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Tired and annoyed by all the alerts and red notification circles that keep appearing on your iPhone or iPad? Fortunately, you can easily turn them off or adjust them so they don't appear as often. Do Not Disturb A new feature on iOS 6 called Do Not Disturb lets you turn them off temporarily. It also shuts off text message alerts and phone calls when your device is locked unless a person calls you twice within three minutes, just in case it's an emergency. This feature is useful when you want to get some sleep or if you're trying to concentrate on work and don't want to be distracted.

Apple chief designer Jony Ive is reportedly leading a significant interface redesign of Mac OS X, the software used for the company's desktop and laptop computers. The redesign is expected to be unveiled in June at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, where Apple typically makes its software announcements. The redesign is a top priority at Apple right now, according to the report Monday by 9to5Mac . Last year, Ive led a similar redesign for iOS, the company's iPhone and iPad software.

At last: iOS 7 is available for download. Many analysts think Apple's new mobile operating system will be a bigger deal than the new iPhones coming this Friday. But there may be one snag. You need to have 3 gigabytes of space free on your iPhone to update over Wi-Fi. While I cleared some space Tuesday night, I'm quickly deleting apps and trying to get rid of more. PHOTOS: Top 10 Apple iOS 7 features you should know about Some readers point out that you will need less available space if you go the old-fashioned route and download iOS 7 to you computer, and then update via iTunes.

Apple will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on June 2-6 in San Francisco, the company announced Thursday. WWDC is scheduled to take place once again at the Moscone Center and include hundreds of sessions, labs and events for third-party developers who create apps for Apple's mobile and computer operating systems. For the first time, Apple said it will distribute tickets to the conference through a random drawing. Apple is changing the process to give developers a fairer shot at getting tickets.

After Apple unveiled the new look of its iOS 7 mobile operating system earlier this month, many in the design world criticized the platform. But a series of online polls this week show many users like the icons featured in the upcoming operating system more than those in iOS 6. The polling service Polar is hosting a series of polls comparing icons on iOS 6 with their iOS 7 counterparts. In most of the polls, users are choosing the new operating system, and when votes from all of the polls are added up together, more go for iOS 7. Out of the 289,000 votes cast so far, 66% favor iOS 7 icons, according to Polar.

Some Apple users in England are bloody upset after the company changed the voice of their version of Siri. When the Cupertino tech giant released the iOS 7.1 update for iPhones and iPads earlier this week, it introduced a new female voice option for British users. However, the male voice was changed, to the displeasure of numerous users. VIDEO: Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 a powerful tablet but isn't a laptop substitute Users who want to hear the difference between old British Siri, new male British Siri and female British Siri, can check out them out in this YouTube video . The change to male British Siri led one user to post a eulogy titled " In Loving Memory of British Siri " for the old version on the Apple sub-reddit.

Clutch.io, an iOS app A/B testing company, announced that it's been acquired by Twitter. The company, which launched in November, according to its Twitter account, said it was joining Twitter, early Monday. "We are incredibly excited to announce that we've joined the flock at Twitter!" the company said in a blog post . "Twitter has acquired the IP of Clutch.io and today is our first day with the company. " Clutch.io describes itself as "an easy to integrate library for native iOS applications designed to help you develop faster and deploy instantly.

Apple unveiled iOS 7 Monday, but because the focus of the company's presentation was on the new design of the platform, many cool new features went unnoticed. The Cupertino tech giant did point out a few great new features -- including AirDrop, the brand-new Control Center, and more features for Safari -- but many others were mentioned only in passing or completely overlooked. PHOTOS: Tech giants' new headquarters So here's a list of 10 hidden gems and overlooked features in the upcoming Apple mobile operating system.

So you've updated to iOS 6. That's cool. But do you know what's new? Here are some of our favorites. Sync Notes Not only does iOS 6 bring a bevy of new features, but it also activates a bunch of features on Mountain Lion, the operating system for Mac computers. One of those is the ability to sync your Notes across all your Apple devices. Now when you write a note on your iPhone, you can access and edit it on your Mac, iPad, and on iCloud.com. Facebook Integration IOS 6 is also bringing Facebook integration to your mobile Apple devices.

Apple's iOS 7 is a big change. It comes with a bright new look and a whole lot of major new features , but there are also several hidden features you might not have yet noticed or heard of. Here are our favorites. Focus photos using volume button In iOS 7, you can now take square-size pictures and add filters to your pictures, but did you know that you can now also press on the iPhone's volume down button to quickly focus the camera and take a picture? You can also hold down the volume buttons to quickly shoot a burst of photos.

Apple is reportedly working on a new app called Healthbook for its iOS mobile devices that would help users track and monitor various parts of their health. 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman , who first reported the app in January, provided more details on Healthbook on Monday, citing unnamed sources who are working on the app. Here are the main things readers need to know about Healthbook: It looks like Apple's Passbook app In terms of design, Healthbook is expected to look a lot like Passbook, one of Apple's existing apps that is used to store passes from numerous iOS apps.

Apple likely won't unveil iOS 8 until this summer, but already, details about the upcoming iPhone and iPad operating system are beginning to come out. 9to5Mac, which is known for its impressive track record of Apple scoops, this week released numerous reports explaining Apple's plans for the eighth version of its mobile operating system. For starters, Apple plans to make iOS 8 much faster than iOS 7, a version of the operating system in which the company focused primarily on a mass redesign.

Some Apple users in England are bloody upset after the company changed the voice of their version of Siri. When the Cupertino tech giant released the iOS 7.1 update for iPhones and iPads earlier this week, it introduced a new female voice option for British users. However, the male voice was changed, to the displeasure of numerous users. VIDEO: Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 a powerful tablet but isn't a laptop substitute Users who want to hear the difference between old British Siri, new male British Siri and female British Siri, can check out them out in this YouTube video . The change to male British Siri led one user to post a eulogy titled " In Loving Memory of British Siri " for the old version on the Apple sub-reddit.

Starting next month, United Airlines will let users watch hundreds of movies and TV shows free on their laptops and Apple iOS mobile devices. The airline said customers with compatible devices will be able to watch more than 150 movies and nearly 200 TV shows without having to pay any fees. To watch the free content, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users will have to download the latest version of the United app. The airline said laptop owners will have to download and install a browser plug-in to watch certain types of content.

Apple will roll out a new and improved version of the Maps navigation app in the next major update for its iPhone and iPad software, a report Tuesday said. The Cupertino tech company is working on major under-the-hood changes for Apple Maps that should improve the apps accuracy, according to 9to5Mac , which cites unnamed sources. Apple is also working on implementing public transportation data -- perhaps the most important feature still absent -- into its navigation app. Apple plans to announce and release the improved version of Maps alongside the release of iOS 8, the next version of the iPhone and iPad operating system.

Apple on Monday released iOS 7.1, an update for the iPhone and iPad operating system that includes a few new features and bug fixes. Chief among the additions is CarPlay, Apple's car infotainment system that was announced last week . IPhone 5s, 5c and 5 owners who own cars that support CarPlay will be able to use the feature. The update, which includes a few aesthetic changes to the interface, also fixes a bug that has come to be known as the " black/white screen of death . " That bug caused a few Apple iOS devices to randomly crash and restart.

Apple's iOS 6 is now live and ready for download. The update of the mobile operating system became available on the West Coast at 10 a.m. Users who want to download it can do so by connecting a supported Apple device to their computers and launching iTunes. Or they can download it wirelessly by going to the Settings app, clicking "General" and clicking "Software Update. " Usually, iOS updates take a couple of minutes, but it can take as much as a half hour. PHOTOS: Apple iPhone 5 Apple's iOS 6 is supported by second- and third-generation iPads, fourth- and fifth-generation iPod Touches, and the iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S and, of course, the 5. You can read more about what devices support which features in this report . Among the new features: it allows Siri voice commands to work on the third-generation iPad and the new iPod Touch; it integrates Facebook into the operating system; and a new app called PassBook can digitally store flight boarding passes, movie tickets and other items.  And iOS 6 will include Apple's new Maps app, which replaces Google Maps for navigation.

Apple on Thursday released an update for iOS 7  to fix bugs that potentially let users bypass the phone's lock screen. The problems emerged not long after Apple made the radically redesigned version of its mobile operating system available for download last week. The bugs let people who could get their hands on a phone go around the lock screen without using the four-digit security code. Once inside the phone, a person could access photos, some recently used apps, and in some cases make calls.  PHOTOS: Top 11 hidden, cool features in Apple's  iOS  7 Apple pushed out the update, iOS 7.0.2, late Thursday afternoon.

A British design artist has created an iPhone 6 concept video that shows what users might expect from Apple when the tech giant announces its next iPhone. The video shows an "iPhone Air" that features a 4.7-inch full 1080p HD screen. The device in the video is also 0.28 inches thick, about 9% thinner than the iPhone 5s, and 8% larger, to accommodate the bigger screen. Additionally, the smartphone in the video features a 10-megapixel camera -- the iPhone 5s features an 8-megapixel camera.

QuizUp, a popular mobile game that had been available exclusively for Apple iOS users, launched Thursday for Android devices. The game allows users to face off against their friends by taking quizzes. Users choose a topic and then must answers questions correctly and as quickly as possible in order to get a higher score than their opponent. QuizUp offers a wide selection of topics, including the "House of Cards" Netflix series, music from the 2000s and flags from around the world.