iOS 10 focuses on user experience improvements, vastly upgraded Siri
While it’s pretty much customary of Apple to tout every new software release as the biggest, greatest, most groundbreaking ever, iOS 10 may well deliver on its promise of being the “biggest iOS...
View ArticlePhotos on iOS incorporates Memories, a bit of HTC Zoe
Google Photos may have been the first with the smart album in the cloud, but Photos on iOS won’t let Apple’s foes across the bay beat it.Albums for geographical, time-based events — otherwise known as...
View ArticleApple unveils iOS 10-integrated Home app for smart home controls
Apple just outdid itself by improving iOS in not one, not two or three or more departments, but ten to go nicely with the new platform’s name. Of course, at first glance, News and HomeKit upgrades are...
View ArticleiMessage on iOS 10 gets fancy, calls too
When you buy a phone, mission one for the thing is to communicate. And with new features tacked onto the calls side and the iMessage side, we have plenty of communication going on.New APIs for the...
View ArticleMac OS X becomes macOS Sierra
When you talk about “OS X,” Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, ribbed his engineers for going on some “inspired” tour around California. Well, now it’s time to say hello to...
View ArticleApple Music gets redesigned from “bottom up”
Apple Music’s user interface is changing for the simpler.There are new sections for the app including Recent Music, For You and Browse.For You contains a “Discovery Mix,” something like a “Discover...
View ArticleiOS 10 overtime: uninstalling default apps, device compatibility
It’s been one doozy of a day with WWDC’s keynote wrapping up in some of the most comprehensive updates to the ecosystem in a while. iOS 10 has brought some big changes to its core features. But you...
View ArticleiOS 10, macOS Sierra, watchOS 3 & more WWDC 2016 first impressions
Apple’s WWDC wrapped up a hours minutes ago, and even if all we received is software, it’s hard to not admit that the changes are all worth enough to not load the Pocketnow Daily with just this as the...
View ArticleLara Croft GO, Streaks and INKS lead list of Apple Design Award winners
If you were wondering where Google got the idea for its inaugural Play Awards bestowed upon Android app developers at last month’s I/O conference, Apple just wrapped up day one of WWDC 2016 by handing...
View ArticleWould you install iMessage on Android if it became available?
WWDC’s keynote has come and gone, and with it, we have seen a glimpse of Apple’s plans for the future. Not surprisingly, Apple’s plans are rather Apple-centric. I know what you’re thinking. “Duh, it’s...
View ArticleiOS 10 deletes user data from stock apps, not the apps themselves
Pop our bubble, why doesn’t Apple?We mentioned that you can delete certain pre-loaded apps provided by Apple on iOS 10 from your machine. The support page for the topic even uses the word “delete” and...
View ArticleiOS 10 beta 2 is out as are other Apple OS beta updates
We’re diving right into July and the second wave of beta kits has arrived for all Apple developers working on iOS 10, macOS Sierra, watchOS 3.0 and tvOS. Most of the changes are minor tweaks, but...
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