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Let’s all give a warm “happy birthday” to the Apple App Store, which turns five years old today. The store officially opened on July 10, 2008 through an iOS software update, a few months after Steve Jobs gave it a proper unveiling at the iPhone SDK keynote address. It started out with a mere 500…
Last week, a few pictures of the rumored budget iPhone surfaced, showcasing some vibrantly colored back panels for the device. Some more pictures have leaked today, showing more of the same but in different color options. The image comes from a Twitter picture posted by iOS developer Sonny Dickson, and adds more fuel to the…
Apple’s iMessage service went down today between approximately 12:30 and 1:15, with Apple claiming that it effected “some users,” which was about 30% of users, according to VentureBeat. Apple is reporting the service as being fully functional at the moment, but a few tweets are still circulating claiming that the service is not working for…
An interesting bit of code was discovered inside the recent iOS 7 betas by 9to5Mac that suggests a new camera feature coming in the next-generation iPhone, rumored to be the iPhone 5S. The camera feature, codenamed Mogul, will allow for 120fps (frames per second) video recording. 120 fps captures so many frames per second so that…
Apple and Amazon have apparently buried the hatchet in the long running dispute over the phrase “App Store”. Apple has relented in its trademark suit, allowing Amazon the rights to use the term ‘app store’ in its Amazon Appstore for Android. Since Amazon began using the name “appstore” for its Android store in March 2011,…
Well what do you know, I never realized there’s iPhone loyalty in South Korea, a home to two large handset makers – Samsung and LG. Apparently I was wrong and most iPhone users still prefer Apple’s hardware rather than something made by a different company. However, a decline in loyalty has been noticed. According to…
Apple has seeded beta 3 of iOS 7 today to developers, as some expected. It was exactly two weeks ago that it released beta 2 and as always Apple likes to do things at 10 a.m. pacific/1 p.m. eastern. It’s unclear what iOS 7 beta 3 has in store, but I think we’re all hoping…
Five years ago, Apple announced at WWDC 2008 that it was launching an App Store. The store in all its glory officially opened a month later on July 10, 2008. To celebrate its fifth year anniversary, Apple is offering a promotion on ten of the top iOS apps and games. First noticed by The Verge, the list…
If you’ve ever tried to find your friends in San Francisco’s Dolores Park, you know how challenging it can be to find your crew in the small yet crowded park on a sunny day. A new app changes all of that, allowing Dolores Park visitors a way to find each other easily. The app, called…
Apple has filed a patent for flexible batteries that could easily fit the upcoming iWatch… or not. As usual, the Cupertino-based company is super secretive about its plans and we’ll rather have to wait for few more weeks and/or months to get all the details about their smart watch product. Meanwhile, the mentioned patent is…