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A strange issue with Apple's iMessage service deletes certain words when they are used at the end of specific sentences, with two cases already found pertaining to the words "Obama" and "surprise".



Using iMessage to send the text "I could be the next Obama " with a trailing space after the last word results in a blank spot where the U.S. president's last name should be, as noted on Friday by The Verge. The same issue applies to the message "The best prize is a surprise ".

When sent from one iPhone to another, the text will show up blank on both users' screens. If the message is sent from a Mac using iMessage, the words "Obama" and "surprise" remain visible in OS X, but are invisible on the iPhone.

The two discovered, affected words appear visible until the "Send" button is hit. And the recipient will see the message in its entirety from their lock screen, only to have the word disappear once the iOS Messages application is opened.

Users can also copy and paste the message in order to see the missing word. It only disappears once it has been sent as an iMessage to another iPhone user.

Apple's OS X platform was affected by a similarly strange bug that would cause most Mac applications to crash by simply entering entering a certain combination of keystrokes. The crash, which was later fixed, could be accomplished by entering "File:///", with an uppercase 'F', into a standard text input space.

Original article: http://appleinsider....-obama-surprise

According to numerous reports, it seems that Tactus has a very interesting photo that seems to be the rear polycarbonate shell of the rumored budget iPhone that is said to be released sometime this year.
Many sources have claimed that Tactus isn’t entirely reliable due to their prior track record, however, it seems that this case seems to be consistent with prior rumors and dimensions of the budget iPhone so far. It’s very reminiscent of the iPhone 3G and 3GS, however, it looks extremely modernized with squared-off edges and a much larger panel for the alleged 4-inch display.

Tactus also heard some information about upcoming Apple devices:

I’ve also heard on the grapevine that the alleged budget iPhone will have an A5 processor like the iPad Mini with a 32mm diecast. It’s also rumoured it will have a 3.5 inch retina screen, much like the 4S, but not as big as the iPhone 5 … I’ve also discovered the factory producing this secretive project have confirmed the device will be available in Black, White, Blue, Red and Yellow

Coming on the heels of Facebook's debut of the Google Android-based "Home" app launcher earlier in April, the company is now said to be in talks with Apple to possibly collaborate on such an initiative for the iPhone.

HTC First running the Facebook Home launcher.

Facebook director of product Adam Mosseri revealed to Bloomberg on Monday that talks were underway with both Apple and Microsoft, saying the social network titan is looking to expand the reach of its newest initiative to other smartphone platforms.

“We’ve shown them what we’ve built and we’re just in an ongoing conversation,” Mosseri said.

While just in the early stages of discussion, Mosseri noted Home could be a very different experience on iOS compared to Android, if Apple does end up collaborating on the software.

"It may or may not be Home,” he said, referring to the Android-only software. “We could also just bring some of the design values to the iOS app. That might be how it ends up. Or we could build just the lock screen. Maybe then it’s not called Home, it’s called something else.”

The executive's statements echo those of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who during a question and answer session at Home's launch said, "Anything that happens with Apple is going to happen with partnership."

It was reported last week that Home was rapidly prototyped using Apple's Quartz Composer, a component the company ships with the Xcode development tools package, suggesting a move to iOS may not be an insurmountable task.

Facebook Home hit store shelves on April 12 as implemented in the HTC First handset, with the launcher going live in the Google Play app store that same day.

Early November, The Verge published the first photos of what seemed to be a near-finalized version of Microsoft Office for iOS, and claimed that it would be released early 2013. However, in December, MacRumors reported that Microsoft Office would be pushed back due to certain App Store regulations. Thankfully, a new report today from ZDNet says that Microsoft is slated to release Office for iOS in Fall of 2014.
Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet is citing reliable sources, and is saying Microsoft is prepping their upcoming ‘Gemini’ updates which will include updates for Office for Windows 8, Office for Mac, and will bring the new Office for iOS and Android. Here’s the scoop:

"Also on the roadmap for fall 2014 is what’s listed as iOS/Android support for Office. One would assume this is the expected and widely rumored Office for iPad release. It could, however, be Office for iPhone and Android phone, given that it’s not listed on the roadmap as being tablet-specific.
Rumors about Microsoft’s plans to deliver Office for iOS and Android have been circulating for more than a year. Microsoft officials have never outright denied these apps were in development. A number of us Microsoft watchers heard from our various sources that these apps were on track to be delivered by early- to mid-2013."

It’s worth noting that Microsoft has never denied that these applications have been in development, yet they’ve never confirmed that these apps would hit the market anytime soon.
The rumors of MS Office releasing are getting extremely crazy, and seem to never align with one another. However, what are your thoughts?

There’s a good reason why Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage client for iOS has seen its last update in June of last year: revenue sharing. Per Apple’s rules, third-party software is required to share 30 percent of proceeds from in-app sales with Apple.

For example, when you fire up Dropbox’s excellent iOS client and upgrade to a paid storage tier within the app, your iTunes credit card on file gets charged and Apple earns its 30 percent share.

Though Microsoft wanted to introduce that same functionality into the SkyDrive app, it wouldn’t share any revenue with Apple. Neither party would budge and a spokesperson previously said Microsoft was “in contact with Apple regarding the matter.”

The two parties have supposedly reached an amicable solution because Microsoft today announced SkyDrive 3.0, a major new version rocking an overhauled interface, support for the iPhone 5 and iPad mini and a few other features…

First up, we have a brand new icon here.


Looks quite nice, love the simplified design.

If you’re concerned about loosing image data when dealing with online services as much as I am, you’ll be delighted to know that the new SkyDrive now both uploads and downloads full-resolution photos from the Microsoft cloud to your device.

You can also tell the app to resize images prior to uploading and to download smaller versions from SkyDrive. And if you’re serious about iPhone photography, rest assured that image uploads and downloads won’t mess the photo’s underlying metadata.

If you think that’s not a biggie, think again – up until recently, Dropbox for iOS would only upload and download downsized images to preserve bandwidth (the app now supports full-res images as well).



The user interface has also seen big changes, having adopted the blue scheme and a more simplified and flatter appearance.


In addition to “other bug fixes”, Microsoft says SkyDrive 3.0 now boasts better support for opening SkyDrive files in other iOS apps and improved support for uploading files to SkyDrive from other iOS apps.

Here’s SkyDrive running on the iPad.


While we can only speculate on the nature of the agreement Microsoft and Apple now have in place, the iPhone maker is unlikely to have relented from its position.



For what it’s worth, both AppleInsiderand MacRumorsnoted there’s no evidence that the two tech giants have resolved their differences in respect to the iOS in-app subscription model.

Indeed, SkyDrive 3.0 doesn’t appear to feature an option to purchase storage tiers in-app nor does it provide links to a sign up page on the SkyDrive service.

The Verge reached out to Microsoft’s PR, which responded with a no-comment type of comment:

Each app store has their own set of processes to decide what apps are approved and can be released.

Earlier this week, Apple approved the SkyDrive app for release and we’re excited to allow people everywhere to start using it.

SkyDrive is a free download from the App Store.
Original:http://www.idownload...3/skydrive-3-0/

Twitter yesterday announced that it had added support for photo galleries and apps to its Card features. Galleries are now represented in the stream with multiple photo previews, and app developers can embed more details about their apps.

Today, Twitter updated its iOS apps to support the new Card features, claiming that users can now discover, install and launch apps from tweets. And they also beefed up the apps’ performance with faster launch times and general bug fixes…

Here’s the full 5.5 change log:

-Twitter for iPhone now helps you discover, install and launch your favorite apps from Tweets. This update also includes the following improvements:
-Faster launch times and general performance upgrades
-”Retweeted by” in Tweet detail is now tappable
-Fix for reply-to-self in conversations
-Fix for bug that prevented undoing retweets in some cases

And here’s a description of the new app Card deep-linking feature from Twitter’s Jason Costa:

“First, we’re introducing mobile app deep-linking in Cards –– a new feature that closes the loop between content creation, content discovery and app downloads. With mobile app deep-linking, users will be able to tap a link to either view content directly in your app, or download your app, depending on whether or not they have your app installed.”

Only a handful of apps currently support the new app Cards, including Path, Etsy, SoundCloud and of course Vine. But judging by reactions from developers, it won’t be long before we see a number of others join the fray. They seem to really like it.

The news of the deeper content experience comes just a few weeks after a report from CNET claimed that the social network was looking at integrating a music discovery service into its app. Perhaps today’s update was an indication of things to come.

At any rate, if you want to check out the new Twitter app, you can find it in the App Store for free.

What do you think of the new app Card feature?
Original:http://www.idownload...dated-app-love/

Despite the fact that it has numerous challengers, Apple’s Safari has dominated the mobile browser space. And that continues to be the case today, according to a new report from web analytics firm Net Applications.

The firm’s data, which stems from its web network that sees more than 160 million visits to more than 40,000 websites each month, shows that last month, Safari accounted for 61.79% of the mobile browser traffic…

Its closest competitor was Google’s Android browser, which accounted for 21.86% share of Web traffic in March. And that after that came Opera Mini, which is multi-platform, at 8.4% and then Chrome at about 2.5%.

Looking at the rest of the field in the graphic above, you can see that mobile Safari isn’t just ahead of its competitors—it’s lightyears ahead. In fact, it has more than double the marketshare of everyone else combined.

In addition to showing Safari’s dominance on iOS (it is the default), the data also again proves iOS’ dominance in mobile web usage. Android may sell more devices, but folks don’t seem to be using them to browse the web.

What’s your web browsing device of choice?
Original:http://www.idownload...-mobile-browsa/

Apple’s rumored less-pricey iPhone has been widely reported by analysts, supply chain sources, punditsand big media as arriving later this yearin a range of colors and encased in a super-thin plastic casing mixed with glass fiber. Taking it all in, concept artists Nickolay Lamm and Matteo Gianni have created created an interesting renderings depicting the four-inch device with a curved backside and a translucent plastic shell resembling Apple’s G3 iMac…

Apple, of course, in the past used translucent plastic to make the iMac G3 seem less alien to consumers.

“The ability to see inside the computer made the device seem less mysterious and much more personal,” the designer duo explains.


They write:

We’ve gotten so used to our smartphones that we aren’t the least bit impressed with the technology that makes them work.

The translucent material can do the same thing for the budget iPhone what it did for the iMac G3: open up our eyes as to the incredible advances in computing that have been made and make people excited about buying a phone again.

Here are a few more renderings, via Business Insider.


More are available via the Business Insider article so check it out and join us in the comments below for a discussion.

Though these mockups matche up nicely to the rumor-mill reports, I personally like Martin Hajek’s polycarbonate budget iPhone renderings better – it just looks less cheap to me.
Original:http://www.idownload...ne-translucent/

Apple has come under heavy fire in recent years by critics for outsourcing its manufacturing jobs to Asia. Folks don’t like the fact that while the US struggles with unemployment, it pays Chinese factory workers to build its products just to save a few dollars.

In response to the criticism, Apple posted a new page on its website last year touting the more than 500,000 jobs it’s either created or supported in the US with its business. In fact, according to its records, its app economy alone created 80,000 jobs last year…

As noted by AppleInsider, Apple has updated its ‘Job Creation’ page to reflect the 86,000 or so new US jobs it was responsible for creating in 2012. 3,000 of those jobs were direct-hires by Apple, and more than 80,000 were related to building software for iOS.

With more than 800,000 apps now in Apple’s mobile marketplace, the App Store continues to grow at a staggering pace. Apple says its app economy has added nearly 300,000 jobs to the US economy since 2007, and it’s paid more than $8 billion out to developers.

Of course, the business of app-making is extremely finicky. You could spend weeks or even months building an application, and not make a single dollar from it. Or, like some folks, you could become an overnight millionaire. Either way, there’s an asterisk next to that number.

But Apple’s not stopping there. Last year, Tim Cook announced a $100 million company initiative to bring some manufacturing back to the United States. And it’s already begun; earlier this year it listed a California-based Quanta Computer plant as an assembler.

Original:http://www.idownload...onomy-80k-jobs/