By Richard Mallion When Apple released the iOS 6 beta a few weeks ago, it was widely reported that the podcast section was missing from the music app. We now know why. Apple have just released a dedicated Podcast app
Following on from last week’s post, I have spent some time this week playing with .pac files. As discussed last week this is the only way to configure Proxy exceptions on an iOS device. In this post I’ll show you
This week I’ve been mainly trying out configuring web-proxy settings for iPads and iPhones. This is something that may not be very clear and so I have documented a few steps in this post. One of the advantages of the
By Richard Mallion Apple have just released iOS 5.1.1, offering several bug fixes and other improvements for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including: – Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken
By Richard Mallion I’m a big fan of Growl on Mac OS X, which is a third party notification system for Mac OS X. Many applications now support it. Basically Growl notifies you when certain events happen. For instance when
Apple Configurator Apple Configurator makes it easy for anyone to mass configure and deploy iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in a school, business, or institution. Three simple workflows let you prepare new iOS devices for immediate distribution, supervise devices that
By Richard Mallon A new bug in Apple’s iOS 5.0.1 software could allow unauthorized access to contacts and the calling features of an iPhone, bypassing passcode protection. However the method is really tricky/slow. It involves inserting and ejecting the iPhone’s SIM
By Richard Mallion Due to the hugh sales of iOS devices , the Objective-C language which is used to develop applications for iOS showed the most growth in usage during 2011. Market share for Objective-C for the end of 2011
The Contacts app has 5 basic Siri commands from which it will respond to: Who is What is When is Show Find Below are some examples of using this command with the Contacts app: Examples Querying Contacts What’s Richard’s address?
Having recently setup my home theatre system, I have become increasingly frustrated by the sheer volume of remote controls lying around my living room. Oh how I would love to replace them all – TV, Sky, AV receiver, Blu Ray