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Apple iOS 5 beta 3 dropped a few hours ago and we weren’t expecting to find too much in it but we’re happy to report a few new goodies including enhanced gesture controls which could eventually lead to an iPhone without any physical buttons. You’ll be very happy to know that the Apple iOS 5…
Just a few weeks after the last one landed, Apple iOS 5 beta 3 is now available to developers and it brings a few new features. The major new things in iOS 5 like the notification bar and the Twitter integration came out with the original beta and the second one brought things like WiFi…
For those of you who rely on PayPal, especially on the iPhone, you’ll be glad to know that the mobile app for the iOS smartphone has been updated. PayPal has been listening to customer feedback, and brings the following updates to the mobile app: All app features displayed on one page Transaction history details are…
Android fans, I have some bad news: I finally crossed over to the dark side this weekend and got an iPhone 4 to be my main device. My two-year upgrade came up with Verizon from the original Motorola Droid and I decided that it was finally time to pull the trigger and become a part…
Over the years, I’ve owned more smartphones than I care to count. From BlackBerry to webOS to Android, I’ve had just about every platform in my pockets – often two or more at a time. However, there was one smartphone and platform that has remained with me regardless of the other devices I’ve carried –…
The Apple iPhone has had many uses in the medical industry, and it looks like it will continue to make advances in the field as MIT researchers have just developed a way for the smartphone to detect cataracts. The CATRA system, developed by the Camera Culture Media Lab at MIT, is an iPhone attachment that…
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could share files between an iPhone and iPad simply by making a pouring motion from one to the other? Or by gesturing as if one is sucking up the info from the other device? It looks like that just might happen, as patents have been uncovered that show Apple’s…
Apple’s iPhone 4 launched in June of last year on AT&T and has proven to be one of the most popular mobile phones, smart or not, to ever hit the market. Many will have different reasons for picking it up, some need to wipe the drool off their face after taking a look at the…
Apple has just announced that it plans to fix or patch an iPhone and iPad security issue, where PDF files can be maliciously used by hackers to gain access to user data, and infect their devices without their knowledge. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security warned of “critical weaknesses in iOS, and Apple has responded…
Apple set another record for its iTunes App Store when it finally hit the 15 billion download mark. Just six months ago, the store hit 10 billion downloads where a lucky woman was given a $10,000 award from Apple for being the 1o billionth download. To date, Apple has the most prolific and successful app…