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“ Apple buys smaller technology companies from clock time to time , and we more often than not do not discuss our purpose or plan . ” Those who have keep abreast the company for any length of fourth dimension have a go at it that conviction is about as secretive as Apple ever bring forth to instantly confirming that it ’s acquired another firm . Most latterly , the company in question was Coherent Navigation , which was reportedly working on a more accurate and robust version of GPS ....

Back in 2010 , the iPad represented a variety of mystical missing piece meant to bridge over two very different Book . On one side , the ultra - mobile iPhone offer great potency despite its limits , and on the other , the brawny Mac had a ripe adequate to platform but was nowhere near as portable . The iPad was meant to match between them , extend a desktop - expressive style experience in a roving computer software ....

Free - to - play game often face appealing , but it ’s unmanageable to know at a glimpse whether the job model is subtle and play ruining , or fair and worth pumping a few buck into . With Freemium Field Test , we ’ll take a recent free - to - play iOS secret plan , put it through its paces , and rent you know if it ’s really deserving your time ( and money ) ....

UPDATE 1:14 p.m.—Apple attain out with a statement , deny Fortune ’s report . An Apple spokesperson enjoin , “ HomeKit has been available for just a few month and we already have dozens of partners who have intrust to bringing HomeKit accouterment to market and we ’re looking forward to the first ones come next calendar month . ” HomeKit was announced at WWDC 2014as being part of iOS 8 ....

A few weeks back , I have an Amazon Echo , that outre product that ’s part Bluetooth speaker , part Siri . As fascinating as I ’ve found this contrivance , one feature in particular has been an eye - opener : desegregation with Belkin ’s WeMo home automation devices . My true small apartment has just a single WeMo timekeeper , which I use to release on and off a floor lamp in my situation ....

Ever since Steve Jobs gave us a prowler peak at Apple ’s internal iTV project at 2006 ’s “ Showtime ” effect , we ’ve been waiting for Apple ’s pioneering set - top box to age . Officially released just moments before the iPhone , Apple TV was designed to be the magical gismo that bridge the disruption between the small screens on our roving devices and the giant 1 in our live rooms , wirelessly deliver our music , movies and photos to a stead where they could look and sound their near ....

These days , keep up with game can be a full - time job . So how do you separate the signaling from the noise , the wheat berry from the stalk , the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps ? Allow us to help by on a regular basis selecting a game You Should Play . I know , I lie with — Rayark’sImplosion – Never Lose Hopeis pretty pricey for a mobile game ....

It ’s in all likelihood fair to say that iTunes is the Apple app that people love to hate . Lots of people expend it — more than any other Apple app , since it ’s the depositary for music and picture collections , the tool many people use to sync media and apps to their iOS devices , and the gateway to the iTunes Store on estimator . iTunes tries to do a lot , and many people wish to expend the discussion “ bloated ” when hash out the package ....

Update : A Hulu interpreter reached out to clarify the AT&T partnership . attend like Verizon is not the only wireless newsboy work headline this workweek . On Wednesday , AT&T announced it has reached a spate toprovide its client with some access to Hulu , the cyclosis overhaul with a large catalog of both current and previous episode of telecasting shows from ABC , NBC , Fox , Cartoon web , Comedy Central , FX , Nickelodeon and MTV ....

It ’s been a fairly slow news show week in the Mac world . ( Unless you ’re excited about Verizon plunk down $ 4.4 billion for AOL – yes , that AOL.)New betas are outfor Yosemite as well as Io 8.4 , so we discuss how to get an early peep at the next iterations of Apple ’s operating system — and if you ’re better off waiting for the final rendering ....

I hate to pound holes in adept - faith exertion to improve the integrity and security measure of mortal ’ and patronage ’ data point , but in just the last week , I ’ve go through three freestanding efforts that each attempt to pay off a problem , but only figure out a top layer . The underlie blemish continue , and they ’re not at all the fault of those party ....

Free - to - frolic game often calculate appealing , but it ’s difficult to know at a glance whether the business model is insidious and playfulness ruining , or reasonable and worth pump a few bucks into . With Freemium Field Test , we ’ll take a late free - to - fun iOS game , put it through its paces , and have you have a go at it if it ’s really worth your meter ( and money ) ....

People are tired of being commoditized , sick of their photos and station and sprightliness tarradiddle being used to sell advertising . But few social networking upstarts have been able to capitalize on this , because even people who loathe Facebook wo n’t leave it . ButTsu(pronounced “ sue ” ) is direct a different approach : practice ad dollar to pay substance abuser . Share the revenue with everyone ....