Apple's iOS 7 now on 80% of compatible iOS devices

During Apple's quarterly conference call for the first fiscal quarter of 2014, CFO Peter Oppenheimer revealed the company's new iOS 7 has now been installed on 80 percent of compatible iOS devices like iPhones and iPads.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 17

iOS 7 now installed on 78% of active Apple handheld devices

The latest official data from Apple reveals that 78 percent of active iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices are running the company's latest mobile operating system, iOS 7, up four percentage points from earlier this month.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 95

Editorial: 2013 was a terrible year for both Apple's competitors and its media critics

Tech blogs and mainstream media reports in 2013 consistently presented Apple as beset by a series of unsolvable problems, from flagging sales and slipping market share to a generalized lack of innovation. In hindsight, the media was disastrously, egregiously wrong about the horses it chose to back in the technology market this year. Perhaps they'll do a better job in 2014.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 257

Rumor: Chinese company pays $1 million to sponsor jailbreak for Apple's iOS 7

Chinese company Taig is rumored to have paid the jailbreak development team known as "evad3rs" $1 million to install its third-party mobile application store for Chinese users.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 71

Apple's iOS 7 now powers 74% of North American iPhones - report

Just three months after its release, Apple's latest mobile operating system is responsible for 74 percent of the internet traffic originating from iOS devices in the U.S. and Canada versus 22 percent for iOS 6, new web analytics data suggests.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 55

Startup pushes Newsstand publication samples to iOS devices through Apple's iBeacons

Publishers can now promote their magazine apps for iOS by making them available to view for free at specific locations, thanks to a new use for Apple's wireless iBeacon technology created by a digital publishing startup company.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 29

U.S. carriers block Samsung's kill switch alternative to Apple's iOS 7 Activation Lock

Samsung's plans to include a third party "kill switch" app on some of its premium smartphones to match Apple's iPhone Activation Lock theft deterrent system has been thwarted by phone carriers and fragmentation.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 75

MOGA's Lightning-connected, iOS 7 compatible iPhone game controller launches this week

Apple's retail and online stores, along with other authorized resellers, will begin carrying the MOGA Ace Power gamepad for iPhone this week, giving smartphone gamers more precise physical controls on their mobile device.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 22

Apple Maps took around 80 percent of Google Maps' iOS traffic in one year

One year after the release of Apple's own iOS 6 mapping service, user data continues to show a precipitous decline in Google Maps among iOS users.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 223

Free iOS, Mac apps to hide nearly $1 billion of Apple's new cash

After making OS X Mavericks a free update for Mac users and converting Pages, Keynote, Numbers, iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand into free bundled apps for both iOS and Macs, Apple said it would hide an additional $900 million from next quarter's reported revenue accounting.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 28

Another daylight saving time bug strikes Apple's iOS 7, affects calendar display

Owners of iOS devices running the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system awoke to a display error in iOS 7's calendar app caused by the switch to daylight saving time.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 77

Glide dynamically revamps "The Loop Magazine" for iOS 7's Newsstand

Using a new interactive publishing tool for Newsstand apps from Glide Creations, veteran Mac journalist Jim Dalrymple has retooled The Loop Magazine to reflect the dynamic look and feel of iOS 7, joining a growing number of publishers moving iPad digital distribution.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 4

Apple's iOS 7 sounds crafted by Owl City creator Adam Young

An update to his webpage, founder of electronic music project Owl City, Adam Young, reveals he created sounds for Apple's latest iOS 7, which debuted with a host of new tones.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 49

USA Today prints contemptuous trashing of Apple's latest iOS 7 release

A major U.S. newspaper has compiled a scathing dismissal of iOS 7 as Apple's "most troubled," although it provided no actual metrics of the issues or a comparison of the release's reported problems to those seen in previous versions.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 197

California man sues Apple CEO Tim Cook over automatic iOS 7 update

Apple's over-the-air iOS update mechanism, a feature designed to make it easier for iOS device owners to keep their phone or tablet up to date with the latest revision of Apple's mobile operating system, has bothered one California man so much, he's decided to take Apple CEO Tim Cook to small claims court.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 113

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