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Bentley, the renowned automobile manufacturer, is the latest vendor to shoot a short film entirely on an iPhone. It's not cars that were filmed with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, however, but rather clothing. Specifically, in honor of the Savile Row and America: A Sartorial Special Relationship, which takes place this week at the British Ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C., Bentley Motors commissioned custom driving jackets from the four Savile Row houses. And then director Austin Reza took the iPhones, an app called FiLMic Pro, and a lot of talent, and made magic. The iPhone 6 has a great camera, and not just for stills. The video camera now has cinemati…

ADT announced today that it will team up with LG and Nest to launch new home automation products later this year. Home security company ADT is teaming up with LG and Nest to launch new home automation products later this year, including an all-in-one "Smart Security" product from LG, and integration with ADT's Pulse platform with Nest products. ADT says that its partnership with LG will yield a "Smart Security Product" (pictured above) that acts as an all-in-one hub for video monitoring and controlling smart home devices and peripherals. All of this will be controlled through ADT's Pulse mobile app. The Nest partnership, on the other hand, will see IFTTT suppo…

Apple on Thursday posted an update to Final Cut Pro, its pro-level video editing software. The new version is ready for download from the Mac App Store. Final Cut Pro 10.2 was released in mid-April with the ability to create titles with customizable 3D text, along with updates to the companion Motion and Compressor applications. Now Apple has released a minor maintenance update to fix a few things. According to Apple, Final Cut Pro 10.2.1 sports the following enhancements: Restores support for Panasonic AVCCAM video at 25p and 30p Improves accuracy when dragging to select a range in the Timeline Fixes an issue that may cause Final Cut Pro to quit on launch …

Apple has said that the first devices powered by HomeKit are coming next month, refuting earlier reports that it had been delayed. Apple has released a statement saying certification for HomeKit compatible hardware has been ongoing for the past few months, and the first wave will begin hitting the market as early as next month. From The Wall Street Journal: "HomeKit [hardware certification] has been available for just a few months and we already have dozens of partners who have committed to bringing HomeKit accessories to market and we're looking forward to the first ones coming next month," said Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller. HomeKit was first unveiled dur…

IK Multimedia has introduced iRig Pads Editor for Mac, a companion to their iRig Pads MIDI controller hardware. iRig Pads Editor for Mac is the latest software effort from IK Multimedia, the company behind popular music hardware like the iRig 2 mobile guitar interface for iPhone and iPad. The app allows you to customize IK Multimedia's iRig Pads portable MIDI groove controller hardware, which connects to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. While iRig Pads comes with several grooves pre-installed, the Editor lets you customize the controller to your exact tastes. You can reassign different controls and features, with each of the Pads' controllers and surfaces can be assig…

Rdio has added a new tier to their streaming plans, Rdio Select, which gives you ad-free music with unlimited skips on your mobile device, along with 25 song downloads per day. If you stream music from your mobile device, and want to avoid listening to ads without spending $10 a month, Rdio's new plan may be the one for your. Rdio Select is the companies latest tier to their streaming plans, which falls between their free plan and the Rdio Unlimited plan. Unlike the unlimited plan, the select plan is only for mobile devices, meaning you won't have ad-free music on your desktop with this plan. Rdio Select includes the following features: On Demand: Download 2…

This dual-USB wall charger allows you to charge two smartphones or tablets simultaneously. It features 90° Rotating Prongs that allow easier placement in crowded outlets and comes bundled with a 4ft. Lightning cable. Grab one for your Apple devices today for only $24.95! Continue reading...

Setting up iCloud Photo Library on a Mac or PC for the first time can result in out of storage messages on iPhone and iPad. iCloud Photo Library can help you save tremendous amounts of storage across iPhones, iPads, and Macs. For most of us, we have thousands of photos stored on our computers. When we first sync these to iCloud Photo Library, they'll also come down to all our iPhones and iPads. Depending on how you have iCloud Photo Library set up on your iPhone or iPad, you may start receiving out of storage messages. This is exactly the issue an iMore reader is having: "I enabled iCloud Photo Library on my iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Within a few hours, I received o…

Apple and A123 systems are preparing to settle their current employee poaching lawsuit. The employee poaching lawsuit filed by battery maker A123 Systems against Apple may soon come to a close. Following reports of a possible settlement in March, the two companies are currently working out an agreement to settle the suit, with the final details all that are left to be hammered out, according to a recent court filing. From The Wall Street Journal: A123 said in a filing Monday in U.S. District Court in Boston that the two sides "have reached an agreement, signed a term sheet, and are in the process of drafting a final settlement agreement." Terms of the deal hav…

The latest update for Subway Surfers takes the crew to Los Angeles and the home of Hollywood. As well as a completely new area to traverse through, players will also be able to take Jake to the subway and movie sets. According to the store listing, here's what is new in version 1.39: Follow Jake and the crew on the World Tour to Los Angeles Explore the marvelous movie sets of Hollywood Shine up your surfer cast with the spectacular Knight Outfit for Wayne Surf the Subway without jumping or rolling to earn challenging Awards Go on movie-themed Weekly Hunts to unlock great prizes The movie-themed weekly hunts will keep you entertained with prizes up for gr…

Want an inexpensive external battery for your iPhone 4 or 5? There's a great deal you should know about that's running this weekend only. Battery case maker PowerSkin is offering a special one cent deal this weekend on their PoP'n, an external battery case that works with some iPhones and Android phones. The deal is open to anyone in the U.S. and saves you about $48. You'll still pay $10 for flat-rate shipping, but even then it's a pretty solid bargain, especially if you're looking to get more life out of your smartphone. The PoP'n charger sports a 2000 mAh battery that should improve your battery run time about 70 percent, according to the manufacturer. The batte…

Apple has weighed in on the impeding sale of RadioShack in an effort to protect customer data. Apple is intervening in the sale of RadioShack, filing a motion to prevent the sale of some customer data to bidders for RadioShack's assets. While the company doesn't object to the sale in general, they are hopping to block the sale of the personal data of customers who purchased Apple products from RadioShack stores. Apparently selling that data would violate Apple's reseller agreement with RadioShack, according to Law360: Apple Inc. told the Delaware bankruptcy court in a limited objection that including Apple customer data can't be included in RadioShack's attempt t…

Macs can easily read PC-formatted hard disk drives. Writing to them, however, is a different story. If you've switched to the Mac, welcome aboard. Your old external Windows PC drive will work great on the Mac. Apple has built OS X Yosemite and some previous OS X releases with the ability to read from those disks just fine. If you're using such a drive and you'd like to write new data to them, you'll find you can't unless you add new software. Fortunately, you don't have to spend a dime. Switch to Mac Every week our Peter Cohen brings you Switch to Mac — a column to help you move from Windows PC to the Mac and OS X! Read more about switching to Mac …

Sunrise Calendar has hit version 4.0, bringing worth it a new keyboard for your iPhone and iPad. Sunrise Calendar has introduced Meet, a new keyboard for iPhone and iPad. Meet is built around helping you quickly schedule meet-ups with other people. Once you activate Meet, you can suggest times for appointments from any app. Meet is a keyboard for iOS 8 that lets you schedule one-to-ones right from where you are, without having to reach out for your calendar. You get to pick available spots in your week from your keyboard and send them to anyone through one short link. When the person on the other side picks the time that works best for them, the event is auto…

Here's what data your iPhone can back up from your Apple Watch — and what it can't. There's been some confusion around what, exactly, your iPhone is saving from your Apple Watch — and how often it does so. Thankfully, Apple put out a helpful support document on Tuesday outlining this information, as well as how to restore your iPhone from a backup. How often does my iPhone back up my Apple Watch? According to Apple, it's an automatic process, so we imagine it's similar to services like iCloud Photo Library and the like — anytime your devices are within range, it will feed a steady stream of data between the two. In theory, the Watch should use a Bluetooth hands…

Lack of end-to-end-encryption means that conversations on Hangouts, if subject to a legal order, can be wiretapped or otherwise surveilled. Google hadn't disclosed this information until a recent Reddit AMA (ask me anything) and a Vice follow-up that resulted. It's not clear whether Google has been asked to provide access to Hangouts, but the potential is there. Vice: We asked Google to clarify, or elaborate, on Monday, and a spokesperson confirmed that Hangouts doesn't use end-to-end encryption. That makes it technically possible for Google to wiretap conversations at the request of law enforcement agents, even when you turn on the "off the record" feature, w…

Viewing weather reports and managing your calendar appointments can take some time. Horizon 3 brings both worlds together in a simply stunning experience. Completely rebuilt from the ground up, Applause Code have created something special for those seeking a productivity solution to help manage their daily lives. Horizon (see our review of a previous version) is much more than a calendar app. Need to head out somewhere? Check the weather first to see if you'll be hit by a thunderstorm. Horizon 3 not only includes natural language event creation, but the app also comes with its own Smart Search system that enables you to search through appointments for open tim…

Turning the clock back to 2010, the iPad was something of a risky move for Apple. At that time, netbooks had a strong market presence. Apple was pressured to respond but the company was loath to embrace the chintzy plastic, slow performance, low battery life and particularly the cramped keyboard of the netbook's heyday. Indeed, the iPad was to the netbook what the iPhone was to the BlackBerry -- a rejection of compromised input at the expense of software-defined touch display. Steve Jobs called out some of the tasks at which the iPad would excel -- e-mail, the Web, video, games and books. Of course, that was just the beginning. Tens of thousands of apps appeared tha…

Over the past decade Apple has completely changed the way we consume music. In the span of only 10 years we've gone from ripping CDs onto our iPods to downloading MP3s from iTunes to storing and streaming music from the cloud. With WWDC 2015 right around the corner, it's how Apple plans to tackle streaming music that has my undivided attention. When I was 16 I got my very first job working at an FYE in our local mall. It was the perfect first job. I loved music and enjoyed spending my time learning about different genres and discovering new artists. I still remember people lining up on Tuesdays to pick up the latest, hottest albums. In 2001 I got my first iPod.…

FileMaker celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. FileMaker has seen a lot of changes along the way, but it remains one of the Mac's most versatile and powerful database apps. FileMaker got its start back in the early 1980s as a program for PC-compatible computers running MS-DOS. The software changed hands a few times, including a brief ownership by Microsoft. The powerful database program remains one of the most enduring and successful Mac apps ever released, and it's stronger than ever with its version 14 release. Back in the 1980s, at the same time as FileMaker bounced from original developer Nashoba Systems to Microsoft and then back again, Apple created a …

Facebook is cutting down on the eight-second average wait time for an article to load on mobile devices with a new feature called Instant Articles. The feature is now live on Facebook's native iOS app. With Instant Articles, Facebook will host content directly on its servers, with nine publications currently opting in to the program: The New York Times, National Geographic, BuzzFeed, NBC, The Atlantic, The Guardian, BBC News, Spiegel and Bild. Publishers will be able to leverage a custom set of tools tailored to deliver engaging content, including autoplay videos, interactive maps, audio captions and in-line comments: As more people get their news on mobile dev…

BitTorrent has launched a new secure messaging app for iOS today called "Bleep." BitTorrent Bleep, which originally launched on Mac in alpha last September, is a privacy-focused messaging platform that keeps messages out of the cloud, instead sending them directly to the recipient with end-to-end encryption. As of today's public release, iOS users can take advantage of Bleep's secure messaging as well. Here's the breakdown of Bleep's main features: Sign-up with email, mobile number or just go incognito Send and receive online and offline text and images Make and receive voice-calls over cellular data or WiFi to other Bleep users Import your address-book…

Google's News & Weather app has received an update that brings with it support for the Apple Watch. Google News & Weather has been updated with support for the Apple Watch. The watch app lets you read the top five latest headlines in Google News, and you can save the stories to your Safari Reading List with a Force Touch. There is also a Glance, which gives you the most recent headline from News & Weather. You can see all of the changes in this update below: Ready for Apple Watch Performance enhancements and stability improvements. You can download Google News & Weather 1.7.426 from the App Store right now. Free - Download Now …