New iPhone may come Next Month
The latest iPhone may be just around the corner. Apple’s upcoming event on September 9 will more than likely hold the answers you seek. As they’ve been known to do, the company is rumored to have some big reveals in store for the event, one of which is expected to be the new iPhone 6s or 7. September is typically new iPhone season. Hence the heavy speculation and reports from media outlets like The Verge that are predicting Apple will announce the next iPhone model next month. As for the look of the phone, The Verge is going with the theory that the new iPhone will be physically identical to its predecessor, the iPhone 6. Under this theory, all of the major changes and upgrades will only be seen on the hardware end of the spectrum. There are also rumors that the new device will employ the Apple Watch’s “force touch technology.” This feature is already built into new Macbook and Macbook pro computers. If Apple does indeed introduce us to the next iPhone on September 9, the mobile device will almost certainly be one of many new products that the tech giant will debut at the event. Other probable reveals include new iPads and the latest version of Apple TV, which was originally supposed to make its debut at Apple’s WWDC in June. If the tech gods are really feeling generous, we may even get a look at the technology Apple is working on that lest you share files with a simple hand gesture.
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Microsoft's Cortana now replaces Google Now on Android
In an apparent bid to garner more fans for its Cortana, Microsoft has updated the beta version of its digital assistant with the ability to replace the default Google Now on Android devices. The private beta version of the voice-based digital assistant for Android was launched last month. With the latest update to the beta app, you can now press and hold the home button to activate Cortana instead of Google Now.
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Cyanogen for Android hits 50 Million Active Users
A Cyanogen employee has boasted the company's 50 million active users makes the platform larger than Windows Mobile and BlackBerry combined. The Android ROM maker made the claim at the Seattle Code Rush developer conference over the weekend, seeming to suggest that Cyanogen is on its way to becoming the third largest smartphone platform behind iOS and Android. In line with previous estimates from the company, Cyanogen employee Adnan Begovic told conference delegates that the company had more than 50 million users worldwide, a figure that includes both those who install its Android ROM on rooted devices and people who use the Cyanogen OS that powers devices including the OnePlus One and Yu Plus. The Android ROM maker suffered a setback over the summer after the Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2 with Cyanogen OS failed to launch in the US. The next Cyanogen smartphone likely to launch in the US will come from Blu, and will reportedly use Amazon's app store rather than the Google's Play. However, Cyanogen has recently struck partnerships with both Microsoft and Foxconn after securing $80M in funding earlier this year and appointing senior execs from Amazon and Qualcomm to help scale up its engineering efforts. After ending its partnership with OnePlus, which sold about one million OnePlus One handsets, Cyanogen's CEO Kirt McMaster said was looking to much bigger hardware partners from China.
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