iOS 16.1: New Features for iPhone and iPad
Here is what you need to know about the iOS 16.1 and the new features that come with it.
Top Apps for Writers to Create Written Works on the Go
In today’s digital world, it seems almost unnecessary to carry around a traditional journal and pen for writers. With the following apps for writers, you’ll never miss a beat as you create your written works on the go with your iPad, iPhone, or even MacBook! Editorial (iPad) – $4.99 Editorial is a plain text editor…
Kids Dropping The TV Remote For The iPad
A long, long time ago, in a day when your grandparents road dinosaurs to school but also somehow managed to walk to and from school, in a blizzard, uphill both ways, television was created. People were in a tizzy. Radio would no longer be the main medium of entertainment for children around the world. How…
Review: Hearthstone (iOS) – Is the Hearth as Much Fun on iPad?
This review was tested on a third generation iPad (2012) featuring only Wi-Fi. I did not have the opportunity to test out gameplay over a cellular network. Hearthstone has been out on PC for quite some time now, wowing players with its addictive card based gameplay. But with its recent release on iPad it’s now…
QuizUp: Become a Better Geek
Think you know everything about your favorite book, TV show, movie, band, or game? Consider yourself a bit of a history buff or science nerd? A new app allows you to test your knowledge against other fans from all over the world. Released only four months ago by a developer called Plain Vanilla, the trivia…
Jungle Warfare: Amazon Bites Apple with Kindle Fire HDX Promo
In an obvious nod to Apple’s hypnotic video presentations, Amazon has produced this commercial comparing their new Kindle Fire HDX favorably to the latest iPad Air. It makes for a refreshing change, really; we don’t often get to see these companies take direct shots at one another. Let’s run through what exactly it means to…
iPad 5 Rumors Roundup
Now that the iPhones are finally out, focus is slowly shifting back to the other big item in Apple’s inventory – the iPad. Expected to be unveiled at an Apple event sometime next month, the iPad, like the iPhone, has been leaking all over the place. Geek rounds up all the rumors and leaks for…
10 Hidden Features in iOS 7
Everyone using iOS 7 (or everyone not using it either) knows all about the OS. The introduction of features like the Control Center, the new flat interface, or AirDrop are all well-known among all of us now. But there’s a lot more to iOS 7. Read on to find some rather handy useful features from…
Analysing the iPhone 5C/5S Launch – Fall 2013
So that’s another high-profile technology conference concluded, and another that resembled a political rally the night before the polls open. Huge promises, slick slideshows, and even a celebrity endorsement – in this case a performance from Elvis Costello. But as I sat watching the news unfold at Apple’s September conference, none of my focus was…
What to Expect (And Hope) from today’s Apple Conference
The countdown is well underway and nearly complete for Apple’s Announcement Conference today. Today a new range of iPhones and iPads will be unveiled to the world. This is fairly certain. What they may look like, what they can do and what else Apple plans to bring out with a lower-case ‘i’ name is much…
App Review: Zoodles ‘Kid Mode’
You know how kids always be getting into your phone, sending pictures of their thumbs to your boss, deleting important messages and trying to call long distance to talk to Elmo? Now, there’s a way around it. But is it worth the download? These Kids Should Get Off My Interwebs And Into Zoodles Back in…
Getting Started with your New iPhone 1: Activate!
The excitement of a new iPhone is a unique one. Now that mobile phones have become an essential part of everyday life that most people cannot live without (And if people claim they can, they’re either lying or a hermit), switching, upgrading or changing phones in general is a big deal – on a par…
iOS 7 on iPad Photos+Video Leaks
Apple’s new-look, flat-faced iOS 7 has had not one, but two leaks in the past week. Both of them involved the iPad, but both seem to suggest conflicting variations in the functioning and interface of the upcoming OS, slated to hit devices this fall. The Images The first leak, by Twitter user Sonny Dickson, consisted…
iOS 7: What You Need To Know
So Apple has unveiled its highly anticipated iOS 7 at WWDC. The latest iteration of what Steve Jobs once claimed to be ‘5 years ahead of any other phone’, is what Tim Cook is now calling, 5 years later, ‘the biggest change to the platform since the iPhone’. iOS 7 is a completely redesigned experience…
Dubai Hotel Gives You a 24Karat Gold iPad
Dubai just cannot get enough of its extravagance. Known for its riches and luxuries, the Arab city’s Burj Al Arab hotel has taken one step, or multiple steps further to pamper its guests – gold iPads upon check-in. The Burj Al Arab in Dubai is widely referred to by people as the ‘world’s only 7-star…