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Japanese Report Points To iPhone 5S Screen Production, Same Size as iPhone 5
According to Venture Beat, a report from Japan is pointing to iPhone 5S production, with Sharp, Japan Display and LG beginning their screen production runs in June of this year. The screen production timetable line up with Tim Cook’s earlier statements, where he indicated that there would be no new product launches until after the summer. Apple added Sharp to the list of screen manufacturers last year in an attempt to met the overwhelming demand for its devices. Japan Display and LG have manufactured screens for Apple devices for some time … Read more
Ian Kersey
Twitter Kills TweetDeck For iOS, Android And Adobe AIR Today
One of the best Twitter clients around, TweetDeck is facing an untimely demise of its app on iOS, Android and AIR. Twitter had announced last month that it would be sending the mobile version of TweetDeck to the guillotine, but the desktop and web versions are still intact. Twitter is also cutting Facebook integration from the remaining versions of Tweetdeck. This marks a sad day for TweetDeck users, but there are plenty of other Android and iOS apps out there that provide functionality similar to TweetDeck. But for those of … Read more
Ian Kersey
Rovio adds new account feature so you can sync your Angry Birds and more
Rovio added a new feature that’ll have Angry Birds fans around the world cheering. The company is rolling out support for accounts that’ll let you sync your gaming progress across different devices. If you live in Finland or Poland, you can sign up for a Rovio account today and start slinging your original iOS Angry Birds on one device and then finish up the round on another. The new accounts feature is also available globally in The Croods game. You can read more about the Rovio accounts in this FAQ. … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
New Samsung Galaxy S4 Commercial Makes Fun Of iPhone 5
Samsung has released a new commercial that showcases the features of the Samsung Galaxy S4 , at Apple’s expense. The video, which is in line with Samsung’s earlier commercials lightly bashes the iPhone 5 by showcasing some of the bells and whistles that are packed into the Samsung Galaxy S4. The theme of the commercial is a graduation party, where we see the Galaxy S4 take a picture of a belly flop, and a rib-eating user answering his phone by simply waving over it. The most amusing part is when … Read more
Ian Kersey
Bill Gates dismisses iPad-like tablets, claims they’re frustrating without a keyboard and Office
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had a lot to say about tablets and PCs in a recent Squawk Box interview. Gates bemoaned the current state of tablets and claimed most users are frustrated with the experience of a keyboard-less device. “With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain market share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type device. But a lot those users are frustrated. They can’t type. They can’t create documents. So we’re providing them something with the benefits they’ve seen that has made that a big category but … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Gmail for iOS gets updated with better integration of other Google apps
Google released an update today for its Gmail for iOS app that brings improved integration with other Google services that are available on iOS as well as a few other improvements. By “improved integration” with other Google apps, I don’t mean you’ll see any of their functionality popping up in the Gmail app. Rather, it’s a lot easier to stay within the Google ecosystem now because you can open links from Gmail that will launch another Google app if you have it installed. If there’s a map, you can tap … Read more
George Tinari
Amazon’s Kindle iOS app gets accessibility features, other platforms to follow
Amazon has updated its iOS Kindle app with accessibility features to allow blind and visually impaired customers to navigate their Kindle libraries and read books. “With this update, we’re also making customer-favorite features-such as X-Ray, End Actions, sharing, highlighting and bookmarking — more accessible.” said Dorothy Nicholls, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. Relying on Apple’s VoiceOver technology, the application allows users to read character-by-character, word-by-word, line-by-line, or continuously, and move forward or backward in the text. In addition, users can also customize the reading experience by changing the font, text size, … Read more
Dusan Belic
How to turn off Google Now on your iPhone
If you’re using Google’s search app on the iPhone, you’ve probably noticed Google Now, which presents you with local weather conditions, traffic and some other information. While this is handy, you may dislike the fact that location services are running constantly, draining your phone’s battery life along the way. Luckily you can turn them [location services] off, and keep using Google search. In order to do so, fire-up Settings and simply turn-off Location Services from Google Search – you can turn-off this capability for every installed app. Now you won’t … Read more
Dusan Belic
AT&T To Offer New “All In One” Prepaid Plans In June?
According to Fierce Wireless, AT&T will be revamping its prepaid services by launching a new prepaid brand called “All In One.” Sources suggest that AT&T will be offering unlimited voice, text and data service starting at $35 a month for feature phones, and $50 per month for smartphones. Although details on data allotment for the feature phone plan is not known, the smartphone plan will include 2 GB of HSPA data in the unlimited $50 plan, and may provide a plan with 5GB of data for $70 per month. AT&T … Read more
Ian Kersey
Apple rolls out iOS 6.1.4, brings improvements to audio speakerphone
Today Apple released a new update to the iPhone 5 that brings some minor improvements. One of the main upgrades to the new operating system is the audio for the speakerphone, while other incremental changes were kept undisclosed. We assume that the new update, weighing 11.5 MB, was filled with bug fixes as well. We’re not sure when version 6.1.4 will hit the iPod Touch and iPad. Although, it would be cool if some of the stuff hidden helped with how the battery handles LTE. If you haven’t grabbed the … Read more
Charles West
Instagram Adds “Photos of You” User Tagging Feature
Tired of having to tag your friends in Instagram by typing their name into the comments? I know I am. Instagram has a new feature coming up that will allow users to tag themselves as well as friends in their snazzy snapshots. The new feature, called “Photos of you” will be available in version 3.5 of Instagram’s app,which is rolling out today. Users will have until May 16th to check the feature out before it starts becoming visible to others. “Today, we’re excited to introduce Photos of You and bring you a … Read more