Those on iOS platform who missed the live streaming of videos and events from YouTube can now enjoy watching live events on the YouTube application for iOS. Google has updated its YouTube app for iOS, which now offers some new features including access to live streaming, access to new uploads in My Subscriptions feed and more. The update is available for download from the iTunes App store. (more…)Google+

The next version of iOS could bring the biggest overhaul to the iPhone’s operating system, if Apple blogger and commentator John Gruber is to be believed. According to Gruber, Apple engineers with privileges of carrying the new iPhone or an iPhone running iOS 7 are using polarizing filters on the display (privacy screen guard?) to ensure that no one else can see the major UI changes. He calls them significant system-wide UI overhaul. This contradicts earlier reports that the design changes would be cons...

The music website Hungama.com has finally arrived as a dedicated music app for Android, iOS and BlackBerry 10 platforms. Hungama.com’s arrived much later to the market, given that its competitors like Gaana.com and Saavn are already providing support for offline music streaming. (more…)Google+

We had recently reported about Rovio’s plans to collaborate with DreamWorks Animation Studio to develop a new game called The Croods, based on an upcoming movie of the same name. The Finnish game company earlier today launched the game on Android and iOS. (more…)Google+

Apple has released an update for iOS devices that fixes a key Exchange bug that resulted in battery drain for many users. Apparently it was an Exchange calendar bug that resulted in increased network activity, hence draining the battery. The update is also expected to fix a security flaw that enabled people to bypass the homescreen password lock and gave access to data stored on the device, though Apple obviously does not mention than in its update description. UPDATE: It does not fix the security loophole. (...

The biggest user-interface change Apple heralded with the iPhone 5 was the addition of one extra column owning to the taller display of the new iPhone. Apart from that one can argue that iOS has remained its tepid self for the best part of five years in the running. But then again Apple has a penchant for such consistent UI designs, OS X is testament to that. But in the world of innovative UI designs iOS falls behind the likes of Android and Windows Phone. The Evasi0n jailbreak by the Evad3rs team has been de...

Apple today finally released the much-awaited iOS 6.1 update for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The update brings LTE connectivity to 36 additional LTE carriers around the world (no, India is not supported). Other updates include buying movie tickets from Siri via Fandango (US-only) and the ability for iTunes Match users to download individual songs from iCloud. This update is also expected to bring improved battery performance after many users complained of faster battery drain after updating their devic...

One of the many reasons people choose to jailbreak the iPhone is to gain access to apps that flout Apple’s rules or to get cracked versions of paid apps. A community called ‘Hackulous’ catered to such an audience, but it has announced that it is shutting down due to the lack of support. (more…)Google+

The Skype app has been updated for iOS with support for the new Retina display on the new iPhone 5 and it allows iOS users to integrate their Microsoft account with the contact list of the VoIP account. (more…)Google+

Yesterday we exclusively reported about Apple’s plans to launch the iPad mini in India in coming weeks and now we have some more details to go along with out initial report. According to multiple sources, the iPad mini is likely to be priced at Rs 21,900 for the base 16GB Wi-Fi only model. (more…)Google+

Facebook has started rolling out a Photo Sync feature for iOS users that uploads photos from the phone’s photo album directly to a private Facebook album. Users can see the synced photos album on Facebook later and select the ones they want to make public later. The feature can be activated from the photos menu on the Facebook for iOS app by clicking on the synced photos menu. Users get 2GB of storage space for photos. Photo Sync is already available on Android. (more…)Google+

Google is preparing a Maps app for the iPhone after Apple booted it out from the latest version of its iOS operating system. Google Maps had been the default mapping app for iPhone since its launch in 2007 but Apple decided to go for its own maps solution in iOS 6. We know where that story went. WSJ is claiming that Google is currently giving final touches to its Maps app for iOS before it submits it to the App Store for Apple’s approval. (more…)Google+