Since its inception, iOS devices have used a single home button navigating between apps. Click once to get back to the home screen, double-click to multitask. Case in point: Say you were in the Messages app and a Facebook notification required your attention. Tapping on the notification would result in the Facebook app launching, and …

Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET GoPro recently updated its smartphone application, adding the editing capabilities teased earlier this summer by the company. The feature eliminates the need to wait until you’re near a computer to sync videos off the device, edit and then share. To use trim-and-share, you’ll need the latest version of the smartphone apps. The iOS version can be …

You can now share photos of videos from your Instagram feed in a private message with your friends using Instagram Direct. The integration is quite simple and straightforward, requiring a user to tap on a new sharing arrow just below an Instagram post. You then select a friend — or friends — to share with, and away it goes. Yes, …

Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET Reader is one of those features in mobile Safari I rarely use, but greatly appreciate it when I do. When activated, iOS strips away any ads and unnecessary clutter from the article, making it easier to read. With iOS 9, Apple has added new options to Safari’s Reader mode. The new settings include the ability to …

Enlarge Image Hello Code e.U. Learning a programming language is an intimidating experience. The terminology, semantics and rules can be to beginners. I know, I’ve tried to learn several times only to give up. Javvy is a new app made by the same team behind Swifty. Both apps are designed to make learning a programming language, in this case Java, …

Jason Cipriani/CNET There are plenty of quality iOS applications for marking up documents and photos, but there’s something to be said about a native solution created by Apple. With iOS 9, users will have the ability to draw, sign and type on a document or photo attachment without having to leave the Mail app in a similar vein to that …

Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET Slide-over is a new feature you’ll find on your iPad shortly after updating to iOS 9. In a bid to increase the multitasking capabilities of its tablet lineup, Apple is adding features that make it possible to do more than one thing on your iPad at a time. Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET Accessing slide-over is simple; …

Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET Apple is adding some much needed multitasking features to its iPad lineup with iOS 9. There’s a new keyboard, the option to run apps in a split-screen setup, and a new picture-in-picture feature. Picture-in-picture will allow users to watch a video or hold a FaceTime call, while at the same time using the iPad for other …

Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET Last week Parallels released an update to its program that gives Mac users the ability to run Windows apps alongside OS X apps. The update added support for Windows 10 and Apple’s upcoming release of OS X El Capitan. With the addition of Windows 10 support, Parallels also makes it possible to use Microsoft’s personal assistant …

Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET On Monday Microsoft announced it was opening up the beta for its Cortana on Android app, which had been in a closed beta since May. Yes, that means Android users who are interested can replace Google Now with Cortana, should they so desire. There are some limitations, however. Currently the wake-up phrase of “Hey, Cortana” that …