October 16, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News
October 16, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News
Ngmoco has announced that their much anticipated first person shooter Eliminate will be free in light of Apple’s announcement that free apps can now offer in-app purchases.
More details are said to be following, but Ngmoco has long announced that Eliminate would carry in-app purchases for energy that allows players to earn additional credits. Every player gets a certain auto-renewable source of energy, but once depleted, to earn more credits the player must either 1) wait a certain amount Read more…
October 16, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News
Apple has investigated a method to make imperfections in compressed video files less visible to the human eye, a new patent application revealed this week shows.
The described technology would not do away with compression, which is necessary given bandwidth restrictions. Instead, it details a new technology that would mask artifacting that often appears when video files are compressed to reduce their file size.
“Disadvantageously, most video compression standards use lossy data compression techniques in which data determined by a particular compression algorithm to be of lesser importance to the overall content, but which is nonetheless discernible and objectionable to Read more…
October 16, 2009 :: Posted by - Thomas :: Category - News
Apple has reportedly begun shipping iPhone 3GS units with a new bootrom, which might help combat hacks enabling installation of unauthorized software. However, iPhone hackers say Apple’s new firmware only causes a temporary inconvenience for jailbroken devices, and the handset is still hackable.
“It’s not going to be impossible to jailbreak even if the exploit we used is gone,” said Eric McDonald, a member of the iPhone Dev-Team, which publishes tools to jailbreak the iPhone, in a phone interview with Wired.com.
McDonald explained that Read more…
October 16, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News
Some time ago, I looked around for a way to access my iPhone to use it as a portable hard drive, almost like a generic USB device, for copying files back and forth between computers. I decided on PhoneView. At the time I didn’t even care too much about the other features it offered. As time has passed, I’ve liked it even better and better. Read more…
October 15, 2009 :: Posted by - Thomas :: Category - News
The Canon Easy-PhotoPrint for iPhone (Canon iEPP), a free application that allows you to print photos from your iPhone or iPod touch on a compatible PIXMA printer via a local Wi-Fi network, is now available in the iTunes App Store.The Canon iEPP app lets you select from a wide range of paper sizes and paper types, from card-size (2.2 inches by 3.4 inches) up to letter size. You can choose Read more…
October 15, 2009 :: Posted by - Thomas :: Category - News
This passed Tuesday Gist released an application for the iPhone that brings many of the site’s big features to user’s small pockets. The free app is meant to compliment Gist.com’s people-analyzing and organizing tools, letting users get an alert on upcoming meetings as well as background information on those who they’re meeting with. This includes how important the user’s contacts are, as determined by Gist’s algorithms.
Where users will spend most of their time though is the app’s dashboard, which breaks down the latest news about people and companies they’re corresponding with based on news stories, blog posts, and tweets. This screen doubles as a Read more…
October 15, 2009 :: Posted by - Thomas :: Category - News
The Premier Basketball League announced late last week that it is going to be a lot easier to follow the stars of your favorite PBL team next year. For those of you fortunate enough to have Apple’s iPhone, you can now download the official PBL App from the App Store.
“Our league has taken some big steps in the off season, and we think the iPhone application is among the biggest advances we’ve made,” said CEO Tom Doyle. “Access to our teams, stats and players has now been made even more available thanks to the iPhone app.”
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October 15, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News
After seeing a concept video of Expose for the iPhone, Steven Troughton-Smith has created the real thing.
Troughton-Smith is the creator of the amazing Stacks utility which lets you stack icons in your iPhone dock, just like in Mac OS X.
After seeing the Ocean Observations concept video we posted several days ago, he has created Expose for the iPhone.
Noting that it should really be called Spaces, Troughton-Smith has posted a demo video of his working application. You can check it out below.
There are still some changes being made including possible UI tweaks. We will let you know once it becomes available.
Via iclarified.com
October 15, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News
Sony and the estate of Michael Jackson reportedly will allow the artist’s new album to be sold on the iTunes Music Store, dispelling a rumor to the contrary that surfaced early Wednesday.
“Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ album will indeed be available for sale on iTunes on Oct. 27,” Epic Records Senior Vice President of Publicity Lois Najarian told Wired. “I don’t have much more information to impart other than that right now, but suffice to say fans will be able to purchase it there.”
However, Najarian went on to add that the two sides are “working on” an issue over the sale of individual tracks. The question remains as to whether Sony and the Jackson estate will allow individual tracks to be sold on iTunes, or if Apple will require the sale of the full album. Read more…