On April 8, Apple introduced the future of the iPhone OS. iPhone OS 4.0 was unveiled with 100 new user features and 1500 new APIs. Some of the new user features include multitasking, folders, updated Mail app, and iBooks for the iPhone. Apple also introduced iAd, Apple’s own mobile advertising platform. Apple has been seeding [...]
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Mark your calendars for April 8th. Apple has sent out an invitation to various media outlets for an event on April 8, 2010, 10 a.m. Pacific at the company’s Cupertino campus. The invitation shows the shadow of the number “4″ with the words “Get a sneak peek into the future of the iPhone OS”. One [...]
Apple released an update to the iPhone OS which aims to resolve the issue of iPhones not waking up from sleep, according to Macworld. Dubbed by some as the “coma mode”, the problem appeared when iPhone OS 3.1 was released about a month ago. AppleInsider has listed the following fixes and improvements found in iPhone [...]
iPhone OS overtakes Symbian. They like the iPhone. Teens do, too. Just a hodgepodge of news bits in this post. According to an AdMob report, Apple‘s iPhone OS has taken over Symbian as the most popular mobile phone operating system online. Whereas before, the iPhone OS only took the top spot in areas such as [...]
Apple has released iPhone OS 3.1 for both iPhone and iPod touch, according to AppleInsider. The update, available as a free download from iTunes, includes the new Genius recommendation feature for the App Store and ringtone support for the iPhone. iPhone and iPod touch users who already have iPhone OS 3.0 in their devices will [...]
Augmented Reality or AR is combining real-world and computer-generated data with the ‘blending’ of computer graphics into real video footage in real time. One example was demoed during TechCrunch50 from a company in Japan named Tonchidot. SekaiCamera (or “World Camera) uses the iPhone to display social media tags in the form of text and audio overlaid on [...]
The Macalope speaketh
Aug 2
This week on The Macalope Weekly: Die, Tablet. Die! (Seriously, die already.) Apple at CES? The Wall Street Journal is smoking some serious dope. (Or someone just needs his ears checked. Or brain.) What SMS hack? The Macalope missed this one. Ouch. (But we still love you, Macalope.) It’s Love Your Parenthesis day, dincha know?
Apple releases iPhone OS update to fix an SMS exploit.
Yesterday, I mentioned that a new build of Snow Leopard has been released and it included new desktop images. I forgot to mention that the new build also has a new Quicktime Player icon, support for more
To help commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar mission, Carina Software is offering two of their applications as free downloads for a very limited time. SkyVoyager and SkyGazer are astronomy apps for the iPhone and Mac, respectively. These are excellent tools for people like me who enjoy watching the night sky. These [...]
Apple has seeded beta 2 of iPhone OS 3.1 to developers. One of the new features include being able to connect to a system through Wi-Fi, according to AppleInsider. This potentially could allow syncing without the use of a USB cable though Apple has warned that physical tethering is still the preferred method for its [...]
I’ve read from several Twitters that the release of Apple’s latest iPhone OS will be delayed to June 18. This, unfortunately, is an example of how people want to be the FIRST in everything, especially when it comes to spreading rumors. What these Twitters and their sources failed to notice was the URL (http://www.apple.com/sg/iphone/softwareupdate/) they were [...]
screenshots I’m eagerly waiting for the release of the new iPhone OS 3.0 though it’s going to cost me $9.99. I’m definitely going to be one of the early adopters. That means I’ll be taking one for the team. There are two new things that I can’t wait to try out: Cut, Copy and Paste, [...]
AppleInsider reported that Net Applications’ compilation of web tracking data for January 2009 has revealed that the Mac OS has garnered 9.93% of web market share. This is an all-time high for operating system representing a 2.41% increase from last year’s 7.52%. Data also shows that Microsoft at 88.26%, lost 0.42% as compared to last [...]
