One thing that has consistently managed to baffle and bamboozle users since the launch of the iPhone is the lack of the ability to mass delete messages and mails from the device. When sending and receiving texts or iMessages, it isn't long before the Messages app inbox has a seemingly endless list of conversations, enough to drive me crazy.
The guys over at the Dropbox development team have been working hard on pushing out version 1.5 of their iOS app, which now has been given the green light by the Apple review team and released into the App Store for download. If you head on over to the Updates section of the store, the latest version should be showing up for immediate download. Although Apple and Dropbox have had their differences in recent times, this latest release has obviously done nothing to rub Cupertino up the wrong way.
In a bid to raise awareness with regards to humanity's lack of satisfactory progress since the 1969 moon landing, video director Jason Hakala and a couple of his pals decided to launch an iPhone into space by mode of a helium balloon. The stunt was timed to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of John Glenn's orbit of the earth, but to add a little twist to proceedings, he also took the opportunity to propose to his girlfriend.
There is an almost incomprehensible number of apps purporting to be the pinnacle of photo editing on iOS, but in actual fact, very few actually deliver the goods. Fuelled by the rise of Instagram, which, in itself, isn't particularly wonderful for touching up images, the number of new variations of the image editor are streaming through Apple's iconic App Store on a near hourly basis.
When I jumped onto the iOS bandwagon a couple of months ago, I was unanimously directed towards Reeder when I asked fellow enthusiasts for the best RSS reader on the platform. Being the news junkie that I am, Reeder was the first app I bought as soon as I set up my App Store account. I fell in love in the app at first sight! It’s user-experience is absolutely fantastic! So fantastic, as a matter of fact, that I now prefer going through my RSS feeds on the iPhone with Reeder than on my desktop computer with Google Reader.
The jailbreak community and the technology loving world have been talking about it for quite a while now, discussing what they believed would and wouldn't be included in Apple's overhaul of iOS. The Worldwide Developers Conference pretty much confirmed or dismissed all of the speculation, leaving us with the first beta of Apple's iOS 6 software to get our teeth into.
Editing images has become something of a revelation on mobile devices, and in keeping with consumer demand, the developers of iOS have been relentless in their creation of apps to cater to photo manipulation. Whether you're looking to subtly tweak an image to perfection or completely rejig it in order to create something truly unique and customized, as the famous Apple saying goes, "there's an app for that!".
As well as being a great smartphone, many apps allow the iPhone to be used as a peripheral. From a remote to a mouse, a keyboard to a speaker, a little software nous can easily save you money and time. Thanks to the updated My Xbox LIVE app for iOS, you can now use your iPhone as a remote control for your Xbox, which is not only very handy, but a layabout's dream.
With WWDC wrapped up and iOS 6 now seeding to developers, the Apple-swayed community has well and truly set its sights on the next iPhone, which, depending on which report you read, is said to be shipping from September or October.
The remote desktop market has soared thanks to the introduction of tablets, with businesses large and small - as well as individuals - able to use their computers remotely in an easy and convenient manner while on-the-fly.
