With the 2014 Comic Con upon us, there’s a lot to look forward to for geeks around the globe. As self-proclaimed geeks, we’re mighty excited as well. However, our daily routine, remains largely unchanged with respect to one key element - our goal of bringing you a daily dose of paid apps for free over at the iTunes App Store. Today, we have 6 such titles for you, including one that will find great appeal with comic book fans. Continue past the break to explore them all.
iOS 8 is certain to grace our iPhones, iPads and iPod touches this fall, and the new operating system is just around the corner from the looks of it. Thanks to Apple’s extensive beta testing period, all the bugs in the upcoming software are being ironed out (hypothetically, at least), while some others merit the incremental releases that we see in the form of decimal point updates.
Apple's iPhone 6 has been the hottest topic in tech circles by some margin this year, and although we've long since suspected that it'll arrive in September following an announcement earlier that month, a new report backed by reliable sources seems to further corroborate this notion.
Although the practice of taking selfies - as well as the word "selfie" - have been knocking about for quite a while now, it's only fairly recently that popular culture has adopted it. As with any craze sweeping the digital world, app developers have sought to capitalize on the heightened interest in the selfie by developing an abundance of apps for this very purpose, and although many are rather gimmicky and scarcely enhance the functionality of the front-facing shooter, a new iPad offering looks to buck this trend.
Those looking to catch an early glimpse of OS X 10.10 Yosemite, the next major installment of Apple's desktop and notebook operating system, have been able to check out some of the changes by means of the Developer Preview releases. Since WWDC, the Developer Previews have enabled registered devs to test the new software for bugs, compatibility and new features, but even in the run-up to this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, we knew that Apple would be allowing anybody with an Apple ID to try out Yosemite before the end user release this fall. The OS X Beta Seed program, which Apple introduced to allow ordinary folk to get a flavor of what's next, is about to come into effect thanks to the first Yosemite beta, which will land tomorrow.
Traditionally speaking, Apple has generally favored releasing new versions of iOS and OS X on a staggered basis rather than bombarding users with upgrades at the same time. The inclusion of the impressive Continuity features that were unveiled at this year's Worldwide Developer Conference had led some corners to believe that iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite would be made available to the public at the same time this fall, but according to those familiar with Apple's plans, that doesn't seem to be the case.
If you thought Apple was going to follow what others are doing for smartwatches, you couldn’t have been more wrong. Or, at least, that’s what the iTime patent that the Cupertino-based company was granted is having us believe. The patent, as the name suggests, appears to be for a smartphone connected watch that doesn’t restrict itself to serving notifications from the accompanying device – it offers advanced features such as proximity sensing, wrist and arm gestures, GPS positioning and much more.
They say that time stands still for no-one, and at this time of year we're pretty sure that most Apple engineers would agree wholeheartedly. As we slip ever nearer the expected September release date for the iPhone 6, the leaks are beginning to gather a pace that those in Cupertino simply can't hope to outrun.
Apple has posted its Q3 2014 earnings results, and as ever, the Cupertino giant has raked in revenues in billions, and has also revealed how many iPhone, iPads, iPods and Macs it has sold in the last quarter. Full details and breakdown of the earnings results can be found right here.
Earlier in May this year, news circulated the internet that Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar, Kobe Bryant, spent a day in Apple’s Cupertino complex, meeting with different executives including Apple Inc.’s Senior Vice President of Design, Jony Ive. At that time, it was speculated that Apple brought him on for a possible partnership for testing the company’s latest fitness wearables. While we don’t really have confirmation around that still, in a recent interview with Bloomberg, Kobe confirmed the meeting with Ive and shed some light on how the discussion went.
