iPhone iOS 9 – Up to 3 hours longer life

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Given there are mayflies with longer lifespans than iPhone batteries, many smartphone owners will be delighted to hear that Apple’s latest update will give them three hours more juice.

At WWDC 2015, Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi announced that iOS 9 will extend battery life on iPhones by one hour.

Another “Low Power Mode” will extend battery life up to three more hours on top of that.

iOS 9 will be launched to the public alongside the next generation of iPhones in September.

With iOS 8, the iPhone 6’s battery lasts up to 14 hours, so just imagine what you’ll be able to achieve with a full 17 hours of charge!

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Apple announces OS X El Capitan

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Apple have announced OS X El Capitan, a new version of OS X that refines the Mac experience and improves system performance.

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Building on last year’s release of OS X Yosemite, El Capitan introduces enhancements to window management, built-in apps and Spotlight search, and makes everyday activities from launching apps to accessing email faster and more responsive.

Metal, Apple’s breakthrough graphics technology, is integrated into El Capitan, delivering system-wide performance gains and enabling games and pro apps to tap into the full power of Mac graphics processors.
“OS X delivers unparalleled integration between Mac hardware, iOS devices, apps and online services, and has helped Mac sales outpace the PC industry every year for the last decade,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering.

The developer preview of OS X El Capitan is available to Mac Developer Program members starting today. Mac users can participate in the El Capitan Beta Program in July and download the final version for free from the Mac App Store this fall.

OS X El Capitan improves system performance across Mac, making many of the things to be done everyday faster. El Capitan also features enhanced international language support, including a new Chinese system font for both Traditional and Simplified, with 50,000 characters for crisp on-screen readability.

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Google Cardboard for iPhone

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Apple fans finally have a taste of Google’s budget virtual reality platform, letting you explore new worlds without getting off the couch.

It’s roughly 12 months since Google unveiled the deceptively simple Google Cardboard platform, which relies on a cheap cardboard frame to hold a smartphone up to your face – a bit like an old ViewMaster. Google Cardboard-compatible apps split the screen in half to offer a slightly different view to each eye, which your brain combines to create a 3D view of the scene.

The results naturally aren’t as impressive as something like the Oculus Rift headset used by Australia’s Zero Latency platform, but it’s hard to complain when you can buy a Google Cardboard viewer for a few dollars or download the instructions and build your own. LG also offers a plastic version of the viewer to use with with its G3 smartphone, as shown in the video above, while Samsung has gone it alone and built its own VR viewer in conjunction with Oculus Rift

As Google Cardboard finds its feet, Google has unveiled a second-generation viewer which is easier to assemble and supports devices with up to a 6-inch display. There’s also a new style of button on the side, designed to work with any smartphone.

Google Cardboard

With the new cardboard viewers Google has also embraced the iPhone – bringing the official Google Cardboard app to the iTunes store. Apple has been very quiet on virtual reality, although it has reportedly hired developers and the move by Google may be enough to force Cupertino’s hand.

It was already possible to cobble together a Google Cardboard experience on the iPhone, as it fits into some Google Cardboard viewers and there are a handful of Google Cardboard-style apps in the iTunes store. The release of the official Google Cardboard demo app gives a wider taste of what the platform has to offer – you can pay a visit to the Eiffel Tower, explore the dinosaur exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History or get a close up view of museum exhibits.

Google is also expanding Cardboard’s potential with the release of the Google Expeditions pack – a kit for teachers looking to take their students on VR excursions. The system keeps a room full of Google Cardboard apps in sync, with the teacher controlling everything from a tablet so they can lead students through virtual worlds.

The move to embrace iOS should see more developers turn their attention to virtual reality, although it remains to be seen if budget handset-based VR turns out to be a novelty in the long run. It’s a great idea, but it feels rather limiting once you’ve experienced more immersive VR like Zero Latency, which sits firmly on your face and lets you walk around rather than sit still.

Are you ready to take the leap into virtual reality? Where do you want to go with Google Cardboard?

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Apple overtaken by Samsung

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Samsung Electronics overtook Apple to recapture the title of world’s top smartphone maker by volume in the first quarter of 2015, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Wednesday.

It said Samsung shipped 83.2 million smartphones worldwide and captured 24 per cent market share in the quarter, down from 31 per cent a year earlier, but better than Apple’s 18 per cent.

I personally believe it’s because the Apple haven’t left much from their original iPhone idea and haven’t actually made that many changes. With each model being released, leaks or rumours have already spread on the news about the next model. And usually features these features are already available on other competitor devices such as Samsung.

 

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Downloading all your Google history. Wait, whattt?

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So now Google allows you to download all your history into an archive.
Wait, hold on..

With having a Google account, life has been much more convenient by saving your history and giving your search results your most preferred results, syncing your bookmarks between computers, having your documents on the clouds, the list goes on..

Now we’re told we can download our history? Although, you need to authenticate again, the fact that you can just log in and see everything you’ve searched from all your devices, it can be a bit scary. The good news is you can also delete these just as easy as viewing them.

CLICK HERE and see for yourself!

It is highly recommended you setup a two-factor authentication for your Google account today to increase your security!

Some may choose to discontinue their accounts because of this, but it seems most would just ignore it because of Google leading innovation ideas and services they provide.

 

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