Apple officially launched Apple Pay, its new payments product, via an update to iOS 8 today. Third-party apps are also getting updates to add support for it. Groupon announced that it has updated its iPhone app to include it as…
iOS 8.1 Released With Apple Pay, Bug Fixes & More
At its big press event last week, Apple announced that it would launch Apple Pay on Monday, and it has with iOS 8.1 now available for download. Let’s hope this update goes off without a hitch. Its first iOS 8…
PopKey Is the GIF Keyboard You’ve Desperately Wanted
Now that you’ve used iOS 8’s new third-party keyboard option to use SwiftKey or other swipe text keyboards (because who wasn’t waiting for that?), please be alert to the fact that there is now an all-GIF keyboard that you can…
Apple Pushes iOS 8.0.2 After 8.0.1 Blunder, Apologizes Again
A week after pushing iOS 8 to iPhone users, Apple released its first update – iOS 8.0.1. Immediately, complaints flooded Twitter and the blogosphere, with people reporting that the update disabled Touch ID and prevented them from being able to…
iOS 8.0.1 Is Messing Up iPhones, According To A Lot Of Angry People
Update: Re/code shares this statement from Apple: “We are actively investigating these reports and will provide information as quickly as we can,” a spokesperson said. “In the meantime we have pulled back the iOS 8.0.1 update.” — If you have…
Bing Adds A Couple Features For iOS 8
Apple released iOS 8 last week, and many apps are adding features that take advantage of its specific capabilities. These include Microsoft’s Bing app, which has added a new translation feature and the ability to put Bing’s daily homepage image…
Apple: 46% Of iOS Users Are On iOS 8
At its iOS launch events, Apple always likes to talk about how many of its users are on the latest version of its operating system in comparison to Android. There are so many different Android devices, that ultimately there is…
iOS 8 Release Date Announced At Apple Event
Apple held its big iPhone unveiling event on Tuesday, showing off the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, not to mention Apple Pay and the Apple Watch. The new iPhones will run iOS 8, which the company first announced back…
Is Apple Weaning People Off Google?
As you’ve probably heard, Apple revealed its new Mac and iOS operating systems on Monday – OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 respectively. While the company didn’t exactly pitch them as such, it revealed some new features, which some think…
Apple Unveils iOS 8 At Worldwide Developers Conference
After unveiling Yosemite, the new version of Mac OS X, at its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled iOS 8. Just ahead of the presentation, CEO Tim Cook shared some stats: over 800 million iOS devices sold, 100 million iPod touch…
iOS 8 Will Have Shazam Music ID Built In [Report]
Your iPhone is about to become a streamlined music identification device, if reports prove to be accurate. Bloomberg is citing two sources close to the matter who say that Apple is partnering with Shazam to integrate music ID into their…