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iOS 9 already running on 66 percent of compatible devices

iOS 9 running on iPhone and iPad

 Apple's latest Mobile OS the iOS 9 adoption rate hits 66 percent, which means two out of three devices that support iOS 9 are already running the latest version of iOS. The numbers are quite impressive while keeping it mind it's been less three months and the iOS 9 has already captured 66% of the devices.
iOS 9 adoption rate

 In addition to that, 30 percent of the remaining users are using iOS 8, while the remaining 9 percent are using the previous versions of iOS. The numbers were measured based on visits of the App Store on November 2.

 Moreover, If we review the previous numbers then we can see that there is a significant increase of 5 percent in just two weeks. Last time the Cupertino company measured the adoption rate approximately two weeks ago and by that time about 61% of the compatible iOS devices were running iOS 9.

 While, the Fruit Company released the first major update to the iOS 9, the iOS 9.1 two weeks back. The iOS 9.1 update introduced new emojis and several performance enhancements. We believe that the iOS 9.1 update is responsible for the increase in the upgrades.

 Source: Apple
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Now Hackers can get in iOS 9.1 by Remote browser-based Jailbreaking


In late September, Zerodium a exploit acquisition platform announced an iOS 9 bug bounty that would pay out up to three million dollars to hacker who will manage to develop a browser-based untethered jailbreaking of Apple's most advanced mobile operating system iOS 9. So then they could sell the exploit to clients who will be interest in getting Ghost access to iOS devices.

At the end of October contest expired,  Zerodium today announced one hacking team had successfully managed to develop a browser-based untethered remote jailbreak for Latest iOS 9 version iOS 9.1 and iOS 9.2 which is still in Beta version and the hacking team won the $1 Million Prize bounty.

 Zerodium told Wired that the exploit developed by the hackers will be given to their customers including major technology, finance and defence corporations and the exploit will also be sold to government. Hacking team have to remotely jailbreak iOS 9 without having User's attraction or interaction but reading a text message or visiting a website through any browser.

 Zerodium wants to earn more money by selling the exploit to the other corporation, but they have no plans to inform Apple about the vulnerabilities of their latest OS, but they said they will share details later. Zerodium says we will not public the jailbreak, but iOS security is hard but not unbreakable.
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Faceook updated iOS App to fix battery drain issue


Few days ago facebook iOS App users encountered a battery drain issue which started eating a lot of battery life even when the backgound App refresh was toggled off, but not any more. Facebook today updated its iOS app which fixes the battery drain issue with other improvments.

 While Facebook didn't mention its battery drain issue fix in the update notes, while Tech Crunch noticeted the Facebook engineering manager Ari Grant's post on facebook about the fix and the reason behind it. Grant told that there were several factor which lead to the battery drain issue including a "CPU Spin" in code network and silent background audio session which kept the app awake even when it wasn't open.

 Fedirico vittci from Macstories stated that the issue is because the silent audio in the background and today it turned out to be correct.

 Tech Crunch's Matthew Panizaron also suggested that Facebook's use of silent audio in background may be done on a purpose but Facebook says it was a unintentional bug.

 Grant says the the Facebook iOS App has been fixed both the issue which were causing battery drain and users will no more face the issue and Facebook is still working to make app even more battery friendly.
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Facebook is working to solve iOS app battery drain issue


Facebook today showed that they are aware of iOS app battery drain issue, the issue was raised by some Facebook users who suffered from this issue and reported it to Facebook and battery drains very fast even when the App is opened in the background, Facebook told TechCrunch about its awareness regarding the battery drain issue and promised to fix it soon.

 Many Facebook users are facing this issue from last week, and posted images showing Facebook App weight on Battery, even when the app is in the background and even when the background app refresh is off.

 It is assumed yet that the cause for Facebook app to drink a lot battery is the bug that could be silent audio emanating from the service's auto-playing videos. Most of people don't care about Auto-play and never turn it off and there is a bug that is over eating battery.

Turning off Auto-play can be the fix but facebook does not confirmed this bug yet but the fix will be out soon.
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iOS 9 now Running on More Than 50% of Active Devices, Breaks Previous Adoption Records

Image Credits: CultofMac
According to the recent reports by Apple, iOS 9 has the fastest adoption rate for any iOS software update ever. Currently, iOS 9 is running on more than 50% of active devices as measured by the Apple App Store on September 19.
“Customer response to the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus has been incredibly positive, we can't wait to get our most advanced iPhones ever into customers’ hands starting this Friday,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “iOS 9 is also off to an amazing start, on pace to be downloaded by more users than any other software release in Apple’s history.”
Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller says that iOS 9 has the highest installation rate as compared to any other iOS version. He also told that the response to iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus has been "incredibly positive".

 iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are set to launch on September 25 in the United States, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
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How to fix the bad battery life problem in iOS 8.4.1

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Have you been experiencing issues with your iOS devices battery life after updating to iOS 8.4.1? Actually you're not alone. Various iOS users are complaining about the issue.

The good news is that we have got few tips for you guys, try the following tips to get some better battery life:
  • Perform a hard reset by holding the power and home button till your device restarts itself.

  • Reset your setting to default for this Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings.

  • Switch off your location services or manage which apps use your location. For this Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and either switch Location Services off, or manage your list of apps which have access to your location.

  • Do a Restore/Clean Install of iOS 8.4.1 by downloading the IPSW file for your iOS device. Plug your device into iTunes, move to the device screen, then option-click (shift-click in Windows) the Restore button,while selecting the IPSW file you downloaded.

 Let us know in the comments section below if any of the steps above make your battery last longer.
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Top dictation App for iOS



With technology booming now more than ever, daily tasks are becoming easier and quicker to accomplish. Especially with our smartphones and the apps that are availabe for our smartphones. Dictation apps are on the rise. How convenient it is to say what you want to type rather than having to type it. This saves people a lot of time. While there are many dictation apps available for the iPhone, we will look at the key features of some of the best available.

iRecorder Pro - Audio Recorder

Made by SIMPLETOUCH LLC

With this app, you can record your messages and sync them with iTunes, iCloud and your social profiles. What makes this app one of the best dictation apps for iPhone is its sharing feature. It is also a quick and easy to use recorder. You can transfer your recordings to any computer via WiFi. It costs $2.99 in the app store. It has a 3 star review from users.



Dragon Dictation

Made by Nuance Communications

This app is reasonable accurate and fast. It is also versatile, as it records your messages, integrates with your social networking profiles, emails with voice command and text to speech services. Dragon is very popular for dictation because of its accuracy. It does not store any notes in the app itself. This app is free in the app store. It has a 3-star review from users.




Express Dictate Voice Dictation Software

Made by NCH Software


This app is very easy to use. All you have to do to record a message is press the record button and start speaking. You can overwrite any message by a simple click. You can send your recordings to anyone you want, since it saves them in a .wav or .dct format. This app is free in the app store. It has a 2 star user review.
iTalk Recorder
Made by Griffin Technology

This app is easy to use with its simple user interface. It also provides the best sound quality. You are able to hear any of your recordings on this app anytime you want. You can also sync your recordings with iTunes. There is a voice search feature so you can find the recording you want if you have many recordings saved. There is a free version of this app in the app store and also there is a premium version for $1.99. It has a 4 star review from users.


QuickVoice2TextEmail (PRO Recorder)

Made by nFinity Inc

If you don't like typing your emails, then this app is for you. It allows you to speak into your phone what you want your email to say rather than typing it out. When you are done, you can send it immediately. This app costs $2.99 in the app store. It has a 3 star review from users.As you can see, dictation apps are available to provide us with the features that we need the most. These apps can save us a lot of time and effort. There are these listed above and many others available. It all depends on your own personal preference and what you want the app to do for you. There is something available to suit everyone's needs.
Article is written by Jessica Kane


Jessica Kane is a professional blogger who writes about technology and other gadgets and gizmos aplenty. She currently writes for Total Voice Tech, her go to for all professional Dragon products.
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Apple introduces 6-digit passcodes in iOS 9

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Yesterday at WWDC, Apple announced and previewed iOS 9 officially for the first time. One of the most prominent changes in the security department is the introduction of six-digit passcodes in iOS 9, Apple got rid of four-digit passcodes in iOS 9. In previous versions of iOS users were required to create four-digit passcodes.

 The introduction of six-digits passcodes makes it even hard for strangers to guess your passcode and unlock your device.Still, there is an option to use the four-digit passcode. The passcode can now consist of both letters and digits, maker it even harder for strangers to guess your passcode. Definitely, a big step taken by Apple in-terms of security iOS devices.


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Siri get more intelligent with iOS 9, thanks to Proactive

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Apple started iOS 9 announcement with unveiling the new more intelligent Siri so you can ask and tell Siri and Siri will be Contextually aware, this a feature cause of "Proactive", So that Siri  manage it self with the location on you are interacting with it. For example if we ask " Show photos of Yosemite from last august" so the photos tagged with Yosemite in the month of August will be shown in the Photos App. Statements like, “Remind me to grab coffee off the roof of my car when I get in” will also work, As Siri knows when you’re in the car as it keep record of locations

Siri will also start playing music when you will insert the headPhones and the music will be played according to your location. For example if you were listening some rock music at gym so Siri will continue from where you left yesterday or last time and it will play all rock music only.

Calendar will give you time to leave for any event according to the Traffic situation.

 Siri will scan multiple apps including Mails, and other apps and tell you from country this call is coming and whom it could be.
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ComScore Report: Apple increased in every sector but no one other




The new information has been received today which is related to the smart phone market share. The statistical analysis confirms that in a period of three months that ends in April, almost 188.6 million people have owned a smartphone. This has allowed Apple to become equal to 76.9 percent of the mobile market that are of smartphones at this stage, in accordance with information of ComScore, Apple has further empowered its existence and lead to a great extent. The present state of percentage has been observed by ComScore which has found it to be 1.8 percent increase in market share in the current period, it has increased from 41.3 in January and reached to 43.1 in April.

 From all other devices which lie in the top 5 other than Apple include LG, which is the only manufacturer found other than Apple that has shown an increase in the percentage, it has rise from 8 to 8.4 percent. Samsung, Motorola and HTC have shown a decrease in their percentage. Samsung is still placed at no.2 on the list its observed decline ranges from 29.3 to 28.6 percent. The percentage of Motorola has reduced from 5.2 percent to 4.9, and HTC keep struggling hard but still its percentage has lessened from 3.8 to 3.7.

 In the platform of market share, although there has been a reduction in the lead of Android but it still remains on the top. The observed decline in the percentage of Android is a lowering from 53.2 to 55.2, while the increase in iOS market share is an elevation from 41.3 to 43.1 percent. Microsoft’s Window Phone bears a loss from 3.6 percent to 3.0 percent, where as BlackBerry has a share fall reduced from 1.8 to 1.5 percent.


And eventually, as the most famous and popular smartphone apps, Facebook was placed highest in rank with a percentage of 71.1, where as Youtube and Google remained at 57 percent and 51.8 percent, correspondingly.  

source : 9to5mac
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Apple releases temporary fix for iOS text issue, says software update coming soon

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Lately, Apple discovered a bug which caused various iOS devices to crash, when a specific sting of text was sent in text or iMessage. The Cupertino tech giant has recently published a statement, in which it acknowledges the issue and says a software update is coming soon for the fix of this issue. Meanwhile Apple has offered a temporary solution for the text issue.
"Apple is aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update. Until the update is available, you can use these steps to re-open the Messages app."
1. Ask Siri to "read unread messages." 

2. Use Siri to reply to the malicious message. After you reply, you'll be able to open Messages again 

3. In Messages, swipe left to delete the entire thread. Or tap and hold the malicious message, tap More, and delete the message from the thread.

 While there are also many other ways to fix this issue. According to a report published by Mac Rumors, "if Messages was opened in conversation list view you can fix the issue by having someone send you a message or sending yourself a message via Siri or through the Share sheet in any app."
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New iOS bug will crash your message app and will reboot your iPhone ( Fix )


A new iOS bug is moving through all the iPhone in the world the bug crashes the message app and turn the iPhone off when a special type of text arrive in the iPhone. The bug effect the iPhone whether it is turned on or in sleep mode the text forcefully turn the iPhone off without any warning.

 This kind of bug is not seen first time in iPhones, in fact this had been done many times iPhone but Apple keep fixing it and if it is not fixed, it could be used for a malicious purpose and iPhone is not the only Phone to have bug like this in past, in fact many handsets of different companies has suffered from this kind of bugs. but the one good thing is that this bug can transferred from iPhone to iPhone, it doesn't work with other platforms or from other platforms. People are not going to suffer it accidently and if someone received it so he/she is being targeted.

 Many people had suffered from it if you want see their remarks just search the twitter and you will find hundreds of infected peoples.

 If you received a message that causes the bug  we have some fixes which are working for users. One of them is very simple just after the reboot open your message app and if it closes so open again and reply to that person with any thing or fix and this will fix you iPhone and this works almost all time. And if your message is not opening and crashing again again so this could solved by receiving a simple message from someone else or sending yourself a message this could also be done using Siri.

 To send your self a message said " send message to myself " and then tell what to send and you are done, this will clean your iPhone form that malicious message.

 A person from twitter talk Apple support for its fix and Apple is now aware of this bug so we are expecting a fix very soon.

 Are you Affected?

 Source: 9to5Mac
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Eighty two % of all of the Apple devices are now running iOS 8


We know that Apple passed the Eighty percent mark on the launch of the Apple Watch, Apple's latest mobile operating system the iOS 8 has now found to be running on the Eighty two percent of all the Apple devices (iPhone,iPod Touch,iPad).

The data comes from the official App Store Distribution dashboard, which is Apple's portal for developers. iOS 7 still maintains seventeen percent share while older versions of iOS account for less than two percent.

It is worth mentioning that these numbers were obtained from iOS devices that accessed the App Store on May 11 ,2015.

Apple reported earlier this month that iPhone sales during the fiscal quarter surpassed Apple's expectations. That also suggests that iOS 8 gains are probably from newly purchased iOS devices instead of old iOS device upgraded to iOS 8.

Source: Apple
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Apple releases iOS 8.4 beta 3 to developers, beta 2 to public testers


Apple today released iOS 8.4 beta 3 to developers.The build number of the iOS 8 beta 3 is 12H4098c, and the people running iOS 8.4 beta 2 can download iOS 8.4 beta 3 over-the-air or via Apple’s developer portal. In addition, Apple has also seeded iOS 8.4 beta 2 to testers part in the public beta program.The latest release includes an updated music app an more.

 Apple is expected to release the next version of iOS (iOS9) on WWDC which is just around 3 weeks away. 
The iOS 8.4 beta 3 release notes are following:
  • App Extensions – App extensions need an arm64 slice to run on 64-bit devices. If you try to run the armv7 slice on a 64-bit device it won’t work.
    Apps need to have an arm64 slice if the bundle contains a framework that both the app and the app extension link against.
    iTunes Store
    Fixed in Beta 3
    Featured iTunes Radio stations may have duplicate entries.
    When viewed in landscape mode on iPad, Buy buttons in Top Charts may appear partially obscured.
  • Music – Using Siri to control iTunes Radio does not work in this beta.
    Home Sharing and Genius Mixes are not currently available.
    AirPlay streaming may not work.
    There may be stability issues when using Up Next or iTunes Radio.
    It’s not possible to start a station from a song or artist.
    Station sharing for iTunes Radio is not available.
    The iTunes Radio tab may unexpectedly appear within Search, even if iTunes Radio is not available in your country.
    Deleting an empty playlist may cause the Music app to quit unexpectedly.
    The Music app may forget its place when you go to the Home screen and come back.
    If your device loses and regains a network connection (including turning Airplane Mode on and off), playback may stop working. If songs repeatedly fail to play, please force the Music app to quit.
    It’s not possible to add all songs in a compilation to a playlist at once.
    Closing full screen music video playback while the device is in landscape may cause the app to display incorrectly.
    Ads in iTunes Radio may display on top of Up Next.
    If your library has no playlists, the add playlist button may not appear.
    The downloaded icon is not displayed in Songs view on the iPad when you select “Make Available Offline.”
  • Siri – Using Siri on an Apple Watch to request playback of a song will fail.
    Workaround: Request playback of Artists or Albums instead of a specific song.
  • UIKit – When linking against iOS 8.3 or later, any code that relies on layout information (such as the frame) of a UIButton subview when the button is not in the window hierarchy will need to send layoutIfNeeded to the button before retrieving layout information (such as button.titleLabel.frame) to ensure that the layout values are up to date.
  • Videos - It may not be possible to dismiss the captions dialog on iPhone 6 Plus.
    The download progress bar may not update while content is downloading.
    Signing out of an iTunes account and signing into another may result in incorrect content appearing in the library.
    Content stored in iCloud may not appear in your library after signing in.
  • WatchKit – A bug where continuous background location updates fail to update has been resolved. If your Watch app relies on continuous background location updates to function, it is recommended that you update your WatchKit extension deployment target to iOS 8.3 and submit your app with Xcode 6.3. Creating an animated image using the UIImage method animatedImageWithImages:duration: and then playing the animation using startAnimating ignores the duration and plays back as fast as possible.
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Image found on Google Maps: Android logo pissing on Apple logo



The most hot competition! Yes I am talking about Android and iOS ( Google and Apple ) these two tech giants are serving the world with latest technologies and there is always been a quarrel between the users/fans of these two companies and some days ago we heard that some people actually started fighting after the quarrel for Android and iOS. Usually these two companies do not fight but some times they taunt like once Tim cook talked about so many vulnerabilities of Android. And Google also takes upon Apple.

But the battle takes an upper level while some peoples on google side showed an immaturity by making an a Android logo pissing on Apple logo on google maps which seems to be done by any simple person using Google map maker tool, if you navigate to the outer region of city Rawalpindi,Pakistan you can see it. Its exact coordinates are N 33°30'52.5", E 73°03'33.2.

If we look this place in a satellite view we can see that there is nothing there like that "if they said we are mistaken". And the people like that should spend there time for improving there device instead of being jealous and do childish things like this!

Source: Phonearena 
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