March 2010

Yesterday Apple released beta 4 of the iPhone 3.2 SDK. Initially nothing seemed very different from the previous beta, until today when users located new gesture references. Deep within the gestures folder of the new SDK, two new types of gesture commands have been found. The gestures are not currently present in the iPhone 3.1...

If you live or work in Edmonton and are a software developer, whether independent or with a firm, you have a great chance at winning yourself a couple thousand dollars in prizes! Later this month, the City of Edmonton will be holding a contest that will provide $50,000 in prize winnings to local software developers....

Do you send a lot of text and/or picture messages with your iPhone? Does your wireless bill add up every month from these messages? If so, take a closer look at the Pushme.to Messenger app. Pushme.to by Treebune Pushme.to is a messenger app that is made to send free messages from the internet to an...

On Jan. 31st, The Simpsons featured Homer using his iPhone on the show's opening couch gag. I never did catch the episode but the clip itself is pretty funny. This is the not the first time Apple has been featured on TV's longest running show. You may recall the November 2008 episode that featured "Mapple"...

The 2010 Academy Awards took place yesterday and guess who was spotted on the red carpet by Wayne Sutton? None other than 'the man' himself, Steve Jobs. That's right folks, he was probably there to support Pixar with the nominations Up! received. Also interesting to note was the first official iPad commercial debuted last night...

t was recently reported that Apple has started pulling all WiFi finder apps from the App Store, due to an issue with an undocumented, private API being used in some of these apps. Developer Aspecto Software has decided to go the jailbreak route, and release their app, WiFiFoFum in Cydia, for Free.

Looking for places nearby when you need them? Can't find that restaurant, coffee shop, or bank machine? Check out Canada Eye! Canada Eye by Canpages Inc. Canpages has launched a free augmented reality iPhone app called the Canada Eye. Among searching for local businesses, the app lets users view the direction and distance to all...

Level 61, an iPhone application developer, is giving away their apps this weekend as part of a promotion. The giveaway is to last 61 hours, so grab the goods while they are free! The developer is celebrating 61 weeks of Level 61 creating apps for the iPhone. As the developer has become successful, this is...

In November 2009, Rogers/Fido launched apps that allowed their customers to track their wireless usage in almost real time. The apps were called "MyAccount" and provided users with great account management functionality. After the success of the MyAccount app, Rogers may be releasing another iPhone app on March 26, 2010. The app is to be...

Today Apple seeded a new build of OS X 10.6.3, build 10D567. The last seed, build number 10D561, was just released on February 24, 2010. According to reports, the current build focuses on Graphics Drivers, iChat, QuickTime, Printing and Rosetta. The build further includes: Compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications Performance improvements for 64-bit Logic Changes...

Today Apple announced that the WiFi model of the much anticipated iPad will be available for sale in the USA on Saturday, April 3 2010. The WiFi + 3G model in the U.S. will also be available in late April 2010. Furthermore, US customers can begin to preorder both the WiFi and WiFi + 3G...

Last week we saw the release of Final Fantasy I and II in the App Store. That was pretty exciting for longtime Final Fantasy fans as the ported iPhone version looks amazing. It looks like the App Store is getting a little retro because Capcom has officially released their trailer of Streetfighter IV for the...