Apple Watch hacked to run fully native apps

  After a night of work, developers Steve Troughton-Smith, Adam Bell, and Saurik were able to hack Apple Watch, to run any UIKit framework from iOS. In a tweet, Troughton-Smith shared a SceneKit demonstration, with some rotating three-dimensional words. So… spent a night hacking with @b3ll (& @saurik!) - we got UIKit (& SceneKit) apps running...

iOS 9’s two-finger iPad text selection gesture also coming to iPhone

The iPad got a lot of love at Apple's WWDC keynote at the start of the week with a number of new multitasking and productivity optimizations. For the first time, the iPad as a platform has become more than just a larger version of the iPhone and might begin to realize its potential for "real work". One neat feature that was demoed was a new text...

Apple Music begins showing up in latest iOS 8.4 beta

Signs of Apple Music have begun showing up in the latest iOS 8.4 beta. The fourth beta was seeded to developers following the WWDC keynote and the announcement of Apple's new music streaming service and testers of the OS are seeing popup dialog boxes within the redesigned Music app. As you can see in the screenshots above and below, the popup prompts...

Upcoming iPhones may have improved front camera with flash

One of the key features of the iPhone is its camera. Often, Apple will demonstrate how their new iPhone is able to take great photos, even while competitors are taking higher megapixel photos. Already, we've heard that the iPhone 6s may have a 12MP camera. However, after digging into the iOS 9 beta, developer Hamza Sood has found some hints that the...

Apple confirms: Street View is coming to Maps

  Apple Maps, showing their current photographic feature, Flyover Rumors about what Apple was doing with specially modified vans were floating about weeks ago. Now, we know what Apple was doing with those vehicles: preparing additions to their mapping service. With a new support document, Apple outlines that they are driving around vehicles...

Here’s everywhere you’ll be able to use Apple Pay in the UK in July

Apple announced during its WWDC keynote on Monday that it is bringing Apple Pay to the UK next month. The convenient mobile payment system will have support from 8 major banks and the main credit and debit card issuers and will be accepted at 250,000 locations at launch. The UK is already well accustomed to NFC payments with contactless cards being...

There are now over 6,000 Apple Watch apps

There are now over 6,000 apps available for Apple Watch — double the number that launched with the device back in April. According to data provided to Today's iPhone by App Store analytics firm App Annie, as of Monday the number of apps available for Apple's new wearable stood at 6,352 — a 108% increase since the Apple Watch's debut — with more...