Software

Apple Will Finally Let You Delete Pics From Your iCloud Photo Stream

We’re not the biggest fans of iCloud’s Photo Stream feature, largely because you can’t manually delete pictures saved to the cloud without wiping everything out. But as devs are noticing in iOS 5.1 Beta 2, that’s about to change…kinda.


October 13, 2011
Mobile

6 Non-Apple Alternatives To Today’s iOS 5 Releases

iOS 5 dropped today, which is fantastic, I guess — if you own an iPhone. However, if you’re like me and, well, don’t but still want the same bells and whistles on your phone, might I suggest the following?


Software

iCloud’s Photo Syncing Is Terrible (And Creepy)

iCloud’s out today! And a lot of computing lives just got easier, assuming you could get all the requisite software to download and install. But one thing isn’t cloudily fun: Photo Stream. It’s a mess.


January 20, 2011
Software

iOS 4.3 Beta 2 Hints At A New Media Streaming Service

While testing iOS 4.3 Beta 2, I came across a mysterious error message proclaiming PHOTOSTREAM_NO_NETWORK_WIFI. Thanks to 9to5 Mac digging into the iOS file system, that message makes some sense now: it may be referencing Apple’s new media streaming service.