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New Accelerometer & Gyroscope Functions Found In Mobile Safari
After Apple released iOS 4.2, Apple also updated mobile Safari to support various new HTML5 and W3C standards. Of these updates, Apple enabled the use of an iDevices' accelerometer and gyroscope within mobile Safari. Before this find, many users assumed that the gyroscope was an app-only function and did not have support for stock iOS...
[Updated] Apple Canada 12 Days of Christmas: 12 Free Downloads Dec 23 – Jan 3
Update 1: How to download your free gift of the day? Easy. Just click along the bottom partner links to find your free download of the day. Day 1's freebie is a free episode of The Big Bang Theory. Yay? Looks like iTunes Canada is joining in on the Christmas spirit. Apple has launched their...
[Updated] GPS Weather – Canada For iPhone; Free Promo Codes For All!
Update 1: After a little confusion, we have followed through, as PROMISED! We have found the CODES! They are LIVE right now! First-come, first-served! Around the middle of November, I started looking for various weather apps for my iPhone. While the stock Weather.app that ships with the iPhone and iPod touch is solid, I wanted an app with...
BBC’s The One Ronnie Pokes Fun at Blackberry and Tech [Video]
The One Ronnie is a BBC production hosted by famed British comic, Ronnie Corbett. In one of his recent videos he mocks the Blackberry and other technology too. One of Britain's most enduring and best-loved comics, Ronnie Corbett, turned 80 in December 2010. In this brand new comedy sketch show, the octogenarian comic legend appears...
Apple Store Christmas Display Shows Santa Using FaceTime
Tonight while out at Oakridge Mall in Vancouver, I noticed the Apple Store had a very interesting Christmas display. Similar to yesterday's new iPhone 4 FaceTime commercial, it once again is Santa using FaceTime with children, families, Ms. Clause, and elves. There's a large iPhone playing a loop of endless magical FaceTime moments. Here are...
Camera+ 2.0 Now in App Store: Improved and On Sale for 99 Cents!
Late in the Summer, tap tap tap's Camera+ photography app was the talk of the town. That was until they violated the App Store's guidelines by turning one of the volume buttons on the iPhone 4 into the shutter. Apple dropped the hammer and pulled Camera+ immediately. That was then and this is now, and...
New Apple TV Sales to Surpass 1 Million Units
Apple PR issued a release today about new Apple TV sales surpassing 1 million units sold. This 'hobby' seems to doing pretty well. Netflix integration with Apple TV is excellent. CUPERTINO, California—December 21, 2010—Apple® today announced that it expects sales of its new Apple TV® to top one million units later this week. The new...
WSJ Investigates What Your iPhone Apps Are Doing Behind Your Back
The Wall Street Journal has a fantastic article about the whole issue around app privacy, in particular what iPhone and Android apps are doing with your information. With 300,000+ apps in the App Store, what information is collected and distributed about us when we use various iPhone apps? The WSJ's investigation resulted in the following...
Indie iPhone Holiday Sale: 6 Games Reduced to 99 Cents For Charity
Looks like it's the season for app sales. This time around, a group of independent iPhone developers have collaborated to raise money for the charity called Child's Play. Six independent iPhone game creators have joined forces to raise money for Child's Play, a charity that helps sick kids play their favorite games while they're in...
Spock! Beam me up!
Who wouldn't love to have a Star Trek-type communication device, that they could whip out and command it to do something? OK perhaps 'beaming' is a bit beyond today's technological capabilities...how about "Spock! Play Doodlejump!" or "Scotty! Download updates!". Soon Apple might have an iOS for that! Job postings from Apple show they are looking...
Google DNS affecting your iTunes downloads?
Reports are coming in from across the web of huge slowdowns in downloading content to your iTunes accounts - on your iPhone and other iOS devices, including Apple TV. The blame - and via the numerous articles I've read this is not confirmed by any stretch - is being put on "alternate DNS servers" such...
Infinity Blade 1.1 Update Now Live in App Store
Infinity Blade, the highest grossing iOS app of all time, has released their much anticipated 1.1 update. What's New In Version 1.1 Update #1 – To thank you all for making Infinity Blade so successful, we're giving you even more awesome new free stuff! - 5 new Swords, 5 new Shields, 5 new Helmets, and...