They’re the new smartphones we’ve been waiting all year for, and Apple’s iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c didn’t disappoint. Replacing the discontinued iPhone 5 and taking the mid-range and flagship spots in Apple’s line-up, each runs iOS 7, itself a considerable departure from versions of the smartphone software before it. With sales set to begin […]
Got fancy new iOS 7 on that iPhone of yours? Beware. There’s a super simple bug that can let anyone blow right by your lockscreen and look through your pictures, and even share them.
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iOS 7 is here! It’s different! It’s beautiful
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Apple finally released iOS 7 to the public yesterday. The update was first unveiled back in June, after which it went through a lengthy beta phase. Over 200 new features are included in iOS 7 apart from an all new user interface. iOS 7 has been dubbed as the biggest change made to Apple’s mobile platform ever. Naturally, there was a lot of excitement surrounding the release. As word broke of the release yesterday, millions of users around the world queried Apple’s servers for the update. According to a web analytics firm called Chitika, first day adoption of iOS 7 stands at 18 percent, more than that of iOS 6 which account for 14.8 percent of all iOS devices on the day of its release last year.
The firm says that iOS 7 is likely to surpass Android Jelly Bean’s adoption rate of 45 percent, last measured on September 4th. That particular version was released last year, iOS 7 is expected to account for more than that on Apple’s mobile devices in significantly less time. Chitika bases this number on more than 300 million online ad impressions from North America, cross referenced with global web usage. Chitika isn’t the only one making predictions, One firm claims iOS 7 is now running on 35.4 percent while the other says that its running on 24.9 percent of all iOS devices.
iOS 7 First Day Adoption Claimed To Be Steady original content from Ubergizmo. 
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This year’s first day of adoption for Apple’s iOS 7 has, according to Chitika, hit just over 18% in just under 24 hours since release. In the first day of adoption for iOS 6 last year – one year ago nearly to the day, as it were – web usage for Apple’s newest mobile operating […]
Supposing you’ve seen the calls of opposition from Apple nay-sayers over the past week, you’ll be interested to know that the heads of Apple aren’t immune to talk of “non-innovative” releases in the iPhone. Speaking with Bloomberg Businessweek on several topics here in the launch week of both the iPhone 5s / iPhone 5c and […]
Be honest: when was the last time you opened your iPhone’s Stocks app? Yeah, us neither. Everyone has their own habits when it comes to iOS apps, and fortunately, YouTube user macmixing has posted a wonderful little hack that lets you get rid of any offending stock apps from your home screen—without actually deleting them altogether.
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Google Wallet has finally launched for iOS, though since Apple’s iPhone and iPad lack NFC the app focuses on sending mobile payments rather than in-store use. While on Android the focus of Google Wallet has been to turn smartphones into tap-to-pay credit cards, Apple’s continued avoidance of NFC has forced a less revolutionary approach on […]
Less than 24 hours ago, Apple released iOS 7 to the public, resulting in massive amounts of downloads and what analytics group Mixpanel suggests is a staggering adoption rate. The team at Mixpanel have ushered in their tracking chart – as they often to – of the newest Apple mobile operating system as it’s hit […]
During the beta of iOS 7, it was discovered that Apple started prompting users that their Lightning cable might not be the official product if it really was the case, but the message was merely a warning and the cable could still be used. However with the release of iOS 7, it seems that Apple has decided to outright block unauthorized Lightning cables as you can see in the screenshot above which was posted on Reddit. Authorized Lightning cables have chips embedded in them that identify them as authorized products, which might explain why they might be more expensive than the unauthorized ones.
While this is bad news for those who own unofficial cables, there is a work around although which you can try for yourself via the instructions found on Reddit. We’re not sure why Apple has decided to turn the warning message into an outright block, but perhaps it might have something to do with the recent bout of electrocutions that have taken place as a result of using unofficial products. Granted it was probably the charger that was at fault, but we guess Apple could have decided to be safe rather than sorry.
iOS 7 Now Blocking Unauthorized Lightning Cables original content from Ubergizmo. 
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