Monthly Archives: December 1969

Online music service Rdio has introduced a new Family Subscription Plan allowing users to purchase multiple Rdio Unlimited accounts for family members under a single subscription and at a discounted price. Rdio Unlimited accounts are designed for individual personal use and do not allow streaming of music from more than [...] Read the original post [...]

Evernote has released a major update to its universal note management app for iOS devices adding support for creating and editing rich text notes, accessing shared notebooks and more. Evernote 4.1 now allows users with iOS 4.2 or later to add rich text styles, lists and links to notes as [...] Read the original post [...]

Support for Japan’s earthquake warning system has been discovered in the latest beta release of iOS 5. 9 to 5 Mac reports that iOS 5 users in Japan can turn on an early earthquake notifications via a slider at the bottom of the iOS Notification Center settings pane. According to [...] Read the original post [...]

Best Buy is offering the 8GB iPhone 3GS free today only. The one-day offer requires a two-year agreement from AT&T and “activation through Best Buy,” and is available both in stores and online. The offer comes just as RadioShack ended a promotion that saw it offering the handset for $19.99 [...] Read the original post [...]

The Consumer Electronics Association today announced that the iLounge Pavilion at the 2012 International CES has grown to 75,000 square feet, making it the largest dedicated exhibition of iPod, iPhone, and iPad related products and services in the world. “The success of the iLounge Pavilion is unparalleled, featuring the largest [...] Read the original post [...]

Bluelounge has debuted its new Kicks protective accessories for the iPad. Kicks are small, thin rubber strips that attach to the back of the iPad to help prevent slipping, damage, and scratches. The Kicks attach via a 3M damage-free adhesive so as to not leave any marks on the iPad [...] Read the original post [...]

The Logic Factory has released an update to the iOS version of its classic strategy game Ascendancy adding several significant improvements to the ship design features. A remake of the 1995 DOS game, Ascendancy for iOS is a 4X turn-based strategy game where players take on the role of one [...] Read the original post [...]

Following its acquisition of online image service Pixlr, Autodesk has released Pixlr-o-matic, a new retro photo editing app for iOS devices. Originally a web app, Pixlr-o-matic allows users to quickly and easily edit, layer and filter photos right from their mobile devices. Users can apply colour filters and lighting effects [...] Read the original post [...]

Sockil has released a native iPad version of its expense tracking application for iOS. Expenses HD is an expense and finance application with an intuitive user interface to simplify management of daily expenses while eon the go. Designed for both personal and business use, the application supports tracking of multiple [...] Read the original post [...]

Apple has taken its MobileMe to iCloud migration tool online for registered developers, and has also revealed more information pertaining to how the transition will be handled. 9 to 5 Mac reports that the tool, found at mobileme.com/move, lets developers migrate their mail, contact, bookmark, and calendar data from MobileMe [...] Read the original post [...]

Apple over the weekend released the fifth beta version of its upcoming iOS 5 operating system for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Listed as build 9A5288d and available exclusively to paid iOS developers, the release does not appear to include any major changes from prior versions, and is once [...] Read the original post [...]

Whereas competing charging stations ship with everything that’s needed to start charging iPods and iPhones right away, and can’t be customized much thereafter, Fuse has taken a different approach with PowerSlice. It refers to the black and silver circular charging surface as the “Base Unit,” shipping it with nothing more [...] Read the original post [...]

Developed as a cheaper rival to OtterBox’s Defender, iFrogz’s BullFrog for iPhone 4 ($35) is yet another heavy-duty case for securing your device against drops and the elements. It’s composed of two layers: a hard plastic slider-style shell, and a soft rubber outer sleeve. When it’s fully assembled, the iPhone [...] Read the original post [...]

Although the two cases are certainly different, it’s hard not to compare Griffin’s IntelliCase for iPad 2 ($60) to Marware’s MicroShell Folio, as they utilize the same integrated thin rear shell-plus-lid style. With Griffin’s version, the tablet snaps into a hard plastic shell that has openings for the headphone port, [...] Read the original post [...]

iKit’s newest accessory for the iPad 2 is the NuVu Rotating Stand ($40). Made almost entirely from hardwhite or black plastic, NuVu is composed of an X-shaped frame and a weighted base that can be folded in for transport. The frame rotates all the way around, but does not tilt [...] Read the original post [...]