The bid to be the default search engine in Safari continues, Yahoo does "eyes" to Apple

What will be the default search engine will select Apple Safari, both for iOS version to the version in OS X? As you know, since we already talked about this in November, Apple renewed the contract in 2010 with Google, which stipulated to this search engine as the default browser engine just this year 2015.

We all know the veiled war between Apple and Google, although Tim Cook obviously have a much more diplomatic character in this respect that Steve Jobs, it seems that this agreement with Google will end there. And now come into play other ... Yahoo and Bing with Microsoft are really interested in getting the contract and now Yahoo, which in a recent earnings conference has openly talked about it.

OneDrive for company comes to OS X and is integrated into the same app for iOS for OneDrive

Microsoft has not only been presenting news in the last seven days with Windows 10 Project HoloLens, etc but throwing two major improvements for users of Apple and its system of cloud storage. OneDrive for the company comes to OS X and iOS app already enables integration between personal and business account.

So far we required two independent iOS applications, it is no longer necessary and from the same application will have access to everything. Then, and equally important, the client for OS X OneDrive for Business facilitates offline work with documents. Important news for users of Apple and Microsoft cloud which also continue to receive new features in future updates.

Microsoft Outlook for iOS, comes the new Mail app for iOS

The switcher phenomenon continues with Android ... even outside the United States

It's been two days after record results from Apple, but still interesting data out as analysts do their work. The Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP or for short) has combined figures and found that the rate of people who decide to move from Android to iOS has accelerated, as reflected in Fortune.

But beware, there's something else to consider: occurs outside the United States. There, just as in many other western world, having a platform already secured to it and is much harder to change. However, there are many users in countries like China where the iPhone people spend after testing Android phones. The phenomenon is repeated switcher, but from another rival.

Apple releases iOS 8.1.3 and OS X 10.10.2, Apple updates leading up to Apple Watch

Apple has just made available to the public the version 8.1.3 of iOS and OS X version 10.10.2 of Yosemite. Both updates, unless it is very crooked things (unfortunately we have precedents and not excessive months) will be the two system updates leading up to Apple Watch.

Alfred Remote for iOS, squeeze the possibilities of Alfred 2 on your iPhone or iPad

Alfred was launched today Remote, iOS app that comes to complement and further expand the possibilities Alfred 2 offers. How Come? For serving as a remote controller application OS X.

By defining actions we can launch each with our iPhone or iPad. We can show Alfred 2 on the Mac, execute commands like restart, log off, remove all drives or close all applications among others. We also have the ability to open files and folders that you have defined, etc.

The long-term goal of Apple Watch

The techies have a great ability to say why things will not work but very bad to say why do go to work. This is a bug that got rid none. They have written dozens of articles and debated to unknown about why Apple Watch will fail limits, but rarely have we stopped to think why it might succeed.

There are a lot of doubts in the air that Apple must clear before marketing. Despite this, there are surveys that 10% and 18% of iPhone users would be interested in Apple Watch. Is something rash ask the audience for a product that is not available, but it serves to measure the level of trust and generated interest in the company's early adopters.

Framed is one of the best games of 2014 and you can download for free for a limited time

Download | Frame for iOS 7.0 or later (free for a limited time, universal) on the App Store

This is one of those stories to hopefully arrive early because few times a game with so many awards and rave reviews as Frame decides to reduce its price to zero for a limited time. Luckily this is one of those times and hope you can enjoy it without having to pay the 4.99 euros it costs to.

Even with that price adventure Loveshack really worth, but beyond the pleasant experience that awaits us with this change of scenes in which we decide how come our hero to the finish, the replayability of the game is quite limited and, together to its short duration, making it a difficult title to sell to the public.

I imagine the trailer and I have made it clear where the shots. The idea here is that, based on visual cues and classic mechanic trial and error, we place the bullets in the correct order to avoid the dangers that are happening.


He has given numerous festivals around the globe videogames and self Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid saga, called it the best game of 2014. I do not know if I would say both, but either as it is a highly recommended download. Especially now that will not cost you a penny.

The task manager Any.do jump to Mac

In mid-2013, the tasks of Any.Do deeply renewed and joined a new calendar application. At the time I I reviewed the news and said, where is the support for other Apple devices is? Well, better late than never, because Any.Do has submitted its application for OS X since its official blog.

Besides synchronize tasks we have done from the mobile transparently Any.Do will open on your Mac with an interface that inherits the minimalism of the application for iOS. We can manage tasks between teams of people (adding comments and attachments), organize our personal tasks following the GTD system and access all functions from an icon in the menu bar.

The application is free from the Mac App Store, although a subscription of $ 2.99 a month or $ 26.99 per year gives us access to change the appearance of the program, generating reminders based on our geolocation and priority access in the holder. Any.Do can be very complex, but at the same time as the manager of simple tasks that take the first steps to become more productive. And with this new version for Mac, it's a good time to give it a try.

Welcome to the twenty-first century: The App Store already generates more revenue than Hollywood

Asymco has announced a series of data and graphs that show us, once again, how big business has become the App Store. It has happened over this past year: the iOS App Store has surpassed Hollywood film industry revenue. What's more, there are developers that already charge more than some movie actors.

Directors like Ridley Scott may have you much envy these figures: 10,000 million dollars paid to developers during 2014, which in turn have accumulated 25,000 million in revenue. In other words, iOS developers have admitted 40% of the total money last year alone. Sign that we are growing well.

According China, Apple would have accepted that the Chinese government inspect their products

Here is one such information for now we have to take with tweezers. According to Beijing News, a means of China, Apple would have given permission for the State Internet Information Office of the Chinese government to inspect iOS devices and Macs have been sold in the country.

The reason: the Chinese administration has been long suspected of Apple products and their safety, claiming that could be the means to spy on members of the government. For this reason it was rumored the prohición buying these devices if you were part of the government, and Tim Cook calmed the community with an open letter in which he said "has ever offered 'backdoors' your software and services to agencies and it never will. "

Chester Chipperfield, Vice President at Burberry, Apple enters to help launch your Watch

If the predictions of a launch in late March are certain, missing two months before the Apple Watch is in the streets. And even with this short term, Cupertino still hiring executives. The latter has been Chester Chipperfield, who until now had been vice president of digital and interactive design in Burberry.

Exactly, I mean the same Burberry wealth has come from the new vice president of the Retail division: Angela Ahrendts. Apparently Chestar have much experience selling digital products in stores, and can contribute much in the process of launching the Apple Watch the Apple Store worldwide. In his LinkedIn profile, Chestar has already made official the signing pointing working on special projects division of Apple.

Apple is "thrilled" with the growing number of companies working on products HomeKit

Been nearly eight months since Apple submit in partnership HomeKit, August iOS API dedicated to the automation of our home, and it is expected that the first compatible devices still take three or four months to get to the shops. It's not what is said record time, right?

HomeKit allow us to do things like ask Siri to turn off the lights, lock the doors, adjust the heating or connect the alarm; and will also be possible to group the instructions we want under a single action for this automation ballet begins in unison when we leave home no matter what products we use more than one brand.

Since then promises, and although it would have been great to start testing all these things in September with the release of iOS 8 Bluetooth and Wifi chips compatible with HomeKit were delayed. Texas Instruments, Marvell and Broadcom, Apple approved manufacturers did not begin to supply until early November, and even then they did using a beta version of its Apple firmware version while finalizing the protocol.

Aperture, 2005-2014

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Aperture, the photo editor of Apple will cease to be developed. Apple will focus on Implementation of new "Photos" App That Come With OS X Yosemite. A decision That leaves us without the expected X version, oddly enough, many expected. If it is good or bad decision will look over time. The truth Is that competition, mainly Lightroom has been so strong that never got to be relevant. Let's review as it has-been since its launch Aperture so far.

AppleCare plan new features

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Tara Bunch, Vice president of the AppleCare and technical support division in Cupertino, recently held a meeting with employees to discuss the service. And at that meeting, as reported by 9to5Mac sources, there have been some performance figures from AppleCare and their future plans.

Apparently, the AppleCare + service that protects the iOS devices from accidental damage goes well. Over 30 million people have contracted in the 14 countries where it is active, which has generated $2,000 billion in revenues and motivation to expand the service to more markets. One of the measures that can be taken in the future, for example, extend the deadline to purchase AppleCare + 30 to 60 days after purchase of the iOS device. 

Depending on how the economy goes, we might get to see a AppleCare + for Macs

We may also get to see a AppleCare + for Macs, now that bestsellers are Macbooks and are also subject to random breakdowns. Everything depends on the economy as something for the Mac would be significantly more expensive than iOS Terminal.

Another interesting thing is the improvements to our Apple accounts in relation to technical assistance. Taking advantage of the unification of Apple Retail and Apple Store web of Angela Ahrendts, Tara commented on a more unified experience between the Genius Bar, phone support and online.

The meeting ended with Tara Bunch promising a "superbowl" launch this fall, where we see almost all Apple products being updated, and encouraging all employees to help users start with the right foot on the platform when buy all these novelties. We will have a busy September and October ...

Apple Design Awards

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As usual in recent years, Apple takes this developer conference to present the awards to the winners of the best apps, the Apple Design Awards. These awards, which are granted to both games and utilities for both iOS devices and Mac computers, intended to recognize a job well done.

"The developers of these exceptional apps combined design and technology in creative, compelling, and powerful ways" - Apple Inc.

This year's winners were: 

• Threes [iOS]
• Leo's Fortune [iOS]
• Blek [iOS]
• Yahoo! News Digest [iPhone]
• Device 6 [iOS]
• Storehouse: Visual Storytelling [iPad]
• Sky Guide [iOS]
• Monument Valley [iOS]
• Day One [OS X]
• Cinemagraph Pro [OS X]

Winners among students:

• PanoPerfect [iOS]
• Addimal Adventure [iPad]

Health: all our measures of health in one place

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The rumors are confirmed. This time Apple has introduced Health, the new place in our iOS devices in which all measures of health we do with our iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad will be stored.

This new application included as standard on iOS, will be accompanied by Healthkit, an environment that will allow developers find that your application is compatible with iOS Health. Thus Apple seeks to unify all health data in one place and third-party applications can access all of our data to make an accurate assessment of our health.

A clear example is Nike +, an application that monitors only our careers but with Health may access data as our weight, our sleep and even the calories you have eaten in the last days. Only have to use third party applications to perform measurements and give permission to Nike + that can use them.

Alleged leaks of OS X

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No matter how little it is that Tim Cook takes the stage and kick off the 2014 WWDC: there is always time for last minute rumors. This morning we woke up with the appearance of multiple images showing the supposed interface OS X 10.10, which probably will be called Yosemite if we rely on the poster image that has been placed over the weekend at the Moscone Center.

In the images we can see what we imagined: an OS X interface which melts a little more with iOS. Dock fills the bottom of the screen, a control center and notifications that open from the side of the screen, a window lacking Safari title bar and a search engine. The wallpaper is the Mavericks, but it appears that the photographs are taken from a beta system released in March.

Here are the full images originally posted on Reddit by someone who has removed their user account:

Rumors: the myth of iPhone 6

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One of the effects of large waves is the effect of recoil prior to arrival. Less than a week to get the WWDC2014 Apple rumors are paused and machinery generate stops looking. What we will see on June 2 will be the first official presentation of the company unveiling its plans for new versions of OS X and iOS operating systems, and maybe one more surprise.

However, we are thinking in a year with new generation of iPhone, and exclusive leaks are still slipping through the cracks of the network. Meanwhile, this is what we have:

• No doubt the iPhone 6 will generate more prototypes generated from the curious. We have already seen, combining everything we "know" so far, different interpretations of how it could be. Now it is the turn to case manufacturers who have created an aluminium model to generate products for the new release, according with MacRumors. And watch out, these leaks have historically never been far from the actual product...

• Another rumor most commented this past week are the pictures of the possible LED light panel that the new iPhone 6. Apparently, Apple will incorporate the latest in LED technology to thin even more the new model, according to MacRumors would be considerably thinner than the iPhone 5s, for example.

• This section talked a lot of "how" will be, but we must also assess the affectations of these changes and their impact on iPhone ecosystem. In 9to5Mac published an interesting article on how a larger iPhone will force developers to rethink their applications: iOS is ready for dynamic scaling, however, is the task of the programmers use this space to the fullest, and now seems to have much more that should be better utilized.

• Another article I liked reading this week is publishing in TechNightOwl on quality control at Apple, and how every little problem is even software level makes them start over the whole process. I think reading it will be very useful to understand that any rumor about Apple security is a process that can not be the fastest, but is intended to be the most accurate.

• Finally, a very good article by Mark Wilson to FastCoDesign: four myths about Apple, viewed by an ex-designer of the company. Well thought out, realistic and that we should come in handy to read when some fake try to sneak a impossible design: Apple are probably the best, but they are still human. Nothing iPhones with projected holographic display and keyboard...for now.

Surprises at WWDC 2014

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The big event for Apple developers approaching. Just get a week to start the WWDC 2014, and we are all biting our nails to see the traditional inaugural Keynote in which Apple put its cards on the table for much of the year.