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Apple introduces iOS 9, outlines upcoming features and changes, multitasking for iPad

Apple introduced iOS 9 during the Worldwide Developers Conference with a copious number of new changes. As the mighty Craig Federighi took the stage, he highlighted improvements for Siri, power management, extending battery life, etc. Federighi cited that Siri is now 40 percent faster, and comes with a new interface that matches Apple Watch, and […]

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Apple announces changes for HomeKit, plans for integration with iOS 9

HomeKit is evolving. On Monday, Apple announced several changes to its connected-home platform. The next version of HomeKit, which will correspond with the launch of iOS 9 this fall, will add support for motorized window shades and a raft of new sensor classes, including motion and carbon-monoxide detectors. HomeKit already supports a limited number of […]

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RapidWeaver 6 released for OS X

On Tuesday, Realmac Software announced the release of RapidWeaver 6, a major new upgrade to the company’s long-established and hugely-popular website creation app. The new version includes more than a dozen major new features, is built exclusively for OS X Mavericks and OS X Yosemite, and a 64-bit app for the first time along with […]

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Pebble 2.1.1 update now in the App Store, appears to solve crashing issues

Sometime yesterday, Pebble’s updated iOS app to fix the problems introduced by the 2.1 update, appeared on the App Store. Version 2.1.1, in our experience, has resolved the problems, in particular the inability to launch the iOS app. I simply installed the new version over the old and everything started up fine. There was a […]

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Mozilla releases Firefox 17.0.1 update

Hey, an update’s an update… Over the weekend, Mozilla.org released version 17.0.1 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 34.1 megabyte download and adds the following fixes and changes: Fixed: – Font rendering issue in Firefox 17.0 (bug 814101). – 17.0.1: Reverted user agent change causing some website incompatibilities. – Over twenty performance […]