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Apple tweaks software for iPhone 5

If you’re the proud owner of an iPhone 5 16GB then keeping it up to date with the very latest software might be something that you consider important. The last big update for the Apple handsets was iOS 6, which was announced at the firm’s Worldwide Developers Conference last year. But since then users have also continued to be provided with various tweaks to the software in order to iron out any issues that ...

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BBM / Blackberry Messenger comes to Android and iOS!

Blackberry's parent company RIM have announced that their extremely popular BBM application will come to Android and iOS later this year. No windows phone mention though. For a long time BBM has been exclusive to Blackberry's devices, with lots of users in the UK this is an interesting move. According to RIM's CEO Thorsten Heins the Blackberry 10 platform is good enough to cope without the exclusivity of BB ...

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Apple vs Google’s Android

Apple Versus Android: Who Will Win? As the battle between Apple and Android continues, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about, who is winning right now, and who will ultimately win the battle for dominance in the smartphone market. At the heart of the conflict is the position taken by Apple’s co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs. He strongly believed that Google, who owns Android, should have st ...

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WWDC Starts at 6PM

What's rumoured: iOS6 is all but confirmed, along with a rumoured Macbook Pro upgrade. Don't worry though we'll be covering it live in a few minutes. No liveblog this time, rather we will be posting a post every time something major happens! Enjoy and stay tuned! ...

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Angry Birds breaks 20 million downloads mark and counting…

Angry Birds breaks 20 million downloads mark and counting... The latest instalment to the hugely successful Angry Birds franchise has hit an all-time high with a whopping 20 MILLION downloads of the new Angry Birds Space during the first week on the App store. The games developer, Rovio while launching Space on Thursday 22nd March revealed also that Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio have ...

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iOS 5.1 Update Rolling Out Already!

The iOS 5.1 update promised earlier today has already begun being released across iPods, iPhones and iPads (which are compatible, of course). The update hopes to brings a bunch of bugs fixes, extra Siri support, a redesign of the camera app (good!) and many other new, but small, additions. This is a quick roll-out, and great news for all those people who love software updates! Stay tuned for more tech cover ...

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Breaking free of the Infinite Loop: tales of an iOS deserter

As the rumour mill works the tech world in to its annual frenzy for Apple's iPhone refresh tomorrow, I'm feeling rather left out for the first time. I used a second gen iPod touch for a long time before going all in and moving to the iPhone 4 when it launched, but I'm not going to be sticking around to welcome the new device. The operating system may have served me well as a first 'smart' mobile OS, but ove ...

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iPhone 5, October 4th

At last we have a date. AllthingsD is certain that Apple will be holding an event to introduce its next gen iPhone on the 4th of October, with sales commencing "within a few weeks". In what has been perhaps the most confusing iPhone refresh cycle, the verdict is still out as to whether this upgrade will be a slight improvement on its predecessor much like the 3GS was to the 3G, or whether antenna controvers ...

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Samsung’s ChatON messaging service brings free messaging to Android, iOS and BlackBerry

Samsung are due to release a new mobile messaging app which will allow they users to message friends and family on the three major platforms So Samsung is about to dip its toes in the mobile messaging market with a new service called ChatON. The app brings texting, group chat and image/video sharing to not only Samsung's Bada OS but to iOS, Android and BlackBerry platforms, also. According to the Korean man ...

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The reason I fear Apple keynotes.

"I've just learned that my new £500 gadget will be updated next month and now I don't like it anymore." It's a predicament that wouldn't seem out of place on reddit's First World Problems board, but it's also one that many of us have likely experienced. From the moment you purchase a piece of modern technology, and with each day that goes by, it's only a matter of time until the inevitable happens - an upgr ...

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Apple iOS5 Beta 4 Released!

Apple's new mobile OS is edging closer and closer to release. This version offers no noticeable new features jsut stability fixes and under the hood stuff. However this is the first iOS version ever to be updated OTA, a new feature of the iOS 5 update, but as many have pointed out, a feature since day one on Android! Anyway if your OTA doesn't work, it is available from the usual developer channel! Have a f ...

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Google+ for iOS released

                      iPhone users can finally join in the Google+ fun as Apple finally decided the app was good enough to reside within the AppStore. It isn't appearing in the UK AppStore yet but you can still download it by using our source link below on your desktop, which will point you towards the iTunes page. Head on past the break for some screen ...

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Apple releases iOS 4.3.4 security patch…

Apple releases iOS 4.3.4 security patch...   Apple has released an iOS update for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touches that is said to patch the security flaw related to viewing PDFs in the Safari web browser. It appears that it's only a security update because it doesn’t include any fixes or any new features. The security flaw was used to jailbreak iOS devices like the iPhone and the iPad. As we all know ...

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The easiest way to Jailbreak the iPad 2, iPhone and iPod Touch! (Tutorial)

This is the best, simplest and safest way to Jailbreak your iPad 2, iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. By following my instructions you will be able to run Cydia on your device and download banned 3rd party apps as well as loads of cool features. So lets get started! GadgetCore or myself will not be held responsible for any illegal activity carried out on your iOS device, we will not tell you how to download pira ...

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Project MGS multi-touch table reads your iPhone’s media wirelessly

Computer Science students, Artem Vovk and Shuo Yang at the Technische Universität Darmstadt in Germany, have made a custom-built, multi-touch table to interact with all the media stored inside your Apple iPhone. Project MGS (Media Gathering System) uses wireless connectivity between your iPhone and the infrared camera-equipped tabletop and displays all your media through its Java-based user interface where ...

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