iOS 10.3.1 rapidly launches to fix a couple of 10.3 bugs, improve overall security

iOS 11 is inching closer and closer, but as always, Apple finds time to optimize and stabilize "old" platform versions, namely iOS 10.

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Apple reduces incidence of iPhone 6 and 6s shutdowns with iOS 10.2.1 stability improvements

If you still experience random iPhone 6 or 6s shutdowns, Apple's recently released iOS 10.2.1 may fix the problem or at least limit its impact.

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iOS 10.0.2 arrives with trio of bug fixes, including one for erratic headphone controls

Despite a big problem encountered by a small number of iFans during the first hour of iOS 10 availability, plus a bunch of less serious but more widespread connectivity issues limited to T-Mobile’s network, everybody wants to upgrade to the

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Latest firmware update should neatly take care of those pesky Surface Pro 3 battery glitches

It took Microsoft long enough to respond to widespread Surface Pro 3 battery life criticism and acknowledge there was indeed something wrong on the hardware manufacturer and software developer’s end, but once fixing the previously mysterious issues became a “top priority”, identifying the root cause and putting together a patch was a piece of cake.Or so we presume, based on the minimal time needed to roll out a simple firmware update. That’s right, you should be able to iron out all ...

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Troubled OnePlus 3 update redone, OTA rerun

OnePlus is giving the update process another go for its latest flagship.The last update for the OnePlus 3, which brought OxygenOS 3.2, had some major issues like notifications not triggering until you open the corresponding app and having the screen turn on in your pocket — leading to “pocket drain.”  That update was held back shortly after release.Today, ...

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Google fixes ancient Android Marshmallow memory leak, promises swift update

Memory leaks are regrettably nothing new for even vanilla Android builds, with Google’s software engineers struggling to quash a widespread system bug of this nature in Lollipop pretty much since 5.0 debuted.The issue, or rather multiple similar issues uniting and disguising as one, carried over into version 5.1, then were ultimately kinda sorta fixed, but returned with a bang in Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Once again, online reports flagging ...

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