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Watch ABC app for iOS aims to fight back Aereo

, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's been rumored for a couple months that ABC would be releasing a live-streaming mobile app where users could watch live television on their mobile devices, and it seems that ABC is coming through with such an app. The television network launched Watch ABC for iOS today, and it's aiming to change how viewers watch TV, as well as attempting to get Aereo off their back. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Messenger coming to iOS and Android this summer

, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

During BlackBerry's Live event in Florida today, the company announced that its popular BlackBerry Messenger service (a.k.a. BBM) will be heading to iOS and Android later this summer. The app will support cross-platform messaging, meaning that users on BlackBerry can talk with iOS and Android users with the BBM app. Read The Full Story

Flipboard update brings SMS sharing, proves that text messaging isn’t dead

, May 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Flipboard has updated its iOS app to add even more features on top of the recently-updated 2.0 version that was released on iOS and Android not too long ago. Today's update brings new profile pages, a new "Friends" category, improved sharing that now comes with SMS support, and the ability to save an image to your camera roll by tapping on it. Read The Full Story

Amazon Cloud Drive Photos for iOS takes on Google, Dropbox and Apple

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Amazon has launched its Cloud Drive Photos app on iOS today, joining the Android app as a solution for avid mobile photo snappers to automatically have their creations uploaded in the cloud and organized for sharing and viewing. The app looks to take on Apple's Photo Steam iCloud feature, as well as Google's and Dropbox's solutions. Read The Full Story

Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol soars onto iOS

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

2K and Firaxis Games have announced the launch of a new video game for iOS gamers. The game looks very interesting and comes from Sid Meier, the person behind the incredibly popular Civilization series of video games. The new game is called Ace Patrol. Read The Full Story

Netflix for iOS update brings auto-play and more recommendations

, May 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

Netflix has updated its iOS app today with a couple of new features that are mostly minor, but are said to improve the app's experience overall. Just as with the web-based version of Netflix and other app versions, the new iOS app now automatically plays the next episode of a TV series after the previous episode ends. The update also includes recommendations that appear after a movie ends. Read The Full Story

iOS 7 traffic appears as WWDC approaches

, May 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple's annual WWDC conference is set to begin on June 10, which just over a month away. It's expected that Apple will unveil some new hardware and software during the keynote, including iOS 7. As rumors of an updated version of iOS have been surfacing over the past few weeks, we've started to notice bits of traffic from iOS 7 devices appear in our analytics logs, hinting to the possibility that iOS 7 is being alpha-tested. Read The Full Story

iOS Amazon Cloud Player hits Ford SYNC AppLink-equipped vehicles

, May 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week Ford and Amazon have attached at the hip, pushing their Amazon MP3 app's connectivity in iOS device to Ford SYNC AppLink-equipped vehicles. Now if a user works with an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad and has a Ford vehicle with SYNC AppLink abilities, they'll be able to stream music from their Amazon Cloud Player music library automatically. This is a rare moment in which iOS connectivity has come after, not before, a similar feature working with Android devices. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile iPhone unit sales reach 500,000 in less than a month

, May 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week T-Mobile USA has reported earnings for their financial first quarter of 2013, making a special point of recognizing iPhone sales. As this quarter was the first that the company was able to sell any iPhone directly, it had the potential to be a new era for the company with a new operating system amongst their ranks. As it were, 500,000 unit sales of the iPhone 5, this after introducing the device for sale on April 12th. Read The Full Story

OPPO Find 5 vs iPhone 5: brands’ top-tier mobile devices clash

, May 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

With the OPPO Find 5 seeing a surprising amount of interest in the forums and across-the-ocean mobile carriers of the world this month, it comes time to compare to one of the other most-searched smartphones on the planet: the iPhone 5. Both devices are the hero smartphone for their manufacturer, and both work with the newest (or ever-so-close to newest) mobile operating system available to them. Other than that, they’re quite a bit different from one another.

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Boingo iOS app updates with iTunes subscription billing

, May 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

Boingo, the WiFi hotspot service, has updated its iOS app with the ability to pay for Boingo's monthly subscription using your iTunes account. This means that Boingo users don't need to enter in their credit card information in the app, but instead just link it with their iTunes accounts, where users will be billed monthly using the payment method they have on file with iTunes. Read The Full Story

Retina iPad mini update coming quick says analyst, chip boost in 2014

, May 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

It would appear that the analysts at NPD DisplaySearch have run the numbers and decided that the iPad mini with full retina-quality display is well on its way. They've made it clear in their most recent report that the iPad mini's first big update will be appearing in the third quarter of 2013, if all goes well, with another update soon after. The second update, says NPD, will include not only a higher-definition display than the first edition - it'll have a boosted mobile processor under the hood, as well. Read The Full Story
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