Backed by some important names, including Intel Capital and Samsung, and chaired by the father of the iPod and Nest products Tony Fadell, Keyssa is a startup that has been working for more than five years on an amazing technology called “kiss connectivity” that enables fast data transfers between devices placed next to each other. It really is an invention that could revolutionize smartphone design, as Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
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There’s nothing worse than dropping your iPhone 6 and having its screen get scratched or cracked… and let’s not even get into what happens if you drop your device and it bends. Thankfully, Geek.com has put together a terrific list of rugged iPhone 6 cases that are designed to help your device survive brutal drops. They may not be the most aesthetically pleasing cases on the market but they look like must-haves for anyone who regularly takes their iPhone 6 on rock climbing trips.
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Apple and Google love accusing one another of being copycats but the dirty truth is that both companies have been swiping ideas and features from one another for years. This has become even more obvious with the releases of iOS 8 and Android 5.0 Lollipop, which this in-depth review of both platforms by Dice’s Nick Kolakowski makes clear are more similar than ever before.
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Apple’s iOS platform recently started to make waves in the enterprise space, and some analysts suggested it could mean curtains for BlackBerry. Of course, BlackBerry shares are up more than 75% over the past 12 months, so the company isn’t quite down for the count despite its diminished market share.
And now, BlackBerry has joined forces with Apple’s archrival in an effort to combat Apple as it turns up the heat in the mobile enterprise market.
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At some point in the near future, just about every app on your Android device will make use of Google’s beautiful new Material Design. Until then, each and every new app with a user interface that follows the design principles of Material Design will be noteworthy, because it will provide a much more logical and attractive interface than its predecessors.
The latest such app comes from Google itself, and you need to download it immediately as a replacement for your Android phone’s stock SMS app.
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The highly competitive mobile landscape is filled with copycat claims, whether it’s about phone and tablet designs or operating system features, and the truth is that every player in the business is inspired by the competition. However, of all of them, Samsung always seems to be copying Apple, and it’s getting better and faster at it than any of its rivals — a list that most recently includes Xiaomi and Lenovo.
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We shared a great list of seven paid iPhone and iPad apps with you on Wednesday, and they were all free downloads for a limited time. In fact, a few of them are still free downloads if you hurry. Now, we’re back with an even bigger list of limited-time app sales, and it includes nine apps that are regularly worth a combined $36.
If you act fast, however, you can get them all without paying a dime.
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There is absolutely no question that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus share one of the most impressive cameras that has ever been built into a smartphone. There is also no question that the quality of photos captured by the iPhone 6’s camera is regularly overstated by people who don’t bother to support their claims with actual tests. Thankfully, some people have taken the time to really put the new iPhone’s camera through the paces, and while it is indeed quite impressive, it’s definitely not the best mobile camera on the market.
In fact, the iPhone 6’s camera was positively slaughtered in a recent showdown with Nokia’s Lumia 1020, a smartphone that was released well over a year ago.
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Sony has announced a new product that could make its consoles even more popular with customers: the PlayStation Vue cloud-based TV and on-demand content streaming service. PlayStation Vue will be available in the U.S. at some point in the first quarter of 2015, Reuters reports, at which point users will be able to watch both live TV and on-demand content on their PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 consoles without requiring an separate pay TV subscription.
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The great thing about the fierce rivalry between iOS and Android is that both platforms learn things from each other. For instance, Google has learned a lot about good overall design from Apple, while Apple has learned the value in opening up some parts of iOS — most recently its keyboard functionality — to third-party modifications.
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