Apple already uses sapphire to protect the iPhone 5s’s Touch ID sensor and camera lens, and all the latest rumors point to Apple introducing an iPhone 6 this fall with a sapphire display, likely manufactured at Apple’s sapphire plant in Arizona. So how do you think Samsung is going to respond? Do you even have to ask?
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Falling squarely into the “Why didn’t I think of that?!” category, Since is a gorgeous and unique photo editor for the iPhone that is now available for free for a limited time. This isn’t just another typical photo editor that tosses in a bunch of overused filters and sends the user on his or her way. Instead, Since is a novel app that serves a single awesome function.
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There are countless factors to take into consideration when crafting the perfect password, but after the Heartbleed scare, it’s worth taking every precaution available in order to protect your private data. One of the most reliable password management apps we’ve ever used, 1Password, finally has a release date for Android after months of beta testing. Android users — you’ll be safer than ever starting on June 10th.
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January 8th, 2009. On this day, in the midst of the usual noise that surrounds the year’s most extravagant electronics show, Palm debuted the Pre. Outside of its radical software, the most notable hardware feature was one that truly was ahead of its time… years ahead, in fact. The phone supported wireless charging, with the Touchstone charger ushering in the idea well before most anyone else was even thinking about it.
Half a decade has passed, and we’re still waiting for wireless charging to matter.
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Apple’s plan to buy up Beats has left many analysts scratching their heads and wondering why Tim Cook and the crew at Cupertino are spending $3.2 billion to acquire an audio hardware and software company. Writing over at Techpinions, Jackdaw analyst Jan Dawson explains that many people are worried that the Beats deal might be a sign that Apple has started to listen too much to the outside noise from Wall Street investors demanding that it make flashy, aggressive moves to reignite its growth.
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One of the greatest annoyances in our technology-filled world is the constant need to charge our phones, tablets, computers and cameras. Just about everything we carry around with us could die after a few hours, which is why wireless charging might be the next big innovation in the tech sector. MIT Technology Review was recently visited by George Holmes, the VP of sales and marketing at Energous, to test the company’s wireless charging technology — WattUp.
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The success of the PlayStation 4 cannot be understated. After capitalizing on Microsoft’s PR blunders with the Xbox One, Sony took charge of the new generation of gaming and never looked back. Sales have been outstanding, indie developers are rushing to get their games on the PlayStation Store and this week, CEO Kaz Hirai announced at a corporate strategy meeting that the brand new console is already profitable.
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Long before the iPhone came along and shifted consumer interest away from dedicated digital music players, there existed a small, chunky Apple device called an “iPod.” The device was best known for its nifty click wheel and the shocking amount of music it could store on its hard disk drive — that’s right, old iPods actually used HDD storage — but the iPod also shipped with a fun little game called “Music Quiz.” Now, fellow dinosaurs can relive the iPod era with a new iPhone app that was just released this past week.
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Now that we’ve seen more than our fair share of iPhone 6 mockups, it’s nice that we now might finally be getting to see pictures of actual iPhone 6 parts. Nowhereelse.fr has posted a new leaked picture that purportedly shows the iPhone 6’s LCD backlight panel for the first time and it’s supposedly from the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 model.
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Samsung has tried to cut down on its “feature spam” problem by introducing only a handful of new features to its new devices that it thinks will really enhance the user experience. SamMobile’s sources claim that Samsung is planning to add four features to the Galaxy Note 4 that could definitely improve its functionality over its earlier smartphones, all without overwhelming users with spammy apps that they’ll never use.
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