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As I’m sure you’re aware, iOS 7 was officially announced by Apple yesterday at their annual  WWDC event  in San Francisco. There’s an enormous amount riding on this operating system release, as it’s their one big chance to prove themselves as the leader of the pack when it comes to mobile innovation. There’s a great deal riding on iOS 7, and it’s clear that this is Apple’s biggest overhaul of their iOS platform for quite some time. A very large collection of new features were added to iOS, and you’ll be hard pressed in finding an app or panel that looks identical to iOS 6. The user interface has been totally overhauled, linen and leather replaces with soft gradients and background bokeh.

One of the more obvious alterations to Apple’s iOS 7 is the overall change in design ethos, with Jony Ive leading the Cupertino company towards a flatter, skeuo-free environment. It’s fair to say that John Gruber’s pre-WWDC assessment of the interface, in that it would be polarizing, has rung true, but irrespective of consensus, it is the look Apple will be sticking with. While Android won’t be seeing such radical changes any time soon – at least, not from what we hear – those running Google’s mobile OS can get a little taster of Apple’s new UI through an app called  iOS 7 Calci , which offers a passable emulation of Apple’s new Calculator app.

The red hot news in the world of smartphones right now is what Apple is doing to redesign its iPhone and iPad software, with iOS 7 proving to be quite the change from the norm. Placed in charge of iOS less than a year ago, Jonny Ive has overseen the biggest change in an operating system we’ve seen since we first got our eyes on Windows 8.

So, after much deliberation, rumor, concept and a little bit more rumor, Apple has finally shown the world what exactly Jony Ive’s vision of software design is with the introduction of iOS 7. It’s clean, crisp, and certainly a great deal brighter than ever before, but, new features aside, does it actually look better, and how does it compare? Here, we assess whether the clean lines and anti-skeuo approach is as much of a step forward as Apple has portrayed. As noted by my colleague Oliver in his post: ‘ iOS 7 on iPhone 5 – First Impressions ’, it certainly is bright, and echoes John Gruber’s pre-WWDC utterances that iOS 7 would be polarizing. Some seem to love it, others are completely bemused, and while the features offered inarguably represent the biggest version leap hitherto, the look is proving fairly divisive.

One of the major annoyances of many an Android user is the fact that when a new software update comes around, it can often take weeks or even months to reach even some of the newer devices to market. Google’s release of  Android 4.3 Jelly Bean  in July has only, thus far, been primed and distributed to a handful of devices, and many, such as HTC’s flagship One, are still waiting in the cold. However HTC’s Jason Mackenzie has revealed on Twitter that the company is looking to have Android 4.3 ready for its prized smartphone by the end of next month.

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There’s little doubt that, in its current state, multitasking in iOS is very limited in terms of functionality. In fact, it’s about as one-dimensional a feature as any within the entire operating system, and with  iOS 7  now well and truly on the horizon, it is something concept makers have really focused their attentions on in recent weeks.  Ran Avni  is yet another designer with fresh ideas of how iOS multitasking should play out in the future, delivering a rather intriguing concept which sees windows for different apps form a card-like UI. As you will see at the beginning of the brief video clip detailing the concept, each app has its own card in what appears to be a greatly expanded version of the popular  Auxo for iPhone jailbreak tweak, and also, takes a lot of design queues from the famous  Multifl0w for iPhone tweak . The layout sees each card placed in grid form, with a delete button in the upper left hand corner of each card allowing...

Facebook Messenger for iPhone has been updated today with one of our favorite features – Stickers – along with a bunch of other improvements. We’ve got the details on the update along with the download link right after the break. Facebook Stickers were first introduced as part of  Facebook Messenger for Android  before Facebook Home APK  was launched. Later, they made their way onto iOS as part of  Facebook 6.0  update for iPhone and iPad. Keeping things as simple as possible; Stickers is a new take on the emoticon (or emoji as they’re better known as today), except they’re better, and of course, bigger, blessing us the advantage of expressing ourselves even more visually.

After a couple of betas either side of the impromptu bug fix releases of iOS 6.1.1 and iOS 6.1.2, Apple has released final version of iOS 6.1.3 for users on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The all-important direct download links and details – are coming up right after the break. The Asian market is very important for Apple’s future business, and although Apple Maps has been subject to much scrutiny since arriving in September, the Japanese version has hitherto lacked even some of the more basic navigation features. That’s all changed with iOS 6.1.3 though, and as well as the implementation of turn-by-turn and better optimization of directions to favor highways over country lanes, Maps in Japan has also added a bunch of 3D landmarks. This is in addition to the  improvements made to the Maps  from server-side last week.