Archive | June, 2011
iOS 5 comes with custom vibration settings, LED flash alerts
iOS 5 is chock full of new goodies, and with Scott Forstall only taking time to go over 10 of them during this week’s WWDC keynote, a ton of newly discovered features are starting to come to the forefront. One particularly cool new feature centers on accessibility and the degree to which Apple now lets […]
Continue reading...Apple looking to build massive new campus with “spaceship” style building
9. June 2011
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A real life Mac Mothership looks like it’s headed for Cupertino. Steve Jobs earlier this week took some time out of his busy schedule to appear before the Cupertino City Council where he relayed Apple’s desire to build a mammoth new campus on the 98 Acre plot of land it acquired from Hewlett Packard late […]
Continue reading...Apple now okays cheaper subscriptions outside the iOS ecosystem
9. June 2011
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Well it appears that Apple’s app store guideline adjustments extend far beyond the new restriction on DUI checkpoint apps. Back in February, Apple’s stance on in-app subscriptions generated a fair amount of controversy for a number of reasons, one of which was Apple’s requirement that publishers offer iOS subscribers the same type of deals made […]
Continue reading...Sprint iPhone said to be in advanced testing stages at Apple HQ
9. June 2011
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It’s gonna be a busy Fall for Apple. iOS 5 is scheduled to drop alongside a brand new iPhone, and now there are more rumblings of the iPhone coming to Sprint. Sources are telling 9to5Mac that Apple is currently in the advanced stages of testing the iPhone on Sprint’s network, going so far as to […]
Continue reading...New App Store guidelines ban DUI checkpoint apps
9. June 2011
In late March, four US Senators banded together and wrote a letter to Apple asking that they remove apps that alert users as to the whereabouts of DUI checkpoints. “With more than 10,000 Americans dying in drunk-driving crashes every year,” the letter stated, “providing access to iPhone and iPad applications that alert users to DUI […]
Continue reading...Verizon not part of the iCloud treatment just yet
8. June 2011
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There were so many announcements of note at this year’s WWDC keynote that we’re still digesting some of the minutae and finer points from the multitude of new features and services. One tidbit of note is that Apple is offering users a sneak peak at iCloud via iTunes 10.3 and iOS 4.3.3. With that tandem, […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs talking about remote computing at WWDC 1997
8. June 2011
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For all the talk about Apple’s iCloud initiative following in the footsteps of Google, here’s a fascinating look back at Steve Jobs talking about remote computing during his closing keynote at the 1997 WWDC. Some choice quotes from an extremely interesting chat with developers: I have computers at Apple, at Pixar, at NeXT and at […]
Continue reading...Data strings in iOS 5 firmware reference two new iPad and iPhone models
8. June 2011
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In what’s become a routine of sorts, it hasn’t taken long for developers to find data strings in iOS 5 that point to unreleased models of both the iPad and iPhone.
Continue reading...Infinity Blade for iOS clears $10 million in earnings
8. June 2011
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Infinity Blade from Epic was one of the most successful app launches in iTunes history when it debuted late last year. With extremely positive reviews and a reasonable price point, the game grossed over $1.6 million in revenue in just its first few days out on the market. Since then, sales have remained steady enough to […]
Continue reading...Windows XP users won’t be getting the iCloud treatment
8. June 2011
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Lost in the fine print, so to speak, of Apple’s iCloud press release is that Windows users who want to use iCloud must have Windows Vista or Windows 7. What’s missing, you ask? Why none other than Windows XP, the world’s most ubiquitious OS. Michael Rose of TUAW writes: Considering that Apple’s backwards-compatibility on iTunes […]
Continue reading...No iMac demos at this year’s WWDC keynote… hmmm
8. June 2011
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An interesting observation from Shawn Blanc about OS X Lion and the demos from Monday’s keynote: Over the past year, 73% of all new Macs sold have been laptops. The iMac used to be Apple’s flagship Mac. Now it’s the MacBook. (I don’t know if this is a result of Apple’s marketing to their consumer […]
Continue reading...iOS 5 already jailbroken
7. June 2011
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Despite iOS 5 incorporating a number of features that made jailbreaking the iPhone so attractive, the jailbreak community remains alive and well, and more importantly, committed. Within 24 hours of its debut, iOS 5 has already been jailbroken. TUAW reports: According to iOS hacker MuscleNerd, the exploit uses limera1n and is a tethered boot on […]
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9. June 2011
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