Apple suppliers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision saw record monthly revenues in December thanks to the huge fourth-quarter Apple's iPhone saw, regulatory filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange revealed on Monday.
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt is the first production car from General Motors that features Apple CarPlay built right into the dash, The Verge observed at Detroit's North American International Auto Show.
Chevrolet presented the new Volt on Monday, which offers greater range and a slightly sleeker look than the previous model, along with the new technology from Apple. The 2016 Volt is the second version of the hybrid vehicle, which has seen mixed reviews from automobile critics and customers alike.
SwitcherDND is a new jailbreak tweak that just arrived on Cydia. It allows you to replace the mute switch's functionality with that of a Do Not Disturb switch. If you use Do Not Disturb often like I do, then you may want to give this free jailbreak tweak a spin.
Marsh Supermarkets, a retail food chain headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, with stores throughout Central Indiana and parts of Ohio, has installed iBeacons in all of its 75 stores and plans to run Apple Watch triggered advertisements when you walk in the store, AdWeek was the first to report.
The Apple Watch isn't even on sale until reportedly March, but that isn't stopping Marsh from preparing to take advantage of the hands-free advertising.
Verifone, a company that boasts it connects more than 27 million payment devices to the cloud, has announced a new point of sale (POS) system that aims to work with any smartphone on the market, and could be a huge boost for Apple to get Apple Pay more widely adopted in stores.
The PAYware Mobile e355, the newest mPOS terminal from Verifone, frees merchants from consumer technology upgrade cycles and adapts to multiple OS options, the company says. "It is a flexible, long-lasting device that can accommodate different form factors and outlive smartphone and tablet models."
Just as our own analytics showed a very clear spike of traffic emanating from devices running Apple's unreleased iOS 8.1.3, now word comes that several publications are starting to see versions of iOS 9 showing up on web analytics for their sites.
Assuming version numbers have not been spoofed, this would indicate Apple may have begun testing first prototype builds of iOS 9, ahead of a developer preview expected at its annual developers conference in the summer.
Spotify now has 15 million subscribers paying for its premium features and 60 million active users total, the music streaming giant announced on its blog on Monday.
The new numbers on Monday compare to number two months ago when the company said it had 12.5 million paying users out of 50 million subscribers, showing impressive growth for the latter number.
First preview at CES 2015 a week ago, Automatic, makers of the popular connected car adapter, today officially announced a new feature to connect your car and home with Nest, the smart thermostat from Google.
The integration enables communication between your car and home through intelligently chosen rules that give the Nest thermostat a more timely understanding of when heating or cooling is needed and more importantly, when it's not.
A controversy quickly followed the release of the evasi0n7 jailbreak, when the evad3rs released it a year ago. The group of hackers responsible for the jailbreak had allegedly inked a deal with a Chinese company called TaiG to bundle their installer to the jailbreak for Chinese locals in exchange for a monetary compensation that we believed was in the amount of one million dollars. One million dollars! Unfortunately for the evad3rs, things went sideways. TaiG turned out to be an installer that facilitated piracy. The evad3rs pulled the plug on it, kissing their one million dollars goodbye.
When I think of outer space and the Wild West, I think of Firefly. I love the idea of combining laser blasters and horses, or six-shooters and alien plant life. Some of my favorite science fiction movies are basically westerns set in a galaxy far, far away.
Space Marshals combines the two genres into one seamless top-down shooter. Grab your guns and hitch a ride on the space shuttle. Hang on to your hats, because this here is one blazing saddle (was that enough western referencing for you?). We’ve got a full review of Space Marshals for you today.
If you are in the mood for a strategic arcade shooter that takes place in the clear blue sky above, this is your lucky day. With a huge arsenal of weapons at your disposal, you’ll be the warden of the airwaves.
Sky Patrol is a combat shooter that put players in the cockpit of a highly weaponized warship. Your job is to escort transport crews across airspace that is heavily populated by enemies. Tap, swipe, and shoot your way to clear skies.
Apple has added a new category to its App Store, aimed just at children, the company's official App Store Twitter account announced on Saturday.
"Set children loose in wondrous worlds designed especially for them," the "Games for Kids" category description writes." From cute puzzlers to accessible tower-defense games, our selections are perfect for a wide range of skill levels and interests."