Category: ios

This App Takes Your Pulse Using Your Camera

Ba-boom. Your heart is ticking, but how fast? A free app (Instant Heart Rate, by Azumio) for iOS and Android can measure your pulse, telling you exactly how fast your heart is beating, with no extra hardware required. Find out how it works, and where you can get it below. How it Works Each time your heart beats, blood is sent circulating through your...

Innocent Chargers Can Inject Malware Into Your iPhone

In a reminder that we’re never as safe as we think we are, some hackers from the Georgia Institute of Technology revealed that they successfully hacked an iPhone and installed malware through a modified charger, in under a minute, and without user interactions. The process was completely automated by a small onboard microcomputer called a Beagle Board they’d installed, and so small that they...

Can I get iMessage texts from my Iphone on Ipad Mini? Question of the Week

Question: Can I get iMessage texts from my Iphone on Ipad Mini? Answer: iMessages can be received on any device running iOS 6 or later. This includes just about every iPad except the original, and including the mini.  They can even be sent. Understand though, that all other text messages (from non-iPhones) cannot and will not be received on your iPad. For example: Billy...

Breaking: Ohio Man Wins Apple 50 Billionth App Download Contest

The 50 billionth app downloaded on iOS (I wonder how they keep track) was downloaded by Brandon Ashmore of Mentor, Ohio. He’ll be walking away with a $10,000 itunes giftcard for his troubles (not shabby).  Ashmore downloaded “Say the Same Thing”, a word game created by internet-famous band, OKGO (Remember the guys who did the music video on treadmills). They happen to have made...

iOS App Store Hits 50 Billion Downloads!

Apple’s iOS, just a year after hitting the  25 billion download mark, has hit the 50 billion app download mark. Absurd. Android, their main competitor, lags behind by about 2 billion downloads, according to numbers released today. The winners (all 51) haven’t been announced yet, but they’re in for some sweet prizes. It’s always interesting seeing what the winner downloaded.