age, we're accustomed to a new release per product line per year, and apparently, the Galaxy Mega's forthcoming successor will include a whopping 7-inch display.
In preparing for a major new product release, most companies will outline several suppliers to take care of each element, which ensures that if one supplier isn't delivering to its quota or there's a hitch, the overall production machine isn't ground to a halt. When it comes to preparing new displays for the iOS device range, Apple has several companies in the running, but whilst it has leant heavily on Samsung and Sharp in this key area over the past couple of years, it now appears that both have been dropped for the production of the iPhone 6.
As time goes on and evidence continues to mount, it's looking very likely that Apple will release two larger iPhones later on this year; one with a 4.7-inch display and a further model with a 5.5-inch panel. From what we've heard, Apple will also up the resolution, bringing better pixel density to both, and given the increased real estate, everything will appear noticeably larger. Now, a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 dummy has been mocked up to give us an indication of what iOS might look like when running on the rumored device, and you can check it running side-by-side with an iPhone 5s right after the break!
Facebook may be the world's largest social network, but that doesn't mean that it hasn’t been plagued with issues and privacy concerns. Rarely an year passes by and the company faces intense questioning over the security of its users’ data as well as scrutiny surrounding a number of feature additions. After a period of calm, that scrutiny looks set to re-emerge when Facebook took the decision to add an "Ask" button onto profiles, allowing us all to query the different aspects of people we're connected with, including their relationship.
Last week, we heard that Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in the UK would be completely renamed for a two-week period to 'Terminal Samsung Galaxy S5.' Given the Korean company's reputation for spending big on, shall we say, unique marketing ideas, we weren't too surprised to hear of this new campaign, and even though a report over the weekend suggested that Samsung's big takeover of signage, website, wayfinding and digital signs was exaggerated, snaps have now emerged showing just how much Galaxy S5 memorabilia you'll be seeing if you happen to pass through Heathrow T5 in the next fortnight.
Some times things seem too good to be true. Equally, other times things seem so awful that they just can't be accurate. Thankfully, the latter is the case today.
Free apps are great, but apps that usually cost money (and are worth every penny) but go free for a limited time are awesome. We'd have to put Readdle's Calendars 5 app in that category after the company announced that its hugely popular calendaring and task management app will be free for 48 hours. Usually priced at $6.99, the saving is not to be sniffed at.
