When Microsoft finally unbundles the Kinect from the Xbox One later this month, it will be more than just good news for consumers; Microsoft confirmed to Eurogamer on Thursday that without Kinect, the additional resources on the new Xbox One units will “allow access to up to 10 per cent additional GPU performance,” giving developers the opportunity to make their games look even better on the new generation console.
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If a dozen independent reports from insiders, analysts and some of the most respected newspapers in the world are to be believed, Apple will launch two completely redesigned iPhones in 2014. The first will be an iPhone 6 that debuts in September with a thinner housing, a 4.7-inch display and a sleek new design. Then, sometime ahead of the holidays, Apple is expected to release a second new iPhone model with a similar look and an even bigger 5.5-inch screen.
We have seen plenty of leaks surrounding these supposed new iPhone models, and the latest one gives us a good idea of just how much bigger Apple’s new iPhones will be compared to the company’s current handsets.
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Hating your ISP has become one of America’s great national pastimes but there’s one ISP that’s actually trying to be liked by its customers for a change — and we’re not even talking about Google Fiber. Multichannel News has a terrific interview with Dan Jasper, the CEO of California ISP Sonic.net, and he calls out many rival ISPs’ business practices as both bad for consumers and completely unnecessary.
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We continue to get a tremendous amount of positive feedback on our ongoing series on well designed iPhone apps that everyone should check out, and the reason for that is fairly obvious: it’s hard to find great apps. The right app can completely change your iPhone experience dramatically though, and we have made it our mission to help as many people as possible find great apps that make using their iPhones a little bit more enjoyable.
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Yosemite, Apple’s recently unveiled OS X update, will be officially available to consumers free of charge on an unspecified date this fall. Until then, Mac owners who want to try out the new Yosemite features have several options if they want to get it early.
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HTC’s marketing for its phones has been… well, the less said about it the better. That said, a new report from Evleaks indicates that HTC may have finally found a clever hook to sell its new smartphones and it thankfully doesn’t involve the Hipster Troll Carwash. According to Evleaks, HTC is working on a new phone called the HTC Eye that will release in the fourth quarter this year on AT&T and will be billed as a phone that’s designed to take “the ultimate selfie.”
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With the annual Google I/O conference just a few weeks away, we can undoubtedly expect the pace of related leaks to accelerate leading up to the event. Case in point: It appears as though the first ever photos of Google’s unreleased Nexus 8 tablet have just leaked.
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Apple did not unveil any hardware to go with its brand new software products at WWDC 2014, but the company may have several hardware announcements brewing for later this year. In addition to new iPhones and iPads, Apple could also unveil new Macs, including the first ever Retina iMac all-in-one lineup. The company’s OS X Yosemite operating system, which is already available to developers, apparently includes support for Retina iMacs, a Macbidouille reader has discovered.
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Apple is far from releasing the iWatch, a device that will reportedly pack plenty of health and fitness sensors to help users collect various data that would be stored on an iOS device inside the newly unveiled Health iOS 8 app, but the company is clearly putting more and more emphasis on wearable tech in its announcements. After confirming the Health app and announcing the corresponding HealthKit tool for developers at WWDC 2014, Apple has released a new iPhone 5s ad that’s all about exercise.
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Google has posted its latest Android distribution numbers on its developers site, revealing huge growth for Android 4.4 KitKat, compared to previous months. Even so, KitKat adoption is still lagging behind older operating systems, an ecosystem “feature” Apple highlighted during the WWDC 2014 opening keynote.
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