Apple has announced that iOS 7 will be available starting September 18th. The latest version of iOS features a dramatically different user interface with new, flat graphics, icons, and other elements. It also introduce a new Control Center, notification center, and more. Like most updates, iOS 7 will be available as a free update for […]
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VLC for iOS hits the App Store (again)
VLC is an open source media player app for for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and other platforms. While there’s also a version for iOS, it was pulled from the App Store after a brief time in Apple’s marketplace, and for the past few years VLC for iOS has only been available for jailbroken devices. That […]
Lilbits (7-16-2013): Augmented reality apps for Google Glass
Google’s wearable computing platform is still in its infancy. Right now folks who spent $1500 on Google Glass Explorer Edition devices can basically ask for directions, look up a few things, do a little web surfing, and run a handful of apps. But eventually Google Glass could change the way we look at the world […]
New Google Maps update for mobile rolling out, adds tablet UI, drops Latitude
Google is starting to roll out its new Google Maps app for smartphones and tablets. It has a simpler user interface that puts the maps front and center a center, a new dedicated tablet version for Android tablets, and retires the Google Latitude location tracking service. The update starts hitting Android devices this week, and […]
Microsoft Office hits iOS… for subscribers only
Microsoft Office is finally available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. There’s just one catch: You can’t just buy the app and use it. It’s available as a free download from the App Store, but you’ll need an Office 365 subscription to use Excel, Word, and PowerPoint on an iOS device. The software’s optimized for […]
Apple introduces iTunes Radio, a Pandora-like internet radio service
Apple is getting into the streaming music service business with the launch of iTunes Radio. It’s a free service that lets you stream music from more than 200 stations. It’s sort Apple’s answer to Pandora. You can access iTunes Radio on a Mac, PC, Apple TV device, or iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. While the […]
iOS 7 coming this fall with new look, improved multitasking, and more
Apple has unveiled what it’s calling the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone. A developer preview of iOS 7 launches today, but the update should be available for the latest iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad models this fall. The update brings an entirely new design, updated apps, a control center that […]
Google’s subscription music service coming soon to iOS
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently said there’s nothing stopping the company from releasing apps for Android… if the company saw any reason to do that. Meanwhile, Google has long been offering apps that run on Apple’s mobile devices, including official Google Maps, YouTube, and Gmail apps. Now it looks like Google’s “All Access” subscription music […]
Apple releases iOS 6.1.3, kills evasi0n untethered jailbreak
Apple released a minor software update for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices this week. It offered improved maps for Japan and fixed a security vulnerability that could allow users to access the Phone app on an iPhone without first entering a security code. But that’s not the only vulnerability Apple patched in iOS 6.1.3 […]
Amazon updates Kindle app for iOS, tells users not to install it
Amazon rolled out an updated version of the Kindle app for iOS this week… and then promptly updated the description to tell users not to install Kindle version 3.6.1 on an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. That’s because the update that was supposed to fix bugs actually added a major one: It deletes user’s books […]