Among the various new features and design changes to make a debut at WWDC 2013 in iOS 7, Notification Center and Control Center are quite prominent. While Control Center is completely new — well, it’s new on iOS — Notification Center does get some useful improvements in iOS 7. First off, gone is the linen…
WWDC 2013: 50 billion iOS apps downloaded, $10 billion paid to developers
Apple as always started out its WWDC 2013 keynote with some interesting numbers about the company and about the App Store. The big number this year was way up in the billions: iOS users have downloaded 50 billion apps from the App Store. Additionally, there are over 900,000 apps in the App Store, and 375,000 of…
HTC One Max with 5.9-inch display to compete with Galaxy Note 3?
HTC isn’t quite done competing with Samsung. After releasing the One to put up a very good fight with the Galaxy S4, it looks like HTC is ready to take on Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 phablet with the rumored HTC One Max. This would be HTC’s first attempt at a phone/tablet hybrid, but now the…
WWDC 2013 Preview: Big, bold, and very flat
Apple has quite a show to put on at WWDC this year. The company’s stock has sunk and competition is more intense than ever. According to rumors, Apple has a lot planned for the keynote on June 10th from iOS 7 to OS X. Luckily for you, we’ve put together a convenient list of what to…
Smartphone shipments to surpass feature phone shipments in 2013 for first time
Smartphones are about to reach a very important milestone. According to the International Data Corporation or IDC, this year total worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to surpass that of feature phones for the first time in history. The IDC is reporting that smartphone shipments will hit approximately 958.8 million in 2013, a 32.7 percent increase…
Gmail for iOS receives update with new inbox sorting, better notifications
The Gmail app for iOS received a new update today from Google. It brings two important updates: support for the new Gmail inbox and improved notifications settings. The new Gmail inbox isn’t technically an entirely new inbox, but instead it now conveniently and automatically organizes your inbox into folders according to the type of each…
Hospital reports getting return on investment for iPads in just over one week
Not long after the iPad first came out the medical industry started deploying the tablet for various purposes from storing data to researching and displaying that research. Financially, does it actually pay off to spend money on iPads in this field? One hospital can conclude it most certainly is. That hospital, which is choosing to…
Real or fake: Photo of iOS 7 ‘flat’ redesign leaks
Check it out. The image comes from iDownloadBlog with the claim that it’s an authentic leak of an early build of iOS 7. As we all know by now, the UI of iOS 7 is getting a redesign to look more “flat” under Jony Ive. Gloss and shadows will be thrown out in favor of a…
iOS 7 to include AirDrop wireless file sharing among Apple devices?
Apple is testing a new feature for iOS 7 called AirDrop which would act as a wireless fire sharing solution across Apple devices, according to a report. AirDrop is already a feature on OS X that allows for drag-and-drop file sharing among nearby Macs. AirDrop would appear as a new icon in the Share menus…
Review: Mansion Run game for iOS
Meet Bones Wellington. You’re going to be spending a lot of time with him if you decide to invest in a new game called Mansion Run. He’s essentially a living skeleton living in a nice home, but it’s haunted by ghosts. He needs to make a run from the ghosts by switching through floors and…