Category Archives: iOS

Firefox 12 for iOS : New Features

Starting with download feature that lets users download files using Firefox 12 browser. These files can be viewed later. The feature appears to be very handy in case you want to read a document but you are in hurry. In that case you can download the files to your mobile device and then share it in the main menu. All the downloaded files are stored in downloads folder.

Link management is another major addition with the new version. Now the app gets one-stop menu to give you choices on what to do with the link. From opening a link directly in Firefox to adding it to your bookmark or creating a reading list to sending lists to another device, all that’s now linked to your Firefox account and can be managed from a single place.

And last, but not the least, a synchronization option in place.   The improved synchronization feature lets users sync Mozilla on your connected devices. More information on this is available on official Mozilla Blog.

Firefox 12 for iOS Gets Link Management

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Microsoft Outlook for iOS Updated

The most significant change that comes with the app is the ability to search for emails, files, and contacts in multiple accounts from a single search box. In addition to that, the update gets a new sport for the search icon, at the bottom of Outlook.

You can tap this new icon to access top contacts, upcoming itineraries, package deliveries and recent attachments. Now, all contacts and files will be integrated directly into the new search experience and can be accessed by tapping on the headers of different sections.

With this update, Microsoft has brought a new set of filters with Outlook app. These filters will allow you to organize your search. Now, users can search on a single Outlook account from the menu inside the search bar, or filter the results to short emails with attachments.

All the above changes would be rolled out to iOS devices in the next few weeks.

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Apple Joins iOs and Mac Apps

A report published in Bloomberg suggested that the company is planning apps that will be adjustable to either of the platforms they’re running on. These apps will support touch input on an iPhone or an iPad and mouse and trackpad input on a Mac.

The report further states that the concept of combined apps could be a reality next year. There are fair chances that they they’d likely be announced in June at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference.

By allowing app developers to create app for two platforms at a time, Apple aims at making it easier and faster for updates and new apps to arrive on the Mac.

Now the moot question is how Apple will realize its plan. It’s yet to be seen if macOS will emulate portions of iOS, or if developers will still be required to code two separate apps.

This isn’t the first occasion tech conglomerate is doing any such thing. Earlier, Microsoft has tried this with Universal Windows Platform apps by allowing developers to create apps that run across Windows, Windows phones, the Xbox, HoloLens, and even the Surface Hub.

iOS 11.2 Update Rollout

Apple Pay Cash is a feature that allows iPhone users (iPhone 6 and higher versions) send cash to friends and family over iMessage. This is similar to PayPal’s Venmo. If it’s not showing up in your device update your iOS version to iOS 11.2.

Another cue to be taken is coming in the form of quick and faster wireless charging that company has brought with this update. Following are the list of major additions and fixes in iOS 11.2.

• Improvements in video camera

The same issue appears to happen with the word “is” that’s getting an autocorrect suggestion to “I.S” when it’s typed. The only remedy that seems helpful is to visit Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement and make “it” and “is” as both the phrase and shortcut.

The trick above doesn’t always work. So, until Apple comes with a bug fix to address the issue, turn off autocorrect feature.

Apple Pay Cash Feature Rolled Out For iOS 11.2 beta

There are pre-conditions to use Apple Pay Cash. To use the feature, a user needs two-factor authentication for the Apple ID. Additionally, users are also required to sign in to their iCloud account on any device that they want to use to transact money. And users would also need to link their credit and debit card to the wallet.

To recall, Apple Pay Cash feature can be used with the iMessage app or via Siri. As the feature has been rolled out, users can use Apple Pay to send and receive money pay right in Messages, or by asking Siri.

To do so, you don’t need to install a separate app. You can use the cards you already have in Wallet. Send money to anyone. Pay groceries, fund charities or Pay a babysitter.

How to use Apple Pay

Amazon AR Shopping View Feature Arrives

CREDIT: TECHCRUNCH

Since furniture is bulky and heavy, it isn’t simply possible to articulate online properly if post delivery it would be an ideal purchase.   Amazon, the giant e-retailer brings a solution to this. Amazon brings an innovative new feature called AR View to enable customers visualize online products in their own living space using their smartphone camera.

The feature launched today for the

Apple iOS 11.1 Update Released : New Emojis on Board

The highlights of the update are more than 70 new emojis and a much-needed security update that patches the KRACK Wi-Fi exploit. To recall, KRACK made iPhones and any other devices that connect to Wi-Fi vulnerable to hacking attacks.

The emojis arrived in the update include star-struck and exploding-head smiley faces, a woman with a headscarf, a sandwich, a coconut, a T. rex, a zebra, a zombie and an elf.

Alongside iOS 11.1, WatchOS 4.1 update was also launched for Apple Watch users. Now Apple Watch users can stream music streaming and listen to radio via their smartwatch.

The announcement is significant as Apple’s most anticipated devices iPhone X is almost ready to hit the shelves. The device happens to be the one with major phone redesign after Apple’s first iPhone launched a decade ago.

iPhone X will be coming without a Home button, instead will have Face ID and a flashy OLED display that stretches across the entire front of the phone.