Tag: iOS

Google, Inc announced today that it has developed an iPhone and iPad compatible version of its popular Chrome web browser. The browser, which is available now in the App Store, offers many of the same features from the desktop version of Chrome, including synchronization across devices of bookmarks and tabs, as well as private “incognito” browsing. Google Chrome currently has over 310 million active users. The announcement was made on the second day of the Google I/O conference in San…

The introduction of Passbook in iOS 6 this month was interesting in that it brought Apple up to the level that many companies have already been at with their offerings.  While this introduction was good in one respect, it also left me once again pondering what this means for the world of personal information security.  It has a number of us actually pondering what Apple is thinking about other than ease of use. Passbook gives the user a really easy…

Apple Inc. has released the latest version of their iPhone Operating System iOS version 5.1.  The latest release of iOS includes the following fixes and enhancements: Japanese language support for Siri (availability may be limited during initial rollout) Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream Camera shortcut now always visible on Lock Screen for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation) Camera face detection now highlights all detected faces Redesigned Camera app for iPad Genius…

Spectre Media announced that they will be introducing a new iOS based Starship Troopers game, done in cooperation with the movie house, Sony Pictures.   The game will be announced at the Game Developers Conderence going on this week in San Francisco, Ca.   The game will be released sometime later this summer with the timing of the release coinciding with the release of the new Starship Troopers movie also due out this year. This will be the dirst time the Starship…

The iOS 5 Update for the iPhone and iPad has finally been released and the only thing we could say here was WOW!  It is massive and the difference between iOS 4 and 5 is like comparing Apples and oranges.  The update ran and re-booted nicely and we were back and running with our 3gS as we await the 4S.  Included in the update is the following items: •    Notifications ◦    Swipe from the top of any screen to view…

This week is scheduled to be one of the biggest update weeks in the history of Apple, Inc. with a slew of program and product updates coming.   On the agenda are: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 iTunes 10.5 iOS 5 iCloud iPhone 4S (HD Video, 8MP Camera, 64GB) iPod Touch (Pricing Change, new white edition) iPod Nano (Pricing change,  new built in sensors) With all of the updates happening at once, it is easy for some of the items to…

Apple, Inc. this week took measures to curb the bruhaha caused by the iPhone tracking peoples locations with a new release of IOS.  Version 4.3.3 reduces the size of the tracking  cache, as well as totally eliminating the cache when tracking is turned off.   The cache also is no longer backed up to iTunes, thus eliminating the possibility of the iPhone tracking movements unless done so through the user controlled settings. For more information about the update, you can check…

Apple, Inc. has released an update for iOS.  (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1358) Version 4.3.1 is intended to fix a number of anomalies in iOS 4.3 including: Fixes an occasional graphics glitch on iPod touch (4th generation) Resolves bugs related to activating and connecting to some cellular networks Fixes image flicker when using Apple Digital AV Adapter with some TVs Resolves an issue authenticating with some enterprise web services The update was not totally unexpected since many users were reporting issues with the iOS…

In obvious preparation for next weeks release of the iPad2, Apple has released the iOS 4.3 Gold Master to its developers.  With the new technologies implemented into the new iPad2, Apple is hedging its bets that one week will be enough for most developers to catch up on the Apps and get the new Apps into the App Store prior to the release of the iPad. There are sure to be a ton of new apps utilizing the cameras and…