With WWDC ready to get underway in the near future, a lot of our iOS attention has been focused on the development of iOS 7 – what's changing, what's staying the same, and when will we finally be able to get our hands on it? Still, it looks like iOS 6 has some life in it yet, and today Apple keeps that ball rolling with the release of iOS 6.1.4. The 6.1.4 update is a mere 11.5MB in size, which should clue you in that this one is seriously minor. The only change we're aware of is an updated audio profile for speakerphone operation; what's more, this update is only applicable to the iPhone ...

Not all of us have read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, so not all of us were exactly qualified to make the lame joke that kicks off this week's podcast. But we made it, and we stand behind it. Because as hundreds of fifth-rate "manufacturers" well know, sometimes you just have to fake it. But we're not talking about secondhand knockoff products in this episode of the Weekly. Rather, we get serious about octa-core comparisons, the till-recently-mythical HTC M4, the insanely cheap new Lumia out of Finland, and just how tired we are or aren't of the Samsung Galaxy S 4. In between, we ...

It's sounding likely that this year's WWDC could bring news, not of any number of new iPhone or iPad designs, but of iOS 7. With Jonathan Ive leading the charge for what's been called a new "flat design," this could really be quite the shake-up for the platform. As we wait for confirmation of the release, some new rumors and comments continue to paint the picture of some major changes for the platform. This talk of a "flat" look has centered on doing away with some of the cutesy skeuomorphisms that pervade the OS. But just how plain-looking could this refresh take things? Well, Windows ...

There's a famous saying: "Every empire falls from within", and it's historically true. The Roman Empire died over internal power struggles, and even Microsoft has gone from being the best technology company in history, to being just another software provider in the world. It's now Apple's turn to be the dominating empire in technology, but as it turns out, it's not lasting as much for them as it has for others. Apple has come from starting the personal computer revolution 30 years ago, to losing it to Microsoft, to pushing the smartphone revolution where it always should have been with the ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Apple's WWDC details and also some probable launch dates for the company's future hardware. Then we go through an HTC One software update that promises better Ultra Pixel performance, though with some probable bad news for HTC One X users. We later go through more rumors of Google's probable gaming service, which we still can't figure out. Later we talk about Android 5.0 and how some unconfirmed reports consider it will be delayed. We end today's show talking about the Samsung Galaxy S 4, our review and all our comparisons. All this and more ...

We're less than a month away from Google I/O 2013, when Android fans are hoping to get plenty of news about what Google's been up to, and likely learn about a new product or two. They're not the only ones with a big event like this on the horizon, and Apple just shared the details for its own Worldwide Developers Conference, taking place in early June. WWDC 2013 will run from June 10 through June 14, returning once again to San Francisco's Moscone Center. While we aren't betting on seeing any new products (Apple typically choosing to give big announcements like that their own platforms), ...

It's almost hard to believe that the saga of Apple's questionable antenna design for the iPhone 4 continues to play out to this day, coming up on three years since the smartphone launched and "Antennagate" began. The final chapter is now being written, upon settlement checks going out to users who opted to take Apple up on its offer for $15. Last February brought us news of the settlement Apple came to after the numerous Antennagate lawsuits were combined into one class action suit. If you had an iPhone 4 that was suffering from reception issues and weren't interested in outfitting your ...

Apple's next iPad has found itself the subject of a growing number of leaks over the past couple weeks, revealing both a possible front panel for the iPad 5, showing off a shrunken-down bezel, as well as a potential case design, confirming a narrower build. Today we've got a new leak to gawk at, and while it's a bit hard to appreciate all by its lonesome, it's still something new, appearing to show the new iPad's rear panel. Without a sense of scale or an older component in the shot to compare against, it's a little more difficult to appreciate this image than, say, the look at the old and ...