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Archive for September 17th, 2013
'Last Compatible' Versions of Apps Available for Older Devices on the App Store
Those who use older Apple’s devices - like the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS - have finally got the opportunity to download last compatible versions of apps supported by their firmware directly from the App Store. This is all due to the latest iOS App Store change.
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Facebook Messenger for iOS Updated
Facebook Messenger for iOS has been updated with a bunch of useful features. It now supports new languages - Croatian, Hungarian and Slovakian, opens your chats faster and works more stable.
Apple is opening a Retail store in the New World Trade Center
According to New York Post, Apple is negotiating a new retail store to be opened in the new World Trade Center shopping mall.
The report claims that Westfield, the company in control of all the retail space at the WTC, has found retailers for 90% of the first sites to open. This includes around 360,000 square feet in the Transportation Hub Oculus and in the lower levels of Larry Silverstein’s office towers two and three.
Westfield is said to have signed a lease with Victoria’s Secret — and is said to be close to deals with dozens of retailers, including Apple, J. Lindberg, Tory Burch, Theory, Michael Kors, Swatch and Abercrombie & Fitch, as well as several glamorous international brands.
The three towers were designed by architects Foster + Partners. They are currently working on Apple’s new California headquarters and will also be designing the future San Francisco 2 retail store.
Free iPhone 5c or a $100 Sprint Discount
Sprint makes the iPhone 5c a true lower-cost iPhone. One of the U.S. biggest carriers (after Verizon and AT&T) announced a $100 discount on any phone to those who switch to Sprint from other carriers. If to take into account the fact that the new iPhone 5c is available for $99 on a contact, it turns out one may get it for free!
Apple Has Revealed Detailed Schematics for its Forthcoming iPhone 5s and 5c
Apple has revealed highly detailed schematics for its forthcoming iPhone 5s and 5c, so that the third-party case manufacturers can use them to design the accessories that doesn’t prevent from using all the smartphones’ features.
Having an idea about the internal components layout is very important.
While the iPhone 5c is known to have a polycarbonate body with a steel-reinforced frame that doubles as a multi-band antenna, the drawings show the design requires radio transparent windows at the top and bottom of the chassis.
All the schemes are published to Apple's Developer Center, so if you want to take a look at the full-sized images, here’s the link.
Siri's Finally Out of Beta in iOS 7
Siri is no longer a beta product for iOS 7. To reflect the change, Apple has updated the description of this useful feature.
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Apple's Testing iOS 7.0.1, iOS 7.0.2 and iOS 7.1?
According to , Apple has already begun testing iOS 7.0.1, iOS 7.0.2 and iOS 7.1. Monitoring the web-activity in Cupertino and surrounding areas, experts have recently spotted several devices running these unreleased operating systems.
