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First, let’s talk about some of the business needs of smartphone users in a roundabout order of importance. Phone – it IS a iPhone afterall Email – currently the most popular means of business communications Address/Phone Book – a contact database SMS – quick and dirty way to contact another mobile phone user VoiceMail – a (up until now unweildy) database of voice messages Chat client – a meeans of “instant” messaging that is rapidly increasing in popularity WEB BROWSER – by far the most underpowered and underappreciated part of a mobile phone which is the lifeblood of the desktop machine Calendar, maps, spreadheets, document reader etc....

Apple has officially launched its iPhone Universtiy development program. While they aren’t going to be challenging USC at football anytime soon(fight-on!), they are going to be partnering with many universities throughout the country to bring the iPhone development process into the hands of many of the world’s best students. If you represent an accredited university, you can apply here. From Apple: The iPhone Developer University Program is a free program designed for higher education institutions looking to introduce curriculum for developing iPhone or iPod touch applications....

In 2013, one year after Marvel brought Earth’s mightiest heroes on the big screen together for the first time in The Avengers, the studio released Iron Man 3. Tony Stark is easily the MCU’s most popular – and possibly its most significant – character, so the conclusion of his standalone outings was a huge deal. Superhero fans turned up in droves to see the movie, excited for Iron Man to finally face his arch-nemesis, the Mandarin....

Ark: Survivor evolved is a title that has been around for a while now. Initially, it was released for Linux, Windows, macOS, Xbox One, and Playstation 4 in 2017. Then in the following year, the title was released for Android, IOS, and Nintendo Switch. This survival is a fan favourite for many where players are dropped on an island filled with dangerous creatures, and the key is to survive. This is a multiplayer game where friends can play with each other together....

This is already becoming insane: the iPad 2 is now shipping in 4-5 weeks from the Apple online store. That means if you order an iPad 2 from the online store right now it won’t show up at your door step for over a month. That’s about 11 months before the iPad 3 or less if Apple has a fall surprise up its sleeve. Apple’s own retail stores are also facing shortages with many customers walking out with a model they didn’t particularly want or nothing at all....

iPad Black Friday deals return before Christmas in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break, plus Apple Watch deals from $180, and Apple Pencil 2 is down to $105. You’ll find all that and more down below. iPads return to Black Friday pricing Apple Watch deals from $180 Today only, Woot offers refurbished Apple Watch Series 4 models 44mm from $300. Both GPS and Cellular models are available. As a comparison, these originally sold for at least $429 and we saw them go as low as $329 over the holidays in new condition....

Why? Well, competing firms will be required to not only blend advanced software technologies, but to deploy sophisticated hardware components – but Apple’s new low price strategy means competitors will be force to sell their devices at prices that match – or undercut – those of Apple; and that limits their options. First effect of the new wave was felt today at Synaptics, where the analysts at Oppenheimer have slashed estimates on the company’s stock, driving it to fall $2....

iPhone pulled in 1.75 percent of all UK online product searches during the week ending December 5. In addition, it accounted for 14.01 percent of all mobile phone searches, Brand Republic tells us. The second most searched for product? iPod touch, which gathered 1.29 percent of all searches in the period. The iPod nano took third place, with 0.5 per cent of all product searches. Amalgamated, the data means Apple products accounted for at least 3....

Dropping a phone is a nightmare for almost everyone, but have you ever imagined letting your iPhone fall from a plane? That’s exactly what happened to Brazilian documentary filmmaker Ernesto Galiotto, who dropped his iPhone from the sky — and more surprisingly, the phone survived, and its built-in camera recorded everything. As first reported by G1, Galiotto was flying over a beach located in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, for one of his projects....

Following our clearest look yet at the 4.7 inch phone yesterday, this morning photos of the larger 5.5 inch ‘iPhone 7 Plus’ have purportedly appeared on Weibo. Some sources have described the 5.5 inch model as a separate SKU, an ‘iPhone 7 Pro’ as it were, although whether this will come to pass is unclear. These latest iPhone 7 photos once again show a very similar design to the iPhone 6s Plus … with the interesting addition of a Smart Connector, visible at the bottom of the device on the back side....

Developer Psychochromatic explains: “Looking at the hardware specs, I knew iPhone would be able to play a simple game like Doom no problem as it was open-source and already ran on the click-wheel iPod running Linux. I knew Stepwhite, who I work with on Mac projects, and as he’d just bought himself an iPhone and was working with the unofficial tool-chain I jokingly told him he had one week to port Doom to iPhone, and all it had to do was run; he didn’t have to implement controls....

An award-winning iPhone hack was used by the Chinese government to spy on Uyghur Muslims, giving Beijing total control of their phones. A detailed report says that Chinese white-hat hackers used to participate in the annual Pwn2Own contest designed to uncover and exploit zero-day security vulnerabilities. The hackers win cash prizes, and the issues are reported to the companies concerned so that they can be fixed before details are shared publicly …...

So this is the story…. Instead of the normal iJailbreak or Ziphone hacks, the iPhone Dev Team is releasing (update: may be a week late) a full firmware hack that allows you to use itunes to upload and download any software you want to your iPhone (even a full OS?). You could also change the processor speed up to 667 from 400Mhz if you wanted to. In the future, you could also back up your iPhone with all of the hacked apps, settings, videos, songs, etc....

Google Maps iPhone users rejoiced when they the new Google maps was finally released. It allows you to find directions, voice guided turn by turn navigation, public transit directions, street view, and a lot more more. Google Street View helps users view a 360 degree panorama view of many places around the globe. If you’re tired of Apple Maps, you definitely need to install Google’s. Price: Free Download Google Maps...

Want a really good reason to make sure your iOS device is all suited and booted for use with Apple’s (now free) Find My (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) system? Here’s one — a cunning piece of kit which will suck out all the data from inside your device so prying eyes can go through your contact details and anything else you have stashed on your smartphone. Using SpyGadgets’ iRecovery Stick you can recover text messages, phone call history, internet history, contacts, pictures and graphics, calendar entries, map history, and much more — basically anything stashed in the iPhone’s memory....

Ship times for Apple’s new iPad slipped again this evening to two to three weeks in the United States, which was previously March 19 across the board. Many European Stores have been at two to three weeks for a few days now. Meanwhile, Apple told USA Today: Remember, those “charts” are the iPad 2 charts, and that thing was already a big success. Apple sells a new iPad once a year and keeps its price controls consistent....

Due to the software-related issues or any background running tasks, some of the apps may get crashing or freezing or closing forcefully. If your iPhone 11 apps are freezing or crashing or closing randomly, that means something needs to be set up properly. It can be either software bug or maybe you’ve been updated your device to the latest software version or storage issue, etc. Meanwhile, the issue can be the app itself....

Most iPhone reviews are fairly predictable, because what’s not to like about a new iPhone? There will always be features people wished Apple had added that it didn’t, of course, but the new iPhone is always significantly better than the model it replaced. For the first time, that isn’t exclusively true. The main issue, of course, is the one everyone’s been talking about for months: the loss of the headphone socket....

Iron Man: Armored Adventures was an animated show that followed the misadventures of a teenage Tony Stark - let’s look at the best episodes from the show’s first season. Prior to the original Iron Man movie in 2008, the character was considered something of a b-list property. When Marvel first announced their plan to launch a cinematic universe that would unite characters like Tony Stark, Thor, and Captain America, rival studios found the ambitious concept insanely risky....

ABI Research is out with its latest report of the top 20 smartphone models sold worldwide with the 16GB iPhone 5s taking the top spot for Q1 2014. Apple and Samsung dominate the majority of the top spots, which is no surprise to anyone following smartphone marketshare numbers. All of the top 5 that ABI shared in its press release are made up of Apple and Samsung devices with variants of the Galaxy S4, S3, and the 8GB iPhone 4 following behind the iPhone 5s....