It has been a big day for Apple after they unloaded heaps of new features put together within the software for mobile and laptop/desktop devices. Many from outside the US will be asking just what Yosemite means as I did […]
iOS
iOS is to Apple mobile devices what Mac OS X is to the desktop computers. All smartphones and tablets made by Apple Inc. are shipped with the iOS operating system.
Since iOS is only available to be used on Apple smartphone and tablets, it doesn’t have anywhere near the number of shipments as its main competitor in Android. However, iOS is an excellent operating system that is neck and neck with Android, and sales would reflect that if Apple were to let it off its leash.
Jailbreaking is the iOS equivalent to rooting for Android. Unlike Android, Apple does its best effort to lock down the iOS operating system; thus making jailbreaking next to impossible to do with the modern-day versions of iOS.
Since iOS is designed strictly for mobile devices, the operating system is designed around the touchscreen input and not the keyboard or mouse like you would get from Mac OS X. iOS relies heavily on the use of applications. Outside of the apps, the operating system cannot do as many things as its desktop equivalent.
How to Get iOS 6 Keyboard on iOS 7 and iOS 7.1
Apple’s latest efforts with iOS 7 went down as the greatest change to the software in IOS history and one feature that stands out straight away as being very different is the keyboard. Up until last weekend my brother was […]
Designing the Moscone Center for WWDC 2014 Underway, Here is a Sneak Peak
If you like technology and are familiar with the United States geography then you will have heard of the place called Silicon Valley. Depicting beautiful in a TV series that is seeing season 1 wrapping up under the same name, […]
iPad Selfies with Arnold Schwarzenegger
As much as we love Apple and all the products they make including the entire iPad range which now goes into the Mini variants and those with retina display, there is something I’ve disliked this entire time about witnessing iPad […]
Awesome Animated GIF Showing the History of Apple Stores in US
Normally my fascination of animated GIFs spurns from watching mini-movies work without me needing to click a button. Today thanks to a new map made by a creative person, I have found a new love in the GIF. Using this […]
Meet the Best Steve Jobs Face Mask You Have Ever Seen
Letting go of Steve Jobs after his passing has not been easy for many. Since his passing we have witnessed biographies, both authorized and unauthorized, two movies and one that is yet to be released, and a hit manga book […]
Survey of What People Want in a Smartphone: iOS vs Android vs Windows
When smartphones changed our lives in 2007 companies have found it laborious to keep the same amount of buzz after every release. Take Apple “fandoms” for instance who always want to see another big feature that keeps the crowd interested. […]
Apple the Most Vulnerable to Patent Cases in 2013
While we are well into the Q2 of 2014 and 2013 is nothing but a distant memory of the year that was, it is only just now that we are starting to see the startling results of who was targeted […]
Rumor: Dre Asks for Apple Senior Executive Role
The 9th of May marks the day that talks became as official as we can get between Apple and Dre’s Beats headphones coming together in a deal that was worth an estimated 3.2 billion dollars. That is a huge sum […]
iPhone 6 Release Date Before September Now
Apple is very much a business focused around trends. For example, me as well as every other keen blogger, knew that the iPhone 5S would come with new features because that has been the trend. The number up (5) has […]
Teal Blue iPhone 6 Render Leaks
Over the past few weeks we’ve shown our readers many iPhone 6 mockups, fakes, concepts and even potential leaks. Each end every one of them had a characteristic in common and that was a dark colored body even if their designs […]
Steve Jobs and Dr. Dre Have a Friendly History Together
Nothing has been bigger news in the past week in tech-space let alone for the famous fruit company than Apple buying out Beats headphones by Dr. Dre. Now we know Beats are a huge name that is primarily the biggest […]
Rumor: Apple Offering Deal To Entice Customers To Upgrade This Weekend
According to a source close to blog 9 to 5 mac, Apple is planning on sending out emails to existing customers who are on an older device to try to entice them into upgrading to the current iPhone 5S and […]
iPhone 6 Exposed, Has This Case Manufacturer Shown The Real Thing?
Maybe it is the conspiracy theorist in me, but I always thought that there could be more to these mock-ups that we are seeing other than some graphics design student messing around. Today’s new breaking iPhone 6 concepts (or not […]
How To Unlock iPhone By Double Tapping Screen With SmartTap
Elias Limneos has been around the jailbreak scene for a long time. His work to date includes popular tweaks such as SBRotator and CallBar and now he has revealed a way that users can double tap the iPhone’s display to […]
Welcome To ConsumingTech 3.0
Wishing you all a warm welcome to ConsumingTech 3.0. Today we have introduced a new look to the website that I personally like very much and I hope all of you do too. The idea is to give our readers […]
Lunecase By Concepter Will Launch And Offer Notifications Appearing On The Back Case
It has been a while since I’ve so much as mentioned the word Kickstarter in my life to anybody I know let alone review something cool to come out of there. That is not to say that not much is […]
White Steve Jobs T-Shirt With Japanese Anime Design [Chocolate Apple]
If you are a hit fan of Anime artwork and love Apple’s founder Steve Jobs as generously as we do, you might be fascinated in buying this brand new Japanese Anime Steve Jobs T-Shirt that is on sale for 3,750 […]
This Sophisticated iPhone 6 Mockup Is Black And Beautiful
The world of concept and mock ups is a tough one to grasp because the photos that we get shown are without a shadow of a doubt authentic, but we know that the image is likely fake because well, they […]
Alleged Voluptuous iPhone 6 Images Leak
Recently we published some mock-ups and concept designs made by people away from the Cupertino company headquarters, but today we are getting republished images by web blog Nowhere Else in France that show what they think is a real leak […]
Would You Prefer An iPhone 6 That Looks Like An iPod Nano? [Concept Art]
It is funny how something that is naturally rectangle and small can vary so much from year to year as companies attempt to stay away from patent battles where they lose lots of money by resembling the other brand a […]
GoPhone Smartphone Plans With More Data From AT&T Officially Arrive In 5 Days
In today’s world of mobile madness, there are two things most of us need that we do not have enough of storage space and data. Luckily the latter has been addressed several times over the past few weeks, and much […]
A New Memoir From Don Melton, An Apple Employee, About Steve Jobs
It took a lengthy period for Steve Jobs passing to sink in for many including myself. After he passed away there is little left to remember him by other than watching the movie remakes of his life that are not […]
Apple 8 GB iPhone 5C Signals The End of An Era
That iPhone 5C was supposed to be Apple’s idea of a fun, flamboyant Smartphone, and even though it looks like we could be about to see the end of a very short era, I would not be counting the Cupertino […]
Retro Game Crunch 7 Game Collection Out For Mac And PC, With More Being Made
It’s hard to describe to someone what I find appealing about reliving the past and playing a retro game. Obviously as time goes on we prefer to look at the amazing graphic capabilities the gaming consoles of today have. Machines […]
Jerry Seinfeld Makes Fun Of Smartphones On The Tonight Show In This Stand-Up Comedy Sketch
Seinfeld was a big part of my life growing up. From having all the seasons on one of my computer hard drives thanks to a good friend, to being called “Kramer” by some when I walked down the school hall, […]
Cydget Theme Puts Weather On The iOS 7 Lock screen
Themes are fantastic because they offer a chance for users to change the look of the standard iOS software. Some friends of mine didn’t want to upgrade to the latest iOS 7 because they didn’t like the look of it. […]
Apple TV Signs Deal To Bring In World Wrestling Entertainment Channel
The month of February will see a brand new channel dedicated to wrestling television shows only debuting on the Apple TV. It marks that first progress we have seen this year for the Apple TV. 2014 was being heralded as […]
How To Turn Off Control Center Access From iOS 7 Without The iPhone Being Unlocked
As time goes by, Apple’s operating system, iOS, has been given more and more features. This is the natural path as the developers work out more things that are a good idea to have, but also as there becomes more […]
Vox 2.0 Gets A New UI With Cover Art Upgrade
Vox has always stood out ever since it was developed as Vox 1.0, but now it comes revamped and better than the last version with heaps of new things to talk about in Vox 2.0. I can still remember the […]