It’s been a heck of a year for first ever tweeting… especially on Apple devices. In July, President Obama sent his first tweet from a MacBook Pro, and in June, the Pope got in on the action by pushing the “Send tweet” button on his trusty iPad. Now it’s the First Lady’s turn to get in on the Tweeting action. Using the White House account @JoiningForces, Mrs. Obama tweeted: Military families serve our nation too. Let’s all show our [Read More...]
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Since iOS 5 you can now enable private browsing in Safari for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This allows you to browse the web without saving a record of browser history, cache, logins, searches, and whatever else would normally be visible by whoever comes across the iOS device. Use Private Browsing in Safari on iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch Tap on “Settings” and then [Read More...]
Get information on six new and free Notification Center widgets Over the past week or so, various developers have been racing to put out their first (or one of many) Notification Center widget(s). Naturally, since the Notification Center is new territory and seemingly an easy place to start off, there’s been a huge jump in widgets released for the Notification Center. Some are paid, some are free, but nonetheless, I’m sure its been filling our “Changes” [Read More...]
We’re all looking forward to Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, which will be released on Monday, October 24. But if you’ve been keeping an eye on the news over the past couple days, you’d have already seen some interesting stories from the book. One of those details Steve’s initial opinion on third-party apps for the iPhone. In the beginning, Steve was opposed to third-party apps, and wanted developers to create web [Read More...]
William Joye, who originally reported the problem about iOS 5 updates bricking first generation iPads, has reported back that the prescribed fix using Redsn0w fixed the problem with his iPad. Here are the steps he used to bring his first generation iPad back to life. 
Download a copy of Redsn0w 0.9.9b7 for Windows or Mac from the Dev-Team blog. Copy Redsn0w to [Read More...]
The first review of Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs is in, and it’s a good one. Writing in the New York Times, critic Janet Maslin says the 630-page tome is “clear, elegant and concise.” “Steve Jobs” greatly admires its subject. But its most adulatory passages are not about people. Offering a combination of tech criticism and promotional hype, Mr. Isaacson describes the arrival of each new product right down [Read More...]
Questions asking whether Tim Cook could mimic the late CEO Steve Jobs was exactly what the Apple co-founder wanted to avoid, former vice President Al Gore now says. Gore, an Apple board member, said Jobs urged executives: “Don’t ask what Steve would have done.” Instead, the iconic Apple leader said: “Follow your own voice,” Gore recalls. Jobs appeared to not want a repeat of the mistake by Disney’s board of directors, [Read More...]
One week after the iPhone 4S debuted to record sales in the United States and in limited availability around the globe (Canada, Australia, the U.K., France, Germany, Japan), today a new group of countries will get their first shot at preordering the long-awaited new Apple smartphone. Beginning this morning, preorders for the iPhone 4S commenced in 22 new countries. By the close of October, a grand total of 29 countries will call the iPhone 4S home. [Read More...]
With every new release, there’s always someone claiming to have filmed the first feature length movie or captured the first professional photo shoot on their new iPhone, and the iPhone 4S is no exception. Here’s the so-called first music video filmed on the iPhone 4S’s incredible new camera. The video is for a band called The Turnback, who recorded their new single, Cellphane Sky, at the Webster Hall nightclub in New York City last weekend. The band says: On [Read More...]
The original iPod, just a decade old today, was little more than a hard disk with earbuds. But this humble little gadget launched five revolutions that made consumer electronics what it is today. In fact, everything Apple is today sprang from the iPod seed. From Apple’s revenues to design influence to the fundamental business and distribution models that glue the industry together, the iPod started it all. So put in those white [Read More...]
