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 The New York Times app for Apple Watch will be released on April 24. This will be a new form of storytelling. There will be one-sentence stories, which  make it easy for Apple Watch users to read news on a small display and to learn the important details quickly. Readers get news of the popular […]

Last year the Samsung Galaxy S5 was the flagship of Samsung, now the Samsung Galaxy S6 is soon to be released. Long time it has been rumored, whether the S6 is just a copy of its predecessor or if there are significant differences. Here you can see the innovations and differences: new design precious materials such as […]

According to a new research, 20% of mobile app developers target enterprises rather than consumers. This alignment produces a significant boost to their revenues. Which arises the question,what are these developers doing differently, aside from a special client base, such as businesses or government. The following overview should outline this: sindividual, custom apps simplification of company processes/ […]

Apple Pay was launched in October 2014 in the USA and should help revolutionize the way we pay for goods and services. But a new survey suggests it’s having many early issues. One of the main problems is the inability for cashiers to help buyers who needed assistance in using Apple Pay. Furthermore a study […]

It is rumored, that the new iPhone 7 oor iPhone 6S is in the process of planning. There are various ideas for a new design concept: scraggy casing different colours home button within the touchdisplay extension of the display Here is an example: You can get more information and impressions here: various visions of the […]

Google is changing its strategy for the Play Store: In comparison to Apple, Google previously relied on automatic review processes in order to cope with the massive number of apps submitted every day, so that interested people could usenew apps immediately.Now Google is changing this manubrium, because a lot of malicious, exploitative, inappropriate, and low-quality […]

Till now, Nintendo has been seen as stubborn in its belief that the only way to properly experience its products is on its game consoles. Now it seems that even Nintendo is following the new trend: recently Nintendo has shocked the world by announcing it is partnering with social media game king DeNA to produce smartphone […]

 Apple Pay isn’t even six months old, but retailers are already jumping on board. When the service launched in October 2014, fewer than 250,000 locations supported it. Now, Apple Pay is accepted at over 700,000 locations. This seems to be a great advance in comparison to Samsung Pay, which is still in development by Samsung.The […]

Microsoft Cortana is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Microsoft. In the past, Microsoft wasn´t very successful with its assistant software – remember Clippy, the little paperclip!Now Microsoft wants to develop these artificial intelligence for iOS and Android too – but iOS and Android user have to download an App and install Cortana, whereas Windows […]

    iBeacon Viele fragen sich, was sind iBeacons? iBeacons ist ein im Jahr 2013 von Apple eingeführter proprietärer Standard für Navigation in geschlossenen Räumen und wird mit dem Bluetooth Low Energy Prinzip betrieben, welche ab dem iPhone 4s und aktuellen sonstigen Geräten der Apple-Famlie funktioniert. Kleine Sender (Beacons) werden in Räumen als Signalgeber plaziert, […]

  WhatsApp Calls! WhatsApp received an update (version 2.12.19) which adds support for voice calls for all Android users. It is unclear when iOS will support voice calls. After brief tests on Android, the voice quality via wifi was good, the tram is yet inconclusive. Nevertheless, phone calls are now possible free of charge from […]

For more than 100 years, UK police have been using pen and paper to take crime reports from members of the public. The iPads were introduced in two south-west London boroughs and contain a special app for the police. Here are some advantages: less paperwork efficient working faster gathering of data Easier photos/recording of crime […]