Kickstarter is slowly becoming the place for creative and innovative entrepreneurs to showcase their inventions and get pledges from members of the public. We've seen the Glif and GoPano Micro as neat accessories for your iPhone. The next best thing? How about Tembo Trunks--the first collapsible earbud speakers for your iPod/iPhone. These aren't actually speakers--they...
Electronic Arts is one of the world's largest game publishers and they have a campus setup here in Metro Vancouver based in Burnaby. They continue to push out amazing titles such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012 for iOS. Their latest move is the acquisition of Australian-based Firemint, famous for their mega iOS hits Flight...
The makers of Icy have a new project in the mix. It's called Lima/fr0st, and will allow the installation of jailbreak apps/tweaks via Mobile Safari. The problem with Cydia is that it's slow, and always 'Reloading Data' (even though it was sped up recently). Lima plans to bypass Cydia and take full advantage of Mobile...
Last night, news broke that Osama Bin Laden had finally been killed by the USA, where he was hiding out in Pakistan. I tweeted "Looks like iOS Location Tracking has paid off", a tongue-in-cheek comment in relation to Apple's PR blip over location tracking. Well, it appears cartoonist Starline read my mind because she has...
Things is one of the best 'Get Things Done' (GTD) apps (read our Things vs OmniFocus review here), and the group at Cultured Code has finally announced Things Cloud Sync Beta has officially kicked off. Unlike OmniFocus (the most powerful GTD app), cloud sync solutions have been delayed for Things to the point where it...
RIM has announced the acquisition of ubitexx (makers of ubi-Suite, a device management system) and by doing so will bring Blackberry Enterprise Server to iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. The multi-platform BlackBerry Enterprise Solution will be comprised of optional architectural components based on the configuration of an organization’s mobile deployment and their operational...
With Apple's recent record Q2 2011 earnings call that resulted in their war chest of cash growing to $66 billion dollars, it's no surprise this is thanks to the surge of iOS device sales. According to IHS iSuppli, Apple surpassed Nintendo to rank second only to Samsung in the purchase of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors...
Jason Snell, via Macworld: Apple’s philosophy, then, is not to release a vague statement and then stall while the company figures things out. Instead, the company prefers to remain silent until it can offer a thorough explanation and announce a solution. In both cases, the company also used its response to rope in its competitors,...
In the latest beta build of OS X Lion, evidence has been discovered to hint that the next generation of MobileMe will be renamed to "Castle". According to French site Consomac, strings reveal the following: Click OK to open System Preferences and complete your upgrade from MobilMe to Castle Apple has already purchased the domain...
Galen Gruman on the failure of mobile products from RIM, Microsoft, and Nokia: RIM particularly played up its cozy relationship with security- and control-minded CIOs who would never let such toys into the enterprise. Nokia and Microsoft had the same paternalistic, insular point of view. (Dell’s story is more like that of the OEMs—I’ll get...
When the CDMA iPhone 4 landed on the Verizon network in the US, Apple quietly released a revision to their iPhone 4 Bumper case. The Bumper was offered free to users (and refunds for those purchased) after the fallout of 'Antennagate'. The original design was criticized by many as being 'loose' around the edges and...
GetGlue is the social network equivalent of Foursquare, but for TV shows, movies, and music. Essentially it becomes a powerful tool to share what sort of entertainment you are consuming with your friends, and to find out what's hot. When you check in to certain services, you'll also earn stickers which are mailed to you....
