Apps

Mail app gets VIP inbox and more in iOS 6

Those hoping that the default Mail app would get a major overhaul in iOS 6 will likely be disappointed. Despite a few new features, Mail is nearly identical to its predecessor.

But the few additions that did make the cut seem like they're going to have quite an impact. The first is a new VIP inbox feature, which allows you to customize Mail notifications...

Apple unveils new Passbook application

In line with previous rumors, Apple has just announced a new application called Passbook. The tagline of the app is "The simplest way to get all your passes in one place."

Passbook will organize all of your gift cards, tickets and other passes for you, allowing you to pull them up and use them at a moments notice...

Facebook integration finally comes to iOS 6

As expected, Apple has just announced all-new Facebook integration in iOS 6. And the company's iOS VP Scott Forstall is on stage right now going through all of the details.

Just like the Twitter integration added in iOS 5, the new Facebook integration will add system-level support for the social network. This will allow you to upload photos to Facebook and update your status from practically anywhere in iOS...

Tim Cook kicks off WWDC keynote with Apple stats

The moment that you've all been waiting for is finally here. Apple's big WWDC keynote has started, and the company's fearless CEO Tim Cook has taken the stage.

As usual, Cook's kicking things off by going over some of Apple's sales numbers and  other impressive accomplishments from the past couple of months...

Apple to announce two new iOS apps today

According to Fox News’ Clayton Morris, Apple will unveil two new iOS apps today. We told you about one app already called Organize a virtual pocket of sorts.

According to sources, the Organize app is designed to hold your credit card information, coupons, travel information and other personal information. If the description is anything to go by, the Organize app should hopefully help create a rumored iWallet solution...

Here’s why Apple yanked Airfoil Speakers Touch app from the App Store

Remember Airfoil Speakers Touch app? Of course you do, this nifty little program from Rogue Amoeba turns your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into an audio receiver so you can send any audio from your desktop to your iOS device. As you know, Apple pulled it two weeks ago without giving the team much of an explanation only to allow it into the store a few days ago.

Wanna know about Apple's reasoning behind this rejection? Here's an email exchange between Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller (also known internally as Dr. No, you may guess why) and  the Rogue  Amoeba team...

Why the iPhone doesn’t have audible turn-by-turn directions

Thanks to my years in wireless sales, I can honestly say I've tried out more than my fair share of smartphones. The carrier I worked for made us try a new handset every 90 days to ensure that we were all well-versed in our craft.

But out of all of the devices I played with and carried, none were able to woo me away from the iPhone. In fact, the only non-iOS feature that I have ever really lusted after was Android's ability to give audible turn-by-turn directions...

Facebook officially launches App Center

Earlier today, we reported that screenshots of Facebook's App Center were starting to surface. This lead to speculation from folks that a release for the cross-platform, HTML5-encoded app store was on the horizon.

Well, as it turns out, they were right. During a press event this evening, the social networking giant announced that it would start rolling out App Center in the US today. And the rest of the world in the coming weeks...

UEFA releases official Euro 2012 iPhone app

As noted by MacRumors, UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) has just released its official app for Euro 2012. The 14th annual European Football Championship starts Friday, June 8th, and will continue on for the rest of the month.

Surprisingly, football (known as soccer here in the States) is slowly starting to catch on here in the States. It's by no means near as popular as it is in the rest of the world, but major TV networks are starting to bid for broadcasting rights...

And just like that, Google snaps up mobile productivity suite Quickoffice

Whoa, looks like another iOS app developer (not exclusive, though) just ended up engulfed in the Google ecosystem as the search giant announced its acquisition of the popular mobile app productivity maker Quickoffice for an undisclosed sum.

The news arrives just as we learned yesterday of Google's intentions to snap up popular instant messaging maker Meebo for a rumored hundred million dollars...

Dang, Instapaper has gone Android

In what seems to be the norm lately, another popular iPhone app has expanded to Android, Marco Arment's Instapaper. This awesome and elegant tool to save web pages for reading later can now be used on Android devices natively.

While it lacks the polish and elegance of the iOS version, Instapaper for Android comes with one major advantage...