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Apple on Monday released the new version of its iOS mobile operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The main innovation of the 7.1 is addition of CarPlay technology introduced last week, but there are much more improvements in addition to this tech. In particular, the iOS 7.1 fixes …

Foxconn Electronics will reportedly land record orders for Apple iPhone 6 this year. Apple wants its main manufacturing partner to produce as many as 90 million next-generation smartphones in 2014, if unofficial information is to be believed. As it appears, Apple is pretty confident that its new smartphones will become …

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. recently started to produce Apple’s next-generation A8 system-on-chips for upcoming iPhones and iPads, according to media reports. However, according to another report, the Cupertino, California-based consumer electronics giant could face difficulties with the A8 because of relatively low production yields. A number of Taiwan-based media outlets …

Apple has been dominant in the Tablet market for some time now, ever since the iPad launched nothing else could quite beat it in terms of sales, until 2013. Android tablets collectively dethroned the iPad last year after seeing a massive 127 per cent boost in sales. Research firm, Gartner, has …

Microsoft has Xbox Live features included in the Windows Phone OS,  in-fact, you can even earn achievements for your account on some mobile games but now the company wants to make Xbox Live cross platform by bringing the functionality to Android and iOS devices. Some details of the plan were …

Apple on Monday introduced CarPlay, a new way to use iPhone in cars that allows to integrate services provided by the iOS platform into the vehicles’ infotainment systems. Multiple leading makers of vehicles already announced plans to adopt CarPlay. Apple is the first designer of smartphone platforms that has created …

Apple is among the most financially successful companies in the high-tech industry. The firm remained profitable in 2008 – 2010 when most companies posted losses and it just continues to grow nowadays when many others stagnate. Nonetheless, certain financial analysts believe that going forward Apple will be unable to grow …

Have you ever lost small items at home or in office and then spent a lot of precious time to find them? Or maybe left home without keys? Or forgot something precious in a taxi? With Nokia Corp.’s new invention, this will never happen again. Nokia on Wednesday introduced “Treasure …

Microsoft Corp. apparently has not cancelled plans to release its Office software suite for Apple iPad media tablet, according to a report. The programs – including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote – may become available as soon as in the first half of this year. But isn’t Microsoft too late …

Tizen Association, an industry consortium that supports the development of an open source Tizen software platform and operating system, last week announced that it had been joined by 15 new members. The expansion of the Tizen team will likely speed up its adoption and will make the platform more competitive …

Apple introduced its second-generation media tablet – the iPad 2 – in March, 2011, nearly three years ago. The slate was in many ways better than its predecessor, which was discontinued immediately after the newcomer hit the market, and became a huge success. For a number of reasons Apple still …

Apple TV set-top-box (STB) was historically a pet project for the company, but recently things began to change as the company started to treat the product as a fully-functional device, not as an accessory for iPod, iPhone or iPad. The rumour has it that Apple is getting ready to release …

Apple has expanded the team of engineers who work on the iWatch smart-watch to over 200 people and is continuing to hire, according to a media report. In case the information is correct, then the development of the device is ongoing and hence it hardly makes sense to expect the …

Chief executive officer of Apple, Tim Cook, said in an interview that this year the company would finally introduce new product categories that could trigger further growth of the firm. As usually, the head of Apple remained tight-lipped about those devices and did not reveal when the company plans to …

Steve Wozniak, a co-founder of Apple, said in an interview that the company he helped to establish could make smartphones based on Google Android operating system in order to boost market share. At the same time, he said that the iPhone handsets have the right amount of features and capabilities …

Although Steve Jobs always wanted to build his own universe around Apple and its products, he carefully examined devices made by other companies and in many cases liked them. One of the companies he admired was Sony, so, he frequently visited its headquarters, looked at new products and shared his …

Imagination Technologies and Apple on Thursday made a disclosure with the London Stock Exchange that the latter has extended its multi-year, multi-use license agreement that allows it to utilise PowerVR graphics cores. The announcement means that Apple plans to continue using ImgTec’s PowerVR graphics in its future system-on-chips that power …

Apple seems to be gearing up for an overhaul of the Apple TV, recent changes to the company's main website would suggest. The set top box device is now being promoted as a full product line alongside Macs, iPods and iPhones when previously, the Apple TV didn't even have its …

Apple’s iPhone 5c has been criticized by various market observers for its high price and lack of breakthrough features since its launch. Without any surprises, the demand for the smartphone was much lower compared to the demand for higher-end iPhone 5s that costs only $100 more in the U.S. During …

The mysterious “V1” device which Amazon reportedly demonstrated late last year behind closed doors may be its video game console, which is due later this year, according to unofficial information. In case the information is correct, then Amazon may become an arch-rival for Microsoft Corp., Nintendo and Sony Corp. later …

After tinkering with multiple screen sizes for the next-generation of its smartphones, Apple has reportedly made decision to use 4.8” display with its iPhone 6, according to an analyst. While nothing is cast in stone yet, it looks like Apple again plans to stick to only one premium iPhone model …

Technical specifications of the world’s first media tablets based on Mozilla’s FirefoxOS platform have been published. As expected, Mozilla and its manufacturing partner Foxconn Electronics, plan to initially address emerging markets with tablets featuring FirefoxOS. As a result, the hardware that powers the slate is hardly impressive. The first tablet …

Rumour has it that Google and Audi might be teaming up to create a new Android based car information and entertainment system, rumour also has it that this system might make its début at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. The new system has been designed to give drivers and passengers …

Lara Croft isn't a character I'd easily associate with a social card game on a mobile platform, but that's exactly what's in store for the long standing gaming heroine in her next adventure. In Tomb Raider Reflections, you'll go on quests, collect artefacts and battle other players, all through the …

Assassin's Creed will be coming to Android and IOS this December, the mobile spin off is titled Assassin's Creed Pirates and will focus on naval combat and exploring the Caribbean islands. Ubisoft Paris developed the mobile title and much like its bigger brother- Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the game's …

HMV has had a hard time over the last year, the company went bankrupt and almost closed down completely until Hilco came in and took over the retail chain. Since then, HMV has been working on adjusting to the digital age and it has now done so with the launch …

Sega is pushing forward into the mobile gaming space soon with a remastered version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed and Demon Tribe. IOS has had a version of Sonic 2 since 2010 but it doesn't support wide-screen or retina displays, so owners of the older …

ChatOn, the IM service provided on Samsung phones, has managed to double its user base in the last four months, hitting the 100 million user milestone. The cross platform messaging service is available on: IOS, Android, Blackberry and Samsung's own mobile OS ‘Bada'. Samsung pre-installs this app on its android …

Vodafone has announced its pricing plans for Apple's upcoming iPhone 5s smartphone ahead of its release in just three days time, along with potential upgrade options for those that haven't quite reached the end of their contract yet and still want to get in on the latest fruity fashion item. …

Whatsapp, one of the world's most popular communication platform – the owners even claim it has more messages and regular users than Twitter – has announced it is finally going free on iOS – at least for the first year. After that, you'll need to cough up the princely sum …