Any and all Apple-related news items
Since the initial launch of the iPhone back in 2007, the phone's "Visual Voicemail" feature has relied on whatever mobile carrier a user has an account with. That reliance on the carrier may disappear in 2016, with Apple reportedly testing a new voicemail system using Siri to answer calls, take messages, and then transcribe the messages as text. The service,...
Magnolia Pictures has released the first trailer for the upcoming Alex Gibney documentary "Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine." The movie will open on Sept. 4, 2015 and has already churned up some controversy. After the movie's premiere at...
With the recent availability of iOS 9 beta 3 to the general public, developers ran into a problem. If an app had an issue due to the beta operating system that caused slow operation, crashes, or other problems, it started getting...
The fruit of the Apple and IBM MobileFirst for iOS partnership keeps growing, with a new crop of 10 enterprise apps being announced today for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. This brings the total number of jointly-developed apps to 32,...
If you're like many readers of The Rocket Yard, you love podcasts -- especially OWC Radio 2.0! That's not surprising, as a new survey by Clammr is showing that Apple's iPhone rules the mobile podcast world thanks to a combination...
Software updates for an operating system shouldn’t be surprising in the modern computing age, but this recent update certainly caught us at the Rocket Yard off guard. After more than 22 years, Apple IIgs System 6.0.1 has received an update...
