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Every day dozens and dozens of new and updated apps and games hit the iOS and Mac App Stores. It's impossible to keep up with them all, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! Today we've got an exciting new music app from famed Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess, updated apps with exclusive iOS 8 features and more! New iOS apps Jordantron: Jordan Rudess, famed Dream Theater keyboardist, has released an iPad keyboard app for live use and studio use, MIDI program change support (so you never have to touch the iPad during live performances) and more. Features 57 sampled instruments, 4 octave samples per voice, 6 playable octaves, velo…

UK retailer Phones 4u has recently gone into administration, announcing the closure of 700 stores and placing 5,600 positions at risk. Luckily for those involved, there is - at least - some light at the end of this tunnel with multiple parties picking up stores and absorbing employees, including both EE and Vodafone. EE is set to acquire 58 stores from Phones 4u, safeguarding 359 jobs. On Friday, Vodafone announced the company would take over 140 Phones 4u outlets. While UK mobile operators and Dixons Carphone (Currys PCWorld) are looking to absorb Phones 4u property and take on employees who face losing their jobs, there are still thousands of jobs still at risk. …

Today marks the next evolution in bounty programs at Microsoft as we launch the Microsoft Online Services Bug Bounty program starting with Office 365. In our mobile first, cloud first world, this is an exciting and logical evolution to our existing bug bounty programs. Office 365 is the first of our online services groups to launch a bounty for vulnerabilities found in their services and we will bring others into the program as we go forward.

One of the most popular new features of iOS 8 is the ability to use custom third party keyboards on your iPhone and iPad. Once you find the perfect keyboard for you, odds are you'll want it to be your go-to default for everything. Luckily, there's an easy way to set it as your default so you don't have to toggle back and forth each time you want to use it. How to set a custom keyboard as the default on iPhone and iPad in iOS 8 Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap on General. Tap on Keyboard. Tap Keyboards. Tap on Edit. Drag the keyboard you'd like to be the default to the top of the list. Optionally, I recommend setting the emoji keyboard as yo…

For adrenaline junkies, there are few types of iPad games that are as gripping as racing games. We've collected the very best available in the App Store, ranging from goofy and cartoony to serious automotive sims. If you've got some spare room on your iPad, these racing games will be a great use of your storage. Real Racing 3 Real Racing 3 is bound to keep gearheads entertained. It puts real brand-name cars on real-world tracks - hence the name. It features an interesting asynchronous multiplayer system whereby lap times are recorded from your friends, and you race against a bot that's driving at that time. Of course you can bump them out and affect their track…

It looks like Oculus may be supporting native apps for its platform. In a keynote presentation, Oculus had shown off a slide revealing that native apps will be coming to Apple's iOS, Google's Android, and Microsoft's Windows Phone. No additional details were given as to when this will happen at this time. Are you excited for native Oculus apps on iOS? Source: Reddit Continue reading...

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have moved the sleep/wake button to a new location, but you can still take screenshots as easily as ever. And yes, while this might be second-nature to some, Apple doesn't tell you how to take a screenshot out of the box. So, not everyone may yet know that they can capture their iPhone screen content with just the touch of a button (well, two buttons actually). Maybe you want to show off a game score, make a record of an email or ticket, keep a notification, or just capture a special moment, it's quick and simple to do. To take a screenshot with your iPhone or iPod Touch, press and hold the sleep/wake button and then click the Home but…

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 new release from legendary pop band Erasure, a pre-order for the newest X-Men movie, a thought provoking documentary, free iOS 8 guides from Apple and more! Erasure: The Violet Flame For almost thirty years Vince Clarke and Andy Bell have been churning out dance hit after dance hit as Erasure. A Little Respect, Chains of Love, and Always are the band's biggest hits in the U.S, but they've had dozens of top 40 hits in the U.K. and continue to chur…

The overarching concept of extensions in iOS 8 is poised to make your iPhone and iPad more powerful than ever, but new share extension from Linky is one of our favorites so far. If you're the type that frequently shares from Safari, Chrome, or any other iOS browser to Twitter or Facebook, then you know the hassle of jumping back-and-forth between apps to copy-and-paste text, urls, and more. Linky's extension aims to solve that. It's pretty simple, actually. Linky still exists as a standalone app with a browser and sharing built in, but the new sharing extension lets you share through Linky directly from your browser of choice. Copy the text you want to quote, hit the…

The new Family Sharing feature in iOS 8 not only lets you share iTunes and App Store purchases but also makes it easier for you to track all the devices in your family with the help of Find My iPhone. So next time mom can't find her iPad or dad leaves his iPhone at Starbucks, anyone in your family can help find it! How to track an iPhone or iPad with Find My iPhone and Family Sharing You'll need to have the Find My iPhone app installed in order to track devices in your Family Sharing group. If you don't already have it, you can download it for free via the App Store. Each device must also be running iOS 8 or higher and support Family Sharing. Find My iPhone - …

NSFW is a weekly op-ed column in which I talk about whatever's on my mind. Sometimes it'll have something to do with the technology we cover here on iMore; sometimes it'll be whatever pops into my head. Your questions, comments and observations are welcome. Before the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were even out in the world, Android phone users were having a go at Apple for only now getting around to releasing a bigger phone. Even Samsung got into the act with some ham-fisted advertising. Sure, make fun if you want, but the bottom line is that you're still stuck with a phone running Android. That's why we iPhone users are excited: We finally have a bigger phone that doesn…

So you just got an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus and you want to show yourself — or show off to others — what that screaming fast new Apple A8 chipset and/or Metal graphics stack can really do? Not. A. Problem. A bunch of great games have already been optimized for the new hardware and software, and a bunch more on on the way. Here are some of the very best! Asphalt 8: Airborne Asphalt 8: Airborne is our favorite racing game on mobile. It skips all pretensions of realism and provides an over-the-top, high-octane experience with all the fixings. Players can work their way through the career mode, unlock new rides, upgrade the ones they have, or take the competition onl…

This iPhone 5C hybrid case provides serious protection against drops and scratches while sporting a built-in kickstand that can be used for watching movies, slideshows and more. The inner-most layer is made of a shock absorbing silicone that sits underneath a thick plastic exterior. Yours today for only $6.95! Continue reading...

Review is like app or game coverage but for movie series, television shows, comic books, and other geeky entertainment. It's great stuff you can watch and enjoy on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV! With the new TV season starting, this'll be our last top-to-bottom Who show, so we go out on a… what do you call a mix of weird and often maddening new Doctor episodes exactly? From demented Daleks (again!) to golden arrows to childhood terrors, we try to figure out what's going on… and why! Support Review: Go to squarespace.com and use offer code review to save 10% off your first order!. Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via iTunes Download Directly Follow on Twitter Show…

Leave a comment to this post for your chance to win a FREE iPhone 6! Here it is. The moment you've all been waiting for. We're announcing the winner of the $500 gift certificate for an iPhone 6 from iMore... And we're giving everyone else a 3RD CHANCE to win! Are you ready? Are you set? Find out who won, and how YOU can still win... after the break! The winner is: Charissex3 Congratulations Charissex3! We'll be in touch via email to get your information for the prize! EVERYONE ELSE: Keep reading, because you're not done yet! A ton of you were able to pre-order last week. A bunch more of you were in line last night at stores all over the world to…

Tonight OneDrive is upping it's free cloud storage to 30 GB. Microsoft is doing this to help all those folks with new iPhones needing more storage, but it applies to anyone with a OneDrive account. That means you with your Windows Phone or those using OneDrive on Android also get 30 GB as the base storage. 15 GB comes as the base, but you can unlock an extra free 15 GB using the camera roll bonus. Just install OneDrive and enable the app to automatically backup your photos from the camera roll. Are you going to take advantage of the new 30 GB of free OneDrive storage? Source: OneDrive Blog Continue reading...

New iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners are reporting support for Verizon's new VoLTE network. A few weeks ago we learned that Verizon would finally launch VoLTE in the near future. Earlier this week Verizon confirmed that select smartphones could start taking advantage of Advance Calling 1.0, which is their first-generation service suite on VoLTE. Head to the Advanced Calling 1.0 site and you'll see the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus listed as compatible smartphones to support the new feature. Advanced Calling 1.0 allows for high-definition voice and video calling. Learn more about Advanced Calling 1.0 at Verizon's website. HD voice and video calling will work when bot…

iOS 8 is here for iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches, and iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are available now for everyone, and while they provide more features and functionality than ever before, updating to new software and upgrading to new phones can often have an impact on battery life. Whether it's from a restore gone bad or new features overloaded for the first time, some people don't aren't getting the same charge out of their new iOS install or iPhone purchase as they used. But worry not! Almost all battery life problems are easy to identify and fix. You just need to know what to look for and what to do! Note: iOS updates or restores can use a lot of power at first. Whe…

VSCO Cam was recently updated to make those with new iPhones and iOS 8 very happy. Head into the Apple App Store and you'll find version 3.5 of VSCO Cam. This update is notable for bringing advanced camera controls, like shutter speed, to those on iOS 8. Here's the full changelog for VSCO Cam version 3.5: Manual focus Shutter speed White balance Exposure compensation iOS 8 bug fixes and compatibility VSCO Cam is one of our favorite apps for editing and sharing our photos. Let us know what you think of the new camera control features in this update! Download VSCO Cam for iPhone (Free) Continue reading...

Wi-Fi calling is a new feature of iOS 8 that's available initially to T-Mobile customers in the United States and EE customers in the U.K. What's more, it's coming to other carriers in the coming months. It lets your iPhone make and receive calls using Wi-Fi instead of depending on your carrier's cell tower coverage. Here's how it works. Wi-Fi calling depends on a technology alternately called Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) or Generic Access Network (GAN), depending on which technical paper you're reading. The technology enables your iPhone to make and receive phone calls using a regular Wi-Fi network. Instead of routing your voice packets through your carrier's c…

Surface Pressure is a new feature now available in popular drawing app Paper by FiftyThree. If you installed iOS 8 on your iPad you're going to want to grab your Pencil from FiftyThree and try out the new pressure sensing abilities. Pencil is a stylus for the iPad from company FiftyThree. It works with their app Paper and today's update makes it even better. A new feature in the app called Surface Pressure allows you to use the tip for fine details or the angled edge for broad strokes. Surface Pressure is currently enalbed in Draw, Outline and Color and will come soon to the Sketch tool. All you need is iOS 8 to take advantage of this new feature. Pair your Pencil…

The biggest question we're getting this days is just that — big! Should you get the bigger 4.7-inch iPhone 6 or the biggest 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus? One is sleek and fits great in your pocket, the other has more battery life and the best camera ever. So, which should you get? Check out the video above to find out! Continue reading...

Apple launched the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus today and many of you either waited in line or waited by the door for the delivery person. The lines were long, the trucks were slow, and the computers... well, they went down in some places for a while! So, how was your experience? Our own Kevin Michaluk shared his story on WSVN 7 and in the Miami Herald. Rene showed up on KDRV in Denver. And Simon Sage put in an appearance on CTV (we're still waiting on the video!) Richard got his early, Peter finally made it back, and Ally is still waiting for UPS. I came back without an iPhone 6 Plus... but I'll wait and tell you my story on Vector on Monday! Now it's your turn! L…