Neowin News Feed for: Ios

Unity game engine goes free for iOS and Android developers, Windows Phone to follow soon

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:03 +0100

The Unity game engine, used by many popular apps across different platform, has now become free of charge for Android and iOS developers. Windows Phone 8 and Blackberry 10 will follow soon. Read more...

Windows Phone now the third place smartphone ecosystem as BlackBerry sinks further

Andy Weir — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:12:04 +0100

The latest figures from IDC show that growth in Windows Phone helped Microsoft's mobile OS to jump to third place in global smartphone shipments, as BlackBerry market share fell from 6.4% to 2.9%. Read more...

BlackBerry to launch BBM on iOS and Android; no word on Windows Phone

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:05:26 +0100

BlackBerry has announced that it will launch apps for iOS and Android that will connect to the company's BBM service, but there's no word on plans to extend this functionality to Windows Phone. Read more...

Windows Phone doubles global marketshare, but still far behind

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:41:37 +0100

Garner has published their report on global handset sales for the first quarter of 2013. Android owns the market with 75% while Windows Phone accounts for 3%. Apple is still in second place at 18%. Read more...

Apple's upcoming products will "change the narrative", says Barclays

Ben Buffone — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:21:58 +0100

Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes has suggested Apple's upcoming product roadmap will "change the narrative" of the company. The analyst has also recently upped his own performance targets for Apple. Read more...

ComScore: US smartphone OS market share nearly flat in Q1 2013

John Callaham — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:19:39 +0100

The latest smartphone market share numbers from ComScore show Microsoft's share is nearly flat from in the first quarter of 2013 while BlackBerry and Android showed large drops. Read more...

Acer still believes Microsoft can compete in the mobile space

John Callaham — Sat, 04 May 2013 13:48:04 +0100

Acer president Jim Wong said this week Microsoft can still compete with Apple and Google in the mobile operating system market place, saying that a lack of apps has curtailed Microsoft's efforts. Read more...

Lightroom for iOS could finally aim the iPad at professionals

Ben Buffone — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:31:28 +0100

Appearing on photography web show The Grid, Adobe's group product manager Tom Hogarty has shown off a prototype version of Lightroom running on iOS, offering a true professional editing on the iPad. Read more...

Tag people in photos with new Instagram update

Ben Buffone — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:31:28 +0100

Instagram has released an update to its wildly-popular photo sharing application, allowing users to tag friends in photos. With privacy in mind, the company have also added other improvements. Read more...

Sid Meier to release first iOS game with Sid Meier's Ace Patrol

John Callaham — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:35:09 +0100

Legendary game creator Sid Meier will release his first game for iOS devices, the strategy title Sid Meier's Ace Patrol, on May 9th as a free game but with in-game purchases. Read more...

Microsoft shipped 900,000 Surfaces in Q1 2013, according to IDC

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:23:49 +0100

According to IDC, Microsoft shipped 900,000 Surface devices in Q1 2013. The majority of those devices are Surface Pros, with the Surface RT accounting for just 0.4% of all tablets sold. Read more...

Analyst: Apple may launch $199-$249 iPad mini soon

Ben Buffone — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:13:58 +0100

Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst with KGI Securities, has suggested that in order to fend off attacks from cheap Android tablets, Apple will move to ship a budget iPad mini in the $199-249 price range. Read more...

iOS 7 said to be "flat," just like Windows Phone

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:53:36 +0100

iOS 7, which Apple is expected to unveil at WWDC, will featured a more "flat" design. The new design will look different to the current version of iOS, but will retain some features. Read more...

Google Now available on iOS

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:39:27 +0100

Google's predictive searching service, Now, is finally available on iOS. It comes in the form of an update to the Google Search app and users will need to opt-in for the service to work. Read more...

Apple slammed with fine over illegal copyright violation

Ben Buffone — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:51:00 +0100

Apple has been hit with a $118,000 fine for illegally distributing copyrighted material in China. Judge Feng Gang ruled that Apple showed negligence in ensuring uploaded content was legal. Read more...

Have coffee with Tim Cook for a mere $175,000 [Update: Over $600k!)

Ben Buffone — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:36:17 +0100

Bidding to meet Apple CEO Tim Cook for a coffee has reached $175,000. For this you'll get between 30 mins and an hour with Cook, with all proceeds going directly to charity, but would you pay that? Read more...

Apple sells 37.4 million iPhones and 19.5 million iPads in Q1 2013

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:53:07 +0100

Apple has announced it sold 37.4 million iPhones and 19.5 million iPads during the first quarter of 2013, bringing in $43.6 billion in revenues and a net income of $9.5 billion for the time period. Read more...

Leaked iPad 5 rear panel confirms iPad mini-like design?

Ben Buffone — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:40:19 +0100

In another image that purports to be a rear panel for the iPad 5, the iPad mini-style design suggested in recent rumours is only confirmed further. Read more...

Windows Phone GoComics app has official Calvin and Hobbes strips

John Callaham — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:27:13 +0100

Andrews McMeel Universal has released the GoComics app for Windows Phone, iOS and Android, allowing people to access tons of their comic strips, including the full Calvin and Hobbes archive. Read more...

Woz: "Apple working on new things that will surprise and shock us all"

Ben Buffone — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:40:37 +0100

Steve Wozniak, Apple's co-founder has spoken recently at the Login technology conference in Lithuania, making bold claims about the future of the company, including new products. Read more...