| Tip: Use Guided Access As a Mute Switch For Notifications Posted: 16 Jan 2013 04:26 AM PST As I’ve mentioned before, the ‘Do Not Disturb’ feature is one of my favorite iOS 6 features. But it doesn’t meet all my requirements as the calls and notifications are silenced only when the iPhone is locked, Apple has assumed that when we’re using your iPhone, we’re fine to be disturbed by the calls and notifications. Continue reading → |
| Analyst’s Apple Product Roadmap Predictions For 2013: Two iPhone Models, Retina iPad mini, Thinner & Lighter iPad Posted: 15 Jan 2013 10:29 PM PST KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued a new research report where he has made his predictions on what Apple will launch in 2013. Unlike recent reports, which have indicated that Apple will launch the next generation iPad and iPad mini in March, followed by the early launch of the next generation iPhone in June, Kuo predicts that Apple will launch most of the new products in the third quarter of this year. Continue reading → |
| Snes9x EX+: Play SNES On Your Jailbroken iPhone or iPad Posted: 15 Jan 2013 05:31 PM PST Here’s some good news for fans of Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) system. Robert Broglia, developer of Snes9x EX, an advanced SNES/Super Famicom emulator for iOS, has released a new version of the SNES emulator for iOS called Snes9x EX+ based on Snes9x 1.53, which offers improved performance and near complete game compatibility. Continue reading → |
| Green Dot Launches Mobile-Centric Bank GoBank Posted: 15 Jan 2013 05:06 PM PST Banks, ironically, aren’t the most tech-forward companies in the world. Often developments like mobile banking and electronic payments have been slow to catch on. Now a wholly new approach to banking has emerged: GoBank from Green Dot a bank designed from end to end for the mobile user. Continue reading → |
| Move Ideas from Paper to Functional Prototypes with Prototyping on Paper Posted: 15 Jan 2013 03:45 PM PST No matter how good I am at drawing on my iPad (or iPhone), sometimes there is nothing like scribbling down ideas with pencil and paper. Maybe it’s an idea for a really cool new app or maybe a walkthrough a website or maybe just a series of ideas that flow together into a story or message. Now you have a bunch of drawings, how do you present them to people as a cohesive thing. Something people can interact with and understand? This is where POP (Prototyping on Paper) comes in. A new free app that looks like something app and web designers are going to be all over—taking sketches and connecting them into usable prototypes. Continue reading → |
| pod2g Unveils 2G Labs for Development and Security Consulting Posted: 15 Jan 2013 03:15 PM PST Last week hacker/developer pod2g released his first app in the App Store— podDJ—and today via his blog Cyril has taken the wraps off his new venture: 2G Lab. The consulting group will be focused on development (app development I would assume) and security. It’s not hard to see how someone with his pedigree would be in high demand. Continue reading → |
| Just in: Apple VP of Retail Jerry McDougal Leaves Apple to Focus on His Family Posted: 15 Jan 2013 02:52 PM PST In an unexpected move, Jerry McDougal who was Ron Johnson's right-hand man (Apple’s former head of retail) and worked closely with Johnson’s successor John Browett told colleagues last friday that he was leaving Apple to spend more time with his family. After Browett’s departure last year, McDougal was rumored to be in the running for the top job. Updates below. Continue reading → |
| Rumor: Apple Building an R&D and Data Centers in China Posted: 15 Jan 2013 02:01 PM PST Rumors are circulating that Apple might be building a R&D center in Beijing. Which, if true, would put research and prototyping much closer to production facilities and that has to be good for product development efficiencies. On top of that, Apple could also be investigating putting a data center in China as well which would speed iTunes and App downloads for Chinese users. Continue reading → |
| Full HD Galaxy S4 Could Steal Apple’s Thunder for the Next iPhone Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:17 PM PST Samsung could steal some of Apple’s thunder when it comes to devices with breathtaking displays if rumors of the Galaxy S4 launching in the next few months are accurate. How breathtaking? How about full HD (1080p) and 440 pixels per inch breathtaking. Continue reading → |
| Pixel Quadrupling Hints at a Better Retina Screen? Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST When Apple launched Retina displays with the iPhone 4, we were introduced to the idea of “pixel doubling” to pack more pixels into the same (physical) size screen giving us Retina resolutions. A sharp-eyed hacker/developer spotted something even more interesting within the Quartz Core: EnablePixelQuadrupling. Continue reading → |
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