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The iPhone 6 is the next generation iPhone from Apple. The iPhone 6 Plus is the next generation iPhone from Apple with a bigger screen, longer battery life, optical image stabilization, and iPad-style apps in landscape. But, big. As much tiny iPad as it is huge iPhone. And that's led to a lot of questions and concerns over which one to get. We posted our iPhone buyers guide to try and help you choose, and then we asked you what choice you made. Almost 17K of you responded. So what was the answer? Which iPhone — iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus — will you be getting? No surprisingly, you were split right down the middle. With 16,899 votes counted as of publication time,…

Epic Games has released its Epic Zen Garden demo for iOS 8 users, a few months after the game developer showed off the Unreal Engine 4-based graphics demonstration at WWDC 2014 in June. The free demo is set in a Japanese zen garden which has a number of interactive elements but isn't really a game. Epic Games states: We created Epic Zen Garden to showcase Unreal Engine 4 using Apple's new Metal API. Metal enables developers to create very detailed scenes with very low CPU overhead. Now you can easily throw thousands of individual objects into your world while maintaining high framerate. Even better, low CPU overhead means less battery usage compared to OpenGL E…

Australia will be the first place in the world to begin selling the iPhone 6 and a number of local celebrities will help out to launch Apple's latest smartphones which will happen in just a few more hours. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that people in line at three Telstra stores in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) will be treated to musical performances by Australia's Got Talent winners Justice Crew, and the X Factor's Dami Im and Jai Waetford just a few minutes before the doors open and sales begin at 8 am local time Friday. Fremantle player Aaron Sandilands will also appear at Telstra's Perth location. Everyone in line at those stores will also get ac…

T-Mobile has done a lot to improve their US wireless network in the past year and a half. Unfortunately, T-Mobile coverage indoors still stinks in many homes. T-Mo has come up with a few creative ways to help: Wi-Fi Calling, T-Mobile's 4G LTE Signal Booster and their newest device, the Personal CellSpot. If you're confused about the differences between these or which is the best solution for you, read on. Wi-Fi Calling With Wi-Fi Calling, your cell phone sends voice data over your Wi-Fi network to T-Mobile via the Internet, which treats that data like voice packets coming over a cell tower antenna. So wherever you get Wi-Fi on your phone, you can also talk — even …

In the midst of launching iOS 8 to all current iOS devices, Google had just updated its MyGlass app for Google Glass. With the new app, now in version 0.8.0, users can automatically synchronize their photos to their phones as they take them. With the latest version of MyGlass, Google Glass owners can shoot with Glass, synchronize their photos over to the iPhone instantly, edit and add filters if they choose, and can share with friends or social media with little down time. Are you a Glass wearer? What do you think of this latest update. Free - Download now Continue reading...

As consumers are updating their current iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch units to run the latest iOS 8 software that is being made available today to customers for the first time, there are questions surrounding the new HealthKit software. After reports that Apple had pulled HealthKit-compatible apps from the App Store, Apple has finally gone on record to say that the launch of HealthKit apps has been delayed after bugs were discovered. "We discovered a bug that prevents us from making HealthKit apps available on iOS 8 today," Apple said in a statement. "We're working quickly to have the bug fixed in a software update and have HealthKit apps available by the end of the m…

The content saving and sharing app Instapaper got a big update for the iPhone and iPad today that includes new support for iOS 8, including saving content from any app that supports the iOS system share sheet. In a blog post, Instapaper stated, "No more copying links & opening Instapaper, emailing yourself articles, or installing bookmarklets. Just tap the system share icon, choose Instapaper, and voila! Saved." It has also added a Today extension, with the blog saying, "The Today extension shows you all the stuff you've saved that day and lets you open articles with one tap." The new version also adds text-to-speech support, and users with an Instapaper Premi…

It's hard to keep track of what's coming from where with all of these apps getting updated for iOS 8, but we're starting to sort out which ones are getting which features. Here's a batch of the ones in the App Store that are using Touch ID. Be sure to read our deep dive into Touch ID in iOS 8 to see how the feature came to be. After that, start digging into the apps below, and drop us a line in the comments if you're spotting anything freshly updated with Touch ID features in the comments. Mint - Use Touch ID to access your personal finances. Simple - Get access to your banking information through Touch ID. Day One - Today widget offers flashback to previous entries…

Facebook released a new, but small, update for its iPhone and iPad app today, but in a new blog post it outlined some features it plans to add to the app "in the coming weeks" that will support iOS 8. One of the changes has to to do with sharing content from other apps to Facebook. The blog post stated: By simply tapping the share icon and selecting Facebook, you can choose to share a link to a website from your browser, photos or videos from your camera roll, and content from other apps. Facebook for iOS 8 will have an updated share screen similar to what you already see in the Facebook app. From there, you can select the audience you want to share with, add a…

BitTorrent is looking to make communications more secure with the launch of a new P2P service called Bleep. The service launched earlier this year in pre-alpha form for Windows users, and now BitTorrent is expanding the alpha program to Mac users. Using Bleep, you can make calls and send texts to any online contacts, with the service providing end-to-end encryption. All data sent or received using the service is locally stored on your device, giving you full control over your communications. You can easily import your Google contacts, and invite others to the service via email, SMS, QR code, or a public key. The nature of the service means that you cannot send messag…

A Verizon Wireless executive stated this week that the company won't be adding support for Wi-Fi calling for its smartphones until sometime in mid-2015, stating that it will take "some technological work in our network to make it available." That means Verizon subscribers who get the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on Friday won't be able to use its native Wi-Fi calling features on the network for several more months at least. FierceWireless reports that Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo made those comments as part of an address for the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference. Shammo added that adding Wi-Fi calling support…

Popular Android keyboard SwiftKey is now available for iPhone. Swiftkey lets you trace your finger between each letter of the word you're typing making for a much faster typing experience than you're used to on iOS. In addition to its trace keyboard, SwiftKey also utilizes a fast and powerful autocorrect for accurate typing. It also supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese. SwiftKey also supports multiple layouts, as well as a light and dark theme. Be sure to check out our review of SwiftKey, which is available for free on the App Store right now. Free - Download Now Continue reading.…

iOS 8 brings lots of welcome changes to the Photos app that can help you make your pictures even better. One of those new features is the introduction of smart composition tools. Ever take a photo that isn't quite as straight as you wished it was? Or maybe it doesn't have the right crop you need. Whatever the issue, smart composition tools make it easier than ever to tweak your photos to perfection! How to straighten photos using smart composition tools in iOS 8 Launch the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad. Find and tap on the photo you'd like to edit. Tap on Edit in the upper right hand corner. Tap on the crop icon in the bottom navigation. iOS will smartly ad…

Grayscale mode is a new accessibility feature available in iOS 8 that allows folks with a visual impairment, such as color blindness, disable colors that make the display even harder for them to see. Since some colors are harder to pick out than others for people that are color blind, grayscale mode may make reading menus and viewing images more detailed. How to enable grayscale mode in iOS 8 Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap on General. Tap on Accessibility. Turn On the option for Grayscale. You should now notice that everything on the screen is altered to show only shades of gray instead of varied colors. This should work through iOS…

With all the fuss about the recent iCloud hack, Apple CEO Tim Cook used his second interview with PBS host Charlie Rose to address issues around privacy. In addition to telling Rose and consumers how Apple is protecting your information, Cook also discussed Apple's policies on employment diversity and its philosophy to instill change. The Rose interview, which is the second part of a two-part mini-series, airs tonight on PBS. Talking about privacy, Cook emphasizes that Apple is not in the business to collect information about its users. The Mac, the iPhone, and the Apple Watch are the products that Apple makes and sells, not the collection of personal and priva…

Your iPhone 6 is on pre-order and should be in your hands Friday (or maybe soon thereafter). But do you have a case for it? If not, you should! You need to keep your iPhone 6 looking new and protected from dents and dings. Here's a roundup of ten iPhone 6 cases you can order. Some you can preorder now and they'll ship on the 19th — same day the phone comes out. Some are available now. Others you'll have to wait a few weeks for. Griffin Survivor Slim Combines a rigid polycarbonate shell and a tough silicone jacket designed to absorb impacts. Drop-tested from 6.6 feet. Rubber buttons protect volume and power controls, textures on the side designed to help you ke…

Apple has now posted an official procedure on how to remove the new, and at the moment free, U2 album Songs of Innocence from a user's iTunes music library and purchases. The company automatically added the album last week for people who access iTunes with an iPhone or iPad. Here's the procedure in full: Go to http://itunes.com/soi-remove. Click Remove Album to confirm you'd like to remove the album from your account. Sign in with the Apple ID and password you use to buy from the iTunes Store. You'll see a confirmation message that the album has been removed from your account. Apple notes that once the album has been removed from a user's iTunes account, …

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, is advocating the elimination of distractions while in a transportation vehicle. Citing disasters, sometimes fatal, that could have been avoided if the operator of their transport vehicle, whether that's a car, boat, plane, or train, was focused on the task at hand rather than distractions caused by the use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) in the cabin, the NTSB is calling for a nationwide ban on the use of non-essential electronic devices while driving. "We need to build a social infrastructure that dissuades distracted operations at all times, starting with new and existing drivers who are the agents of c…

Apple has released both the third public beta, along with the eighth developer preview for OS X Yosemite. If you're already on the public beta, open the Mac App Store and check for updates. The public beta began in July, with the second beta arriving late last month. Developers can download Developer Preview 8 from the Apple Developer Center. OS X Yosemite brings a flatter look more in line with iOS, along with features like Continuity, which lets your Mac, iPhone, and iPad work more closely together. It is expected to be available in full public release later this year. Source: Apple Continue reading...

Microsoft announced Tuesday that Teri List-Stoll, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Kraft Foods Group Inc., and Charles W. Scharf, chief executive officer of Visa Inc., have been appointed to the company’s board of directors, effective Oct. 1. The company also announced that the board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share, reflecting a 3 cent or 11 percent, increase over the previous quarter’s dividend. The dividend is payable Dec. 11 to shareholders of record on Nov. 20, 2014. To learn more, read the press release. Suzanne Choney Microsoft News Center Staff Continue reading...

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015, as well as updates to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Microsoft Dynamics Marketing services, will be generally available in the fourth quarter of 2014, it was announced Tuesday. The new release is designed to address ongoing needs for businesses to collaborate among different divisions and groups to better take advantage of opportunities and to meet the evolving needs of their customers, the company said in a press release. The updates will let marketers more effectively plan and execute marketing campaigns and better track their impacts. Microsoft Dynamics CRM continues to deepen its interoperability with Microsoft’s leading productiv…

Avenged Sevenfold plans to rock your smartphone and tablet out of its mind as the well known hard rock band plans to release its own fantasy action-RPG, Hail to the King: Deathbat, on Android and iOS on October 16. The game is supposed to be a companion piece to an animated web series that the band has already released. Here's a quick description: Hail to the King: Deathbat is a brutal romp through the darkest depths of the underworld with an epic tale of redemption, devastating melee combat, towering boss fights, 7 hellish landscapes and classic Avenged Sevenfold cuts along with a new and original score composed by the band. If you feel you are ready for …

One year rich, skeuomorphic textures are all the rage, the next, flat designs and naked buttons. So are apps art or are they fashion? Are the made to stand the test of time to keep time with the latest trends? Or, like pop music, could they be both? My friend and frequent collaborator, Dave Wiskus has begun a new video series examining design and what it means in our daily lives. The first episode, Rock Stars, is above and if you like it, you can subscribe to the rest via Better Elevation and check out his Patreon options. Continue reading...

By default your iPhone or iPad can automatically download App Store apps and music that you purchase either within iTunes on your computer, or on another iOS device. That means download an app on your iPad, and it's instantly on your iPhone as well. While some people like this convenience, others may not appreciate it, especially if storage space is an issue on certain devices. Luckily you can disable it in just a few taps. How to turn off automatic downloads for apps and music on iPhone and iPad Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap on iTunes & App Store. Under the Automatic Downloads section, turn Off the options for Music and Apps. T…

It looks like the 64GB and 128GB iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus could be coming with more pre-installed apps than usual. Apple's iLife and iWork app suites will reportedly be available on the two larger sizes of both phones when they launch this Friday, September 19. In addition to apps like iMovie and Pages, iTunes U will also be included, according to 9to5Mac: This includes iMovie, GarageBand, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and iTunes U. Owners of the 16GB models of Apple's newest smartphones will still have access to these apps for free, but they must be manually downloaded from the App Store. It remains unclear as to whether or not GarageBand in-app purchases will al…