Weekend news roundup: All the best Apple news from last week

As we close out one week and kick off another, let’s take a moment to look back at the attention-grabbing headlines from the past seven days. Some of the news you may recall, some may be new to you, but all the topics below are worthy of a second mention. below are worthy of a mention. Exhaustive list of New Features, Improvements, Refinements and Bug fixes in iOS 7.1 [Video Walkthrough] Apple just released iOS 7.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, which includes interface refinements, bug fixes, improvements, and new features. Here’s a comprehensive list of new features, improvements and refinements in iOS 7.1 so that you don’t miss them. iOS 7.1 includes references to two new iPad models Apple released iOS 7.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch earlier today, and the release supports two new iPad models numbered iPad4,3 and iPad4,6, in addition to the existing array of devices. 6 Things Jailbreakers Should Know after the release of iOS 7.1 Yesterday, Apple released iOS 7.1 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, which includes a number of new features, improvements, refinements and bug fixes. So here are some of the things you should know if you’ve a jailbroken iOS device running iOS 7 – iOS 7.0.6 after yesterday’s release of iOS 7.1. Rumor: Larger iPhone 6 could be inspired by iPhone 5c and iPod Nano Apple is widely expected to launch iPhone 6 with a bigger screen to take on Android based smartphones that typically come with larger screens. Japanese website Macotakara now reports that the design of the larger iPhone will be inspired by iPhone 5c and iPad nano. iOS 7.1 adoption climbs to 6% with 24 hours after release iOS 7.1 was released on Monday, March 10 with a handful of minor changes that improves the performance of Touch ID, blocks several security flaws and adds support for the newly announced CarPlay feature. Similar to other minor iOS revisions, North American adoption of iOS 7.1 was expectedly slow and steady, reports Chitika. Apple reduces iPhone return window to 14 days from 30 in the U.S. Customers who buy a new iPhone in the U.S. will now have only 14 days to return it if they’re unsatisfied. Previously, Apple offered customers up to 30 days to return the iPhone from the date of purchase. Microsoft to release OneNote for Mac this month for free OneNote, Microsoft’s note-taking app, is coming to the Mac this month. The app will be free to better compete with Evernote, a similar note-taking service with presence across all platforms. United Airlines will offer free in-flight movies and TV shows to iPhone and iPad users United Airlines has just announced a nice little treat for iPhone and iPad users by offering free in-flight entertainment with a wide range of movies and TV shows to choose from. This will be available to all users who have the United Airlines app installed on their iPhone or iPad. Users can pick from over 150 movies and 200 TV shows and can pause, rewind, forward or skip to a new movie whenever they want. Apple reportedly puts plans for a 12-inch iPad Pro on hold Several rumors have claimed that Apple will launch a larger 12.9 inch “iPad Pro” this year, with a resolution of 2732×2048 pixels, targeted at the professional audience. However, a new report from Taiwanese site DigiTimes claims that Apple has put its iPad Pro plans on hold. iOS 8 rumor roundup: Improved Maps, Healthbook, Preview, TextEdit apps, Inter-App Communication and more iOS 8 is still a few months away, but we’ve got plenty of information about Apple’s next-generation mobile operating system, in the past couple of weeks. Here’s a roundup of everything we know about iOS 8 so far. Steve Jobs told Top Executives that Apple Won’t Make a Television Ever since Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson that he had finally cracked integrated Television sets, the chatter about Apple possibly releasing its own branded television sets has got louder. Interestingly, based on an excerpt from Yukari Kane’s upcoming book Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs told employees at Apple’s 2010 “Top 100″ meeting for executives, managers and employees that the company did not have any plans of releasing a television. Continue reading →

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