As expected, today’s keynote at the WWDC was delivered by CEO Tim Cook. It’s Apple’s 23rd WWDC event. A look at the Apple Store: 400 million accounts with credit cards 650,000 apps now available with 225,000 for the iPad 30 billion apps now downloaded with US$5 billion paid out to developers Offered in 120 countries with an additional 32 to […]
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Rumour: Apple iOS 6 to drop support for original iPad
Apple is expected to unveil the next version of its iOS mobile operating system later today as its World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) gets underway. Banners going up in preparation for the event pretty much confirmed that it would be known as iOS 6. A forum post at Chinese website WeiPhone now claims to have obtained the list of compatible […]
Apple iOS 6 announcement confirmed by WWDC banners
WWDC 2012 kicks off Monday and preparations are underway at San Fransisco’s Moscone West Center for the event. While Apple has only promised to talk about the “future of iOS, ” it is widely expected that it will unveil the latest version of iOS. Banners being put up for the event have now confirmed that this will indeed happen. The […]
Facebook launches App Center in U.S.
About a month after unveiling it, Facebook yesterday launched its App Center, its own version of an app store. Some 600 apps are already available, all of which use Facebook in some fashion. It is available through the Facebook iOS and Android apps as well as Facebook.com. Among available apps are Draw Something, Pinterest, Ghosts of Mistwood, and Ghost Recon […]
Rumour: Leaked video shows redesigned iPhone 5 back casing
Rumours that the next iPhone would sport a larger 4-inch display have been supported by a number of leaked pictures of case components (as well as a video of the front panel. Now a video has surfaced giving us a closer look at the new back casing. The part shown in the video is quite similar to one shown in […]
Windows Phone to top iOS by 2016?
For the latest version of its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report, market research firm IDC has gazed into its crystal ball and made some interesting predictions about the worldwide mobile phone market. Overall, it expects mobile phones shipments to top 1.8 billion units this year, up slightly from the 1.7 billion shipped in 2011. By 2016, that figure will […]
New hardware details for upcoming iPhone revealed in iOS 6?
Much has been said and seen recently about the alleged larger display and physical changes coming to the next iPhone. Digging into a beta version of iOS 6, 9to5Mac has found some some new information about what could be under the hood. First up, the iPhone 5 could sport a new processor, the ARM S5L8950X. The number of cores and […]
Weekend fun: Angry Birds Space heads to Utopia
Are you faced with the dilemma of what to do now that you have 3 starred Angry Birds Space and even beaten the Danger Zone? Fortunately, Rovio has come to the rescue with a new Angry Birds Space episode. Called Utopia, it promises more planets and more sweetness. Utopia is also a friendly reminder that we get excited about the […]