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Samsung Flow released, promises more features than iOS Handoff, Continuity
Originally announced at Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.’s developer’s conference in November 2014, Samsung Flow was released on the Google Play Store in beta yesterday. The app allows Samsung device users to switch seamlessly between devices like smartphones, tablets and smartwatches while continuing to use whichever app or content they are interacting with. Samsung Flow works ...
TomTom, Apple extend digital maps deal
In a very brief statement on its website, Dutch navigation systems company TomTom NV announced on Tuesday that Apple has renewed and extended the global agreement under which TomTom provides the Cupertino, California-based technology giant with digital maps and related information for its iOS and OS X Maps application. TomTom has licensed its digital maps ...
First Apple Watch software update, more accurate fitness tracking, improved Siri, and more
Following the release of the Apple Watch nearly a month ago, Apple on Tuesday rolled out the first software update, Watch OS 1.0.1, for the company’s first wearable. The update is available for download via the companion app for Apple Watch on iPhone. According to the release notes for Watch OS 1.0.1, the update brings ...
Apple Watch update in the works, more secure and more ‘Complicated’
Less than a month after shipments of Apple Watch started, Apple is seemingly working on the next iteration of its smartwatch operating system along with a hardware update for the next generation of Apple Watch. A reputable source told 9to5Mac that the software and hardware updates will focus on improved security for Apple Watch and ...
Apple bought Coherent Navigation, a high-precision GPS specialist
In what may be an effort to improve the location technology behind Apple Maps, Apple has acquired Coherent Navigation, Inc., a San Francisco Bay Area-based Global Positioning System (GPS) specialist firm, for an undisclosed amount. The Coherent Navigation acquisition, first reported by MacRumors in the early hours of Sunday morning, was later confirmed by Apple ...
Smaller tablet vendors, like Huawei, gain market share in Q1 despite market decline, says report
Apple and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. saw double-digit declines in tablet shipments in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015, contributing to an eight percent contraction in the tablet market year-on-year. By contrast, smaller tablet vendors like Huawei, TCL-Alcatel and LG all saw increased device shipments for Q1 2015. According to two new reports released Thursday ...
Next iPhone imagined: an ultra-thin 4 inch ‘iPhone Air’
The next iteration of Apple’s popular iPhone, due out in September, may be a 4 inch iPhone 6c – to replace the outgoing iPhone 5c – or an all-new iPhone 7; or, depending on which rumors you believe, the Cupertino-based technology giant could unveil two new models, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. While ...
Touch ID could bring new functions to home button on next iPhone
Currently used to deliver security features to the iPhone and iPad, Apple’s fingerprint recognizing Touch ID, first introduced on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, may bring added functionality to the home button on future iOS devices. The iPhone maker filed a patent Thursday with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that details using ...
First HomeKit devices go on sale in June, says Apple
Following a media report that the launch of Apple’s highly-anticipated HomeKit will be delayed until early fall, the iPhone maker issued a statement saying that the first HomeKit-enabled smart home devices will hit the market as early as next month. “HomeKit [hardware certification] has been available for just a few months and we already have ...
iPhone 6s coming in September, will have 2GB RAM and 12MP camera, says analyst
If you find it hard to keep track of all the rumors surrounding Apple’s next iPhone due for launch in September, you are not alone. The rumor mill has, at different stages, reported that Apple’s next iPhone will be called the iPhone 7, while others have maintained Apple will launch two iPhone 6s versions next. ...