Wednesday, February 24, 2010

iPhone News Of The Day

  • Apple’s update to its professional photography application, Aperture 3, was met with excitement by OS X shutterbugs when it was unceremoniously released on February 16th, but since then, complaints that the program will suck up pretty much all of the free space on your hard drive during the library upgrade process have been widespread.
    A new [...]
  • Gamers looking for a solid digital delivery platform on the Mac are notoriously hard up. Actually, scratch that: Mac gamers are notoriously hard up. The good news here, then, is that recent betas of Valve Software’s popular Steam delivery system contain files that strongly hint that the “App Store for Windows Games” service is [...]
  • chat roulette from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.
    Remember Casey Neistat? He and his brother caused a stir back in 2003 with The iPod’s Dirty Secret, a viral video about the iPod’s irreplaceable battery.
    Now he’s got a really nice, artful little film about Chatroulette, a web app tha lets you videoconference with random strangers all over the [...]
  • When sinewy-armed Germans put on some Rammstein, begin to use the word “dude” with abandon and then take a drill to a Powerbook, you just know schiß is about to get extreme.
    So what the heck is this? A couple of mean-looking Teutons hack apart a PowerBook and instead of making it into a flame spitting [...]
  • There are reports of Google CEO Eric Schmidt forcing his mistress to take down her naughty tell-all blog. Whether that's the reason for its disappearance or not, we're glad that our Gawker friends preserved some of the amusing details. Former Forbes journalist Kate Bohner is supposedly the gal behind the now-deleted " Recovery Girl 007 " blog and as the former mistress of married Google CEO Eric "Dr. Strangelove" Schmidt she had quite some stories to tell. You can read them over…
  • Many car producers have already shown some affection for the iPhone, MINI on the other hand, just wants to exploit it.
    Set to be unveiled next week in Geneva, MINI’s latest on-board computer system, “MINI Connected”, will have the ability to connect to your iPhone via USB and take advantage of its data connection.
    When in symbiosis [...]
    • There are numerous stories about how much money people have made off of iPhone apps but have you ever wondering just how many of those apps you don’t have to pay for? I don’t know about you guys, but I have a hard time purchasing any apps over 1 dollar.
      Well, analytical firm Distimo has recently [...]
      • Sure, Apple stuffs the iPhone full of perfectly functional apps before they hit stockrooms. Ok, more-or-less functional. Look, who are we kidding here: Many of the iPhone’s native apps are about as functional as a box of matches; sure, I can get a fire started with it (maybe) — but if I really want [...]
      • iPhoneWorld.ca writes:Online-Bank.ca writes that both TD Canada Trust and Scotiabank (two of the five largest banks in Canada), plan to release their own full-featured online banking apps for the iPhone. (...)
        • Butterfinger ad parodies Apps
          National Geographic Gelaskins
          Buffalo announces new external HDs with USB3.0
          JVC presents NC-SP1 PC Speaker
          Grooveshark app for webOS
          Bell to offer Mobile TV for iPhone users
          Poynt application updated to v1.5.3.14
          Send tweets via SMS for free in Haiti
          Slacker Radio releases v3.0 for BlackBerry
          T-Mobile: Buy 1 cellphone, get another for free
          Simple Mobile offers new wireless plans
          Sprint announces [...]
          • Filed under: Gaming , Software , Deals , App Store Battle of Puppets fell through the cracks here when it was first released, and that was unfortunate -- it's a 2D real-time strategy game for the iPhone with a distinctive art style and a plethora of cool features that definitely deserves a look. The team has been updating the app often, and the latest update not only adds in achievements and leaderboards via the OpenFeint platform, but also has dropped the price to just 99 cents for a limited time.…
            • Developers and App Store fanatics of all kinds, here is an app for you.
              PositionApp, by ustwo, is a great new utility that allows you track in real-time the App Store’s top moving apps as well as any app’s rank across time and countries.
              While I don’t believe it’s the best way to find out about new [...]
              • Filed under: iTunes , Mac 101 As Apple removes sexually suggestive apps from the App Store (and is evidently preparing a Red Light District for the future ), users are wondering how they can protect their kids from certain content. With that in mind, here's an overview of the parental controls in iTunes. Note that the screenshot at right is from iTunes 9.0.3. Older versions look slightly different. Parental controls are only available in iTunes 5 and later. To access these settings, select Preferences…
                • You’ve got to like these new Gelaskins designed from National Geographic. I mean, not only does this one show the awesome majesty of the universe, but other models are available as well. These Gelaskins are available for all types of mobile devices, such as iPods, iPhones, Kindles, Nooks, not to mention MacBooks and [...]
                  • Tetryon is a fun and addicting puzzle game at an affordable price. When you really think about it, what more can you ask for out of the App Store?
                    In a store that boasts six digits worth of apps, it’s hard to stand out, particularly in a genre that is somewhat overcrowded. Puzzle games are some [...]
                    • Steve Jobs celebrates his 55th birthday today!
                      As we reported yesterday, Apple has pulled over 5000 “overtly sexual” apps from the App Store, but now it looks like some of them could be making a comeback.
                      The lastest beta of the iPad SDK was released yesterday, and while some of you might not think this is big [...]
                      • Filed under: Gaming , Freeware , Apple , Developer , iPhone , App Store There's been some interesting discussion in our comments section lately about Ngmoco's freemium model -- first they made headlines by endorsing it even to the detriment of one of their most popular games , and then they bought Freeverse and the conversation started up again. But while customers don't seem to like the freemium model very much, there's a growing number of examples that go the other way, and here's…
                        • Apple announced today that the iTunes Store reached 10 billion music downloads since it first opened in 2003. This also means they are ending their "Countdown to 10 Billion Songs" promotion. They haven't announced a winner yet, but that lucky person can expect a $10,000 iTunes Store gift card. On their main page , they have a graph showing the growth of the iTunes Music Store starting at it's launch on April 23,2003 to the present.
                          • Filed under: Hardware , Mods , iPhone , iPad Everyone's saying that the next version of the iPhone will have a case upgrade , but Martin Schrotz couldn't wait -- he encased his iPhone 3GS in titanium, and Engadget has a gallery of pictures of the ubercool mod. I thought he had actually put the titanium cover over the plastic back, but apparently he went whole hog and actually removed the back cover and replaced it with this one. The design isn't quite perfect (though it looks great for a…
                            • Apple’s policy shift concerning “titillating apps” last week generated quite a lot of discussions. The move has been harsh on developers who relied on the revenue from those apps, but let’s face it, the vast majority of App Store users have actually enthusiastically welcomed this change.
                              With younger and younger kids using the App Store along with [...]
                              • Bell has announced that will start offering Mobile TV for its iPhone users, which I consider to be a nice tactic to make itself different from the rest, and overall provides a special “feeling”. Anyhow, the networks available for Bell users include CBC News, CTV, Rogers SportsNet, Weather Channel, and a few live NHL games.
                                In [...]
                                • There were reports that Apple has added a new "Explicit" category in the iTunes Connect system for App Store submissions, which indicated that Apple might reinstate over 5000 iPhone apps with sexual content that were recently removed from the App Store due to complaints from women and parents. MacRumors speculated:...
                                • Power A has unveiled its new iPhone Universal Remote Case that works together with a free app to help you take control of nearly every infrared-controlled device in your home.
                                  The two-piece $60 case does away with the dongle (like the L5 Remote uses) by embedding the infrared blaster in the bottom portion of the case, [...]
                                  • You came, you saw, some of you were not convinced. So what's a gadget blog to do when picture evidence isn't enough? Why, get those pictures moving, of course, right up to 30 frames a second. The stunning titanium iPhone 3GS from this morning is back, proving not only its existence in the corporeal realm, but also its much-disputed ability to place a call -- something that even the default plastic-backed units sometimes struggle with. Look, we're not in Austria and therefore can't lick it…
                                    • In today's Remainders: the upcoming. The Spring Design E-Reader, soon to be available for presale; 4chan's mainstream embrace, as signaled by their Jeopardy mention; an idiotic Mall Cop's impending termination; a backlash to RFID gravestones, and more. Oh Alex? We thought the Spring Design Alex ebook reader was a viable threat to the Nook when we got a hands on at CES, but those of you who were waiting patiently for its February 22 preorder date will have to wait a little bit longer. The…
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