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With all of the features found in Apple’s latest iOS 6, it may be easy to forget that at the end of the day the iPhone is still a phone. Well, Apple hasn’t forgotten about this little detail and has update the phone application with features that should make users very happy. First up, there’s…
While there may have been so many updates in iOS 6 to make your head spin, we’re sure many people were happy about the updates that Photo Stream is set to get this fall. Now it’s easier than ever to share pictures with the latest tweaks. Now you can easily select the photos you want…
Apple introduced a brand new app as part of iOS 6 today at the WWDC 2012 keynote called Passbook. It stores all of your “cards” that you tend to carry around with you for different places. Whether it’s a movie ticket, boarding pass, coupon, or gift card you can keep it secure in Passbook. It’d…
One thing that didn’t make the WWDC 2012 keynote address but is appearing on Apple’s website is the redesign of its major stores in iOS 6: the App Store, iTunes Store, and iBookstore. There’s not much to say except all three look brand new with updated home pages that put new apps in the App…
Apple unveiled a brand new Maps app at WWDC 2012 that ditches Google Maps once and for all. It includes everything users have been asking for and more. The new Maps app features complete turn-by-turn navigation (yes, get out all the laughter, Android users) plus the long-rumored 3D mode Apple is nicknaming “Flyover.” The 3D…
It’s been a long time coming, but Apple’s FaceTime will work over 3G and 4G networks with iOS 6. The FaceTime app lets you do video chatting between Apple devices but some have felt it was limited because you had to be on WiFi. During the WWDC 2012 keynote, Apple said that will no longer…
The first new tentpole feature of iOS 6 according to Apple is all the new features coming to Siri. It has integration with sports, movies, restaurants, and even your own car. Siri is learning all about sports in iOS 6. You can ask about players’ batting averages, check scores for the last game, or just…
Apple has just announced that Facebook will see deeper integrations within iOS 6. Similar to what Apple did with Twitter in iOS 5, users of Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch products can now post directly to Facebook from within multiple applications. The function works similarly to the Twitter functionality, as Facebook was simply added…
OS X Mountain Lion is really geared toward bringing features that have made the iPhone and iPad so successful to the Mac. Today at WWDC, Apple senior vice president of Mac software Craig Federighi walked up on stage to announce some new additions to the next version of OS X that push the trend of…
Apple has unveiled the next generation of MacBook Pro at the WWDC Keynote in San Francisco. The 15.4″ MacBook Pro refresh will be remarkably thin, at 0.71″ and at 4.46 pounds, it will be the thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever. The display is where the MacBook Pro refresh truly shines, with a Retina display at…