Bump Technologies has released an update to its sharing app for the iPhone and iPod touch introducing the ability for users to share App Store links for their favorite installed apps. Using Bump, users can share information such as photos, music, contacts, appointments, locations and social networking info from their iOS device with any nearby…
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First Looks: News Corp. The Daily
Apple and News Corp. today jointly introduced The Daily, a digital publication that is initially free to download but will cost 99 cents per week or $39.99 per year for recurring subscriptions. This First Look provides an early glimpse at the application, which Apple and News Corp. have touted as the first national daily news…
News: Live video of News Corp./Apple subscription launch event
News Corporation has announced a live video feed for its launch of The Daily, an iPad-specific publication that will be introduced by company chairman/CEO Rupert Murdoch and Apple iTunes executive Eddy Cue. In-app subscription billing through iTunes is expected to be introduced during the event, enabling News Corp. to charge a recurring 99-cent fee to…
VZ Transfer app restores contacts to your new Verizon iPhone
Verizon Wireless has released VZ Transfer into the App Store, allowing Verizon iPhone users to restore contact information from Verizon’s Backup Assistant service to their newly purchased iPhone 4. This application is only for Verizon wireless users. Download the free application to transfer your contacts from your Backup Assistant device to your new device. All…
News: iTunes to get Beatles ‘LOVE’ exclusive tracks, documentary
iTunes is set to release a digital exclusive of The Beatles’ Grammy-winning LOVE album with two iTunes-exclusive tracks, as well as the All Together Now documentary. According to a post on The Beatles’ Facebook page, LOVE will be released on iTunes on February 8, with pre-orders already underway; the iTunes release of All Together Now…
Review: Native Union Moshi Moshi MM03i The Curve Wireless Bluetooth Telephone
Between the two devices, MM03i is the more obvious heir to what Native Union started with the Moshi Moshi family—a wide variety of different takes on traditional telephone handsets, with the “moshi moshi” name coming from the Japanese “hello” greeting commonly used at the start of phone calls. MM01 looks like an old-fashioned phone with…
News: AT&T sued for overstating iPhone, iPad data use
A new class action lawsuit has been filed against AT&T, claiming that the company over bills for data usage, Courthouse News reports. According to the suit, which was filed in federal court by Patrick Hendricks, “AT&T’s bills systematically overstate the amount of data used on each data transaction involving an iPhone or iPad account,” going…
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak speculates white iPhone 4 had camera issues, still coming soon
In an interview on the Engadget Show yesterday Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak speculated the white iPhone 4 will be coming very soon, stating his belief manufacturing problems had been resolved and Apple would begin shipments in the near future. Woz specifically mentioned camera issues with some of the DIY conversion kits recently circulated using leaked…
iPhone Bugs: Facebook status updates not entering live feed, iPhone privacy settings missing
Some Facebook for iPhone users are experiencing two rather annoying bugs — Facebook does not send their status updates to their friends’ live feeds, and Facebook for iPhone seems to be missing from all users’ privacy settings. Details after the break! Facebook for iPhone status update bug When a use who is experiencing this bug…
iPad Live podcast tonight with Bjango’s Marc Edwards! Come chat!
iPad Live hits the air tonight with Georgia, Chad and Rene joined by superstar iOS designer and developer Marc Edwards of Bjango so you know you won’t want to miss it! 9pm ET, 6pm PT, 2am GMT http://www.tipb.com/live/ If you have any questions or topics you’d like us to discuss, just leave them in the…
New Angry Birds game coming in March
RovioMobile have announced the next version of their hit game Angry Birds, coming to the App Store in March. The new game will not be a true sequel, but will be a licensed game based on the tie in with 20th Century Fox’s upcoming animated film Rio. So far all they’ve done is post a YouTube…
DeepEnd: Jailbreak Tweak Gives 3D-like Effect By Moving iPhone’s Wallpaper Based On Orientation
Ryan Petrich, developer of popular jailbreak apps such as ProSwitcher, Rotation Inhibitor, Clippy etc has recently released another tweak called DeepEnd. The jailbreak app gives the iPhone homescreen a cool 3D-like effect by moving the iPhone’s wallpaper based on its orientation. According to the description provided in Cydia: A simple tweak that shifts the wallpaper…
Verizon: Existing customers can order iPhone 4 starting Feb. 3 at 3am EST
Verizon has updated their website and started sending out mailings confirming that existing customers can start ordering the Verizon iPhone on February 3, 2011 at 3am EST. They’ve even got a handy timer right on the front of verizon.com to help you countdown every last minute before you can order. Now all we need is…
Adobe Flash Packager to support iPad apps, pinch-to-zoom?
Japanese blog Macotakara claims that Adobe is about to update their Flash Packager soon so that developers will be able to cross-compile Flash apps for iPad as well as iPhone. (This following a long battle between Apple and Adobe that ended when Apple relaxed its cross platform compiler restrictions back in September of last year.)…
News: New Toshiba drive to breathe life into iPod classic?
Toshiba, a known supplier of hard drives for the iPod classic, has announced two new drives that could be used to bump the capacity of the iPod classic. The current iPod classic—which hasn’t seen an update since September of 2009, and even then only saw a capacity bump from 120GB to 160GB—uses a 5mm thick,…