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OneDrive gains Document Provider extension, Recycle Bin support, push alerts and more

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 9, 2015

Microsoft's iOS client for its cloud-storage service, OneDrive, has received a significant update Friday bringing out a Document Provider extension of its own. The Document Provider extension is one of the major new extensibility features in iOS 8. With Document Providers, developers can write apps which expose their custom remote or local storage functionality to the operating system.

What this means for OneDrive fans is that they can now access their files in other apps. To see how this works and learn more about other changes in OneDrive 4.6, jump past the fold.

Apple caught up with iPhone 6 demand, now ‘in stock’ on US online store

Jake Smith ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Apple updated its Apple Store in the US on Friday morning with good news for potential iPhone 6 buyers: it's finally caught up with demand close to four months after the smartphone's release.

The Apple Store now shows the iPhone 6 as "in stock". The only model not in stock is the SIM-free, unlocked iPhone 6 Plus that was just released earlier this week.

Apple institutes app price hikes in Europe, Canada and Russia as iPhones get more expensive in Brazil

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 9, 2015

As reported by AppleInsider, Apple has raised minimum prices of iPhone and iPad applications in the App Store in Canada, the United Kingdom, Norway and in the European Union.

As a result of the changes, customers in Canada will now see a minimum app price raised from $0.99 (USD$0.83) to $1.19 (USD$1.01). In the United Kingdom, the new minimum tier has gone up from £0.69 ($1.04) to £0.79 ($1.19) and €0.99 ($1.17) in the European Union, up from €0.89 ($1.05) before.

In addition, smartphones, tablets and other gadgets Apple sells in Brazil saw their prices skyrocketing by an average of 10 percent due to the steady devaluation of the country's currency, real.

Apple reportedly planning Apple Pay launch in Canada by March

Jake Smith ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Apple plans to extend Apple Pay past the US and into Canada sooner than expected. 9to5mac reports on Friday that Apple will kick-off the international launch of Apple Pay in Canada as early as March.

More details surface for Twitter’s video feature: Shoot, edit, post videos from app

Jake Smith ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Twitter plans to unveil its new video feature in the next few weeks, reports Recode, and apparently some of the past details shared were wrong. Instead of a 10 minute video limit for the Twitter Video service like previously believed, it will be closer to 20 seconds and actually have a lot of similarities to the six-second, Twitter-owned Vine.

Mayday! Deep Space review: talk your way out of danger in this stealth game

Lory Gil ∙ Updated February 9, 2018

I’m always up for a good stealth game. Wait until the coast is clear and then, head to the next hiding spot. Make sure you’ve got enough time to get out unseen, and then run. A good stealth game will give you something fun to do in the meantime.

Mayday! Deep Space is a stealth game that puts you in the position of helping a survivor on a medical space station. You have an overview of the entire area and must help direct your new friend out of harms way. We’ve got a game review of Mayday! Deep Space for you today.

Add the Android L screen fade animation to iOS with ‘CheeseCake’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 8, 2015

CheeseCake is a brand new jailbreak tweak that adds the popular Android L screen fade animation to jailbroken iPhones. The tweak, which is available right now on Cydia's BigBoss repo free of charge, is compatible with all devices running iOS 8.

AT&T to begin shutting down Cricket’s CDMA network in March, iPhone users won’t be affected

Jake Smith ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

AT&T announced on Thursday that it will begin, as planned, shutting down Cricket's CDMA network in March, taking many Cricket plans and phones with it.

The shutdown comes after AT&T purchased Cricket in March 2014. AT&T is shutting down the CDMA network to roll customers over to its GSM network. Furthermore, AT&T has slowly been farming Cricket’s unused spectrum for use with its own GSM network. AT&T will use Cricket's spectrum, after a spruce up for its standards, to offer better coverage to customers.

CES 2015: Griffin unveils reversible USB Lightning cable since Apple hasn’t

Jake Smith ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

With CES 2015 winding down, accessory maker Griffin has unveiled a $29.99 Lightning cable with a reversible USB connector, allowing users to plug in the USB portion of the connector on either side.

Sprint’s not finished yet, preliminary quarterly earnings show

Jake Smith ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Sprint took Thursday to report preliminary results for its third fiscal quarter, and showed T-Mobile still has its work cut out for it. During the quarter, Sprint's net customer additions totaled 967,000, including postpaid net additions of 30,000, prepaid net additions of 410,000, and wholesale net additions of 527,000.

T-Mobile has practically been going for Sprint's neck over the last year. T-Mobile's CEO John Legere wants to be the third-largest carrier, bad.

How to try the Apple Watch’s UI early through the web

Jake Smith ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

A new project from the folks behind the news app Pipes allows prospective Apple Watch buyers to test the user interface on the web, before the Apple Watch's launch in March.

All you need to do is head to DemoAppleWatch.com, where you can "use" the Watch, play with 19 apps, and try the Apple Watch's Digital Crown to return to the home screen. The Apple Watch is modeled on official images from Apple, and lets users see how their messages, emails and home screen will look and work.

Breed, raise and train your dragons in Gameloft’s Dragon Mania Legends

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 8, 2015

If you're crazy about dragons, are blood-thirsty and mildly interested in pet simulation games, Gameloft's Dragon Mania Legends should be at the top of your list.

Released today as a free-to-play download for the iPhone and iPad, the game challenges you to breed, feed, raise and train your dragons before testing their skills in three-on-three battles to fight the invading Vikings.

Developed by Gameloft's Budapest, Hungary based studio, Dragon Mania Legends features really, really nicely done cartoonish 3D graphics and a batch of compelling features that should keep dragon lovers glued to their screens.