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iOS News Software

Hound app currently in development, could provide rival to Siri, other voice-based assistants

The Hound is en route. Perhaps competing with Android’s Assistant, Cortana and Siri, SoundHound has begun working on Hound for iOS, an app that provides results to spoken inquiries like Siri on iOS.

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iOS News security Software

Apple to do away with Recovery Key as part of Two-Factor Authentication in iOS 9, OS X 10.11 El Capitan operating systems

There shall be Recovery Key no more come iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Apple on Wednesday confirmed that the security feature will be removed from its future operating systems. Currently, the Recovery Key system in Apple’s “two-step” protocol works as a failsafe for accessing an Apple ID when a registered trusted device […]

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retail Rumor

Rumor: Apple to overhaul Genius Bar operating procedures as early as March 9th

Your Genius Bar experience could be changing as soon as next month. According to the rumor mill, Apple Retail is reportedly in the process of overhauling its Genius Bar experience. In a bid to better serve customers, starting from the week of March 9, a new initiative dubbed “Concierge” will be rolled out to replace […]

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iPhone Software

3V Releases Locker Text Message Application for iPhone

On Wednesday, developer 3V released Locker, an iPhone application that allows users to send and receive encoded text messages (for example, “Want to meet me for lunch?” can become a seemingly random stream of text). Once the message’s recipient receives the encoded message he can just paste it into LOCKER and decode the message. Locker […]

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Opinion

iPhone OS 3.0 to Provide Much-Desired MMS Capabilities

By Rachel Hoyer So, you’ve just taken the world’s most adorable picture of your dog on your iPhone. If you want to text it to your friends, you’re out of luck. You’ll have to email it to them. iPhone enthusiasts everywhere have bemoaned the lack of MMS support on the handset. MMS is the protocol […]