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• Looks like the 2014 iPhone will be the first iPhone that doesn’t use a Samsung made chip
• Apple releases iOS 6.1.4 for iPhone 5
• Apple launches ’50 Billion Apps Countdown’ promotion; Winner to get $10,000 App Store Gift Card
• How to make Yahoo! Weather the default weather app on your iPhone
• Instagram updates iPhone app with new “Photos of You” tagging feature
• Angry Birds Friends for iOS arrives in the App Store
• LSScrubbing lets you skip to any point in a song from the lock screen
• iPads now make up less than 40% of the tablet market, does that mean it’s time to worry?

Looks like the 2014 iPhone will be the first iPhone that doesn’t use a Samsung made chip Posted: 03 May 2013 03:31 AM PDT Every iPhone, from the first one that shipped in 2007 to the iPhone 5 that’s in your pocket, uses a chip that was made by Samsung. Yes, Apple designs their own chips, and you’re all familiar with the A5, A6, and so on and so forth, but again, Apple simply designs the chips. They give the blueprints to Samsung to do the actual manufacturing. Continue reading →

Apple releases iOS 6.1.4 for iPhone 5 Posted: 02 May 2013 11:45 PM PDT Apple has just released iOS 6.1.4. The update seems to be available only for iPhone 5. According to the release notes, the minor update brings an updated audio profile for speakerphone. Continue reading →

Apple launches ’50 Billion Apps Countdown’ promotion; Winner to get $10,000 App Store Gift Card Posted: 02 May 2013 05:39 PM PDT When Apple launched the App Store on July 10th, 2008, even they would not have thought in their wildest imaginations that it would end up becoming such a huge success. The success of the App Store was clear when one billion apps were downloaded in just 9 months. Fast forward to today and the App Store is about to hit the magical 50 billion app download mark. Continue reading →

How to make Yahoo! Weather the default weather app on your iPhone Posted: 02 May 2013 12:28 PM PDT Couple of weeks back, Yahoo released a gorgeous standalone weather app for the iPhone. When I first heard rumors about the possibility of Yahoo launching a weather app, I wondered if the company was little too late as there were so many awesome weather apps already available in the App Store. Continue reading →

Instagram updates iPhone app with new “Photos of You” tagging feature Posted: 02 May 2013 11:44 AM PDT Instagram has released a major update for its iOS app to add support for a new feature called “Photos of you.” The feature allows users to tag people (or brands) in photos and the photos will appear in a new Photos of You section in their profile. Continue reading →

Angry Birds Friends for iOS arrives in the App Store Posted: 02 May 2013 08:47 AM PDT Rovio has released the popular Facebook game, Angry Birds Friends for the iPhone and iPad. As one would expect, Angry Birds Friends for iOS comes with Facebook integration and allows you to play the game with your friends on Facebook. Continue reading →

LSScrubbing lets you skip to any point in a song from the lock screen Posted: 02 May 2013 07:02 AM PDT When your iPhone is locked, and you double-click the Home button, it gives you quick access to music playback controls from the lock screen. You can forward, rewind or pause a song and also adjust the volume. Unfortunately, due to the lack of a scrubber bar there is no way to skip to any point in a song. You’ve no choice but to unlock your iPhone, launch the Music app and drag the playhead along the scrubber bar to skip to that point in a song. Continue reading →

iPads now make up less than 40% of the tablet market, does that mean it’s time to worry? Posted: 02 May 2013 06:00 AM PDT The analysts at IDC have just released new data that shows 49.2 million tablets were shipped during the first quarter of 2013. Last year, during the same quarter, almost six out of every ten tablets sold were made by Apple. This year that number is down to almost four out of ten. Does that mean the iPad isn’t as popular as it used to be? Continue reading →

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