Gadgets and Tech in the Philippines

Image via CrunchBase An update to iOS has been released by Apple , this is to fix the following issues and some minor enhancements: Adds iCloud Keychain to keep track of your account names, passwords, and credit card numbers across all your approved devices Adds Password Generator so Safari can suggest unique, hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts Updates lock screen to delay display of "slide to unlock" when Touch ID is in use Adds back the ability to search the web and Wikipedia from Spotlight search Fixes an issue where iMessage failed to send for some users Fixes a bug that could prevent iMessage from activating Improves system stability when using iWork apps Fixes an accelerometer calibration issue Addresses an issue that could cause Siri and VoiceOver to use a lower quality voice Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the Lock screen passcode Enhances the Reduce Motion setting to minimize both motion and animation Fixes an i

The Apple event started with a short video showing Apple philosophies, the video was first shown in the June 2013 developer's conference. The event was kicked off by no other than current Apple CEO Tim Cook and showed another video on how the iPhone 5C and 5S is doing.  According to Cook, the 5C and 5S had good reviews and only after 5 days of the mobile operating system's release, more than 200 million devices were already running iOS 7.  Making it the fastest software upgrade in history. Tim Cook also mentioned that as of today, there are about 20 Million users of iTunes Radio and over a billion songs have been played on iTunes Radio. The App Store continues to grow, with over 60 billion cumulative downloads to date. So based on the rumors leading to the event, here are what came out to be true, and some disappointments in Apple's latest releases. As expected, and as announced in the June developer's conference, Apple's latest Mac operating system,

As expected, the October 22 Apple event is now confirmed.  Apple has sent invitations to newspapers and blogs for an event that is expected to release the latest line of iPods , iMacs and the highly anticipated Mac Pro. The invitation simply states "We still have a lot to cover" together with the Apple logo and some very colorful highlights.  My personal translation of the invitation would mean that either the iPad or the iPad mini or both will follow the iPhone 5C in various colors . In earlier leaks, there have been pictures that show the next generation iPad in the Gold and Space Grey colors, exactly the same as the iPhone 5S colors. The event will be on October 22, Tuesday, 1PM EDT, or October 23, Wednesday, 1AM Manila Time.  We don't know yet if Apple will do a live stream similar to the September event. Related articles Apple sends invitations to October 22nd event: 'we still have a lot to cover' Apple Confirms: Media Event On O

Several leaked images on the internet are showing what could be a prototype of the rumored Logitech gamepad for iPhone . This leaked image from the Twitter account @evleaks, which is well known for its accuracy on upcoming products from mobile companies shows the Logitech logo, a d-pad on the left, 4 buttons on the right and 2 bumper buttons on top: The controller leaves a space for the camera at the back, which means the gamepad will be compatible with games which makes use of the camera of the iPhone. Apple , in it's latest special event, said that iOS 7 now supports gamepads , but we still have to see an actual gamepad come out for production use.  iOS 7 will be supporting 2 types of gamepads, one will be like the image shown above, wherein the gamepad will also work as a case and the other type will be a stand alone unit which will communicate with the iPhone via Bluetooth. Related articles Cnet tech: How to connect game controllers to your Mac Logitech's

Samsung has released the very first curved smartphone in Korea .  The phone is named Samsung Round, probably because they couldn't call it Samsung Curve as that already has been used by Blackberry .  The Samsung Round bring to the real world the long rumored curved screen technology being researched and developed by both Apple and Samsung. Right now, we still don't have too much information on what the advantages of a curved screen would bring, until we actually get our hands on one. Aside from the new technology of the curved screen, the Samsung Round goes head to head with most of today's high end phones.  The screen is a full 1080p 5.7 inch OLED display.  The Samsung Round will be ran by Android 4.3, which will be powered by a 2.3GHz MSM 8974 quad-core processor , 32GB of internal storage, 3GB RAM , and up-to-64GB microSD card slot. The Samsung Round will also feature Samsung's proprietary software now found in the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 2 and 3.

The web based mail client of Yahoo has been updated today.  The first time you open your Yahoo mail account after the update, you will be given the option to choose from newly added themes. The inbox now has a feature similar to Apple's mail client in Mac OS X , which groups conversations together. Other than that, there seems to be no major changes with this latest release, but I like how the themes have been setup, Yahoo mail was due for a look and feel upgrade. Related articles Yahoo Mail ! User Now you can Update your Yahoo Mail BOX :) Yahoo Mail turns 16, gets a makeover The New Yahoo Mail Could Not Look More Like Gmail Yahoo hits refresh on Mail Yahoo Mail gets spruced up for its 16th birthday

iPad+iPad mini (Photo credit: melenita2012 ) There have been various blogs and websites reporting that an Apple iPad event has been scheduled on October 22, that's just 2 weeks from now.  The exact location where the event will be held is yet to be announced. Expectations of the next generation iPad and iPad mini are firming up because of the said Apple event .  The iPad is set to have a similar form factor as the current iPad mini, with more angled edges, thinner design and an overall lighter weight. The iPad mini on the other hand is expected to be upgraded to a Retina display but according to web sources, this might be delayed until early next year.  We'll just wait and see if Apple surprises us with an on time release of the Retina iPad mini this year. Pricing on the totally new Mac Pro is set to be finalized in the event, together with the release and pricing of the Mac's latest operating system, the OS X Mavericks. There are other Apple products we