Even though we're still a good five months away from the projected release of Apple's next smartphone, this fact hasn't halted the continued wave of rumors, leaks and speculation regarding the iPhone 6. One area in which Apple always improves its famed handset is the rear-facing camera, and according to reports out of China, Apple has some very big plans to enhance the snapper of its forthcoming flagship.
Samsung has used its Kapture The Moment event at The Red Dot Design Museum in Singapore to introduce its second camera-focused smartphone.
Apple's Developer site is often found to have left security holes within its infrastructure, and while the Cupertino outfit tries its utmost to ensure these flaws are few and far between, it's the nature of the beast that every now and again, problems must be dealt with. Over the weekend, the Dev Center went offline for maintenance works, but while this is a frequent occurrence - particularly given that new iOS releases are almost always dished out on a Monday - the purpose this time around was to fix an issue that leaked private info of accounts all the way up to CEO Tim Cook.
From what we've managed to glean so far, the next-gen iPhone will be both larger and thinner than the current iPhone 5s, offering a substantially increased 4.7-inch display that goes edge-to-edge. But how much slimmer will the next model be than the current flagship? Well, according to a case mold of the so-called "iPhone 6," it will be around the same depth as the latest iPod touch, which, if you've held the device alongside an iPhone 5s, is quite a significant drop.
Last week it was revealed that the MacBook Air range would almost certainly be afforded a rudimentary refresh, including possible processor enhancement among a series of other minor tweaks. It is believed that said 2014 MacBook Air upgrade will arrive on Tuesday, and on the eve of the roll-out, a leaked shot appears to confirm all of the key details.
As I have mentioned on a number of occasions now, the jailbreak community cannot seem to get enough of lock screen-based tweaks, but while Cydia developers have been showcasing their creativity in bringing all-new features to the front gate of iOS, Stride 2 is a vast improvement on an old favorite, Stride for iOS. Simply put, this tweak takes the mundaneness out of unlocking your device by enabling you to set your very own, custom pattern, and developer Adam Bell has certainly put work in to ensure his two-year-old invention is in-keeping with the recent changes to the Apple software.
The App Store has been inundated with photo and video-related apps over the past couple of years, which shouldn't come as much of a surprise given the significant advances that have been made with regards to smartphone camera tech. But it's a fair assessment to make that a large portion of said apps seem to wallow in the pool of mediocrity, and only every now and then do we catch a real gem. Snapseed was a prime example of an image editor with a truly professional edge, and now, the app widely regarded as the best in show for videographers has just gone free!
It's no secret that Apple is looking to greatly improve and revamp the in-store shopping experience for its customers, and iBeacon - Apple's proximity-based, Bluetooth LE-powered communication technology - is steadily becoming an integral part of this concerted push. As well as enhancing the engagement potential of the Apple Retail Store, iBeacon has a much broader scope, and a Japanese company by the name of Tzukuri has just announced a set of MFi spectacles that will embrace Apple's fledgling beacons system.
Microsoft's takeover of Nokia was finalized last week, and most of the news over the weekend has been related to the big transition. The newly-bolstered software maker is very keen to get back to business as usual, however, and on Monday, made a noteworthy tweak to the pricing of the app of its previous major acquisition - Skype. The change sees group calling go free on Windows, OS X and Xbox One, and you can catch the important details after the fold.
Security isn't the kind of thing you should play fast and loose with, and the same goes for security online. In a day and age where we manage almost all of our lives on the Internet, having a computer, phone or tablet that's potentially open to mischievous entities is far from ideal, but that's the position users of Internet Explorers find themselves in today.
