iOS

All posts tagged iOS

Google updates Flight Search for Android, iOS

Posted by James Trew on February 22, 2012
Posted in: Home. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment
Remember when Google launched its desktop-only Flight Search service back in the fall? Well, now it's made the travel checking tool both Android and iOS friendly. All the key flight-finding features of the desktop version are present: search, discover by location, filter by price, airline and calendar view, and have been optimized for the small screen. Bear in mind that this isn't a native app, El Goog has just tweaked the web-service for the respective mobile browsers, hoping to make those spur of the moment travel plans less taxing. Hit the source link below for further info.

Google updates Flight Search for Android, iOS originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  sourceGoogle Inside Search  | Email this | Comments

Microsoft Office for iOS gets blurrycam treatment in weird party-room

Posted by Daniel Cooper on February 21, 2012
Posted in: Home. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment
What you see before you is a single image purporting to be Microsoft's new Office app for iOS. We can certainly believe such an app exists, and according to The Daily, the UI is similar to OneNote with an added dash of Metro. You'll be able to produce and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files locally and online, but the app is still to run the Cupertino's approval gauntlet. The report also claims an Android version is isn't in the works and but that a Metro-styled refresh of OneNote is due in "the coming weeks." That said, we're not sure what sort of place doesn't take the plastic off its carpets, leaves big "product of Spain" crates lying around with leopard-print plushies and USS Enterprise logos hanging on the wall -- but perhaps we've underestimated Redmond's capacity for a good party.

Update: We incorrectly reported that an Android version was forthcoming, we've edited to correct our mistake -- please accept our sincere apologies.

Microsoft Office for iOS gets blurrycam treatment in weird party-room originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  sourceThe Daily  | Email this | Comments

Samsung’s iCloud rival delayed after in-house service deemed ‘unsuitable’

Posted by Daniel Cooper on February 21, 2012
Posted in: Home. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment
Korean newspaper ETNews is developing a reputation for bold claims, the latest being that Samsung's "answer" to iCloud, S-Cloud has been significantly delayed. SDS, the conglomerate's IT infrastructure division had originally been tasked to build the network, but its work was found to be "unsuitable." After the setback, Samsung's Media Solution Center had to enlist KT, operators of public cloud services in Korea and Amazon to help move things forward. An unnamed "cloud industry" source who spoke to the daily pointed out that one of the burdens of releasing so many (oh so many) devices is that the company has to work a lot harder to ensure all of them are compatible with any unified cloud service -- but them's the breaks, eh?

Samsung's iCloud rival delayed after in-house service deemed 'unsuitable' originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Sammy Hub  |  sourceET News  | Email this | Comments

Taser’s on-officer cameras catch you in the act, right to remain silent imperative

Posted by Andrew Munchbach on February 21, 2012
Posted in: Home. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment
Taser International has released an update to its on-officer system, the AXON Flex. The new rig provides law enforcement officials with body-mounted cameras that capture video evidence "from the officer's perspective." These recording devices can be affixed to the hat, collar, shoulder or on specially designed Oakley shades and are ruggedized to IPX2 standards. That's all well and good, but what really gives this setup nerd-cred is what can be done with the captured video. Through a partnership with evidence.com, the Flex system can send footage to a "military grade" cloud-based storage system for safe keeping; there is also an on-site storage option for IT-savvy forces. As if that weren't enough, Taser and Looxcie have co-developed a smartphone app -- available for iOS or Android -- that will allow officers to review captured clips and add GPS coordinates, notes or timestamps. The system's goal is to protect officers from "false claims, enhance public trust [and] decrease litigation." AXON Flex is set to be released in Q1 and will have a base price of around $700. Don't tase film me, bro.

Continue reading Taser's on-officer cameras catch you in the act, right to remain silent imperative

Taser's on-officer cameras catch you in the act, right to remain silent imperative originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

iPad 3 logic board with ‘A5X’ chip purportedly snapped by Mr. Not-so-Blurrycam

Posted by Daniel Cooper on February 20, 2012
Posted in: Home. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment
Well, if it looks real, sounds real and is halfway logical, we probably should distrust it all the more. Yes, it's the time when all the rumors, photoshops and general hysteria around Apple's next slab reaches its apex. The photo above was grabbed by the steady hand of sas126, a blurrycam snapper in name only, and posted to Chinese site Weiphone, purporting to be the logic board for the iPad 3. The big news (if true) is the "A5X" silicon, suggesting we'll see an incremental enhancement rather than the wholesale revolutions evident in the A4 and A5 chips that accompanied its predecessors. The SoC (with the Apple logo, to the right of the two Hynix memory modules) carries a date-stamp of 1146, suggesting it was produced in the 46th week of last year. Of course, now that we're getting so close to the actual event, whatever Tim Cook whips out on stage will never match whatever we'd conjured up on our own hearts: so try to dampen down that rampant excitement because we've still got 17 days left to wait.

iPad 3 logic board with 'A5X' chip purportedly snapped by Mr. Not-so-Blurrycam originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink MacRumors  |  sourceWeiphone (Translated)  | Email this | Comments

March Madness streams to more platforms in 2012, but not everything is free

Posted by Richard Lawler on February 19, 2012
Posted in: Home. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment
Last year CBS and Turner Sports brought every game of the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament home in HD on four cable channels, and streaming for free to PCs and iOS devices. While the broadcast plans remain the same this year, if you want to stream the 41 games broadcast on cable networks then you'll need to subscribe to an affiliated TV provider (all the major guys except Time Warner) and log into the TNT, TBS, or TruTV website on your Windows PC or Mac. For the other 41 games broadcast on CBS, CBSSports.com is your (free) online resource. Live streaming on mobiles (over WiFi or 3G) has been extended to the Android platform for the first time, however after being offered for free last year the rebranded March Madness Live app will cost $3.99 this time around, which is still less than the $10 it cost in 2010. Check out the press release after the break for all the details on what's viewable where -- cord cutting sports fans will want to make some alternate arrangements.

Continue reading March Madness streams to more platforms in 2012, but not everything is free

March Madness streams to more platforms in 2012, but not everything is free originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  sourceTurner Sports  | Email this | Comments

Ask Engadget: Best expedition planning software?

Posted by Daniel Cooper on February 19, 2012
Posted in: Home. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment

We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from Martin, who's planning an expedition and wants something more sophisticated than a cork-board to manage it. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

Hi Engadget, I'm about to start planning for a big expedition. There's plenty of forward planning required and I need some software to handle my to-do lists, notes, phone numbers, mail conversations, images, PDF-files etc. Best case scenario is something that syncs with my Macbook and iPhone but I'd also use a good offline solution if it was available. Is there a consumer-friendly app that suits my needs out there?

Project management software? Novice-friendly database? Something entirely better? If you just happen to know the one package that'll solve Martin's woes, do the decent thing and share it with the world.

Ask Engadget: Best expedition planning software? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

Visualized: iOS 2011 sales smoke 28 years of Mac

Posted by Edgar Alvarez on February 17, 2012
Posted in: Home. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment
Visualized: iOS 2011 sales smoke 28 years of Mac
Love it or hate it, Apple had a pretty stellar 2011. According to crunched numbers from Asymco, between its iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, the Cupertino outfit sold some 156 million iOS devices in 2011, marking a grand total of 316 million in the mobile OS' short history. What's most interesting here, however, is the fact that last year's digits alone have completely blown past the 122 million units daddy Mac has managed in its 28 years of existence. It's no wonder the company borrowed a few tricks from iOS for its latest desktop operating system.

Visualized: iOS 2011 sales smoke 28 years of Mac originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink SlashGear  |  sourceAsymco  | Email this | Comments

iOS 5.1 leaked, bringing new unlock-to-camera action, more cultured Siri?

Posted by Andrew Munchbach on February 17, 2012
Posted in: Home. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment
iOS 5.1 brings new unlock-to-camera action, more cultured Siri
The gang over at BGR have allegedly acquired a bootleg copy of Apple's next mobile operating system iteration, iOS 5.1. In doing so, they have been able to confirm two rumored adds: a new unlock-to-camera action and Japanese support for Siri. In iOS 5.0, users can activate the camera from a locked device by double-tapping the home button and selecting the icon that appears. The new workflow? Wake the phone, then simply slide the lock screen toward the top of the handset -- making this feature easier to use and find. The other major difference is the expansion of Siri's vernacular -- more specifically, the addition of Japanese. iOS users in The Land of the Rising Sun will soon be able to get a synthesized "konnichiwa" from their iPhone. Domo arigato, Apple.

iOS 5.1 leaked, bringing new unlock-to-camera action, more cultured Siri? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  sourceBGR  | Email this | Comments

WSJ: Safari loophole lets Google track Apple users through web ads

Posted by Amar Toor on February 17, 2012
Posted in: Home. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment
Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer has discovered a curious Safari loophole that allows Google to track a user's browsing activity via cookie-laced web ads. As it turns out, Apple's browser normally accepts cookies from sites that a user visits, but automatically blocks them from third-party advertisers. As Mayer found out, though, advertisers can still circumvent this filter by enticing users to interact with ads in different ways. In the case of Google, the search giant embedded a "+1" button on ads produced with its DoubleClick technology, as part of an opt-in feature for Google+ users. If a user was logged in to Google+ and had agreed to see +1 ad displays, he or she would have a cookie planted on their device, thanks to a system that sent invisible forms from Apple computers or iPhones. This made it seem as if a user actually submitted the form intentionally, thereby convincing Safari to allow cookies. These cookies were only temporary, with shelf lives of up to 24 hours, but they could open the door for many more, since Safari allows sites to plant them after having received access to install at least one.

After the Wall Street Journal notified Google of this loophole, the company promptly disabled it and duly apologized, adding that it didn't realize that its +1 system would plant tracking cookies on a user's device. "We didn't anticipate that this would happen, and we have now started removing these advertising cookies from Safari browsers," Google's Rachel Whetstone explained. "It's important to stress that, just as on other browsers, these advertising cookies do not collect personal information." An Apple spokesperson, meanwhile, issued the following statement: "We are aware that some third parties are circumventing Safari's privacy features and we are working to put a stop to it."

WSJ: Safari loophole lets Google track Apple users through web ads originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  sourceThe Wall Street Journal  | Email this | Comments