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The Xiaomi MiBand may not be a product iPhone owners are overly familiar with, but the low-cost fitness tracker will very soon have official support for Apple's mobile OS. Having been talked about since the product launched, a video has now been released by XiaomiShop.com that shows the MiBand working just fine with the iPhone 6 Coming in at around $13 on the exchange rates, the MiBand is one of the lowest cost fitness bands around. Despite no official availability in the U.S. or Europe there are multiple retailers that will happily import one from Asia, and it's a great way to track your daily activity and sleep patterns without breaking the bank. There's no sign…

Holiday shopping can be tough, we know. Finding the best gift for your loved ones can be a pain, but we're here to help. This is the Mobile Nations 2014 Holiday Gift Guide so we can help you find the perfect gift for every name on your list. And this doesn't have to be for just that special someone — it's perfectly okay to get a little something special for yourself too. You've earned it. So as we roll into the biggest and craziest shopping and gift-giving season of the year, it's time to find out what should be on your wish list — and what's on everybody else's lists. So let's dive right in to the Mobile Nations 2014 Holiday Gift Guide for the very best gifts for ever…

Apple is partnering with Code.org again this year to promote Computer Science Education Week by using its retail stores to host free "Hour of Code" programming workshops on December 11, 2014. Computer Science Education Week is December 8–14. We're supporting Code.org by hosting workshops and other special events at your local Apple Store. Join us on December 11 for the Hour of Code, a free one-hour introduction to the basics of computer programming. The workshops will be available internationally, so if you're interested in joining Hour of Code, you can register now at Apple.com and reserve your space. In addition to Hour of Code, Apple will also be hosting oth…

Themeboard is a new third-party keyboard app for iOS 8 that gives you a wide variety of themed keyboards. There are a variety of themes and theme packs to choose from, with more to be added over time. Themeboard features work from a number of different artists in varying styles. There is one default theme, with the rest being downloadable through the app. Developer Taphive hopes to be able to update this selection regularly. There are keyboards based on themes like space, keyboards based on apps, and even a group of keyboards modeled after Apple's aluminum Mac keyboard. All keyboards feature the same autocorrect and other capabilities you'd expect from your keyboard.…

Instapaper for iPhone and iPad has been updated to version 6.1 with a redesigned extension. Instapaper has also added support for Handoff, along with other enhancements. The new save extension brings two powerful additions. First, is folder support. You can now save an article to any of your Instapaper folders right from the extension. When saving an article tap the folder icon in the upper right hand corner of the extension after it says saving is complete, and pick your desired folder. Second, the Instapaper extension can now save items offline. Instapaper for iOS now features support for Handoff. Handoff will let you move from reading an article in Instapaper o…

The good folks at Sonos have just released a new and improved Sonos controller app for both Android and iOS. The new version makes some beta features official, and just in time to help spread some holiday cheer. The notable inclusions in this version are multi-account support and various Playbar sound enhancements. Here's a breakdown of the goods: Expand your world of music with new services including Deezer Elite in the U.S. and SoundCloud globally. Select "Add Music Services" to explore from more than 50 partners worldwide. Have a house full of Spotify or Pandora accounts? Add them all. We now offer multi-account support across services, so everyone in the fam…

When Apple released iOS 8.1, the company included beta access to its new iCloud Photo Library service. With iCloud Photo Library, you can store all your photos in iCloud with no limits, unlike the traditional Photo Stream we've been accustomed to for the past few years. As long as you have enough iCloud storage, iCloud Photo Library will save all your photos. But what happens to your regular Photo Stream when you enable iCloud Photo Library? And more importantly, where did all your synced albums go? We've got the answers to these questions and more! An overview of the differences between iCloud Photo Library and Photo Stream There are a few key differences between…

Airmail 2.0 is a new email app for Mac that offers a number of improvements and enhancements over the original app. It features a new design for OS X Yosemite, along with new features like an extension and widget. Despite this, it requires only OS X 10.8 or later. There are a number of useful and powerful new features in Airmail 2.0. The app has a share extension, allowing you to email something from Safari or another share-enabled app using Airmail instead of Apple Mail. You can share accounts, set a default quick reply, and more. There's also a Today widget for Yosemite's Notification Center. The widget gives you access to your Inbox, To Do list, and Memos without …

Developer Harebrained Schemes has just released the iPad version of its acclaimed PC cyberpunk RPG Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut. The game is available to download from iTunes for $6.99. The game is the latest entry in the long-running Shadowrun franchise, which takes place in a near-future Earth where high technology has merged with magic. Here's a quick rundown of the game's features: A Classic, Story-Driven RPG: Branching narrative full of sharp prose and deep character development. Immerse yourself in a smart, 20+ hour campaign with a diverse cast of all-too-human characters. Setting: Experience the "Tech meets Magic" dystopian future of Shadowrun, …

I've already shown you folks what I'm currently using on my iPhone 6, so next up is my iPad Air 2. Since I use my iPad differently than I use my iPhone, I don't organize it the same way. For that matter, I don't even have the same apps on both devices. I know some folks are driven nuts by a lack of consistency, but this is one place where I deem it acceptable. Why? Read on for a look at the apps I'm currently rocking on my iPad Air 2. Wallpaper - I change my wallpaper quite often on my iPad. The one I'm currently rocking is an amazing image I found on Google of Westminster and Big Ben. Nine times out of ten, my wallpapers are either my own travel photos or ima…

Caviar, a food delivery service acquired earlier this year by Square, has now released an app for iPhone. A competitor to services like Seamless and Eat24, Caviar lets you order exactly what you want, and have it brought right to your door, if you live in the right city. Caviar uses its own delivery network, letting you order from restaurants that don't normally deliver. The app lets you customize your order, as well as track its progress in real time, from the counter right up to your door. The Caviar app and service are available in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, the San Francisco bay area, Seattle, and Washington D.C. for now. …

A new report from the research firm Kantar World Panel claims that sales of Apple's 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus have already claimed 41% of all "phablet" device sales in the US, in the three months it monitored from August to October 2014. The smartphone first went on sale on September 19, or halfway through Kantar's recording period. Kantar considers smartphones to be in the "phablet" catagory if they have displays of 5.5 inches or higher. It added that phablet sales as a whole took up 10% of all US smartphone sales from August to October, compared to just 2% from the same period a year ago. Kantar added: At the point of sale, when asked what drove their choice of …

Much like Rene, I keep my iPhone pretty much bone-stock on its first Home screen. I do this because I've reset it frequently enough that I just can't be bothered to spend a lot of time customizing it, and like Rene, I use it occasionally for product shots when reviewing stuff at iMore and want it looking as fresh-out-of-the-box as possible. I don't like a lot of messy app clutter on my iPhone's Home screens. I pretty compulsively find places to put apps I've downloaded, because I don't want to have to flip through pages finding what I'm looking for. My most frequently used apps I access by just double-pressing the Home button and flipping through pages until I find wha…

Every week Apple adds tons of new media content on iTunes — music, books, movies and more. It's impossible to keep up with all of it, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! This week we've got a collection of Pixies songs that every completist needs, a live performance by the legendary Leonard Cohen, The Maze Runner, and more! Doolittle 25: B-Sides, Peel Sessions and Demos - Pixies Celebrating the 25th anniversary of their seminal album Doolittle, the Pixies have collected various b-sides, tracks recorded live for British DJ John Peel, and demo tracks. Certainly this is a must-have for Pixies completists! Everyone else can probably take …

iCloud Photo Sharing is part of Apple's iCloud service and lets you create Photo Streams that you can share with friends, family, coworkers, or whoever else you'd like. Other iPhone and iPad users can invite you to their shared Photo Streams as well. You can quickly enable or disable iCloud Photo Sharing on iPhone and iPad in just a few taps — here's how! How to turn iCloud Photo Sharing on and off on iPhone and iPad Launch the Settings app. Tap Photos & Camera. Turn On or Off the option for iCloud Photo Sharing. Open the Photos app. The Shared tab in should now be in the app's navigation menu between the Photos and Albums tabs. Alternatively, you c…

The first expansion for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, will be available to players next week. Goblins vs Gnomes will be available starting Monday, December 8. The update focuses on the rivalry between Warcraft's two inventor races, the Goblins of Undermine, and the Gnomes of Gnomeregan. The expansion adds over 120 new cards. Among these will be the new Mech minion type, which will be both neutral and class-specific. You'll be able to purchase the new cards in a back, craft them, or earn them in Hearthstone's Arena. While players in the Americas will be able to start playing on December 8, those in Europe, Korea, Taiwan, and China will be able to start playing a…

Today, we provide advance notificationfor the release of seven Security Bulletins. Three of these updates are rated Critical and four are rated as Important in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Exchange. As per our monthly process, we’ve scheduled the Security Bulletin release for the second Tuesday of the month, December 9, 2014, at approximately 10 a.

Alcohoot. which launched a Bluetooth-based smartphone breathanlyzer accessory for the iPhone in 2013 is now integrating that hardware with Apple's HealthKit features in iOS 8. Alcohoot says this new partnership will allow iPhone owners a way to track and record their blood alcohol content levels over time. It added: No extra work is involved in transferring data from the free Alcohoot app to the HealthKit. Once a reading is recorded on the Alcohoot app it is immediately transferred over as a data point to Apple HealthKit. Alcohoot supports Apple HealthKit, so BAC results can be uploaded, viewed and tracked in either Alcohoot's mobile app or in conjunction with …

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The iPad lets you hold the internet in your hands, which makes it an amazing tool for handling email. Whether you want to read and reply to messages from the couch, triage your email while on the go, or keep things organized at school or at the office, the iPad can help you do all that and more. The built-in Mail app has plenty of features to help you get your work done, but there are also a bunch of great alternatives in the App Store. These are currently our picks for the best iPad apps to help you clear out your inbox in no time! Mailbox Mailbox lets you deal with your inboxes quickly by giving you lists and snooze options. Your inbox is meant to be only fo…

The Bluetooth Special Interests Group has shared with the world what Bluetooth 4.2 will bring to connected devices. According to details published by the group, consumers can look forward to improvements with regards to privacy, battery conservation and speed. With hardware supporting Bluetooth 4.2, it will be possible to connect directly to the Internet through IPv6/6LoWPAN (without a go-between), negating the requirement to have specific access points or hubs configured to gain access to multiple devices. But that's not all, data can be transferred up to 2.5x faster with a substantial packet capacity increase. As well as the new wireless capabilities, improvemen…

It's that time of year again, when we perhaps stop thinking about all the cool things that we want, and consider those around us. As each year passes the technology around us continues to grow, become ever more popular, and enrich ever more lives. Perhaps, then, it's little surprise that the recent Black Friday sales saw such scenes of insanity as folks scrambled to grab hot items at low prices. Of course, we're all big geeks at heart, really. So with that in mind and following on from the rest of the team, here's some of the tech – and the none-tech – I've been enjoying in 2014. Hardware MacBook Pro with Retina Display - 13 inch Still the same machine I…

If you're British and looking to get some iTunes gift cards for your loved ones this holiday season, Tesco has the deal for you. Until December 7 the supermarket will let you walk away with £45 worth of gift cards for just £35. Not bad. For that you'll be getting three of the £15 cards, so potentially three gifts and some extra change in your pocket. Since the gift cards can be redeemed against any of the content available in the iTunes Store, it really is a great deal. Grab it while you can. Continue reading...

iTunes in the Cloud lets you access content you've bought from iTunes Store, the App Store, and iBooks Store from any device you have linked to your iTunes account. That means you can re-download previous purchases to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, or to your Windows or Mac PC running iTunes. You can even stream music, movies, and TV shows to your Apple TV anytime you'd like. It's all built right in! How to enable or disable automatic downloads for apps, books, and games with iTunes in the Cloud How to enable or disable automatic downloads for Newsstand on iPhone and iPad with iTunes in the Cloud How to de-authorize devices linked to your iTunes account How to …

Twitter will soon be offering offering all users of its social network some new features and tools that will enable them to report abusive activity faster, along with a new page that shows which Twitter accounts a user has blocked. Twitter stated: We're improving the reporting process to make it much more mobile-friendly, require less initial information, and, overall, make it simpler to flag Tweets and accounts for review. These enhancements similarly improve the reporting process for those who observe abuse but aren't receiving it directly. And to enable faster response times, we've made the first of several behind-the-scenes improvements to the tools and pro…