The Apple iOS 8 had its flaws when it was initially released last autumn. Then, shortly after the launch of the Apple iPhone 6 came the iOS 8.0.1 which also seemed to need more tweaking due to the fact that it bricked a lot of Apple mobile devices.

For the first time ever, Apple is planning to perform a lot more testing on the latest operating systems designed for its mobile devices. A volunteer testing group of about 100,000 mobile device users will be assisting the company in making it happen. Apple will actually be issuing pre-released versions of its iOS to the public for beta testing.

The developers of these iOS builds are already permitted access to them before they’re officially launched, and average, everyday users have discovered ways to obtain the software programs in order to check out new features. But this time around, common users will not have to “find a way” to access the early versions of the new iOS because Apple is officially planning for the release of these early iOS builds directly to public testers. The Apple iOS 8.3 will be made available to a group of public beta testers in March of this year.

The Apple iOS 8.3 update will include Wireless CarPlay support. Other features will include enhancements to Siri, Google logins, and the emoji keyboard.

Apple is planning to include its new streaming music service in its Apple iOS 8.4 version. This version has not been named as a build that will be made available to public beta testers. The new Apple iOS music service has not yet been officially announced yet either. The initial public beta testing of the Apple iOS 8.3 will be preceding the next beta testing session of the Apple iOS 9. The Apple iOS 9 is due to be beta tested by the public in the summer. It will most likely be announced this June at WWDC 2015.

‘Vine Kids’ was launched last week by Twitter. It is a video-sharing app aimed at children.

The social media website said in a blog post that it will feature short 6 second children-appropriate videos.

“We’ve seen for ourselves — and heard from parents, siblings and others,” Vine’s Carolyn Penner wrote, “that kids love Vine. So, we built Vine Kids, a simple new app that gives young children a fun way to watch Vines.”

According to Penner, the app was inspired by a conversation between a Vine employee who spoke of how much his daughter enjoyed Vine videos. “He said he wished there was a separate app she could use to more easily watch posts that are appropriate for kids,” said Penner.

Penner says in Vine hack week, “two folks teamed up and built exactly that.”

Vine Kids is only available on iOS with no idea on when it will available for Android.

On Tuesday’s media event Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, announced record-breaking sales numbers for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

Apple has made a record of selling over 74 million iPhones in three months. The company made $18 billion in profits. Cook said that every hour, Apple has sold 30,000 iPhones.

The increase in sales numbers may reflect the fulfilled consumer demand for a bigger screen which was was already offered by Samsung – Apple’s biggest competitor.

Following a deal made between Apple and China Mobile last year, the company received a sales boost from the Chinese market by 70%.

In the event, Cook said that the Apple Watch will be released in April.

According to Apple’s CFO, Luca Maestri, the company’s sales in China and other developing markets is expected to grow and robust. Despite China’s reduced economic growth, “We haven’t seen a slowdown, ” Maestri said.

Maestri told analysts that iPhone sales have doubled in Singapore and Brazil, and by mid-2016 its growth will reach 40 companies in China.

CNBC noted that Apple’s quarterly revenues were 10% higher than expected by analysts and the record highest reached by the company.

Apple has applied for yet another patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and this one seems to aim towards creating an improved platform for gaming on the Apple iPhone device.

Apple just might be targeting the gaming market with this particular patent. The patent applications suggest that the tech industry giant may be looking into the possibility of making a home button on its iPhone devices that will also be able to transition into a tiny little pop-up joystick to be used for gaming purposes.

This new and innovative “multi-function input device” would still work function as a normal home button on the iPhone, with all the usual Touch ID and other features that the iPhone home button currently has. However, according to the design sketches on the patent applications, with just a pressurized “click”, the home button would literally pop out and become a slightly protruded joystick meant for thumb manipulation.

Whenever the user is done using the joystick for gaming purposes, they would be able to push the home button back down from its elevated position to instantly set it back into its normal position and the button will return to its regular function as an iPhone home button.

There were diagrams included on Apple’s patent applications that apparently show that the joystick would most likely be pretty inconspicuous and will increase the amount of control the user has during gameplay, even though it would be a whole lot tinier than the conventional joysticks on normal-sized gaming controllers, due to the fact that it would need to be able to fit back into the iPhone devices.

The Apple company made specific claims in its patent applications that it felt some users were hesitant to take gameplay on the iPhone or any other smartphone for that matter) seriously because of the controls all being strictly on the touchscreen and the fingers of the users can block a considerable part of the game screen. Apple is hoping that maybe a new built-in joystick/home button feature might just make a suitable alternative for users who would prefer to not have to tote around extra accessories for gaming.

If you happen to be an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch user and you have been wanting to be able to use the AllCast casting app on your mobile Apple device, your wait is finally over. The AllCast local media streaming service is now available on iOS and all mobile Apple operating system users can now beam pictures, music and video content from any of their Apple mobile devices straight to any television screen.

The AllCast service, which is now compatible with Google Chromecast, is capable of streaming to Roku devices, Google TV, Apple TV, both the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One video game consoles, as well as Panasonic, LG, Samsung and Smart TV hardware.

Koushik Dutta is the original developer of AllCast, a service that was previously called Aircast in the past. Dutta created the AllCast service in order to make the process of sharing local files that are stored on a handset a much simpler and easier one. Apple iOS mobile device users can now perform a slideshow of their pictures in high-definition right from any HD television screen. No longer will a group of people have to crowd around a small-screened iOS gadget to try and view the pictures and videos that are saved on it.

The AllCast streaming service was first introduced by Dutta in Autumn of 2013. Back then, Google Chromecast initially blocked the service and even when the December 2013 Android version of the AllCast app was finally released, it still did not have access to the Google Chromecast dongle device.

In early 2014, AllCast was supported by Google Chromecast, which meant that its users would be able to tap into their smartphone, tablet, and/or computer content and be capable of sharing that content with any of their friends and family located anywhere in the world.

In May of 2014, an even better updated and redesigned version of the AllCast service was launched by Dutta, and this new and improved version of the service promised improved syncing with other media-streaming gadgets.

Apple iOS users had been waiting for the infamous AllCast service to come to the Apple iOS mobile platform for over a year, and as of this past Tuesday, the wait is finally over.