Mobile Minutes: Apple releases iOS 8.1; Google's big picture apps; Tracking apps; New faces for Android wearables
Apple releases iOS 8.1.2, it will anger users
Without any warning Apple has today released iOS 8.1.2 for iPhone, iPad and
iPod touch users running iOS 8. But it isn?t the long awaited raft of bug fixes
needed for users affected by the ongoing problems with iOS 8.
Read more on Forbes
Google tells developers to design apps for a billion users
As Google Inc. supplies more programs used by businesses, it?s asking
developers to forgo complicated enterprise-management tools and focus on
applications that would be useful to at least a billion people.
Read more on Bloomberg
It's 10pm, do you know where your kids are? (This app does)
The free app is designed to show families where each member is on a map?with
his or her consent. Users opt in to get alerts when individuals have come and
gone from home or work, including estimated arrival time.
Read more on Forbes
Google puts new face(s) on Android Wear smartwatches
Starting today and rolling out over the next week, you'll have a lot more watch
faces to choose from. Google is devoting a new area of the Google Play Store to
such faces, which you'll be able to download the same way that you now download
apps.
Read more on USA Today