Posted by A Ocean on September 19, 2010 ·
GV Mobile
Yes, its happening – Apple obviously has buried its hatchet with Google Voice based apps. After allowing GV Connect, a U.S. $3 native Google Voice app for the iPhone yesterday GV Mobile + will now make it reappearance on App Store.
Sean Kovacs, developer of GV Mobile + confirmed this good news on Twitter that the app is coming soon, and has promised to make it free for the night [...]
Posted by A Ocean on September 15, 2010 ·
Apple
Apple iOS 4.2 beta made available to developers signed on to its development program. iOS 4.2 is suppose to add a number of features, especially for the iPad, in the form of multi-tasking, AirPlay, folder organization, the ability to print from your iPad and more.
Apple has also announced that it is releasing a beta version of its AirPrint wireless printing for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch [...]
Posted by A Ocean on September 10, 2010 ·
iPhone
After Apple has announced yesterday that it will be relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code, developers were greatly relieved, as it meant that they could again start using third party development tools to create iOS apps.
Adobe was glad at this development and has termed Apple’s decision “great [...]
Posted by A Ocean on September 8, 2010 ·
iPhone
Bad news for all the iPhone 3G owners who were looking forward to Game Center, Apple’s social and gaming networking application, which is included with iOS 4.1. Apple has confirmed that Game Center will work on the second-generation iPod touch, but not on the iPhone 3G.
The first-generation iPhone and iPod touch models are the only other iOS based devices that cannot access Game [...]
Posted by A Ocean on September 3, 2010 ·
mobile version of Twitter
Twitter’s mobile usage of the service has gone up 62% in just over four months, and 16% of all new Twitter users are starting out on mobile devices as opposed to web signups according to Twitter’s CEO Ev Williams.
“Our Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for BlackBerry clients are now two of the most popular ways to use Twitter. This may not be surprising. [...]
Posted by A Ocean on September 3, 2010 ·
Image Source - Sophos.com
Internet and Spam are synonymous, how could Apple’s recently launched Ping Social Networking site be safe from spam. The Ping network which is integrated with iTunes 10 and allows iTunes users to follow artists, update status and swap comments with other fans got attacked by spammers within few hours of its launch, the comments sections to be swamped by phony [...]
Posted by A Ocean on September 2, 2010 ·
Apple's new releases
Apple’s media event on Wednesday was full of shiny gadgets and software releases. We will cover the releases individually, nevertheless, here are the highlights
Apple TV
Okay – the rumors has got it wrong, the moniker has not changed to Apple iTv, but, Apple TV now beams streaming-only content with a 1/4 size of the old device. The new Apple TV will pack built-in [...]
Posted by A Ocean on August 25, 2010 ·
Firefox
Mozilla has released a new beta version of its browser Firefox. Firefox 4 includes two very interesting features namely Firefox Sync and Panorama Tabs. The new features allow users to sync their settings and create tab sets.
Firefox Sync, allows users to access the bookmarks, history, awesome bar settings, passwords, form-fill data and open tabs across multiple computers and mobile devices [...]
Posted by A Ocean on August 23, 2010 ·
Source : Facebook
If you have one of those jailbroken iPhones which are unable to access Facebook – we bring great news for you. Facebook has released a new version for iPhone – 3.2.2 – and this edition fixes login issues for users of jailbroken iPhones. The new version of the app is available via the Updates tab in iPhone’s App Store application.
Facebook’s Engineers have initially [...]
Posted by A Ocean on August 23, 2010 ·
Steve Jobs
Since the U.S. government has legally authorized jailbreaking we were wondering about Apple’s steps to counter this move. Apparently, Apple is trying hard to get its monopolistic hold on the iDevices, it has applied for a patent covering various methods for identifying and disabling unauthorized use (which includes jailbreaking) of its popular iPhone and iPad products.
Apple’s [...]