It is reported that Apple is holding a special event in San Francisco on June 29th to celebrate 6 years since the date of the original iPhone.

So, Apple has been very quiet recently. No announcements whatsoever.

This event is meant to show off the iPhone 5S and iPad 5. But this is 6 years celebration. What if there was an iPhone 6 or whatever the new coding name becomes or an iWatch. Are Apple getting ready for the next big thing?

Before Google Reader my favourite rss app was Netnewswire. I stopped using it because it didn’t function as well as Newsify which synced across my iPad and iPhone. So if I switched devices, I never read the same item as it kept in sync with Google Reader.

Now that Google Reader is being closed down, Netnewswire have confirmed they are working again on an update for both their OS X and iOS apps. I for one can’t wait to see the new versions.

Google’s removal of Reader might have been a big mistake.

I don’t normally blog about apps that often, but this game is worth checking out. It is an old time favourite of mine and it just got a big update. It’s universal now too. Available here.

What’s new in this big update is –

– retina display
– bug fixes
– universal
– iOS 6+ support

Podcasts has had a big update. Podcasts 1.2 allows users to create custom stations of their favorite podcasts that update automatically with new episodes and choose whether the stations begin playing with the newest or oldest unplayed episode. Those stations are stored in iCloud, so they’re synced across all devices.

Listeners can create On-The-Go playlists on their iOS devices with their own list of episodes, and the Now Playing view has been redesigned with playback controls that Apple says are easier to use.

Also, the reel to reel effects have been removed and a new cleaner look as shown below is being used. This is a sign of what iOS will ultimately move towards.

Check out the screen shot below. Apple actually accredited the jail breakers for the exploits found in iOS 6. Clearly a happy union.

According to the update notes for this release, iOS 6.1.3 fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the passcode and access the Phone app. It also provides improvements to Maps in Japan.

It’s about 17 – 18.4mb.

Warning. Apple has closed all the jail break exploits so don’t update if you want to stay jail broken.

Samsung have launched the Galaxy S4, and it got mixed reviews. Mainly it wasn’t much of an improvement over the S3. In fact Samsung did an Apple. 4 to 4S. Now Samsung is due to release the S4 on 26th April.

But what if Apple announced a press conference for next week, and took the world by surprise and launched the iPhone 5S which was a reasonable improvement over the 5. What if they released a cheap iPhone made from plastic. And if by some miracle they released the iPhone 6, would Samsung be hit by a huge loss in sales. In fact if Apple released any of the following it could severely hurt Samsung.

Now where’s my invite?