3 Free iPhone Apps for Ordering from the Starbucks Secret Menu

Secret Menu for Starbucks Free Secret Menu for Starbucks Free organizes drinks into hot, cold, tea, and Frappuccino groups, and includes photos showing each drink along with its recipe. You can share recipes via social networks and email, plus you can submit your own secret recipes, too. With in-app purchases, you can remove ads and…

5 Great iPhone Accessories for Runners and Hikers

Fitbit One Fitbit's clip on-style Fitbit One (US$99.95) fitness tracker logs your steps, how far you walked, how many flights of stairs you've climbed, and calories burned — all data that's handy when you're tracking just how far you walk or run each day. It also tracks your sleep patterns, and includes a silent alarm…

iPhone 6 Will Have Sapphire Glass Thanks to GTAT's Hoard

Synthetic sapphire glass is incredibly hard, making it very difficult to scratch. Apple has already been using the material to protect the iPhone's cameras and the Touch ID sensor on the iPhone 5S because of its durability, and also because it's so clear it offers very little viewing distortion. Sapphire sounds like a great option…

Apple Confirms Purchase of Swell Talk Radio App for iPhone

Apple confirms Swell purchase, shuts down app and website Apple confirmed the purchase through the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, but didn't offer up any other details. The Swell website has been shut down and now only displays a thank you message stating, Thank you for using Swell over the past year. We wanted to…

Blue's Mikey Digital for iPhone gets Lightning Connector

Blue's Mikey gets a Lightning connector The Mikey Digital includes two custom-tuned condenser microphones, built-in sensitivity control, gain control, an LED clipping indicator, a hinged base that lets it rotate 230 degrees, and a reversible connector so it can face forward or backward. It also includes a 3.5mm stereo input for recording from external sources,…

Analyst: Apple, IBM Partnership No Big Deal for iPhone Sales

Piper Jaffray doesn't see MobileFirst having a big impact on Apple's bottom line In a note to investors he said, We do not expect the IBM partnership to have a meaningful impact on Apple's financials overall primarily based on our belief that large corporations are already utilizing iPhones. We believe that IBM will add incremental…

Hands-On with the T-Mobile Test Drive and iPhone

Getting a T-Mobile iPhone 5s shipped to my house was darned easy using their online signup process, and I had the device in my hot little hands just two days afterward. They do put a hold on your credit card for $700 (plus tax) while you have the iPhone, so be aware that you’ll see…

5.5-inch iPhone 6 May Offer 128GB Option

Apple's rumored 5.5-inch iPhone 6 may offer 128GB RAM News of the higher storage capacity comes courtesy of supply chain sources speaking with the Chinese news site Feng.com (English translation). Other reports claim image stabilization will be another feature exclusive to the 5.5-inch iPhone 6. Using features for clear differentiation between product models isn't anything…

Fuzion+ Aluminum Case for iPhone 5/5s: Pros Outweigh Cons

The Rokform Fuzion+ Aluminum Case for iPhone 5/5s has military good looks and ruggedness. It is one of the best cases reviewed to date with respect to ultimate protection and has many strengths. However, there are a few negatives that keep it from being great. ______________________ I have been using this case for almost a…

Kloqe Aluminum Case for iPhone 5/5s is Sturdy, Majestic

The Kloqe aluminum case for iPhone 5/5s is sleek, minimalist, and beautiful. Well designed plastic caps on each end allow the radios to work effectively. It is the most beautiful iPhone case I have ever seen, but it does have one small flaw. The flaw may or may not affect you. ______________________ The Kloqe cases…

UAG Case for iPhone 5/5s Meets Military Drop-Test Standards

Urban Armor Gear has introduced a line of iPhone 5/5s lightweight, impact resistant cases that are available in seven colors. These cases have a unique feature that many may appreciate, which I'll describe below. This case is quite reasonably priced, at US$34.95 from the company's web site.  I also found them on Amazon starting at…

Kenu Highline Case and Leash Keeps Your iPhone 5/5s Close

With the clumsy and absent minded in mind, Kenu has released the Highline iPhone 5/5s case with security leash. This case and bungie cord combination is composed of a sturdy case, bungie cord leash, and a loop to attach it to your belt loop, purse handle, or anything else that allows the loop to fasten…

Suspend Your iPhone in Mid-Air with iPEVO Articulating Stand

The new Articulating Video Stand for iPhone and iPod touch from IPEVO is a well designed and useful stand that allows users to record video, chat, watch video and create intricate images. The iPhone or touch remains stable and the stand can be manipulated in any number of angles to benefit the user. Articulating Video…

Prong PocketPlug Allows iPhone Charging Nearly Anywhere

Prong PocketPlug with Standard and Micro-USB Charging The PocketPlug comes in two versions, one for the iPhone 4/4s, one for the iPhone 5/5s, due to the difference connectors used by the phone. The product offers two ways to charge your phone. One is an integrated wall charger, where you raise the prongs that normally lay flat, and…

Apple Buys iPhone 5c Ad Space on Yahoo! Home Page

Find Your Colors Each ad features a different way of presenting the circles—a green screen shows uses sheep sounds and herding imagery, the black screen has white dots that flash like a camera, a white screen has yellow circles popping like popcorn, etc. The circles then resolve into an image of the featured iPhone 5c…

Flip Wallet Review: Magnetic Leather iPhone Credit Card Case

Toffee, an established company out of Australia, has introduced an iPhone 5/5s wallet case that they call the Flip Wallet because of an extra feature that comes with the case. The case consists of a hard shell base wrapped in genuine leather. It is available in brown or black. The case includes five credit card…

Touch ID: How to Correctly Give Your iPhone 5s the Finger

_______________________ I haven't heard of many complaints about Touch ID on the iPhone 5s. However, if you're like me, you may have had some frustrations getting it to always work the first time. It's just plain annoying to have Touch ID fail to recognize your finger the first time, and if you fail three times,…

Canaccord Lowers AAPL Target on Missed iPhone Sales

Apple missed analyst's quarterly iPhone sales expectations “Total sales were below our expectations due to softer than anticipated iPhone sales of 51 million versus our 54 million estimate,” Mr. Walkley said. “While we anticipated softer Q2/fiscal 2014 sales with seasonally lower iPhone and iPad product sales post the holiday quarter, Q2/fiscal 2014 guidance was below…

Next iPhone May Keep 8MP Sensor, Look to Software for Improvements

As noted by The China Post Thursday, Largan’s stock price took a tumble following a report from financial firm Nomura Securities that the “iPhone 6” will retain the existing 8-megapixel camera sensor used by the last two generations of iPhone. Other improvements to the camera in the next iPhone may arrive by way of improved glass…