Apple admitted on Thursday it has used and supported in the past CarrierIQ software, but it says it hasn’t used it for tracking keystrokes or messages. The company says it stopped supporting this software “in most” of its products with iOS 5. Read More »
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Kickstarter is somehow becoming even better at unearthing smart, off-the-beaten-path ideas that you won’t come across anywhere else. Here’s a way to make your iPhone a true all-in-one device, an old-school improvement for the most advanced smartphone, and a stylus that sticks with you. Read More »
Apple addressed criticism on Wednesday night that Siri, the virtual assistant built in to every iPhone 4S, couldn’t retrieve information about abortion clinics when asked. Apple’s response is basically that Siri is a beta product, but that won’t be enough to sidestep the service’s political ramifications. Read More »
Welcome to another installment of Tips and Tricks, the series that aims to teach you something new about your Apple stuff. This time, we’ll be taking a look at Siri and how changing one or two words in your query can produce completely different results. Read More »
The original Path, a social network designed around exclusive, photo-centric sharing, proved a tad underwhelming in my opinion. But version 2.0, available Wednesday, is more than just lipstick on a pig. It’s an entirely new course for Path, and a very promising one. Read More »
I live in a constant nightmare of wrangling cables. Any time someone suggests a solution that might cut down on the number of cables I have to deal with on any given day, I’m all ears. That’s the case with Innergie’s new Magic Cable Duo and… Read More »
The Jawbone UP is already one of the hottest products this holiday season, with anticipated wait times when ordering the device from the Apple Store around 4-6 weeks as of now. So did the UP impress during a week of testing, or was it a let-down? Read More »
Amazingly, Apple approved an app called iTether that lets you share your iOS device’s data connection with a Mac or PC over USB — regardless of whether or not your carrier allows tethering. Even more surprising, maybe, is that it works with 3G-enabled iPads, too. Read More »
The iOS 5.1 beta software from Apple was released Monday afternoon for developers, and while at first it didn’t appear to add much, investigations by users have produced a few interesting tidbits about what’s new. Most interesting of all could be references to the next iPad. Read More »
A mobile device mount that uses powerful suction to provide easy viewing in a variety of situations, and an iPad stylus that goes beyond capacitive input to provide more accurate and sensitive pen-based input. Thanks for keeping iOS device accessories interesting, Kickstarter. Read More »
My iPhone is so handy and so much better at getting good pictures than it used to be that I find myself taking out the DSLR kit less and less these days. A new iPhone accessory concept aims to make the DSLR completely irrelevant. Read More »
Apple won an impressive 42.8 percent of all U.K. smartphone sales in October, based largely on the introduction of the iPhone 4S. It’s the first time since Nov. 2010 that Apple saw its share of the U.K. smartphone market grow. Read More »