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Recently, Apple has paid close to $30 million to acquire Mapsense to improve its Maps app so that it can compete against Google Maps. Mapsense is a small 12-member San Francisco startup that specializes in parsing location data into visualizations.
Apple started to alert iCloud users about the pricing changes that it originally announced at its iPhone event last week. The company is sending emails informing users that their storage will be increasing for the same monthly price they were paying before.
Microsoft has finally released the long promised update to Windows RT 8.1 devices. This is not a major update, but it does bring a new start menu for the Windows RT users. The start menu is not a full Windows 10 replica, but it is good to see its arrival nonetheless.
A recent benchmark report claims that Apple iPad Mini 4 will feature a modified A8 processor that slightly faster than the original chip used in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, but slower than the last year’s iPad Air 2.
Today, in a sudden move, Sony Europe has closed its online store for TVs, Audio devices and Cameras, without any warning. This means European customers can no longer buy directly from Sony and has to rely on retail stores. Right now only the smartphone and tablet division of Sony Online store are active.
Since its launch in October 2014, Apple Pay support in the United States keeps growing at a steady pace by signing on and rolling out support for waves of new banks and credit unions around the country. Today Apple has added 45 more U.S. banks and credit unions to the list of institutions that offer support for Apple’s payment system.
Apple programming guides for tvOS reveals that all games developed for Apple TV are required to support the touch-based Apple TV Remote, making all content accessible to all users without the need for third-party controller.
During a Q&A session today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook is developing a “dislike” button that will allow users to express empathy or sadness, rather than negativity. This is a welcome news for all those users who are requesting the company to add a “dislike” button alongside its famous “like” feature.
Microsoft is sending invites to media outlets to a special Windows 10 event on October 6. The event will take place in New York and we are expecting Microsoft to unveil a range of hardware running Windows 10. Microsoft is not revealing any details about what the mysterious hardware event is about, other than a hint that they will run Windows 10.
A recent report citing unnamed industry sources claims that Samsung is lowering its mobile device component orders as the company expects a slowdown in sales of its mobile devices. The report says that Samsung Electronics is lowering its related component orders for the first quarter of 2016.
Facebook is working on bringing a standalone video app for Android and iOS that would support 360-degree videos. The videos will be captures using multiple cameras, allowing the viewer to change their perspective by tilting their phone.
Last week, we reported that despite Microsoft’s attempt at pulling the release of Windows 10 Mobile Build 10536, some Windows Insiders had reportedly installed it. Now Microsoft’s Gabe Aul has posted on Twitter about what actually happened and how many users had installed the buggy build.
While Apple has showed off almost everything about their new iPhones, it has not revealed the specs for its new iPhone and iPad Pro models. However, Hamza Sood, an iOS developer was able to gauge the amount of RAM in the new iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and the iPad Pro through the iOS simulator in Xcode 7.1 beta.
Apple has started accepting preorders for iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus with a release date of September 25. Now, a recent report reveals that despite China’s economy and the fact that there are plenty of cheaper alternatives from Xiaomi and Huawei, Apple has already sold out both of its new iPhone model in China.
A recent report claims that Advertisers are upset with the restrictions placed by Apple on the ad formats and approval process for ad campaigns for its iOS 9 News app.
This week, Microsoft has postponed its plan to release the Windows 10 Mobile Build 10536 to the users of Insider Program, due to a bug in the build that blocks future updates. However, a recent report claims that despite Microsoft’s attempt, some users managed to download and install the build.
It looks like Oppo is not done with its R7 lineup of smartphones. Recently, the China telecomm regulator, TENAA, has certified two version of Oppo R7S, which only differ in the radios they carry.
There are lot of rumors about regarding the unannounced Samsung Galaxy S7. A recent rumor suggests that the next-gen Samsung smartphone will arrive in two different sizes and pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor. It also claims the phone will have a phablet like display and a special camera.
