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iPhone 6S Tops Google's 'Year in Search' list of 2015!

Google today announced the 'Year in Search' results, highlighting popular trending searches in 2015. Apple related search terms continued to rank highly in the consumer tech category with iPhone 6S taking the top spot! Google Trends - Trending Consumer Tech, 2015, Global 1. iPhone 6S 2. Samsung Galaxy S6 3. Apple Watch 4. iPad Pro 5. LG G4 6. Samsung Galaxy Note 5 7. Samsung Galaxy J5 8. HTC One M9 9. Nexus 6P 10. Surface Pro 4 Rahul Source : http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/16/iphone-6s-tops-google-year-in-search-2015-tech/?utm

iOS 9.2 with Mail Drop

Mail Drop is a convenient way to send large attachments on a Mac running OS X Yosemite or later. It was first previewed in WWDC 2014. Mail Drop let's you send attachements like videos or photos that are more that 5GB in size. Now it makes it's way to iOS with the recent release of iOS 9.2. iOS 9.2 adds Mail Drop to it's native Mail app in iOS. It's that easy now to share large videos. The way Mail Drop works is instead of your message bouncing off the recipients mail server, you can elect for your attachment to be sent over the cloud separate from your message and it joins it at the receiving end. These attachments can be up to 5GB in size. Rahul Picture: http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/How-to-Mail-Drop-iPhone-screenshot-003.jpg

An update for Google Maps on iOS

A new update for Google Maps has arrived with business hours and gas prices Google today updated it's official Google Maps app for the iOS platform. It's packed wit ha few features. If you're like me and are living in India, you might not use Apple Maps. Probably a Google Maps user... The following information is useful for those living in US and Canada. Gas Prices To check out the petrol prices, type in to the search query 'gas stations' to bring up a list of near by gas stations. Now, you can broaden your search by typing things like 'San Francisco gas stations'. Tap on the gas station and it should show you the prices of the petrol in that particular station. Business Hours In addition to gas prices, this update brings bug fixes to the app as well as times at more than a million businesses around the world. For instance search 'Apple Store New York' and you'll instantly get a list of the Apple stores with the respective busin

An official Apple Battery Case for iPhone 6S.

Apple launches Official Battery Life Enhancing Case for the iPhone 6S. Ever been frustrated with the iPhone 6S's battery life? If you have, don't be anymore.  Today, Apple launched a new accessory for the iPhone 6S. It's called 'The iPhone 6S Smart Battery Case'. It retails for $99 and is said by Apple to give you longer talk time and internet use for up to 18 to 25 hours of extra battery life. Charge your iPhone and battery case simultaneously for  increased talk time up to 25 hours, Internet use up to 18 hours on LTE, and even longer audio and video playback. * With the Smart Battery Case on, the intelligent battery status is displayed on the iPhone Lock screen and in Notification Center, so you know exactly how much charge you have left. This is Apple's first battery case and look just like classic Apple. It comes in 2 colors, Charcoal Black and White.  There is no version for the iPhone 6S Plus yet that has been announced by Apple. 

Swift is open source!

Apple officially makes Swift open source! What is Swift? Swift is a programming language introduced by Apple in June of 2014. It's designed to be fast, modern, safe and interactive.  Swift was announced to be open source in WWDC of 2015, by saying that the binaries will be released for OS X, iOS and Linux by Late 2015. That promise has stayed true.  Swift is now officially open source. This means anyone can use Swift. It is available for download on  Swift.org  . swift.org   A lot of resources are available at the website. Some include: - An official documentation to get you up to speed - Various Swift downloads - Getting Started Guides - The source code and more... Apple says that anyone can earn the right to lead an area of Swift, in accordance with the  Community Guidelines  . The full message from the swift team:  Swift is now open source! We are excited by this new chapter in the story of Swift. After Apple unveiled the