It’s Thursday, and we’re just one day short of the Macintosh’s 30th birthday. Be sure to visit MacTrast for some great celebratory articles on Friday! But now, for today we have: iPhone 5s users gobbling up cellular data, while the iPhone 5c has more memory to offer its users. Graphics editing app Pixelmator gets a real nice upgrade, and Carl Icahn writes a love letter to his fans. All this and more, in the MacTrast News Digest for January 23, 2014.
Apple Has a Fix in The Works for iOS 7 Home Screen and App Crashes
Raise your hand if your iPhone has been randomly rebooting at least once a week since you updated to iOS 7. (Yup! Right here…) Well, there’s good news for users like us, as Apple reportedly has a fix in the works.
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iPhone 5s Owners Use 20% More Data Than iPhone 5 Owners Did Last Year
Owners of Apple’s flagship iPhone 5s handset use significantly more data than iPhone 5 users gobbled last year – 20% more, says a new report from JDSU. The writer of the study calls it an “unprecedented increase” in uplink and downlink data demands.
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Apple’s 16GB iPhone 5c Has The Most Available Memory Straight Out of The Box
You see a smartphone advertised as having 16GB of storage capacity, but when you check available space, right out of the box, you find that no smartphone actually delivers that much capacity.
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Apple Looking at Ways to Deliver Ads Based on Behavior and Mood
Perhaps the next bit of wearable tech might be a mood ring? While we’re pretty sure Apple isn’t working on a Bluetooth connected mood ring, they are looking at ways to target ads to users based on such metrics as behavior and mood.
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SteelSeries Stratus Wireless iOS 7 Gaming Controller Debuts With a $20 Lower Price Tag
SteelSeries began accepting pre-orders for its MFi-certified Stratus gaming controller earlier this month for $99.99. The controllers are available as of today, and they come with a welcome new feature, a lowered price of $79.99.
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Pixelmator 3.1 ‘Marble’ Released – Brings Dual GPU Support, 16-Bit Support for Mac Pro, More
The Pixelmator Team has released a very nice update for their popular image editing app for the Mac. Pixelmator 3.1 “Marble” brings Dual GPU and 16-bit support for the new Mac Pro, improved RAW images support, re-enabling of various effects, and more!
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Rumor: March Will Bring Update for Apple TV – Games, Bluetooth Controller Support
iLounge says a “reliable source” has informed them that the Apple TV will be getting gaming and Bluetooth controller support in March, or maybe even earlier.
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Carl Icahn Reveals Another $500M Investment In Apple, Promotes Buyback Proposal in Letter to Investors
Carl Icahn – he of the activist investor bent – revealed on Thursday that he has invested another $500 million in Apple, which brings his piece of the company to $3.6 billion. He also issued a new 7-page opus to investors, in an attempt to encourage them to vote in favor of his stock buyback proposal.
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That’s all for today, be sure to join us tomorrow for the 30th birthday celebration of the Macintosh!
