iOS

Your collection of Dr. Seuss is no longer complete thanks to Charles D. Cohen, a dentist and probably the biggest Seuss fan on the planet. He uncovered seven early Seuss stories published in magazines between 1950 and 1951 and they found their way to Random House. The stories have now been published as both a…

First, let’s look at how you can set Siri up to handle your tweets, because, really, Siri should handle everything in your digital life, right? The secret to making this possible is to configure your Twitter account to allow you to tweet via SMS text message. To do so, go to Twitter.com, log in to…

Notification Center with the Stocks widget (left) and without (right) The Stock widget takes up screen space that some people just don’t want to part with in Notification Center. If that’s you, here’s how to remove it:You can remove Stocks from Notification Center from the Notifications Setting On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 5,…

You’re probably familiar with how Mail on your Mac uses colored bars to indicate quoted text from previous e-mails. The more colored bars there are, the more times the text in question has flown back and forth.As I mentioned, I love using the Format > Quote Level command in Mail to selectively add those bars…

You’ll find the Wi-Fi sync option under the iTunes Summary tab First, make sure you have iTunes 10.5 installed on your computer, and iOS 5 installed on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. To enable Wi-Fi syncing, do this: Launch iTunes 10.5. Connect your iOS device to your computer with a USB dock cable. Select…

  The free app allows iOS users to create cards directly on their devices, including customized pictures and text, and order physical copies of those cards to be directly mailed to the individuals in the user’s contacts list. Cards can be mailed both in the United States ($2.99 per card) and internationally ($4.99 per card).…

Apple says iOS 5 includes over 200 new features The upgrade added single sign-on support for Twitter so users can post messages and photos through multiple applications without having to sign into the social networking service more than once. It also added a new instant messaging service that side steps SMS and MMS plans from…

Deciding whether or not to upgrade right away is a no-brainer for some, but for others it may not be a clear cut choice. Either way, planning ahead will help cut down on surprises and headaches when you make the jump to iOS 5.iOS 5 is loaded with new features Should You Upgrade? Even if…

The 6th gen nano gets 7th gen iconsThe update brings the 6th generation iPod nano’s interface inline with the 7th generation model Apple introduced during its special media event in Cupertino on Tuesday. The new nano includes the same large icon navigation, the multiple clock faces, and built-in fitness tracking features that don’t require attachments to…

Is this important? For me it is. The troubles with saving files, already an issue in iOS 4, will only grow with the new iOS version. That’s because iOS 5’s move towards “PC Free” will likely lead more people to attempt using an iPad as their primary or only computer. As such, the importance for…

Instagram 2.0Version 2.0 supports image sizes up to 1936 x 1936 on the iPhone 4 and 1536 x 1535 on the iPhone 3GS. It also added live filters for previewing effects before snapping a photo, includes four new image filters, adds instant tilt-shift focus, made image borders optional, and improved performance when applying filters.Instagram 2.0…

Dolphin has been the most popular browser on the Android Market and took advantage of the touchscreen interface to allow gestures familiar to iOS users such as pinch and zoom. One of the browser’s unique features, which the company brought to the iOS versions, is the ability to access a website using a specific gesture,…

I wound up focusing on file sharing — the moving of files (such as text documents, graphics and PDFs) among apps and across devices. Currently, Apple’s officially supported method for such file sharing is via iTunes, a still-clunky procedure that I first described back in 2010. Although the addition of Dropbox greases the wheels significantly, iOS…

From MobileMe-to-iCloud “Specifically, I bemoaned the loss of sync services (syncing application preferences, keychain, etc.) and the loss of iDisk,” the reader told AppleInsider of his initial email to Cook . “I was pleasantly surprised to get a call from his office just now.” The anonymous reader said that he was told, “Apple is open…

Citing unnamed developers, Dan Frommer reported the move by Apple, which may be an effort by the company to boost privacy protections for its iOS customers. Some developers had reportedly been using this API as a way to track users without requiring their consent to do so. Privacy has been of increasing concern in recent…

People of different ethnicities who find reasons to dislike each other, for instance, would agree that if it comes down to choosing between a drooling, flesh-gnashing zombie or a person of another race, then the zombie is toast. It may have been a White guy’s grandmother, pre-infection of course, or a Black guy’s youngest daughter…

A lot of science has gone into the study of sleep, most likely because there are a lot of us not getting any. It could be that we’re not getting enough sleep, or it takes too long to fall asleep, or we can’t stay asleep. Maybe the sleep just isn’t restful. We go to great…

In addition, Apple reportedly began locking the Unique Device Identifier (UDID) numbers tied to that account, including the slots sold, rendering those iPhones unusable. Karthick has posted a guide for downgrading to iOS 4.3 if that happens to you, which is the only way to re-activate your device. iOS 5 is tied to a developer…

iCloud Beta iCloud is part semi-backup solution, part file sharing-to-yourself service, and part iTunes distribution system, and that’s just for starters. The company uses iCloud to make iTunes purchases (Music, Apps, iBooks, and TV Shows for now) available to all of your devices, and it will be at the heart of iTunes Match, Apple’s service…

iPhone Explorer Browser WindowWhen you start up iPhone Explorer, you’ll see your attached device, along with the amount of space used, and total space. Clicking on the triangle next to the device should reveal two directories: Apps and Media. If you prefer, you can choose a column or icon view, instead of the default list…

 When I saw the Learn2Make3D app from LEARN2MAKE LLC my first thought was what a cool way to give money gifts to nieces, nephews, brides and grooms, graduates, and grandchildren. This app, which is available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, works with any version that has iOS 3.0 or later.    Sample finished origami projectsThe…

Before finishing up, I’ll take a brief look at a couple of Lion features that I did not greet with any enthusiasm, concluding with my initial overall assessment of the new OS. Favorite features Recovery HD. As a troubleshooter, this has to be number one on my list.  Mac OS X Lion installs a “recovery…

iOS 4.3.4 is available for the iPod touch, iPad, iPad 2 and GSM iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. GSM is the cell network technology used by many mobile phone providers around the world in including AT&T in the U.S. CDMA is used by Verizon and isn’t compatible with GSM networks, requiring Apple to release a…