Apple iOS 6 review: A worthwhile upgrade

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	Apple iOS 6 review: A worthwhile upgrade Apple has officially released iOS 6, the latest update to the mobile OS that powers the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Michael deAgonia details what's new, what's changed and what still needs work. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > In this Issue Hands on with iOS 6: Stores Hands on with iOS 6: Siri Hands on with iOS 6: The new Maps app Hands on with iOS 6: Installation App developers meet to talk about how the iPhone 5 could change their businesses Latest Samsung attack ad mocks crowds waiting for iPhone 5 Apple rolls out iOS 6, upgrades Mountain Lion Update: As expected, Apple delivers iOS 6 Richi Jennings: Intel and AMD ignore Android and Linux The iPhone Apple was forced to make Apple keeps top spot in customer satisfaction Kindle Fire HD teardown shows it's easy to fix, except for display Intel to bring Android to Clover Trail chips for tablets Samsung 5-in. Galaxy S4 smartphone coming in February, report says RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Hands on with iOS 6: Stores iOS 6 brings some changes to its three on-board stores: the iOS App Store, the iTunes Store and iBookstore. These changes don't change functionality as much as they improve navigation and usability. The result is a more pleasant shopping experience in all three. Read More Hands on with iOS 6: Siri Your favorite virtual assistant now knows a lot more than it ever did before. Beyond merely knowing answers to more kinds of questions, Siri in iOS 6 gains new functionality, simplifies some common tasks, and provides more useful results, too. And, for the first time, Siri in iOS 6 works on the iPad -- as long as it's a third-generation model or newer. Read More Hands on with iOS 6: The new Maps app When Apple first unveiled the iPhone in 2007, the company partnered with Google to deliver maps and directions for its users. Five years later, Apple is for the first time providing its own mapping solution. Read More Hands on with iOS 6: Installation iOS 6 arrives today, and eager users everywhere are getting ready to upgrade their devices. If you're concerned about the upgrade process, or simply want to know all your setup options, let us help you upgrade your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to iOS 6 with this step-by-step guide. Read More App developers meet to talk about how the iPhone 5 could change their businesses Developers set up a meeting on the same day the iPhone 5 was announced, to talk about what issues may come up around changing their apps for the larger screen. Read More Latest Samsung attack ad mocks crowds waiting for iPhone 5 A new attack ad by rival Samsung pokes fun at Apple customers who wait in line outside stores for the iPhone 5. Read More Apple rolls out iOS 6, upgrades Mountain Lion Apple today shipped iOS 6, an upgrade that replaces Google Maps with Apple's own mapping technology and turn-by-turn GPS navigation. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! Update: As expected, Apple delivers iOS 6 Apple followed through on past practice today and released iOS 6, the latest version of its mobile OS for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, today at 1 p.m. ET. Read More Richi Jennings: Intel and AMD ignore Android and Linux Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and AMD (NYSE:AMD) are eschewing Android and other Linux-based platforms for their latest tablet chips. Intel's Clover Trail system-on-a-chip (SoC) won't run Linux, and neither will AMD's Hondo. Some see the dead hand of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) at work. Others think it's just a tactical pause before next year's Bay Trail platform. Arr, in IT Blogwatch, bloggers splice the mainbrace and hoist the moonraker. But stop doing that in the rigging... Read More The iPhone Apple was forced to make I have no doubt that the iPhone 5 is a great phone and will set sales records. It's just uninteresting. So uninteresting, in fact, that it's interesting. Read More Apple keeps top spot in customer satisfaction Apple retained the top spot in a survey released Tuesday by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, which also found that the tablet market is spurring PC makers to improve the quality of their products. Read More Kindle Fire HD teardown shows it's easy to fix, except for display The new 7-in. Kindle Fire HD tablet by Amazon, starting at $199, scored a 7 out of 10 rating from iFixit for its repairability by do-it-yourselfers. Read More Intel to bring Android to Clover Trail chips for tablets Tablets running on Intel's upcoming Atom chip code-named Clover Trail could come with the Android OS, adding another OS option for the processor platform in addition to Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows 8 OS, Intel said on Monday. Read More Samsung 5-in. Galaxy S4 smartphone coming in February, report says Samsung will announce a 5-in. Galaxy S4 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next February, according to company officials and executives at parts suppliers quoted in The Korea Times. Read More
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