Ios

HTML5 games run three times faster on Apple’s iOS than on Google's Android

By Chris Parsons, Tuesday, Mar 6, 2012 a 12:16 am

Apple has long since been involved with the HTML5 development and a new study coming from cross-platform mobile game development tool maker, spaceport.io is suggesting they're much further ahead then the likes of Google and their Android operating system when it comes to HTML5 gaming.

Why Apple chose Twitter over Facebook

By Andrew Wray, Sunday, Feb 26, 2012 a 6:44 pm

With the upcoming release of OS X Mountain Lion, Apple will be fully integrating Twitter social sharing across all of their included apps, as well as extending a developer API for 3rd party apps available through the Mac App Store. This follows similar integration in iOS 5 last year and leaves one huge, lingering question: where's the Facebook integration?

Apple agrees to disclose app privacy permissions before download or purchase

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 a 5:25 pm

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced today that Apple has agreed to better protect iOS users' privacy by disclosing the permissions an App Store app will require before a user downloads or purchases an app.

Apple Begins Countdown to 25 billion App Downloads

By George Lim, Friday, Feb 17, 2012 a 12:55 pm

The App Store has been around for nearly 4 years, and it is approaching 25 billion downloads. (That's 25,000,000,000!)

To celebrate, Apple is doing a countdown and giving away a US$10,000 (or equivalent) iTunes gift card to the person who downloads the 25 billionth app.

iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad have outsold entire history of Mac products in only four years

By Simon Sage, Friday, Feb 17, 2012 a 12:52 pm

122 million Macs have been sold to date, while the iOS platform has reached a staggering 316 million units since launch. iOS outpaced OS X after the first four years, but if that's not enough, iOS could have done it in the last year alone with 156 million supporting products sold in 2011.

PSA: Popular iPhone and iPad apps and what they're doing with your Contacts

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012 a 10:46 pm

What do some popular iOS apps to with your Contact data? Do they grab it without permission, transmit it without protection, and store it without regard to privacy? Or do they treat it right, with respect and responsibility?

Verizon, AT&T to sell LTE equipped iPad 3

By Chris Parsons, Monday, Feb 13, 2012 a 11:49 pm

Following up on iMore's news today on the iPad 3 announcement, quad-core, and possibility of LTE the Wall Street Journal has now said LTE looks to be a lock as well.

Forums: Image quality with third-party casings, Scared to Jailbreak

By Chris Parsons, Monday, Feb 13, 2012 a 7:17 pm

It's Monday again and we've kicked this one off in full gear. If you happened to miss out on anything from the weekend or earlier today, be sure to get yourself caught up. Once you're done that, if you're still looking for more iOS goodness then check out the iMore forums. You can register now to get started today and while you're at it, check out some of the threads below:

Death Call vs Warm Gun: iPhone steampunk western game shootout

By Simon Sage, Monday, Feb 13, 2012 a 12:29 pm

We all know what to expect in the western genre - cowboys, shootouts, bar brawls... Sometimes a slight twist is needed to keep things fresh. Two iPhone games, Death Call and Warm Gun, take the classic western feel and throw in a bit of sci-fi charm.

Add an unnecessary cog here, a tesla generator there, some ostentatious goggles, and blammo, you've got a steampunk game in the old west. Despite it being a pretty small niche, each title tackles the challenge very differently. Which is better? Which is most shiny? We loaded them both up on the iPhone for an old-fashioned, new-fangled shootout, and you better believe we aimed to misbehave -- iMore style.

Forums: Music Artwork, Music Creation, iPhone Music

By Chris Parsons, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 a 8:15 pm

We've made our way through a lot of stuff this week. Plenty of reviews, rumors and tips & tricks. If you missed out on anything make sure you get yourself caught up either here on the blogs or in the iMore forums.