You know the countdown to an Apple event is officially on when the Cupertino company's minions begin to adorn the venue with branded insignia. It's only a matter of days now until Tim Cook and his executive team descend on the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium to deliver a keynote presentation that will ultimately shape the fortunes of the Cupertino-based company for the foreseeable future. In order to have the venue ready for the media and attending guests, Apple has started to decorate the venue with company branded flags and logos.
Apple's September 9th media event that will finally see the iPhone 6s introduced to the world, is nearly here. Over the last few months we've heard, seen, and discovered pretty much everything that can be expected when the phone finally drops in, but just when you though you've read and seen it all, a new interesting piece of information has just been leaked. A new report, which cites a number of individuals who have allegedly used internal iPhone 6s test devices, is suggesting that the team at Cupertino is developing an Apple Watch-like Motion wallpaper functionality for the new phone to inject some dynamism into it.
Users of iOS 9 will be able to instruct their iPhones and iPads to update themselves while they sleep, meaning there will be no more twiddling of thumbs while they wait for their devices to become usable again.
Whenever Apple introduces newer versions of its iOS or OS X platforms, it's generally the marketed and discussed features that garner all of the attention. With iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan currently in the development and testing stages in preparation for a potential September release, there are unannounced inclusions that are being discussed. A Reddit user has discovered a real-time flight tracking feature embedded in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan that Apple has so far neglected to mention in any of its official discussions regarding the two platforms.
Apple released iOS 9 Beta 5 and Public Beta 3 for download today. Both ship with 15 new wallpapers that you can grab from here.
Here's everything that is new in today's iOS 9 beta 5 release for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. All the changes are detailed with screenshots.
Apple has just released iOS 9 beta 5 download for compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. This release comes exactly two weeks after beta 4 was seeded to developers.
Apple has today released an updated version of TestFlight, meaning developers can finally start testing iOS 9 and watchOS 2 apps on real hardware. While the update stops just short of allowing developers to publish apps to external beta testers, today's update is a welcome addition, and one that is a sign that Apple is edging ever nearer to iOS 9 and watchOS 2 releases.
Apple's latest beta release of iOS 9 brings with it a new tool in the fight against dodgy popups and malicious spammers. And that's great news indeed.
It's undeniably important that large corporations such as Apple recruit as many people as humanly possible to test and put beta software through its paces. It's even more important when that software is actually the underlying operating system that powers most of its mobile devices, namely iOS. With that said, it's also extremely important that those beta testers aren't allowed to penalise third-party app developers who work tirelessly to ensure that their apps and software are compatible come the final public release. You could almost hear the app development community chant in harmonious unison today when Apple finally banned iOS beta testers from leaving App Store reviews.
















