WWDC 2018 Good news for anyone who has an older iOS device — iOS 12 won’t be sending you to the Apple Store to buy new hardware. Put simply, if your iPhone or iPad can run iOS 11 then it will also run the iOS 12 update scheduled to land ...
Read More »iOS 11.4 tip: How to enable Messages in iCloud (and why you might want to keep this feature turned off)
iOS 11.4 is out, and it brings with it a feature that was first promised to us in iOS 11.3 designed to help streamline messaging between devices. Called Messages in iCloud, it syncs messages you receive through the Messages app across your devices, whether that be your iPhone, iPad, iPod ...
Read More »WWDC 2018: 9 features I want to see in iOS 12
Video: iPhone lovers are desperate for changes. Here’s a wish list Apple has invited members of the press to the opening keynote for its Worldwide Developer Conference. It will take place on June 4 at 10am PST/1pm EST. During the keynote, Apple typically shows off the next version of its ...
Read More »Windows 10, Android and iOS: Gearing up for the next ecosystem battle
How big is big enough? One hundred million users? A billion users? Big numbers are back in the news, as Microsoft confirms there are now nearly 700 million devices running Windows 10. Microsoft, of course, had an original target of one billion devices running Windows 10 within three years of ...
Read More »Time to look beyond iPhone sales
Apple’s Q2 18 results are out, and to say it was an interesting quarter is an understatement to say the least. See also : Don’t buy these Apple products (May 2018 edition) Let’s start with Apple’s flagship product — the iPhone. While year-on-year growth of only 3 percent might on ...
Read More »Microsoft's new open-source tech turns iPads, Surface Pros into big touchscreen
Video: Microsoft hits ‘human milestone’ with Chinese-to-English machine translator. Microsoft has released open-source hardware designs and software for a new semi-rigid modular mobile system called SurfaceConstellations. The designs, developed by engineers at Microsoft Research and University College London, offer a way to tailor multi-screen workspaces using 3D printed brackets, multiple ...
Read More »Apple releases iOS 11.3.1 to fix unresponsive iPhone 8 displays
Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/ZDNet If you were one of the unlucky users who had an iPhone 8 screen replaced by a third-party, only to update to iOS 11.3 and have it stop working, Apple has released an update that fixes your phone. With the release of iOS 11.3.1, Apple specifically ...
Read More »Apple iPad (2018) review: The best gets even better
Four years ago, my daughter would come home from school and tell me all about the games and applications she used at school that day. Apps that taught her numbers and letters, then later math and how to read. As my two younger kids started going to school, I looked ...
Read More »Apple's March 27 event: What to expect and how to watch
Can Apple cut into Google’s education tech lead? Apple recently sent out invites to a special event, where the company is expected to announce new products and services – including new iPads. (Sorry, no iPhones.) The Apple event is taking place in an entirely new city — and at a ...
Read More »Apple's education event has elephant in the room named Google
Video: Can Apple cut into Google’s tech lead? Apple in the Enterprise: A Strategic Guide Once a pariah in the enterprise, Apple has quietly emerged as a darling of executives and professionals because of the ease of use of the iPhone and the iPad. We look at how the influx ...
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