According to analytics company mixpanel, over 41% of iOS users are running the latest public build, iOS 8.4, as of July 8. This comes on the 9th day of iOS 8.4's availability. iOS 8.3 is still in a strong second place at over 32% of users, but its number have declined significantly since its ~71% rating on June 29, right before the release of iOS...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Apple Watch demand has fallen, but we’ve seen this before
While demand was initially strong for the Apple Watch, demand has apparently dropped down by 90%. This is according to Slice Intelligence. In a recent post from MarketWatch, Slice's data seems to show a dismal future for Apple Watch. Apple hasn't shared any official sales data. However, Slice has compiled sales estimates based on individuals who have...
What’s new in iOS 9 beta 3: News app, Apple Music, and more
Earlier today, Apple released the third developer beta of iOS 9. iOS 9 itself is adding smarter device searching, a new Notes app, iPad multitasking, and much more. Today's beta is adding a few different tweaks and improvements that users may find notable. News Finally, after having been previewed at WWDC, Apple has finally added their new News app to the...
Apple releases third watchOS 2, OS X betas to developers
As expected this week, Apple has released another round of beta software to developers. This includes a third beta for watchOS 2 as well as the third beta for OS X El Capitan, the next operating system release for the Mac. watchOS 2 was debuted at WWDC in early June and will add new functionality to Apple's new device. First, apps will run natively...
Apple releases third iOS 9 beta to developers
Apple has released the third beta for iOS 9 to developers today, just over two weeks after the second beta was made available. While right on time in Apple's time table, the beta release was mentioned last week by Eddy Cue who said that Apple Music would be coming to a future iOS 9 beta this week. iOS 9 will be coming out this fall for the public and...
Fleksy Keyboard goes permanently free, offers new features and themes
Popular third-party keyboard app Fleksy is now free — forever. The company has announced that its keyboard for iOS and Android devices going free on a permanent basis with the aim of gaining more users as well as diversifying Fleksy's user base. “We want every smartphone user to have the opportunity to experience fast, expressive, and intuitive...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Apple Pay adds 23 more banks and credit unions
Apple is continuing their efforts to add as many banks and credit unions to their mobile payment service, Apple Pay. The list of supported financial institutions is growing quite long at this point, but that isn't to say it will stop growing any time soon. The following banks and credit unions are newly added to Apple Pay: American Chartered...