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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…
Apple CEO Tim Cook just kicked off the WWDC 2012 keynote presentation with a few interesting statistics about the iOS App Store. Most notably, it now houses 650,000 apps, which lets it retain the title of the largest app marketplace in the world. 225,000 of those are made for the iPad alone. Who’s going to…
I guess Motorola isn’t doing so bad after all. Apparently, the company’s Droid Razr Maxx was the top-selling device on the largest wireless provider in the United States, Verizon, topping the wildly popular iPhone. The best-selling phone in the US is under some pressure, according to analyst Anil Doradia. Doradia writes, “our checks highlight initial signs of…
A few weeks ago, Tim Cook sat down with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg and talked about Apple. The candid conversation during the annual D10 conference covered the loss of Steve Jobs, Apple’s struggles with China and the future of the Apple TV. The event was live-blogged, but today is the first day you can watch…
Word is Samsung the largest supplier of Android smartphones was once interested in buying Finnish-based handset maker, Nokia. Well, the Korean-based manufacturer officially put those rumors to bed by denying such thing. In an email statement Samsung wrote, “Such reports are purely speculative and are not true.” I’m sure Samsung at least looked at Nokia…