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Google Introduces Interactive Weather Results for iPhone

Earlier today Google announced Cloud Print Beta to print wirelessly from your iPhone for the US. Canadians, as always were shut out from the fun. But not with this next story. Google has just introduced interactive weather results on the iPhone when you search for the term "weather" on Google.com. We’d been wanting to build...

The App Store Twitter Account is Now Live

Update 1: In one minute, the number of followers grew from 3670 to 5309. That's about 1639 followers a minute, or over 98,000 in an hour if it stays at this pace. The App Store has just gone live--on twitter. It currently has 3670 followers. Expect that to grow exponentially as the day progresses. Just...

Google Cloud Print Beta Launches: Print Gmail and Docs on the Go

Google just announced on their Google Mobile Blog the beta release of Google Cloud Print Beta. This feature will allow iOS users to print emails and mobile docs from their smartphone. Today we are very pleased to announce the beta launch of Google Cloud Print for mobile documents and Gmail for mobile, which we will...

[Updated] Theme It App Launches, Competition for Cydia Theme Center

Update 1: There is some controversy over Theme It; a clash with Cydia founder "Saurik", as reported by TNW: Note to all iDevice Jailbreakers and people interested in Theme it: Well as it was to be expected Saurik/Jay Freeman (maker of Cydia) doesn't seem to appreciate our venue in "his" community. He wrote me an...

Details Emerge About Apple COO Tim Cook We’ve Never Seen Before

People always want to know more about Apple's executive time. We already know that Phil Schiller, Apple VP of Worldwide Marketing is on twitter. Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, is once again at the helm of Apple while Steve Jobs is on medical leave. Little light has been shed on Tim Cook but now...

Google Latitude Updated To Support iPhone 3G

This week, Google Latitude was updated to version 2.0.1, bringing increased battery life, various bug fixes, and support for the iPhone 3G. For those not already using Latitude, the app allows users to see where their friends are in real-time. Latitude lets users stay in touch with their friends and family by making it easy...

Cydia’s New Theme Center Allows for Easy iOS Customization

One of the benefits of jailbreaking your iPhone is the ability to customize the look and feel of your phone. Cydia is full of thousands of themes and skins allowing for endless combinations of wallpapers and icon changes. New From Cydia: Theme Center Saurik aka Jay Freeman, the creator of Cydia has just introduced a...

Canadian Developer Victim of Theft

On Thursday, January 13th, the developers of a Canadian mobile and Flash game studio, Halfbot, discovered that their soon to be released iOS game "The Blocks Cometh" had  been released on the App Store, but not by them. The Blocks Cometh was originally a Flash game that the developers were working on porting to the...

Task Ave, Location-Aware Task Management For iPhone

Task Ave is a location-aware task management app that helps users remember what they need to do and where they need to do it. The app makes it easy to manage tasks and their respective locations through local alerts. The app is fairly simple to use. Users just input a task (purchase milk next week)...

App Store Hits 10 Billion Downloaded Apps!

Overnight, the App Store reached its new milestone of 10 Billion downloaded apps! Launching in 2008, the App Store has been extremely successful since day one, taking just over two and half years to reach 10 Billion downloaded apps. For comparison, it took the iTunes Music Store almost seven years from its 2003 launch to...

Angry Birds Valentine’s Day Edition Confirmed

Here we go again. The Rovio team is raking it in with themed versions of their smash hit, Angry Birds. We've seen Halloween and Christmas versions so far, but get ready for the Valentine's Day version soon to be released on February 14th. I bet they'll get over a million downloads again, easily. In the...