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Cook Gets $5 Million to Fill in for Jobs
Modmyi is reporting today, that Timothy Cook, the guy who covered for Steve Jobs, while he was on medical leave, received a $5 million dollar bonus to take the reigns of Apple for fiscal 2009. These were definitely some big shoes to fill, but it seems the company was very happy with the way Tim...
Buy A Bell iPhone And Get $85 In Credits
If you are looking to get an iPhone 3G/3GS, you may want to consider service from Bell, as they are giving customers some lucrative credits when they buy. Bell has detailed a promotion for potential iPhone buyers that gives customers an $85 credit. At this time, the promo is available at Best Buy and Future...
Different Firmware For iPhone & iPad Until Fall 2010?
It is always very exciting when there is new firmware available for the iPhone, especially when the release brings many new features and enhancements. The current iPhone firmware is 3.1.3, having just recently been updated, and users are now feverishly waiting for a 4.0 release. As many may be aware, the Apple iPad, scheduled to...
Multitasking Support In iPhone OS 4.0?
With the recently updated iPhone SDK beta 4, developers have been feverishly digging deep through the updated software to find any type of hidden files regarding new features. Well, their effort has been well rewarded! Looking at the image below, developers have found new references to multitasking throughout the SDK, such as the mention of a "multitasking dialog...
Apple Universal Remote Coming Soon via iPhone?
So far we've talked about the L5 remote, Bell PVR TV remote app, and the RedEye Mini. Being able to control all your multimedia devices with one remote is very handy. The latest patents submitted by Apple reveals that they have some sort of super remote in the works. PatentlyApple.com writes about the following: Apple...
New Gestures Found In iPhone SDK: Triple Tap & Long Press
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...
City Of Edmonton To Award $50,000 In Prizes For iPhone Apps Contest
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....
Homer Simpson’s iPhone Couch Gag Opening
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 Oscars Featuring Steve Jobs and iPad Commercials
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...
WiFiFoFum Released for Free, in Cydia
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.
Apple Seeds New Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D567
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...
Poynt Navigation App Available Now
At the beginning of January 2010, an application called Poynt was being demoed at CES. The app, which debuted on Blackberry, is a location-based application. The app allows users to locally search for people, businesses, movies, and restaurants based on your location (GPS). When users locate a person, business, movie, or restaurant, they can move...