April 2010

Google is always hard at work optimizing their services for mobile devices, especially the iPhone. This now includes Google's Android platform along with their own Nexus One smartphone. The latest update is to Google Image Search. Taking a page out of the iPhone playbook, there are new features which make searching for images a whole...

Can this lost/stolen next iPhone prototype story get any juicier? I wonder if Jason Chen from Gizmodo ever imagined his revealing posts would result in his home being raided. The Apple Engineer that lost the iPhone was identified to the world by Gizmodo. Revealed: The Guy Who Sold the iPhone to Gizmodo Wired has interviewed...

Update: Spirit has been delayed! As you may, or may not know there is a new jailbreak tool being released soon, by iPhone Dev Team member comex. The new jailbreak is called Spirit, and will provide an untethered jailbreak for all iDevices, on the newest firmwares (3.1.3 and 3.2). Yesterday we reported that it might...

Many people have longed for Flash on the iPhone. Apple's position on this matter is that Flash is a resource-heavy third party plugin that is not an "open" web standard. Without Flash on the iPhone, users cannot view certain web pages, videos, and play Flash games. Apple has advocated HTML5 publicly as an alternative to...

If you keep sensitive data on your iPhone such as passwords and account numbers, SplashID may be your next iPhone app. SplashID by SplashData The app developer puts it best to think of SplashID as your personal safe on your iPhone. The app specializes in storing many types of personal and sensitive data such as...

Update: Spirit has been delayed. We've been hearing about the "Spirit" jailbreak for a while now. Apparently, it is able to jailbreak all Apple touch devices (yes, even the iPad) on their current firmware. It is what's called a "userland" jailbreak, and is different then the jailbreak we've been used to through 2.X and 3.X....

This morning Apple announced the official dates of the annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). This year the event will be hosted from June 7, 2010 through June 11, 2010 at the Moscone West Convention center in San Francisco. WWDC typically focuses on the software side of Apple regarding Mac OS X and iPhone OS, the...

Over the last few months, there have been an increasing number of reports pointing to video calling functionality in a new iPhone, expected to be released this summer. The majority of evidence has been found inside of the iPhone OS 4 SDK and iPhone 4 firmware. More recently, the leak of the prototype iPhone from...

It's that time again! For those that may just be joining us, here is the run down about these giveaways. It is a segment that will: Last 24 hours Only happen a couple of times a month (maybe less or maybe more) Be extremely easy to win Be posted at random What's up for grabs...

Neowin.net has posted a first look at screenshots of Microsoft's upcoming Windows Live Messenger for the iPhone. The iPhone OS was introduced in mid 2007. It has been almost three years and Windows Live users haven't had a taste of an official app for the iPhone. Well that has now changed. According to Neowin.net: Today...

As originally reported, Apple has began to seed the new version of Snow Leopard, 10.6.4. Today Apple seeded the first build of OS X 10.6.4, build 10F37. According to reports, the current build focuses on Graphics Drivers, SMB, Time Machine backups, USB, and VoiceOver. The build does not include any further updates or enhancements. There...

Today Apple released the latest update to iTunes, version 9.1.1. The update mostly delivers small bug fixes and various enhancements. The update also addresses performance and stability of iTunes, which is likely the largest fix overall. iTunes 9.1.1 comes with several improvements and fixes, including: Addresses a conflict with some third-party software which may cause...