iOS 5 and iCloud are both out now, but that’s only the beginning of all the ground Apple just covered. The deluge is more about extending Apple’s platform as a whole, not just with a specific app or upgrade, and updates and new features abounded.
https://gizmodo.com/download-ios-5-and-icloud-right-now-5849081
Here’s the full rundown on everything that happened:
https://gizmodo.com/ios-5-the-top-10-new-features-5849064
iOS 5: The Top 10 New Features
The new iOS 5 goes live soon, bringing with it revamped notifications and more than 200 new features for your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. These are the top ten, and then some more.More »
https://gizmodo.com/icloud-is-a-bigger-deal-than-you-think-its-the-future-5848834
iCloud Is a Bigger Deal Than You Think: It’s the Future of Computing
Remember life before cellphones? It’s hard, because they are so ubiquitous and essential. iCloud marks a similar turning point, a transition from an old way of doing things. More »
https://gizmodo.com/all-the-apps-updated-for-ios-5-5849182
All the Apps Updated for iOS 5
iOS 5 is here and most apps are slowly updating to include iCloud support, Newsstand, Twitter integration and more to iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches all around the world. More »
https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-find-my-friends-so-everyone-will-love-you-5849104
How to Use Find My Friends So Everyone Will Love You
Find My Friends, Apple’s your-friends-are-now-live-dots-on-a-map social network, is here! Do you like the idea of seeing the location of everyone you care about, constantly? More »
https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-imessage-so-everyone-will-love-you-5846238
How to Use iMessage So Everyone Will Love You
The sole remaining reason to use a BlackBerry is BBM-and now, the iPhone’s got its own version. It’s better than texting, but it comes with some potentially terrifying social vortexes to navigate. More »
https://lifehacker.com/ios-5-the-top-10-new-features-5808982
https://gizmodo.com/its-the-ipod-you-need-not-the-one-you-deserve-the-whi-5849166
It’s the iPod You Need, Not the One You Deserve: The White iPod Touch Is Here
If you’ve been chomping at the bit to get your grubby mitts all over the new white version of the iPod Touch, they’re now available for purchase, or just poking, at Apple Retail Stores.More »
https://gizmodo.com/the-ipod-touch-is-back-in-white-and-100-cheaper-5846498
https://gizmodo.com/ios-5-tethered-jailbreak-is-already-out-using-redsn0w-5849353
iOS 5 Tethered Jailbreak Is Already Out Using Redsn0w
Well that was quick as ever. The always-punctual iPhone Dev Team’s already jailbroken (tethered) iOS 5, which has only been live a few hours, for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, and iPod Touch.
As always, you should know that the tethered version, which means you have to connect to a computer… More »
https://gizmodo.com/bonus-download-wednesday-continues-apples-ios-movies-a-5849118
Bonus Download Wednesday Continues: Apple’s iOS Movies App Is Awesome
Apple’s “iTunes Movie Trailers” app is one hell of a misnomer: it doesn’t just beam down the giant library of trailers we love. The new app lets you buy tickets, find nearby theaters, and chart film releases on a calendar.
This could be really, really useful: More »
https://gizmodo.com/another-bonus-ios-5-app-airport-utility-5849032
Another Bonus iOS 5 App: Airport Utility
Controlling your wireless network no longer requires a computer. Apple’s dropped another app surprise this morning: an iOS Airport Utility. Change your passwords, reset your routers, update firmware-all in your hand. More »
https://gizmodo.com/apple-now-sells-you-ringtones-directly-through-your-iph-5849142
Apple Now Sells You Ringtones Directly Through Your iPhone
In full compliance with Apple’s “never use your computer for anything ever again” initiative, you can now buy ringtones and alert tones directly from your iPhone. More »
https://gizmodo.com/i-just-made-a-stupid-card-with-apples-stupid-card-app-a-5849232/
I Just Made a Stupid Card with Apple’s Stupid Card App and It Wasn’t That Stupid
We can’t believe Apple bothered to develop a Cards app for the iPhone but hey, there are old people who still love to send and receive cards and young people who’ve forgotten what cards even are and they both use the iPhone. More »
https://gizmodo.com/apple-cards-make-laziness-a-virtue-5847715
Aperture Was Updated to Version 3.2
Apple added iCloud and Photo Stream support in the new version of Aperture.
