I know that this isn’t going to be any comfort to those suffering from iOS 9.3 bugs, but according to mobile app analytics firm Apteligent, the new release a has a crash rate of only 2.2 percent. This is a far lower crash rate than experienced by earlier releases of iOS. Apteligent It’s interesting to […]
Safari Technology Preview lets devs test upcoming HTML, JavaScript, and CSS features — and report bugs. Image: Apple Apple has launched the Safari Technology Preview to give developers an early look at web technologies in the pipeline for iOS and OS X. Although the preview version of Safari is only for OS X, Apple says […]
If you’ve been affected by the iOS 9.3 hyperlinks bug, your wait for a fix is over as Apple pushes out iOS 9.3.1 to iPhone and iPad users. According to Apple, the update “fixes an issue that caused apps to be unresponsive after tapping on links in Safari and other apps.” In other words, this […]
CNET Estimates suggest that there are a lot of crusty old beige-box PCs out there, with some 600 million of them over five years old. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said that this was “sad,” and that he’d like to see them taken out of service and replaced with shiny new […]
Apple unveils new iPad Pro, iPhone SE Apple held a press event this week to show off the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro and iPhone SE. If you didn’t get to see the event that’s OK as ZDNet has broken it down by the numbers. Source: ZDNet Preorders open for iPad Pro, iPhone SE Though only […]
Apple faces off against the FBI The FBI has demanded that Apple unlock a terrorist’s phone for law enforcement and the company has refused. At stake is Apple’s fear that a special version of iOS to do what the FBI wants will be bad for all iPhone owners should it get out in the wild. […]
(Image: ZDNet/CBS Interactive) Apple has released a new software update for iPhones and iPads. Users should update as soon as possible as it fixes a major flaw that could allow some encrypted content used in iMessage to be unscrambled. The company said Monday that iOS 9.3 comes with a fix that would fix a flaw […]
The day after announcing it had purchased cross-platform mobile tool vendor Xamarin, Microsoft officials are offering a few new details about the company’s Universal Windows Platforms onboarding strategy. As previously rumored, Microsoft is dropping work on its Android “bridge,” or toolkit for bringing Android apps to Windows 10. It’s putting all its mobile-toolkit eggs in […]
CBS Interactive Apple’s new version of the 9.7-inch iPad said to be announced in mid-March won’t be called the “iPad Air” and will be added to the iPad Pro line instead, according to Mark Gurman of 9to5mac. The new 9.7-inch tablet, which will have Apple Pencil capability and a Smart Keyboard, will join the 12.7-inch […]
iPad shipments expected to hit new low A report indicates that iPad shipments could hit a new low in the first quarter of this year. One major industry analyst believes Apple will only ship around 40 million iPads in 2016, a 16 percent drop from last year. Source: BNR 11.6 million Apple Watches shipped in […]