New leak points to Sept. 10 release of iOS7

Loose lips, sunken ships and -- iOS7? Sure looks that way, given an email sent to a developer named Owen Williams who reposted contents of an email sent to him today by Siri developer Nuance suggesting that the public would get its first look at iOS 7 on September 10th.

Developers have so far gone through sixth beta versions of this upcoming software update for iPhones, iPods and iPads as they work out any kinks.

Via: The Cnet

Strong T-Mobile iPhone sales help iOS market share gain on Android

According to a report from market research firm Kantar Worldpanel, smartphone sales in the U.S. have remained stable over the three-month period ending in May. The firm noted that strong iPhone sales from T-Mobile helped Apple’s market share jump 3.5% between March and May, and the iPhone now accounts for 41.9% of smartphone sales in America. The mobile market duopoly continued as Android accounted for 52% of sales, up 0.1% year-over-year. Sales of Windows Phone devices saw little growth, increasingly a mere 0.9% year-over-year for a 4.6% market share in the No.3 spot.

Even though it was released in mid-April, the iPhone accounted for 31% of smartphone sales at T-Mobile in the three-month period ending in May. Kantar noted that the iPhone helped T-Mobile attract first time smartphone buyers, adding that more than half of subscribers who purchased an iPhone from the carrier upgraded from a feature phone.

Despite the success of the iPhone, T-Mobile’s smartphone market share fell 3.4% to 10.1%, behind AT&T at 34.6%, Verizon with 29% and Sprint at 12.7%.

Source: http://bgr.com/2013/07/08/t-mobile-iphone-sales/

How to set your Vine account to private

One of the biggest features missing from Vine since its launch has been the ability to mark an account as private. Twitter's video sharing service, from day one, has been an all public affair, with no way for users to easily share a Vine privately.

Credit: Jason Cipriani/CNET

Today Vine announced it was updating its iOS and Android apps, finally bringing a level of privacy to the short video social network.

The iOS version also includes a long list of other notable features, which make for a notable answer to Instagram's new video feature rolled out last month. You can read more about the new features here.

In order to set your Vine account to private you'll need to download the latest version for your iPhone or Android device. Once installed iOS will need to go to view profile and then tap the on Settings button. Android users can tap on the menu button in the top-right corner and select Settings. From here tap on "Your Content."

Credit: Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET

You can then enable account privacy by moving the "Posts are protected" switch to the on position. And, should you find your posts containing sensitive material that might be offensive to some, you may as well turn the sensitive posts switch on while you're here.

Now that your Vine account is private, the only people who will be able to view your posts are your followers on Vine. Of course, if you decide to push a video to Twitter or Facebook, those friends will also be able to view your 6-second clip.

Via: http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57592232-285/how-to-set-your-vine-account-to-private/