Samsung will unveil its latest and much hyped Galaxy S5 on Monday i.e., 24th Feb 2014 at an event scheduled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The market is brimming with loads of innovative gadgets that make our lives comfortable and our job much easier to perform. In the exclusive range of advanced handheld gadgets, tablets come as the most entertaining and efficient devices replete with many useful functions.
Android is among the most dominant operating systems, but continues to maintain a blooming lead in the smartphone market in US according to comScore's report.
iOS application development trends are changing year after year. We have seen that there are tremendous change in iOS application development filed since last two years i.e 2016 and 2017. As per the latest data shown by Statista, there were about 2.2 million iOS apps in the Apple App Store till 2017.
From this data we can say that the App Store is a means of revenue generation for Apple as well as for iOS app developers. Expert iOS developers always keep their eyes on the latest iOS application development trends and its future developments.
IoT based application will rise in number
Apple HomeKit
Location Based App and AR will drive innovation
Apps with machine learning framework CoreML
Introduction of Swift 4
As per Cisco report in 2020, there will be more than 50 Billion internet connected devices. This means that the number of connected devices would be more than world’s population. In last two years we have seen that many big business are investing in the future of IoT and this trend will be continued in 2018 also.
Apple Inc. is on a constant endeavour to nurture its iPhone app development community by offering new tools and frameworks for simplifies development process. This time the company takes a major step in this direction. Apple acquires Vancouver-based Buddybuild Startup Company – the one that focuses on continuous integration and debugging tools for iOS apps.
Founders of Buddybuild - Christopher Stott, Dennis Pilarinos and Johnny Shi officially announced this acquisition by stating “The buddybuild team is now part of Apple!” in its blog section. This comes as good news to iPhone app development company as well as entire iOS app developers community - let’s know how it will matter them:
Buddybuild’s Contribution to iOS App Development
Image Courtesy: Buddybuild
Buddybuild helps in building software that could be of effective use for developers to build apps or software for iPhone or other iOS based devices. This Buddybuild software is the only mobile continuous integration and delivery platform that sets up in just few minutes and enables developers to start building and testing their apps in no time.
This startup binds together integration, delivery and an iterative feedback solution into a single, seamless platform. With such ability, iPhone app development companies need not involve in disparate systems to accomplish app development needs.
Apple’s Xcode Engineering Group
Image Courtesy: Apple Inc.
“We're excited to share that the buddybuild team has joined the Xcode engineering group at Apple to build amazing developer tools for the entire iOS community.”
-Buddybuild
Buddybuild team is supposed to join Xcode engineering team of Apple Inc. With this expansion, Apple is looking forward to simplify or ease the process of development and deployment to App Store. Developers can pace up the shipment of iOS apps by integration with services like GitHub, BitBucket and GitLab.
Following pointers give a zest of contribution of Buddybuild software in entire development lifecycle:
"Git push" creates a secure build environment
Triggers a build of an iOS app
Runs unit or UI tests
Prepares app for beat test
Deploys to Apple's TestFlight
What does Apple Inc. Look Forward to with this Acquisition?
Apple plans to make iOS app development more simple, easy and accessible to everyone. Its acquisition of Buddybuild comes in the same lines of creating and iterating iOS apps in efficient manner. Through this mobile iteration platform that is completely focused on continuous integration and debugging tools is aimed to give iOS app development team a simple workflow for iterating and pushing apps out into the world through GitLab, GitHub or BitBucket.
The Buddybuild system is supposed to fit into Apple’s existing set of tools. In addition to that, the system will allow for integration of new methods for testing, debugging and deploying iOS apps through a systematic channel. Apple plans to improvise app development and deployment process to make available useful apps to iOS users. It would be exciting to know how Google copes up with this rapid pace of development and fast inflow of apps into Apple App Store after this acquisition.
The Apple Watch, above all
else, proves that Apple is exceptionally good at refining concepts.
The Apple Watch is easily the most refined smartwatch you can spend
your technology-buying dollars on.
Fashionable
It's impossible to start
assessing the Apple Watch without recognizing that Apple is
very-heavily positioning it as a fashion desirable, and how that
changes perceptions of it.
Apple's had plenty of
products with three different models before, but within each of those
selections runs a variety of choices that are everything to do with
fashion and nothing to do with functionality.
Fashion is naturally a
matter of both taste and trends, and it's very much a personal and
budgetary decision which combination suits you.
Operating System Speed
Apple's usual methodology
for review samples is to send out the best and brightest, but I doubt
anyone's sitting there testing the top-end Apple Watch Edition. In
most practical technology terms, though, they didn't need to, because
there are only the smallest of differences between each model.
The smaller 38mm Apple
Watch measures in at 21.2 26.5mm with a 272 x 340 pixel 290ppi AMOLED
display, while the larger 42mm Watch measures 24.3 30.38mm with a 312
x 390 pixel 302ppi display. Predictably, being Apple, they're both
dubbed "Retina" displays.
The display on the Apple
Watch Sport is certainly bright and vibrant even under direct
sunlight, although the more you pump up the brightness the less
overall battery life you'll get.
Apple Watch Apps
Apple didn't invent the
smartwatch, but one of the smarter refinements it's brought to the
process is in bringing in a lot of app developers to produce
watch-centric apps at launch.
A very small smartwatch
screen isn't ideal for displaying lengthy information, and not every
available app uses that idea sensibly. The app selection includes a
wide variety of Australian-specific apps, from shopping companion
apps to public transport checkers, with the usual mix of paid and
free apps on offer.
The Apple Watch comes with
ten different configurable faces - Utility, modular, simple, Motion,
Astronomy, Colour, Sonar, Chronograph, Mickey and X-Large. Yes,
that's Mickey as in Mickey Mouse.
The Charging Issue
Like most other
smartwatches, the Apple Watch charges via an inductive plate, which
is supplied with the Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch; if you opt
for the pricier Apple Watch Edition the case is apparently the
inductive charger itself.
Charging itself is
reasonably fast from the provided charger, although being USB-ended
you could charge it from just about any USB port at all.
If you're just using it as
a watch, it could last up to 72 hours. Those are all Apple's figures,
but my own testing largely bears them out.
About Anna Harris: Anna Harris working as web content writer and a strategist for a major IT firm listed among the top iPhone App Development Companies in developing iPhone apps for all the major iOS versions.
Apple today seeded the
first beta of iOS 8.4 to registered developers for testing purposes,
just five days after releasing iOS 8.3 to the public. The beta, build
12H4074d, is available for download from the iOS Developer Center,
alongside the Xcode 6.4 beta.
iOS 8.4 introduces a
newly-revamped Music app, which includes a new design that shows
pictures of artists in the Artists view and offers personalized
playlists.It also offers a new MiniPlayer, a redesigned look for "Now
Playing," global search capabilities that make it easier to
search from anywhere within the Music app, and a streamlined design
for iTunes Radio to improve music discovery.
Streamlined iTunes
Radio. Discovering music with iTunes Radio is easier than ever.
You can now quickly return to your favorite stations in Recently
Played. Choose from a selection of hand-curated stations in Featured
Stations, or start a new one from your favorite artist or song.
New MiniPlayer.
With the new MiniPlayer, you can see what’s playing and control
playback while browsing your music collection. To open Now Playing,
just tap on the MiniPlayer.
Global Search. You
can now search from anywhere in the Music app — just tap the
magnifying glass. Search results are conveniently organized to help
you quickly find that perfect song. You can even start an iTunes
Radio station right from Search.
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iOS 8.4 follows hot on the
heels of iOS 8.3, which introduced new diversified emoji, a revamped
emoji picker, Wireless CarPlay, and more. iOS 8.4 and the new Music
app come ahead of Apple's new streaming music service, rumored to be
debuting in June at the Worldwide Developers Conference.
About Anna Harris: Anna Harris working as web content writer and a strategist for a major IT firm listed among the top iPhone App Development Companies in developing iPhone apps for all the major iOS versions.
For Apple, 2015 is going
to be huge and there are some probable speculations of several
products that can be the highlight of the year. Take a glimpse of the
products, that Apple may unveil this year.
Apple Watch
Apple Watch is definitely
going to get released this year, as the company has already announced
it. This is going to be the first smartwatch by Apple, and it's most
likely to launch in mid spring. Health related apps can be the main
focus of this watch.
iPhone 7
Although it is a long time
until Apple will officially confirm the release of the next
generation iPhone, such a device release is absolutely inevitable.
The iPhone 6 was another massive success for Apple, indicating that
the momentum generated by the world’s most successful smartphone
has yet to halt significantly.
iPhone 6s
There has been absolutely
no word from the Cupertino-based Company on this persistent Internet
gossip, but it would be logical for Apple to release an affordable
smartphone for the budget and East Asian marketplace in particular.
iPad Pro
The iPad was a massive
success when Apple originally released it, and although the tablet
market has slowed since then, last year saw Apple significantly
refresh its tablet range, breathing new life into the iPad.
iPad Air & iPad Mini
These two more
consumer-focused devices will also probably see the light of day in
2015, as Apple looks to improve his entire iPad range. It is unlikely
that Apple will redesign these industry-leading tablets to a great
extent, and the focus will probably on upgrading its capabilities and
internal components.
iOS 9
There are already reports
that Apple’s next operating system for mobiles will be ready in due
course, and iOS 9 is being linked with the next iPhone release in
September. Functionality in this latest version of the critically
acclaimed operating system will likely focus on mobile payment and
Apple Watch functionality in particular.
12-Inch MacBook
There are already reports
that Apple’s next operating system for mobiles will be ready in due
course, and IOS 9 is being linked with the next iPhone release in
September. Functionality in this latest version of the critically
acclaimed operating system will likely focus on mobile payment and
Apple Watch functionality in particular.
Apple TV
Apple TV has been somewhat
neglected in recent years, which is perhaps not surprising given that
it has always been a minor product for Apple, with massive sellers
such as the iPhone driving the company forwards both creatively and
economically.
About Anna Harris: Anna Harris working as web content writer and a strategist for a major IT firm specialized in various mobile application development services for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and other operating systems.
Apple’s new iOS 8.1.2
update is now live for all versions of the iPhone, iPad and iPod
touch running iOS 8 and while it doesn’t come with new features it
does come with some fixes for iOS 8 problems. It’s also causing
some problems for select iPhone and iPad users.
Let's take a look at some
of the iOS 8.1.2 problems that have popped up and some of the
problems that have the potential to pop up for iOS 8.1.2 users in the
future.
How to Fix iOS 8.1.2
Installation Problems
One of the initial iOS
8.1.2 problems that we’re seeing relates to the installation
process. It’s not server issues troubling iPhone and iPad users,
it’s an inability to get the update installed after the download
process begins. This is an issue that plagues just about every iOS
update and it appears that a few people are running into this issue
right off the bat with iOS 8.1.2. Fortunately, there’s an easy fix
for the issue.
If the iPhone or iPad gets
stuck during the iOS 8.1.1 installation, users will want to perform a
hard reset by holding down the power button and home button at the
same time for a few seconds until the device restarts. This typically
gets the update’s juices flowing again. If it doesn’t continue
automatically, it may simply start over.
How to Fix iOS 8.1.2
Battery Life Problems
Per usual, we’re seeing
complaints about battery life after the iOS 8.1.2 release. This isn’t
unusual, we always see complaints about abnormal drain or various
other issues after Apple releases a new iOS update.
There are a number of
things that iPhone and iPad owners can try should a device start
experiencing heavy battery drain after the iOS 8.1.2 installation or
in the days and weeks after the installation process completes.
Battery life issues won’t necessarily pop up right at the start and
will often times emerge in the days, weeks and months after an
update’s arrival.
While there are a ton of
things that users recommend, we think there are several key fixes
that iPhone and iPad owners should try. These fixes range from small
settings tweaks to changes in your daily use. All of them have the
potential to fix bad iOS 8.1.2 battery life and we highly recommend
looking at them before performing a hard reset.
How to Fix iOS 8.1.2 App
Issues
As we’ve noted in our
reviews, app performance is strong with iOS 8.1.2 on board. That
said, there’s always a chance that some users will encounter
difficulties with apps after making the move.
iPhone and iPad users
can’t rely on iOS updates for app fixes. Instead, users will need
to rely on third-party developers (the makers of the app) and some
useful changes to bad habits.
First, make sure
applications on the iPhone or iPad are updated. Bug fixes and app
updates with support for iOS 8 have been trickling out since launch.
iPhone and iPad users who are forgetful or lazy will want to turn on
automatic App Store updates because it will keep apps automatically
behind the scenes. Auto updates will ensure that they are always on
the latest version with the latest bug fixes. To do that, head into
Settings > iTunes & App Store > Toggle Updates on.
About Anna Harris: Anna Harris working as web content writer and a strategist for a major IT firm specialized in various mobile application development services for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and other operating systems.
On Monday, Apple reveals iOS update
8.1.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, but if you have already done a
jailbreak, just stay away from the update as it enables the pangu8
jailbreak.
This new update of iOS 8.1.1 fixes plenty of bugs that were encountered in the previous
version, generating a more stable system. You can easily have the
update by over-the-air, simple go to settings > General >
Software Update.
There is also an other
alternative way by simply connecting your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
with your pc via a datacable and iTunes will prompt a message to
update your operating system.
This new update comes with
several bug fixes with improved performance and greater stability for
iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. There's also an update for Apple TV, available
as an Apple TV software 7.0.2 update.
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iPhone 4 will no longer
have the support of iOS 8.0 or above, now iPhone 4S has become oldest
one to have support for iOS 8.0. iOS runs well on older devices, and
that's really appreciable that the new OS does support the three year
old hardware.
About Anna Harris: Anna Harris working as web content writer and a strategist for a major IT firm specialized in various mobile application development services for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and other operating systems.
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