Stories by Lex Friedman

A few fundamental iOS 6 complaints

Nothing's perfect, and operating systems are no exception.

Google Maps arrives in App Store

Google's new Maps app for iPhone arrived in the App Store late Wednesday, in a move likely to please users disappointed with Apple Maps in iOS 6. While the new app leverages Google's robust mapping data, it has a few weak spots of its own--most notab...

Make text more readable on your iPad mini

Struggling to read small text on your iPad mini? There's a fix for that.

Jawbone re-releases Up wristband sleep and fitness tracker

Up is no longer down. Jawbone on Tuesday announced a do-over for the Up, the company's $130 fitness- and sleep-tracking wristband accessory. The Up, which is available in three sizes and eight colors, tracks steps, distance, and sleep phases, and it ...

Which iPad should I buy?

Should you get an iPad? If so, which model? And after you decide on a model, which size? And should you buy one with cellular connectivity?

Apple unveils iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad

Just six months after unveiling the third-generation iPad, Apple has unveiled the long-rumorued iPad mini along with a fourth-generation of the standard model. Despite the 100 million iPads Apple sold in just 2.5 years, Apple CEO Tim Cook said, “we’r...

Apple unveils iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad

On Tuesday, just six months after unveiling the third-generation iPad, Apple unveiled the long-rumored iPad mini along with a fourth-generation of the standard model. Despite the 100 million iPads Apple sold in just 2.5 years, Apple CEO Tim Cook said...

How to create a ringtone on your iPhone with GarageBand

Here’s how to create and save custom ringtones for your iPhone or iPad using GarageBand.

Google Maps Street View now available in Safari on iOS

Good news for Dora the Explorer and other map fans: Google Maps now, for the first time, offers Street View when you access the service from Safari on an iOS device.

How to clean up Facebook updates in iOS 6 Contacts

Apple says more than 100 million devices are already running iOS 6. If you have one (or more) of them, you likely have already explored some of the operating system's new features--including its Facebook integration.

Apple: Five million iPhone 5 sales, 100 million iOS 6 upgrades

Apple on Monday announced that iPhone 5 sales topped more than five million over its first weekend, and that more than 100 million iOS devices are now running iOS 6.

Apple releases iOS 6

iOS 6 is upon us. Apple on Wednesday, as promised, released the new version of the operating system that powers the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.

Hands on with iOS 6: Siri

Your favorite virtual assistant now knows a lot more than it ever did before. Beyond merely knowing answers to more kinds of questions, Siri in iOS 6 gains new functionality, simplifies some common tasks, and provides more useful results, too. And, f...

It's a record: iPhone 5 tops 2 million preorders in 24 hours

Apple has announced that iPhone 5 preorders topped the 2 million mark in just 24 hours, which the company says more than doubles the last iPhone preorder record set by the iPhone 4S.

Developers prep for iPhone 5's screen, iOS 6 launch

Developers weren't shocked to learn during Apple's Wednesday press event that, with the introduction of the iPhone 5 that they'll once more need to revisit their apps' designs if they want to take advantage of the iPhone 5's larger screen.