If you're a Rogers cable subscriber with a PVR, you're going to like this app. The Rogers Remote TV Manager app allows existing users to schedule recordings, search for shows, and works on both WiFi and 3G. The app is free, and works with the Rogers model 8300HD PVR (8642 HD PVR soon to come),...
The jailbreak tweaks I most often use are Activator, SBSettings, and Infinidock. Activator Activator allows iPhone/iPod Touch users to activate an app or a setting by simply pressing a button or doing a finger gesture on the screen. For example you can have the Phone app launch by holding down the volume up or down...
The Wordpress iPhone app slowly improved over the past few months in terms of stability and bug fixes. The current 2.7 release brought a new user interface and was more reliable than before. The Wordpress for iOS team has announced since January, with each incremental iOS Wordpress app update, over 75% of crashes have been...
Third party developers in Cydia tend to get overlooked sometimes with their innovative tweaks and apps. The latest upcoming app is called RecognizeMe, and it brings facial recognition to the iPhone 4. By utilizing the front-facing camera, it will scan your face to unlock your passcode. RecognizeMe is the first Facial Recognition security for the...
More next generation iPhone rumours coming your way. This time around, Digitimes reports an Apple LTE-enabled 'iPhone 4S' is unlikely to launch in 2011, according to their sources: Apple is likely to delay the launch of its LTE-enabled iPhones to 2012, said the sources, noting that the industry had also long been skeptical about...
Now this is something that should get the attention of cable companies. Ontario-based Sandvine Corp. has released their report on internet usage for the month of March in North America. Netflix led the pack accounting for 29.7% (growth of 44% since the last report) of all internet bandwidth, surpassing even BitTorrent. “Netflix has surpassed file sharing and...
The Google Search iPhone app (formerly known as Google Mobile; was revamped in March)Â just got an update, and it brings faster performance and new features to make it easier to use. According to the Google Mobile blog, the app is 20% faster than before. The feature "Just Talk", where you could just search by moving...
According to Reuters, Apple has proposed a new smaller standard for SIM card design, to enable thinner and smaller designed products. The information comes from head of Orange, a wireless carrier in Europe: "We were quite happy to see last week that Apple has submitted a new requirement to (European telecoms standards body) ETSI for...
According to the Guardian: Apple's legal department is understood to be "actively investigating" claims by Lodsys, a patent holding company based in Texas, to have a claim against iPhone and iPad developers who use in-app purchase systems. Yesterday Lodsys clarified on their blog their intentions--they want a cut from developers that are infringing on their...
Manitoba proposed new regulations for cellphone contracts today, leading the way for change in a wireless industry that is controlled by a few influential carriers. This was part of Manitoba's five year "Let's Make a Better Deal" plan for stronger consumer protection. The province's Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs, Gord Mackintosh, had this to...
Update: Here's a video Stephanie took as well, plus one more shot (she was flying from NYC to Palm Beach, Florida; she had to turn off her twitter Push Notifications from all the retweets to save battery!): iframe title="Twitvid video player" class="twitvid-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="360" src="http://www.twitvid.com/embed.php?guid=W5SRJ&autoplay=0" frameborder="0"> Space shuttle Endeavor has made its final journey...
iPhone 5 launch date rumours have started to pour in. This time around it's an apparent 'leak' by a retailer in the UK, iPhones4U (coincidentally, there's no relation to iOSDevices4U!) in a blurb to tech blog T3. The rumour is iPhone 5 will launch on November 21 in the UK and worldwide. This date is...
