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"While Seedio might not be able to boost the volume on your iPhone's speakers, it will instead allow you to beam the song you're currently playing on your iPhone to other iOS devices on the same WiFi network who also have Seedio installed, essentially turning all iOS devices in the room/house into one giant unified speaker. "

"Booking a dinner date through Facebook is getting a bit easier for iOS users today. The company has just updated its iOS app with full OpenTable integration, meaning you won't need to leave Facebook to make restaurant reservations. Simply visiting a restaurant's Page within the app, choosing a date and time, and specifying your party size will present a list of available reservations. Restaurants will need to be participating with OpenTable for the option to be visible, but Facebook's users don't need existing OpenTable accounts to use the feature. Once you're set up, it's just as easy to cancel a booked meal - all it takes is a tap to alert a restaurant that you won't be making it out."

With today's relaunch on iOS, the app offers a few more features - it has added support for "predictive March Madness" via its sports tile button, for example, and it can also alert you to nearby events and important occasions, like birthdays, as well as those from your own calendar. There are more news sources and sports teams available in the app, too, and you can better personalize your notifications.

Kotaku has obtained an image of what it claims is the first "Made For iPhone" controller. Purportedly made by Logitech, the controller looks similar to the guidance images Apple released when it detailed the new iOS 7 controller API. It features what appears to be a circular D-pad, four action buttons, and a pause key. The guidance images also called for either two or four shoulder buttons to be included, but it's difficult to see from Kotaku's blurry image if the controller has any shoulder buttons at all, let alone how many.

At long last, iOS users can tap into YouTube's live video streams, thanks to an update pushed out to the app yesterday. 

Instagram update 2.5 for iOS

PayPal, the popular online payment behemoth, has recently acquired card.io, a company that specializes in developing technologies for developers to capture credit card information using smartphone cameras. 

This plus the Beats rumors makes me wonder if there's a "high-definition" Apple music ecosystem play underway.

So Facebook wants to bring you content serendipity with Paper, a standalone iOS news reader app it revealed today that delivers human and algorithm-curated full-screen articles and photos in categories you select like Tech, LOL, and Pop Culture. Paper launches to everyone in the U.S. on February 3rd, the day before Facebook's 10th birthday.

face detection ability on ios5.  touches on an augmented reality app called Recognizr.

The most interesting bit is "for iOS"." Creating a gesture based interface for mobile devices would b e transformative.