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According to multiple people who have either seen or have been briefed on the upcoming iOS 7, the operating system sports a redesigned user-interface that will be attractive to new iOS users, but potentially unsettling for those who are long-accustomed to the platform. The new interface is said to be “very, very flat,” according to Continue Reading →

I’ve never had an iPhone, but I will soon. Let me take you back. Ever since I heard the first rumors about the Galaxy S IV, it was the only phone I wanted. The two smartphones I’ve used – the Motorola Droid and Droid 3 – both ran on Android, and while I’ve had tons Continue Reading →

While software is expected to take center stage at Apple’s WWDC keynote this year, a new report claims that we’ll still see some new hardware debut on June 10th in San Francisco. WWDC 2013 tickets sold out in under 3 minutes as excitement among developers boiled over, and all eyes are on iOS 7, which Continue Reading →

Google on Monday expands its predictive search tool Google Now from Android to iOS. Now is being made available in an update to the Google Search app, which is available on the App Store now. The app works from the Google Search app on either iPhone or iPad, and is fully opt-in. Because of the Continue Reading →

In an effort to be a safer driver, many people, myself included, have started using voice-to-text mobile apps like Siri to keep two hands on the steering wheel. However, a new study by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute finds using voice-to-text apps to send and receive text messages while driving don’t increase driver safety. Christine Continue Reading →

The iPhone 5 has certainly been a hit but it doesn’t seem to have been the record-breaking, world-conquering hit that previous iPhone models have been. Part of this has been because many customers are still picking up older iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S models at reduced prices. And per Barron’s, UBS analyst Steve Milunovich thinks Continue Reading →

Chat Heads, the Facebook Home chat feature, will be coming to the iOS Facebook app this week, and is probably getting pushed to the store now, Facebook’s Home team said today on stage at the AllThingsD Dive Into Mobile Event. The Chat Heads implementation in the Facebook iOS app will have to live exclusively within Continue Reading →

T-Mobile finally began selling the iPhone 5 early on Friday, and it seems as though all that pent-up consumer tension has resulted in some promising sales for the carrier. “Today has been gangbusters for T-Mobile,” CMO Mike Sievert noted to AllThingsD. Naturally, Sievert wouldn’t discuss just how many iPhones were moved during the course of Continue Reading →

Apple is agreeing to pay $53 million to settle a class action accusing the company of failing to honor warranties on iPhones and iPod Touches, according to an agreement obtained today by Wired. The settlement, (.pdf) set to be filed in a San Francisco federal court in the coming weeks, provides cash payouts to potentially Continue Reading →

We’re more connected now than we ever have been before, and we’re only going to get more connected as we move into the future. According to Intel, at the beginning of 2012 there were approximately 2 billion people connected to the Internet. By 2015, Intel expects the number to be over 3 billion and, by Continue Reading →