Just when you think you've heard it all, a company comes with through with a new mobile case that helps to deal with the issue of "selfie arm." If you've never heard of this recently-coined phrase, it's used to describe the visible arm in self-shots, or selfies, taken with a mobile device, and the Selfy case looks to, ahem, arm you against this unsightly intruder with the assistance of a remote Bluetooth shutter control.
The App Store began its life as a convenient hub of apps and games that help to enrich the experience of using iOS as a whole, and while it remains as such, the fact that it now boasts several hundred thousand apps means that it's quite a bit more time-consuming for folks to discover what's hot and what's not. Apple has already laid on several categories including top charts and editors' choice, which make this task decidedly easier, and now, the Cupertino giant looks to have introduced monthly "Best Of" lists.
Last month, Microsoft finally ceased support for its antiquated Windows XP operating system, offering a series of deals and trade-in solutions for those looking to grab something a little more contemporary. But while the end of official support was also said to apply to security fixes, the software giant has reneged on this by patching a known Internet Explorer flaw on all versions of Windows - XP included.
The Call of Duty franchise has been running strong for the past few years, and although some gamers have expressed angst at the continual re-hash of a theme that doesn't appear to change much year-in, year-out, the sales figures suggest that Activsion's flagship first-person shooter is still immensely popular to this day. The first trailer for 2014's installment - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - has just been released, and features Hollywood veteran Kevin Spacey. Check it out after the break!
Hot on the heels of Apple's latest OS X Mavericks seed to registered developers, it is being reported that Apple is close to releasing OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 to the public. Tuesday's 13D55 beta seed that landed in the inboxes of interested parties marked the continuation of OS X and gave developers a chance to test and give feedback on the latest features and improvements to be added. The latest reports are suggesting that Apple is happy with the progression of the test firmware and will be in a position to publicly release the update very soon.
Panoramic, 360-degree photo and video has become increasingly popular as both the hardware and software of our mobile devices has continued to evolve, and although it's still rather difficult to perfectly capture the moment from all angles, many of us continue to enjoy the process of creating these kinds of images and clips. Now, though, a new product by the name of the CENTR Panoramic Video Camera, developed by ex-iPhone engineers, has sought to take this segment of the point-and-shoot market to the next level, having just thrown up a Kickstarter campaign for the compact, feature-rich gadget that touts a high-quality 360-degree video experience.
The Beats brand, which started out as a line of headphones dreamed up by hip-hop mogul Andre "Dr. Dre" Young and fellow producer / entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine, now spawns several product categories, and more recently, evolved into a music subscription service by the name of Beats Music. Now, the Beats Music app for iOS has just been bumped to version 2.0, offering native support for the iPad. Check it out after the fold.
Social apps often overlap each other. It's the nature of the beast that if one service implements a useful new feature, several others will follow suit. On a day that has already seen Snapchat go all instant-messaging on us, Foursquare has announced Swarm, an app that helps you find close-by friends and discover things to do. The app represents a departure from the company's check-in ways, and also throws down the gauntlet to a neat little feature that Facebook added to Paper only a week or so ago.
The iOS App Store isn't short of a note-taking app or two, but even though the list runs well into the thousands, we still have our stand-out favorites here. Notability is among the most celebrated and revered note-takers in the business, offering a clean interface, robust features, and incredible ease-of-use, and for the first time ever, has gone absolutely free. Details, as well as that download link, can be found after the break.
Following a leak yesterday that offered a very refined look at what the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 might look like from the rear, another plausible video has emerged showcasing a full-on mock-up of the forthcoming handset. Based upon design schematics revealed back in March, it gives us yet another glimpse of what the handset may look like to hold in real life, and given that it incorporates design features that have each been reported multiple times, this is perhaps the most accurate illustration of the upcoming handset that we've seen so far.
