Month: June 2014

One of the major new features in iOS 8 just announced at WWDC 2014 is support for third-party keyboards and SwiftKey will be one of them. We’ve just received word from SwiftKey that in fact…they’ve already started: “We’re delighted Apple has decided to embrace the importance of opening its platform […] Read the original post…

Along with a slew of other features, Apple has today announced that Touch ID will now be accessible by developers for use in third-party applications. Previously, only Apple-made apps could access this feature, but many apps such as mint.com were demoed taking advantage of this quick-authentication hardware. Continue reading → Read the original post by…

Apple has today announced new extensibility support for developers in iOS 8, enabling third-party developers to further extend functionality offered in apps across the variety of categories. The main advancement is allowing third-party apps to offer services to another installed app, essentially providing features in other experiences without requiring the […] Read the original post…

While everyone is still wrapping their heads around an amazing set of announcements for iOS 8, developers will be able to get their eyes and hands on the beta release of the software starting today. Though they will of course be restricted in what they can show and tell outside […] Read the original post…

Apple has announced Metal, a way to help game developers get the most power out of iPhone hardware in iOS 8. Metal reduces OpenGL overhead and is described by Apple as “near bare-to-the-metal” of the Apple A7 chip. Metal allows 10x faster draw cell rates, and allows developers to draw […] Read the original post…

Following months of rumors and speculations, Apple today unveiled iOS 8 at the WWDC keynote in Moscone Center, San Francisco. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

We all knew it was coming, and now it’s here. Apple CEO Tim Cook just put months of breathless speculation to rest by pulling back the curtain on iOS 8 during the company’s WWDC 2014 keynote address in San Francisco. Read the original post by Engadget

Charts, graphs and stats: these are the things Apple keynotes are mad of, and today’s WWDC 2014 kickoff was no different. Read the original post by Engadget

Apple is adding over 4000 new APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to iOS 8, and one with user-facing implications is a new camera API. The latest camera API will give third-party apps access to deeper hardware control of the camera, meaning you can install an app from the App Store that […] Read the original post…

Apple introduced HomeKit at WWDC to allow your iPhone and iPad to control your connected home. The current state of connected homes today is that each component requires a separate app and not everything is integrated to make it simple and easy. With HomeKit, Apple is hoping to change that […] Read the original post…

As part of its raft of new APIs for developers, Apple today introduced new APIs for its fingerprint-based Touch ID system at WWDC. And the big news is that third-party apps will finally be able to use Touch ID authentication in iOS 8. According to today’s presentation, the system protects […] Read the original post…

We’ve got more news coming from WWDC! TestFlight, a popular means of testing iOS apps before they hit primetime in the App Store, will be rolled out as a free service to developers shortly. Developers will be able to seamlessly invite users to try out apps and rollout updates. Apple […] Read the original post…

Apple today announced that, along with a wide variety of other new platforms for developers to use, third-party keyboards will now be accessible to users in stock iOS 8. Interestingly, although Apple announced their own improved keyboard called QuickType, third-party keyboards are going to be yet another way for users to […] Read the original post…

Essex Technology Group via Amazon offers the Pogoplug Mobile Wireless Multimedia Streaming Device, model no. POGO-V4-A1-01, for $9.29 with free shipping. That’s a buck under last week’s mention and the lowest total price we’ve seen for this unit. (It’s also a current price low by $2, outside of the prices […] Read the original post…

Apple knows that apps can make or break a platform. Finding the apps is just as important, so the App Store is getting a major update in iOS 8. Apple is calling it the biggest release since the launch of the App Store, and with these changes we’re not going […] Read the original post…