The importance of been able to transfer files to and from your tablet pc can not in all its shapes be overlooked. To really get importance gravity of the whole situation one has to ask him/her why own a tablet pc, then you will release that been able to transfer files from your computer or laptop to your tablet pc is very important and severs a very important role in the tablet and how updates are done. Transferring files does [...]

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Add Camera Button to Your iPad 2 Lockscreen with CamSlideShow
When iOS 5 was launched, the iPhone and iPod touch users still had the camera lockscreen button feature available to them when they updated. However, iPad 2 users didn’t get this feature and just got the slideshow button in its place. There have been rumors to why the feature was excluded from the iPad 2. [...]

When iOS 5 was launched, the iPhone and iPod touch users still had the camera lockscreen button feature available to them when they updated. However, iPad 2 users didn’t get this feature and just got the slideshow button in its place.

There have been rumors to why the feature was excluded from the iPad 2. Some said the camera was mostly used for making FaceTime calls and didn’t match up to the quality of iPhone and iPod touch cameras. While some users even confused the Picture Frame icon as the camera lockscreen button on the iPad 2 reporting that they also got the feature when they updated to iOS 5. However, they were wrong and the exact reason why the feature was excluded from the iPad 2.

But iPad users need not to worry. A new tweak known as CamSlideShow has been released which replaces the slideshow button on the lockscreen and places a function to launch the Camera app. After installation, the image of the icon is the same as before but it redirects to the Camera app.

Whether iPad 2 makes a convenient tool to take photos or not is another question. People would consider using smartphones rather than large tablets to take photos. However, the release of the app by iOS developer Ron Melkhior increases the options of photography for iOS users.

Simple to install, CamSlideShow is available in Cydia through the BigBoss repo for free. The SpringBoard will remain the same after installation of the tweak but it would have been better if a new icon was added to avoid any confusion. Nevertheless, the tweak works well on a jailbroken iPad 2. Do share with us if you happen to try it!

This article, Add Camera Button to Your iPad 2 Lockscreen with CamSlideShow, was originally published at simonblog.com.

Everyone thinks their team plays well, most of the time at least. But it’s not just down to simple favoritism: your brain’s actually hard-wired to rate the performance of people your support over than their opponents. More »

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Wisconsin settlement funds from Microsoft being used to buy iPads for education
Wisconsin plans to use settlement funds from Microsoft to buy 1,400 iPads for educational use. The settlement funds from Microsoft are related to a suit in which consumers claimed Microsoft was overcharging its consumers for software. The iPads are being paid for with $3.4 million in funds from the almost $80 million total that Microsoft agreed to pay to the state.

Wisconsin plans to use settlement funds from Microsoft to buy 1,400 iPads for educational use. The almost $80 million in settlement funds came a result of claims that Microsoft was overcharging consumers for software.

The iPads are being paid for with $3.4 million from the funds. With Apple’s educational discounts, the schools should be able to purchase each iPad for around $479 each. They plan on initially purchasing 600 this Spring with plans to purchase an additional 800 in the Fall.

The settlement averaged out to around $85.09 per child. Not all schools chose to spend their share of the money on iPads. Some chose to spend the money on other media including smartboards, laptops, and other technology equipment.

State superintendent Tony Evers is scheduled to release a statewide digital learning plan next week. The district’s director of technical services, Bill Smojver, thinks the iPads are going to be a significant transition for education.

“This is the most significant transition point for having digital learning at the optimal level,”

Apple’s recent education announcement was met with enthusiasm by Smojver, who thinks it’s a significant development. He still believes the schools will proceed cautiously when it comes to replacing traditional media with electronic versions.

There are currently around 50 school districts in Wisconsin currently implementing iPads according to Minnestota-based technology consultant, Naomi Harm. While some schools are going to experiment with students actually having access to the iPads, some are going to allow teachers access to implement them in planning and record-keeping.

iBooks Author has given authors an easy way to put together digital textbooks. iBooks 2 gives those authors a huge marketplace for distribution. Leanna has already stated that she believes this is only the beginning for iPads in education.

Source: Wisconsin State Journal via AppleInsider

The FBI wants to keep its eye on social media users, according to a job post that invites software developers to submit applications capable of mining through sites such as Twitter and Facebook to identify possible threats. The post can be found on FedBizOpps.gov. The bureau has a detailed list of requirements for the app.

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Localscope: A Powerful Location Browser App For iPhone
Location-based services and social media applications are all the rage these days. In fact, the Apple App Store now offers a large number of iPhone apps offer the best of both these worlds – last year, I reviewed Oink (a localized rating service) and TinyVox (location-based audio sharing) apps. I recently came across Localscope which [...]

Location-based services and social media applications are all the rage these days. In fact, the Apple App Store now offers a large number of iPhone apps offer the best of both these worlds – last year, I reviewed Oink (a localized rating service) and TinyVox (location-based audio sharing) apps. I recently came across Localscope which claims to be the ultimate location browser for your iPhone.

Localscope is built on the principle of “Always know where you are and what’s around you” and it stands at the cross-roads of social networking and global positioning, thereby offering the best of multiple services such as Foursquare, Twitter, Wikimapia and Google based on a user’s location.

Once installed, Localscope prompts you to allow the app to use your location. The app then tries to determine your location and shows the options to Discover or Search as shown below.

If you choose the ‘Discover’ option, the app automatically discovers stuff around you. The best part – you can filter the results based on a number of services such as Panoramio, Instagram, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, Twitter, Bing and many others.

You can also hook up the app with Facebook to view nearby stuff being shared by other users.

You can view directions to a particular venue using the built-in Google Maps integration as shown below.

I love the way in which Localscope integrates with Twitter displaying tweets as an overlay at the target location.

The Search feature works similarly and lets you search based on specific keywords.

All in all, I’m amazed at the amount of localized content and the number of third-party services integrated into Localscope. The user interface is pretty sleek and the app makes great use of the bottom sliding bar to let a user choose the desired service. I did notice a minor glitch though – Localscope prompted me that I lost Internet connectivity even though it was working fine. The app then went into an infinite loop trying to restore Internet connectivity but it didn’t get through until I had to kill it and restart it manually.

Despite this minor issue, I strongly believe Localscope is perhaps one of the best apps to showcase the lethal combo of location-based services and social media. Priced at $1.99, Localscope is great value for money for accessing nearby stuff from multiple search engines and leading social networks. Make sure you try it out!

This article, Localscope: A Powerful Location Browser App For iPhone, was originally published at simonblog.com.

When Firefox 4′s tab grouping tool, Panorama, had its keyboard shortcut changed to the finger-breaking combo of Ctrl+Shift+E, we thought Panorama would get dropped before FF4′s final release — but, thankfully, it made the cut!

If you’ve used Firefox 4 and Panorama, you might have noticed that Mozilla’s new browser doesn’t always save your tab groupings when you close the browser — a bit of a pain, if you spend a long time setting up the perfect groups! This is tied into the removal of the ‘Save and Quit’ dialog box — and enabling Panorama tab group saving is just a matter of re-enabling the Save and Quit dialog.

Open a new tab and head to about:config. Click through the warning and type ‘quit’ into the filter box. Double click browser.showQuitWarning to change its value to true (see image after the break). That’s it — now you’ll have the option of saving your tabs, and thus tab groups, when you close Firefox.

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Voice Calendar, flickr hd, Girlfriend 411, TextVite, World Tree With Dragons [Daily Apps]
Voice Calendar: Create calendar items on your iPhone with your voice. $0.99 for iPhone – App Store link flickr hd: Displays a new photo from your public flickr photostream, your

Voice Calendar: Create calendar items on your iPhone with your voice.

• $0.99 for iPhone – App Store link

flickr hd: Displays a new photo from your public flickr photostream, your flickr.com favourites, or a custom flickr search every minute. Currently on sale!

• $0.99 for iPhone and iPad – App Store link

Girlfriend 411: Store all the information you will ever need to know about your girlfriend in a time of need. Thinking about sending her flowers, but can’t remember her address? Forgot what her favorite type of flowers are? These are the types of issues that a lot of men run into quite often.

• $0.99 for iPhone and iPad – App Store link

TextVite: The hottest new way to invite your guests and friends to anything! Choose a background, plug in your details, add a few cool design elements, and in seconds your TextVitation is buzzing on all your guests’ phones.

• Free for iPhone – App Store link

World Tree With Dragons: The first tree world simulation type game. You can build a fantastic world where you control almost everything! By combining 3 types of branches and 12 different patterns of leafs (more to come in future updates), you can grow your tree totally unique from any other one in this world! It’s the best game to show your creativity and art sense.

• Free for iPhone – App Store link

Any other big app or game releases or updates today?

Have an app you’d love to see featured on iMore? Email us at iosapps@imore.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we’ll take a look.

Voice Calendar, flickr hd, Girlfriend 411, TextVite, World Tree With Dragons [Daily Apps]
Voice Calendar: Create calendar items on your iPhone with your voice. $0.99 for iPhone – App Store link flickr hd: Displays a new photo from your public flickr photostream, your

Voice Calendar: Create calendar items on your iPhone with your voice.

• $0.99 for iPhone – App Store link

flickr hd: Displays a new photo from your public flickr photostream, your flickr.com favourites, or a custom flickr search every minute. Currently on sale!

• $0.99 for iPhone and iPad – App Store link

Girlfriend 411: Store all the information you will ever need to know about your girlfriend in a time of need. Thinking about sending her flowers, but can’t remember her address? Forgot what her favorite type of flowers are? These are the types of issues that a lot of men run into quite often.

• $0.99 for iPhone and iPad – App Store link

TextVite: The hottest new way to invite your guests and friends to anything! Choose a background, plug in your details, add a few cool design elements, and in seconds your TextVitation is buzzing on all your guests’ phones.

• Free for iPhone – App Store link

World Tree With Dragons: The first tree world simulation type game. You can build a fantastic world where you control almost everything! By combining 3 types of branches and 12 different patterns of leafs (more to come in future updates), you can grow your tree totally unique from any other one in this world! It’s the best game to show your creativity and art sense.

• Free for iPhone – App Store link

Any other big app or game releases or updates today?

Have an app you’d love to see featured on iMore? Email us at iosapps@imore.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we’ll take a look.

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Koobe and Qualcomm announce next-gen e-reader with mirasol display

Koobe, one of the greater China market's biggest maker of e-reader devices, has partnered with Qualcomm today at the Taipei International Book Fair to announce the mirasol display equipped Jin Yong reader.  Named after the modern Chinese-language novelist of the same name, the Jin Yong reader features a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a custom OS built on Android 2.3 base, and a 5.7-inch XGA (1024 x 768) mirasol display with a screen resolution of 223 ppi. According to Simon Hsu, general manager of Koobe, Inc., 

Users of the Jin Yong Reader have come to expect a compelling reading experience in terms of both content and functionality.  By incorporating mirasol displays into this advanced version, we will offer our customers a new and compelling experience by adding color and interactive content without sacrificing outdoor visibility and battery life.

This sounds like quite the combination for an e-reader device.  The Jin Yong reader supposedly has a battery with enough power for "weeks of reading under typical usage", where typical usage means about a half hour of daily reading.  It's hardly likely we'll be seeing this one in the US, but hopefully someone manufacturers an e-reader with Qualcomm's mirasol display stateside.  Hit the break for the full press release.

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Zoho has offered an iOS app for a while now — at least for the iPhone and iPod touch. Those of you who have been wanting to use the Zoho app on your iPad were out of luck, but that’s no longer the case.

Zoho Docs 2.0 has landed in the App Store, and the most notable change is that it’s now a universal app. Now you’re able to take advantage of the app’s mobile productivity powers on your larger iOS device. Retina display support has also been added, as have document sharing options — which you can utilize in both the viewer and collaboration modes.

Just like the basic Zoho service, the app is available totally free of charge. Paid subscriptions get you additional storage space and start at $3 per month for professional use.

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Apple updates Airport Utility for OS X Lion, makes it look just like iPhone, iPad version
Apple has updated the Airport Utility for Mac OS X Lion to version 6.0, and once again went back to the Mac by making it look just like the iPhone

Apple has updated the Airport Utility for Mac OS X Lion to version 6.0, and once again went back to the Mac by making it look just like the iPhone and iPad version released earlier this year. Used to manage everything from the Airport Express and Airport Extreme Wi-Fi base station routers, to the Time Capsule router + hard drive Time Machine backup companion, here’s what Apple has to say about Airport Utility 6.0 for OS X Lion.

Use AirPort Utility to set up and manage your Wi-Fi network and AirPort base stations, including AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule. See a graphical overview of your Wi-Fi network and devices. Change base station and network settings, or manage advanced features such as security modes, wireless channels, and more.

iOS for iPad and iPhone has taken huge strides in making all kinds of computing tasks easier and more accessible to mainstream users, and the Airport app for iPhone and iPad is no exception. OS X Lion, however, hasn’t always successfully transitioned that accessibility to the older Mac platform, with some re-interpretations working magnificently and others feeling like they need a few more revisions worth of polish (or even a solid Snow Leopard-ing)

The Airport Utility for OS X Lion, however, looks solid and should make something as potentially intimidating as managing and Airport Extreme or Time Capsule

Source: Apple.com via MacStories

On Etsy you can find these books turnediPhone docks, which might be the most awesome and unnecessary Apple accessory since TenOne’s iPad stand. More »

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Localscope: A Powerful Location Browser App For iPhone
Location-based services and social media applications are all the rage these days. In fact, the Apple App Store now offers a large number of iPhone apps offer the best of both these worlds – last year, I reviewed Oink (a localized rating service) and TinyVox (location-based audio sharing) apps. I recently came across Localscope which [...]

Location-based services and social media applications are all the rage these days. In fact, the Apple App Store now offers a large number of iPhone apps offer the best of both these worlds – last year, I reviewed Oink (a localized rating service) and TinyVox (location-based audio sharing) apps. I recently came across Localscope which claims to be the ultimate location browser for your iPhone.

Localscope is built on the principle of “Always know where you are and what’s around you” and it stands at the cross-roads of social networking and global positioning, thereby offering the best of multiple services such as Foursquare, Twitter, Wikimapia and Google based on a user’s location.

Once installed, Localscope prompts you to allow the app to use your location. The app then tries to determine your location and shows the options to Discover or Search as shown below.

If you choose the ‘Discover’ option, the app automatically discovers stuff around you. The best part – you can filter the results based on a number of services such as Panoramio, Instagram, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, Twitter, Bing and many others.

You can also hook up the app with Facebook to view nearby stuff being shared by other users.

You can view directions to a particular venue using the built-in Google Maps integration as shown below.

I love the way in which Localscope integrates with Twitter displaying tweets as an overlay at the target location.

The Search feature works similarly and lets you search based on specific keywords.

All in all, I’m amazed at the amount of localized content and the number of third-party services integrated into Localscope. The user interface is pretty sleek and the app makes great use of the bottom sliding bar to let a user choose the desired service. I did notice a minor glitch though – Localscope prompted me that I lost Internet connectivity even though it was working fine. The app then went into an infinite loop trying to restore Internet connectivity but it didn’t get through until I had to kill it and restart it manually.

Despite this minor issue, I strongly believe Localscope is perhaps one of the best apps to showcase the lethal combo of location-based services and social media. Priced at $1.99, Localscope is great value for money for accessing nearby stuff from multiple search engines and leading social networks. Make sure you try it out!

This article, Localscope: A Powerful Location Browser App For iPhone, was originally published at simonblog.com.

Having the right programs and hardware to keep the information on your display safe from prying eyes is never a bad idea, and new software from Oculis Labs offers a very interesting take on how to do just that. It’s called PrivateEye, and it utilizes facial recognition to automatically pixelate the contents of your display when you look away.

If you step away from your system and someone else decides to sit down and poke around, PrivateEye will present a confusing jumble of garbled text. It’ll even notify you if someone tries to peek over your shoulder — and display a picture of your peeping Tom, throw up an alert, or sound an alarm.

Check out the video embed after the break, and share your thoughts in the comments!

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Hands on with Garmin navigation and fitness for iPhone
Garmin now owns Navigon and while you think twice as many turn-by-turn navigation apps from one company would be doubly confusing, they’re doing a good job at differentiating their products,

Garmin now owns Navigon and while you think twice as many turn-by-turn navigation apps from one company would be doubly confusing, they’re doing a good job at differentiating their products, but what’s more — Garmin themselves are going way beyond turn-by-turn apps and harnessing location-based GPS services including apps for pilots, and for fitness.

Garmin Fit uses location to measure and track you walking, running, or cycling activity, and lets you easily refer back to them or even share them via Garmin’s Connect service. It also ties into your music, trying to match a soundtrack to your activity level. Garmin Fit measures: current speed, distance traveled, your route, and your calories burned.

You can also get an optional dongle that uses ultra low-power Garmin Ant+ to wirelessly send data from your iPhone and Garmin Fit to external sensors including heart rate monitors, foot measures, and cycling meters.

Garmin On-Demand takes the traditional turn-by-turn navigation app and lowers almost every barrier of entry imaginable. It’s not expensive — you subscribe to what you need, when you need it, in small chunks for small periods, not massive bills forever. That also speeds up downloads and updates, since only the areas you’re traveling need to be transferred to your iPhone. Not driving? Not a problem — Garmin On-Demand has walkers covered too.

Both apps, as well as Garmin’s full suite of apps — which includes Navigon — are available now on the iTunes app store.

• $0.99 – Garmin Fit for iPhone – App Store link
• $0.99 – Garmin On-Demand for iPhone – App Store link

It’s the Advanced Model for Extreme Lift and Improved Aeroacoustics, and it’s the brainchild of many, many intelligent beings planted at California Polytechnic State University. The aircraft has been in design courtesy of a grant from NASA, touting engines above the wings and the ability to achieve shockingly short takeoffs and landings. And did we mention it looks sexier than a freshly-washed 787? Yeah.

Continue reading Visualized: futuristic AMELIA aircraft (theoretically) soars through NASA wind tunnel

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Localscope: A Powerful Location Browser App For iPhone
Location-based services and social media applications are all the rage these days. In fact, the Apple App Store now offers a large number of iPhone apps offer the best of both these worlds – last year, I reviewed Oink (a localized rating service) and TinyVox (location-based audio sharing) apps. I recently came across Localscope which [...]

Location-based services and social media applications are all the rage these days. In fact, the Apple App Store now offers a large number of iPhone apps offer the best of both these worlds – last year, I reviewed Oink (a localized rating service) and TinyVox (location-based audio sharing) apps. I recently came across Localscope which claims to be the ultimate location browser for your iPhone.

Localscope is built on the principle of “Always know where you are and what’s around you” and it stands at the cross-roads of social networking and global positioning, thereby offering the best of multiple services such as Foursquare, Twitter, Wikimapia and Google based on a user’s location.

Once installed, Localscope prompts you to allow the app to use your location. The app then tries to determine your location and shows the options to Discover or Search as shown below.

If you choose the ‘Discover’ option, the app automatically discovers stuff around you. The best part – you can filter the results based on a number of services such as Panoramio, Instagram, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, Twitter, Bing and many others.

You can also hook up the app with Facebook to view nearby stuff being shared by other users.

You can view directions to a particular venue using the built-in Google Maps integration as shown below.

I love the way in which Localscope integrates with Twitter displaying tweets as an overlay at the target location.

The Search feature works similarly and lets you search based on specific keywords.

All in all, I’m amazed at the amount of localized content and the number of third-party services integrated into Localscope. The user interface is pretty sleek and the app makes great use of the bottom sliding bar to let a user choose the desired service. I did notice a minor glitch though – Localscope prompted me that I lost Internet connectivity even though it was working fine. The app then went into an infinite loop trying to restore Internet connectivity but it didn’t get through until I had to kill it and restart it manually.

Despite this minor issue, I strongly believe Localscope is perhaps one of the best apps to showcase the lethal combo of location-based services and social media. Priced at $1.99, Localscope is great value for money for accessing nearby stuff from multiple search engines and leading social networks. Make sure you try it out!

This article, Localscope: A Powerful Location Browser App For iPhone, was originally published at simonblog.com.

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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

Apple rose to dominate sales of digital music by more or less mirroring the way consumers acquired music in the physical world — that is, purchasing songs, but providing a greater degree of granularity. This worked well for music and has also held true for apps and best-selling books, but hasn’t been as in step with consumer media acquisition habits for other content.

For example, before Apple brought sales of video material to iTunes, most consumers did not generally own TV shows except for perhaps a few cherished series on DVD. They either watched them as they aired as part of a cable-like subscription or paid a flat monthly fee for the privilege of recording them on a DVR to be viewed after they aired. Furthermore, both Blockbuster physical stores and later Netflix’s DVD by mail feature relied on a system of one-time consumption via rental or subscription that eschewed ownership of movies. And today, Vevo.com offers free streaming of many music videos that Apple still seeks to sell.

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For purist photographers, there is no alternative to the optical viewfinder. Current LED screens are, by comparison, like looking though the bottom of a bottle. But could this tiny, high-res display change that? More »

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Need an iPhone tethering app? For $2 (and likely a very limited time only), you can download QuasiDisk, a file viewing app that can also share a connection over a proxy. TheNextWeb says it takes a fair amount of tweaking to get it working, but it does work. [iTunes via TheNextWeb] More »

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‘Xperia P’ branding rumored for Sony LT22i ‘Nypon’

Some more evidence has cropped up this morning to suggest that Sony (Ericsson) is moving forwards with a letter-based naming scheme for its 2012 line-up. Just like last week, when we saw suggestions that the entry-level ST25i 'Kumquat' looked set to become the Xperia U, a recent listing by the Indonesian telecom authority has revealed the name 'Xperia P' or Sony's purported mid-range offering, the LT22i 'Nypon'.

Rumored specs for the 'Nypon' include a 1GHz dual-core processor, a 4-inch qHD (960×540) Reality Display and an 8MP EXMOR R camera. According to the recently-leaked roadmap, the device may be due for release as early as April, at a €370 price point.

Whatever the case, we'll be hoping to get our first look at the Xperia P, or whatever it's called, at Mobile World Congress in just a few weeks.

Source: e-POSTEL; via: XperiaBlog

Apple is continuing to enculturate the legacy of Steve Jobs, this time by placing memorable quotes and iconic images of their late co-founder around their Cupertino campus. The images

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As we reported on Thursday, Valve Software recently took the wraps off the Steam mobile app for Android (and iOS), as part of a limited beta. Steam users could register their interest by downloading the app and entering their details, and over the past day or so, the first beta invites have started to roll out.

Steam is a big deal in the world of PC and Mac gaming, which makes the launch of an official mobile app a big deal for Android. As such, we decided to take this initial beta version of the Steam Android app for a spin. We've got more words and pictures for you after the break.

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The Week in Android News

Phew. Another week complete and we all made it through with our sanity (well ok, some of it atleast). Odds are that over the course of the past week you missed something that happened, so check out below some of the highlights and be sure to keep yourself up to date.

General News

• MIT and Google open-source App Inventor code, public release of MIT's version on track for April
• Apple lawsuit is not targeting Galaxy Nexus unlock screen
• Kinect meets Android, a new input method is born
• RIM's new CEO on Android hardware: 'they are all the same'

Hardware News

• Huawei Honor Review
• Sony unveils new CMOS sensors for smartphones
• Sony ST25i 'Kumquat' looks set to launch as 'Xperia U'
• AT&T Galaxy Note rumored to launch Feb. 18, along with two unannounced devices
• LG Spectrum review – Verizon gets another decent second-gen LTE phone

Tablet News

• Notion Ink partners with Texas Instruments for its next-generation Adam II Tablets
• Samsung defends against Apple design infringement claim in Netherlands
• Transformer Prime bootloader unlock tool coming in Feb. says ASUS
• ZTE Optik Honeycomb tablet coming to Sprint with a $99 price tag
• Acer Iconia A200 Review
• Wifi-only Motorola XYBOARDs now shipping
• Verizon ZTE V66 tablet gets pic outed by the Bluetooth SIG

iStopMotion brings the power and magic of stop motion animation to the iPad. Stop motion, and the slightly more advanced go-motion animation techniques, are what brought everything from the original

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No podcasts tonight, see you Wednesday!
Sadly there will be no Apps and Accessories Live or ZEN and TECH tonight as Rene is delayed en route back from Macworld 2012 and Seth is, according to Rene,

Sadly there will be no Apps and Accessories Live or ZEN and TECH tonight as Rene is delayed en route back from Macworld 2012 and Seth is, according to Rene, too busy nerf herding. So relax, enjoy a night off, and we’ll see you back here on Wednesday for iPhone and iPad Live with a complete recap of all the action from the show, and all the news for the week.

If you need a fix, we have a huge back catalog of episodes available for your viewing and listening pleasure — with no Hollywood style broadcast blackouts or delays! New media win!

• iMore / Mobile Nations podcasts

With an employee headcount in excess of 45,000, Apple’s ability to manage news concerning its internal machinations sets a benchmark for corporate information control. It’s all described in fascinating detail in recent reporting from Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky. Yesterday, however, CEO Tim Cook held an all-hands meeting for the work force, and a little bit of [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/apple-private-employee-meeting/

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Steam mobile app beta invites now rolling out; we go hands-on

As we reported on Thursday, Valve Software recently took the wraps off the Steam mobile app for Android (and iOS), as part of a limited beta. Steam users could register their interest by downloading the app and entering their details, and over the past day or so, the first beta invites have started to roll out.

Steam is a big deal in the world of PC and Mac gaming, which makes the launch of an official mobile app a big deal for Android. As such, we decided to take this initial beta version of the Steam Android app for a spin. We've got more words and pictures for you after the break.

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Here’s a bad idea: Take the weakest kind of bike lock — the plastic covered cable — and turn it into a bike rack. That’s the idea behind the Tulip Fun Fun, an “elastic and safe rack resembling a meadow.” Exactly what you need in a bike rack. The Tulip Fun Fun is actually born [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/bendy-bike-rack-made-from-rubber-hose-and-cable/

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Android Central Editors’ app picks for Jan 28, 2012

You want apps, and the Android market has plenty of them except at times finding what you want or something new can be a bit challenging. Don't worry, we have got you covered, so let's hit the break and check out some of this weeks picks.

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Seriously, we can’t caveat this one enough — there is no way of knowing if this is in fact the Galaxy S III or, if it is, when it might come to market — but, it looks like Samsung’s “next big smartphone” just made a cameo on the company’s support pages. Listed as the GT-i9300, the mystery device reared its head over at the Global Download Center of the United Arab Emerites site. If Sammy is to keep with its naming scheme i93XX would be a flagship device — the i90XX line was the Galaxy S, i91XX represents the S2 series, while the i9250 and i9220 are the Nexus and Note respectively. As we warned before though, this could be some mid-range device and Samsung could be changing its naming conventions. Or, perhaps, its yet another variation of an existing model. Still, we’ll take this as a good sign that Seoul squad has something interesting brewing.

Did the Galaxy S III just pop up on Samsung’s support site? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hands on with Bag It! for iPhone and iPad
While checking out the showroom floor at Macworld 2012, we encountered this cute little game called Bag It! The goal is to efficiently bag your groceries while optimizing space

While checking out the showroom floor at Macworld 2012, we encountered this cute little game called Bag It! The goal is to efficiently bag your groceries while optimizing space and not crushing items by, say, putting a watermelon on top of the bread.

These aren’t normal groceries, either. Each item is actually a character that has a personality. Bagging characters next to each other that get along well will help you achieve higher scores. For example, Sunshine the OJ and Spilt the Milk are sweethearts and bagging them next to each other awards an additional 300 points.

If organization isn’t your style or you need to blow off some steam, Bag It! also has a Rampage mode where your goal is to actually destroy as much groceries as possible.

Heavy, sturdy items on the bottom, light and fragile items on the top – seems simple, right? Think again!

• 50+ unique levels!
• Standard, Rampage, and Puzzle modes!
• Try to get 3 stars and both medals for each level! Master them all!
• 3 unique Endless Modes!
• Unique grocery combos – try to find them all!
• Custom tailored translations in 7 languages
• Game Center with Leaderboards

Bag It! is available on the iPhone and iPad for $2.99 or just the iPhone for $0.99.

• $0.99 for iPhone – App Store link
• $2.99 for iPhone and iPad – App Store link

Have an app you’d love to see featured on iMore? Email us at iosapps@imore.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we’ll take a look.

“I’m looking to buy a small HD LED projector to use at home for movies and games etc. I’d prefer it to be small to avoid having another large black box cluttering up the place and LED because of the decent lifetime compared to traditional projectors. I’d be happy with a 720p resolution device, but a lot of pico projectors are under 30 lumens, is this level sufficient for a decent size-display in a dim room? Thanks a bunch!”

So, what’s it gonna be dear friends? If you don’t know the drill: it’s a jump to your left, a step to your right, put your hands on your hips and leave a comment below.

Ask Engadget: Best HD LED Pico Projector for a small room? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hands on with Taglists for iPhone and iPad
Taglists is an iPhone and iPad app that lets you create and share playlists made up of music, videos, and photos that can be streamed for free by you and

Taglists is an iPhone and iPad app that lets you create and share playlists made up of music, videos, and photos that can be streamed for free by you and your friends. Just tag all the media with the same hashtag label and Taglists will generate the playlists for you. Want to enjoy these playlists via a different medium? No problem; Taglists lets you use Airplay or DLNA to play them on connected TV, A/V receivers, iPod docks, stereos, Apple TV and more.

We took a closer look at Taglists at Macworld 2012.

• Free – App Store link

Taglists lets you create and share playlists that mix free music, videos, and photos from multiple places, including Facebook, YouTube, Picasa, and SoundCloud.

• Create a Taglist by tagging songs, videos, and photos with the same hash-tag, like #inthedark (See #inthedark here: http://eye-c.tv/twv)
• Share Taglists on Twitter and Facebook automatically, and let friends add to your playlist to build your own shared channel that others can watch on any computer
• Play Taglists on your iPhone or iPod touch or iPad or use Airplay or DLNA to play them on connected TV, A/V receivers, iPod docks, stereos, Apple TV and more.

Taglists is available on the iPhone and iPad for free.

• App Store link

Have an app you’d love to see featured on iMore? Email us at iosapps@imore.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we’ll take a look.

Of all the tests we conduct when we review a phone, for some reason we’ve never checked to see how well a handset skips across a lake. But a Chinese man has, officially ending the iPhone vs. Android debate. More »

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Sprint Galaxy Nexus official Google sign-up page now live

The official Google sign-up page for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus is now live, waiting for all Sprint subscribers to register for "more information".  We've known it was coming since Sprint verified the rumors on January 9, and I know plenty of folks who are pretty darn excited at the prospect of an LTE powered Samsung Galaxy Nexus on the Now Network.  And who could blame them?  Ice Cream Sandwich on that gorgeous 720p display is a thing of real beauty, and pairing it with the last chance at unlimited data in the USA is a great idea.  

It should be the networks first LTE device, and we know it's coming with 32 GB of storage.  There's also a lot of rumors still going strong about features that may be different in the Sprint version.  Some think there may be a higher CPU speed (don't count on that one) because of an early advertisement that showed it with a 1.5 GHz CPU which may have been a misprint.  Also, because the folks at CES didn't want anyone to capture the back of the device on camera, many think it will have a larger stock battery than either the Verizon version or the GSM world version.  We'll have to wait and see, because at this point nobody has a clue just when we're going to see this one on the shelves.  Sprint's been cryptic, like smart companies always are, saying things like "soon" and "mid-2012".  Anyone who claims to have a date is just guessing for the most part, so we're not going to add to the confusion.

In any case, just about everyone reading this who uses Sprint is ready to get their paws on an LTE Galaxy Nexus, so proceed to try to crush the servers hosting the sign-up page with hope and love.  Then jump into the Sprint Galaxy Nexus forums and share your excitement with everyone in hopes that it makes the waiting seem shorter.

Source: Google; via  Android Central forums.  Thanks, DaEXfactoR!

Just wake up from a very restful week-long slumber? First of all, we’re envious of your good fortune. Second, Research in Motion made a few changes to its leadership chart. Third, you must be really hungry right about now. So grab a sandwich, come back in an hour and join Myriam, Brad, Sean Cooper and our very special guest Kevin Michaluk (yes, Mr. CrackBerry Kevin himself) as we discuss the northern news, as well as anything else that happened this week.

Be sure to send questions or comments you have for us or Kevin via Twitter (we’re @engadgetmobile), or make your voice heard in our Ustream chat room during the show!

Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast with guest CrackBerry Kevin, live at 5PM ET! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Steam mobile app beta invites now rolling out; we go hands-on

As we reported on Thursday, Valve Software recently took the wraps off the Steam mobile app for Android (and iOS), as part of a limited beta. Steam users could register their interest by downloading the app and entering their details, and over the past day or so, the first beta invites have started to roll out.

Steam is a big deal in the world of PC and Mac gaming, which makes the launch of an official mobile app a big deal for Android. As such, we decided to take this initial beta version of the Steam Android app for a spin. We've got more words and pictures for you after the break.

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Continue reading Mozilla to overhaul Firefox’s default home and tab pages

Mozilla to overhaul Firefox’s default home and tab pages originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPad Tricks – Quick Tips To Get You Moving Fast
If you have finally purchased the mighty Apple iPad and want to go forward with all the options that come with the tablet, you’ll have to look into a variety of different things. First and foremost, millions of people will find that it takes a little time to get used to the large format application engine and fully functional touchscreen. If you’re not sure how to configure it or are just looking to see what iPad tricks you can pick [...]

If you have finally purchased the mighty Apple iPad and want to go forward with all the options that come with the tablet, you’ll have to look into a variety of different things. First and foremost, millions of people will find that it takes a little time to get used to the large format application engine and fully functional touchscreen. If you’re not sure how to configure it or are just looking to see what iPad tricks you can pick up, consider the following quick tips that will help you move forward.

• Saving Images – One of the odd things to do at first is figure out how you can save images from email or websites. This is an easy and intuitive thing, but some might find it cumbersome. In order to save the image you’ll simply need to tap and hold the image within your view until a dialogue box comes up that will allow you to save the image. The pop up will give you two different options, pick the save option and it will save for you.

• Printing – If you have been wanting to print with your iPad, it is made possible with wireless printers. You will first have to purchase a printer that supports wireless printing, and then install the driver to your iPad. After that, you simply need to setup Photosmart Plus (assuming you get an HP), or another photo suite that comes with your printer, and move through the tutorial required to install the printer. Once it’s installed, print and you’re ready to go.

Useful ipad Tricks

• Split The Keyboard – Some people want to make sure that they can type in an easier fashion, without purchasing a separate peripheral keyboard, and that means that you’ll need to split the onscreen keyboard. In order to split it up and make it more intuitive and easy to use, follow these quick steps. Bring up the keyboard then place your fingers at each side of the digital keyboard and pull them opposite of each other as if you were pulling the keyboard from the middle out. If you this properly, your keyboard will split in two pieces on screen and you will be able to text, type, and use it far more than with it in one piece.

The above 3 options are just quick tricks that you can use upon getting your new tablet. It’s without a doubt a great option for the clear and present future, so if you’re enjoying the iPad, check out the above iPad tricks as you explore.

We originally reported on SPDY way back in November 2009, when Google introduced it as yet another experiment in making the Web faster, like Go, Native Client and speculative pre-connections. Over the last 18 months, though, SPDY support has found its way into the stable build of Chrome.

SPDY is basically a streamlined and more efficient version of HTTP. At its most basic, SPDY introduces parallel, multiplexed streams over a single TCP connection — but at the same time, SPDY allows for prioritization, so that vital content (HTML) can be sent before periphery content (JavaScript, video). All in all, the SPDY protocol can halve page load times, which is obviously rather significant.

The best bit, though, is that SPDY is an open-source project. HTTP 1.1 is a lumbering beast that needs to be replaced before low-latency real-time computing really becomes a reality, and SPDY is one of the best options currently on the table. To be honest, we’re not sure why SPDY hasn’t received more coverage — it’s awesome in every way. At the moment, though, the only way to help speed up SPDY’s proliferation, is with an experimental Apache mod.

As far as actually ‘trying it out,’ your best bet is downloading Chrome, hitting up some Google sites, and then checking chrome://net-internals to see your active SPDY sessions. SPDY is a transparent replacement for HTTP, though, and as such it’s rather hard to see its effects. Google’s sites definitely feel fast in Chrome, but there are more technologies than just SPDY at work.

Google Chrome now uses SPDY HTTP replacement, halves page load time originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Omni Group talks iPad apps, user interface, and the future of the platform
The Omni Group is famous for their high quality, thoughtfully designed, and enormously useful productivity apps for iPhone, iPad, and Macs, including OmniFocus, OmniGraphSketcher, OmniGraffle, and OmniOutliner

The Omni Group is famous for their high quality, thoughtfully designed, and enormously useful productivity apps for iPhone, iPad, and Macs, including OmniFocus, OmniGraphSketcher, OmniGraffle, and OmniOutliner. They were one of the earliest high profile developers to go all-in on the iPad, bringing several of their premium apps to platform on launch day. Not believing the “consumption not creation” mantra of the usual suspects, they took cues from Apple on model controls and full screen workflows and re-imagined their apps until they became a way to almost finger-paint with productivity.

In addition to their user interface and user experience work, they’ve also been early adopters of new iOS features, such as adding location to task management and implementing iCloud sync.

Live from [Macworld 2012], Ken Case talks about all of the above and more, and where The Omni Group might be going next.

Check out the video above, and find all of the Omni Group’s finely crafted apps on the App Store via the links below.

• OmniFocus for iPhone – $19.99 – App Store link
• OmniFocus for iPad – $39.99 – App Store link
• OmniGraphSketcher for iPad – $14.99 – App Store link
• OmniGraffle – $49.99 – App Store link
• OmniOutliner – $19.99 – App Store link

Tablets Streamline Medical Practice The use of tablet computers in medicine is increasing rapidly with millions of doctors, hospitals and clinics worldwide turning to technology to meet their needs. Medical informatics is the new trend in information-sharing, with instant access to data making medicine more efficient. Interacting With Patients Clinicians use tablets when performing consultations with patients in a variety of ways. Tablets allow doctors to communicate treatment recommendations, sketch blueprints of intended surgical procedures and explain complex diagnoses. Most [...]

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Latest Android Malware scare might be premature

The folks at Symantec have tipped everyone off about a new piece of Android Malware, calling Android.Counterclank "a bot-like threat that can receive commands to carry out certain actions, as well as steal information from the device."  They note that starting one of the apps "infected" with the apperhand SDK package will show a second service running, and often places a search icon on the home screen.  They have verified this is in 13 applications on the Android Market and are calling it "the highest distribution of any malware identified so far this year."  Some reports on the internet claim it may have affected 5 million users.  That's 5,000,000 — a huge and scary number. And it makes for a great headline.

But it looks like Symantec might have jumped the gun a bit.

Lookout, a competitor in the Android security field, says that the applications are not malware, and the apperhand package actually is a legitimate, but aggressive, advertisement component.  It's part of an advertising software development kit that's a modified version of the "ChoopCheec" platform” or “Plankton” SDK that was the focus of some privacy concerns in June 2011.  This newer version is cleaner, but it still has capabilities common to many ad networks. Writes Lookout:

• It is capable of identifying the user uniquely by their IMEI number, for instance. But unlike some networks, this SDK forward-hashes the IMEI before sending to its server. They’re identifying your device, but they are obfuscating the raw data. (That's a good thing.)
• The SDK has the capability to deliver “Push Notification” ads to the user. We’re not huge fans of push notifications, but we also don’t consider push notification advertising to be malware.
• The SDK drops a search icon onto the desktop. Again, we consider bad form, though we don’t consider this a smoking gun for malware provided the content that is delivered is safe.  In this case, it is simply a link to a search engine.
• The SDK also has the capability to push bookmarks to the browser.  In our opinion, this is crosses a line; although we do not believe this is cause to classify the SDK as malware.

We're not sure exactly how far is too far, but if the applications are using practices found in "many" other ad networks, we agree with Lookouts points listed here and have to call this one a non-issue when talking about malware.  On the issue of privacy and wanton sharing of user data, we're not loving it, but it's not malware.  

We're not security specialists, and we never claim to be.  We can tear applications apart and see what's hiding in there, but in-depth scanning and analysis is best left to the experts.  That being said, we are experts at catching bullshit, and this one reeks of it.  Nobody likes ads, but we can't just call them malware anytime we like.  They're a part of the ad-supported app model, and we should expect to see more than we like.  When they misbehave, call for someone's head, but not before.  

But that's not sensational.  Headlines like Computerworld's "Massive Android malware op may have infected 5 million users" cause controversy, and everyone loves a controversy.  Explaining that the 5 million mark is from adding the high end of the download counters, which allows for a 4 million-device margin of error, is conveniently forgotten.  And we'd like to think that if as many as 1 million devices on the low end had been infected, Google and the Android Market team would have said something.

The long and the short of it is, we're sleeping just fine tonight. Move along.

More: Symantec; Lookout

Just recently, the Opera 11.10 release candidate was made available for download. It brought a handful of important feature additions — like HTML5 File API support and IMAP enhancements — and loads of bugfixes. Nestled in amongst the other details in the Opera team’s announcement is one more interesting tidbit: Opera 11.10 offers improved battery optimizations.

The timing here is certainly interesting, what with Microsoft’s recent report on how much power the top five Web browsers consume. In its findings, Opera 11 was fairly low in the standings. While we’ve not seen any new benchmarks yet, we’re curious to know whether the Opera 11.10 RC offers any significant gains.

If you’re running Opera 11.10 on a laptop, let us know if you’re seeing an improvement in your battery life while browsing!

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Steam mobile app beta invites now rolling out; we go hands-on

As we reported on Thursday, Valve Software recently took the wraps off the Steam mobile app for Android (and iOS), as part of a limited beta. Steam users could register their interest by downloading the app and entering their details, and over the past day or so, the first beta invites have started to roll out.

Steam is a big deal in the world of PC and Mac gaming, which makes the launch of an official mobile app a big deal for Android. As such, we decided to take this initial beta version of the Steam Android app for a spin. We've got more words and pictures for you after the break.

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Bots — like the kind which automate IRC rooms and Google Wave — are a good thing to know about. There are plenty of useful bots worth knowing about, too, including the Google Talk Guru.

Just add guru@googlelabs.com to your GTalk buddies, and you can start firing off questions. Lifehacker suggests that the same types of queries supported by Google SMS will work, though we didn’t have any luck getting a response out of the Guru with phrases like “score detroit red wings” or “sushi R3N 1Y1.”

Still, Guru does answer a good variety of questions and it works right within your favorite IM app. It’s well worth adding to your friend list, especially for getting answers on the go on your mobile device of choice.

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Hands on with iStopMotion animation app for iPad
iStopMotion brings the power and magic of stop motion animation to the iPad. Stop motion, and the slightly more advanced go-motion animation techniques, are what brought everything from the original

iStopMotion brings the power and magic of stop motion animation to the iPad. Stop motion, and the slightly more advanced go-motion animation techniques, are what brought everything from the original Clash of the Titans and Star Wars movies to Wallace and Gromit to our screens, and now you can do it right on your iPad.

iStopMotion helps with a lot of the heavy lifting. Set up your stage, place your actors, and put your iPad in place and you’re good to go. Snap a picture, slightly move the scene, then take the next picture. Repeat. Once you have all your frames, you have your movie.

Live from Macworld 2012, Boinx shows us how you can set a time in iStopMotion to automatically take the frames for you at regular intervals, and even set up your iPhone as a better, more positional remote camera. An overlay shows you the last frame so you can more easily place the next, and if you take a bad frame — who’s hand is that?! — and once you’re done you can ad a soundtrack and share your creation, including to YouTube.

Yes, you can finally take that old AT-AT Walker out of storage, get the kids’ lego Batman sets all built up, or put the classroom Transformers toys to work. It’s Harryhausen time.

• $4.99 – App Store link

I’ve always wondered what the world looks like from a dog’s point of view. After watching this video, now I know. Kelsey Wynn outfitted his Great Dane, Bishop, with a GoPro and took him to the dog park to play. You get to see everything Bishop’s see and it looks so freaking fun. More »

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Hands on with Polk Audio UltraFit sports headphones — and a trampoline
With their new UltraFit line of sports headphones for iPhone, iPad, iPod and other devices, Polk Audio is really putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to their SecureFit, “stays in place” promise. Rather, they’re putting Olympic-calibur athletes on a trampoline smack-dab in the middle of Macworld 2012.

With their new UltraFit line of sports headphones for iPhone, iPad, iPod and other devices, Polk Audio is really putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to their SecureFit, “stays in place” promise. Rather, they’re putting Olympic-calibur athletes on a trampoline smack-dab in the middle of Macworld 2012. There are several different sport-optimized headsets in Polk Audio’s UltraFit line. All of them share iPhone, iPad, and iPod compatible 3.5mm connectors, tangle-free, planar audio cables, and Strainguard moisture shields, along with 41-inch cables for those who want to keep their device on a belt, in a pocket or otherwise further away, and 14-inch cables for those who want them on an armband, or clipped or stowed closer to the collar. Here’s the breakdown:

• UltraFit 500 are in-ear, lower end headsets in black/red, black/gold, white/gray, and white/orange with 3 pairs of StayFit tips. They go for $49.95.

• UltraFit 1000 are in-ear, mid range headsets in black/red and white/gray, with the iPod-style remote control and three pair of StayFit silicone tips. They go for $69.95

• UltraFit 2000 are on-ear, mid range headsets in black/red or white/orange, with the iPod-style remote control, two pairs of foam ear pads, and one pair of cold-weather pads. They also go for $69.95.

• Ultrafit 3000 are in-ear, high range headsets black/red, white/gray and white/orange, with iPod-style remote control and 2 pairs of StayFit, 3-flange silicone tips, and three pairs of memory foam tips. They go for $99.95.

If the trampoline demos at Macworld were any indication, where the athletes jumped, flipped, spun, and otherwise shot themselves across the sky — with and without snowboards — are any indication, when Polk Audio says these new UltraFit headsets stay in place, they mean just exactly that.

As someone whose ears have been mangled by years of grappling, and whose standard headsets continuously fail to stay in place, I’ll definitely be checking them out.

• $49.95 – $99.95 – Amazon link

Polk Audio's new UltraFit athletic headsets will make you jump

The Pelican iPad case does one thing, and it does it very well: It makes your iPad look like a Dell laptop c.1995. Kidding. It also protects the iPad within from pretty much anything you can throw at it. Pelican is famous for its super-tough camera cases, shockproof, dustproof and waterproof plastic boxes that can [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/hands-on-with-the-everything-proof-pelican-ipad-case/

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89% of iPhone shoppers pick iPhone 4S
As you might expect, anyone in the market for an iPhone is leaning towards the latest and greatest. A recent survey conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows that 89% of U.S. consumers who bought an iPhone between October 14 (the day the iPhone 4S launched) and December went with the 4S, while 7% picked up an iPhone 4, and 4% bought a 3GS.

As you might expect, anyone in the market for an iPhone is leaning towards the latest and greatest. A recent survey conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows that 89% of U.S. consumers who bought an iPhone between October 14 (the day the iPhone 4S launched) and December went with the 4S, while 7% picked up an iPhone 4, and 4% bought a 3GS. Of the iPhone 4S buyers, 21% bought the 64 GB model, 34% went with 32 GB, and 45% bought the 16 GB version. The CIRP co-founder, Mike Levin, provided some additional context to the study.

“An amazing 19 percent of all iPhone buyers upgraded from the iPhone 4, a phone barely a year old at the time of the launch. Forty-two percent of iPhone buyers broke existing carrier contracts to get the new iPhone 4S. And 19 percent of these iPhone 4S buyers sold their old iPhone in the secondary market. Early upgrades, broken contracts, and selling used phones — all allow buyers to purchase the new iPhone 4S, when conventional wisdom suggests that these users would follow the two-year contract cycle, or at least purchase the cheaper models.”

It’s surprising to see such a disparity between the iPhone 4 and 4S, given form factor is the same, most of the capabilities are intact, and the 4S is significantly more expensive. On the other hand, Apple fans aren’t well-known for skimping on their gear, if only by virtue of the traditionally high pricetag their devices. Plus, there’s bound to be a bit of a spike, as the study’s timeframe includes the iPhone 4S launch day; maybe over time things will even out a little bit.

Quick show of hands – how many of you upgraded from the iPhone 4 to the 4S? Know any friends who did? Any regrets? Other surveys show iPhone 4S satisfaction is through the roof, so I doubt it.

Source: AllThingsD

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iPad Tricks – Quick Tips To Get You Moving Fast
If you have finally purchased the mighty Apple iPad and want to go forward with all the options that come with the tablet, you’ll have to look into a variety of different things. First and foremost, millions of people will find that it takes a little time to get used to the large format application engine and fully functional touchscreen. If you’re not sure how to configure it or are just looking to see what iPad tricks you can pick [...]

If you have finally purchased the mighty Apple iPad and want to go forward with all the options that come with the tablet, you’ll have to look into a variety of different things. First and foremost, millions of people will find that it takes a little time to get used to the large format application engine and fully functional touchscreen. If you’re not sure how to configure it or are just looking to see what iPad tricks you can pick up, consider the following quick tips that will help you move forward.

• Saving Images – One of the odd things to do at first is figure out how you can save images from email or websites. This is an easy and intuitive thing, but some might find it cumbersome. In order to save the image you’ll simply need to tap and hold the image within your view until a dialogue box comes up that will allow you to save the image. The pop up will give you two different options, pick the save option and it will save for you.

• Printing – If you have been wanting to print with your iPad, it is made possible with wireless printers. You will first have to purchase a printer that supports wireless printing, and then install the driver to your iPad. After that, you simply need to setup Photosmart Plus (assuming you get an HP), or another photo suite that comes with your printer, and move through the tutorial required to install the printer. Once it’s installed, print and you’re ready to go.

Useful ipad Tricks

• Split The Keyboard – Some people want to make sure that they can type in an easier fashion, without purchasing a separate peripheral keyboard, and that means that you’ll need to split the onscreen keyboard. In order to split it up and make it more intuitive and easy to use, follow these quick steps. Bring up the keyboard then place your fingers at each side of the digital keyboard and pull them opposite of each other as if you were pulling the keyboard from the middle out. If you this properly, your keyboard will split in two pieces on screen and you will be able to text, type, and use it far more than with it in one piece.

The above 3 options are just quick tricks that you can use upon getting your new tablet. It’s without a doubt a great option for the clear and present future, so if you’re enjoying the iPad, check out the above iPad tricks as you explore.

To say it's been an interesting year for Research in Motion and BlackBerry would certainly be an understatement. It was about 10 months ago that we first learned that RIM's tablet would be capable of running full-fledged Android applications, and suddenly we had to start caring about what was coming out of Waterloo.

This week RIM has undergone probably its most important change since realizing SurePress wasn't a sure thing — co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepped down as co-CEOs, and chief operating officer Thorsten Heins has taken their place in the head office. There have been calls for RIM to adopt Android. There have been calls fro RIM to adopt Windows Phone. Really, everybody seems to know what's best for RIM.

Our pals at CrackBerry got some one-on-one time with Heins this week, and we're learning a little more about his position on Android — mainly that he's unimpressed with the hardware on which it's running. "They are all the same," he says.

Here's what Heins told CrackBerry's Kevin Michaluk:

Kevin: I keep reading these articles that BlackBerry should build on Android, but I just don't understand them.
Thorsten: Just take a look where the Android OEMs are. I leave this to you. Take a look at their recent announcements and what you will immediately see is there is just no room for differentiation because they are all the same.

We've seen a lot of Android devices over the past year. Some good, some not. A lot of black slabs, to be sure. But also a dual-screen phone. Two phones with 3D screens. BlackBerry-esque phones with tiny screens and quint little keyboards. Thinner, lighter, faster, with web browsers that actually work and games you're not ashamed to play in public. Android hardware manufacturers might be guilty of too many models, but you certainly can't say they haven't experimented, even if it led to failure.

Before Heins bemoans the "sameness" of Android hardware, perhaps another look at RIM's own stable is in order.  

Check out Kevin's entire interview with Thorensten Heins at CrackBerry.com!

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/1AUhpSe1FEw/story01.htm

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What is open source? [Android A to Z]

What is open source? Open-source software is software that makes the source code freely available, for anyone to see and use. There are different open-source licenses that have different use conditions, from the GPL (GNU General Public License) — which allows "free distribution under the condition that further developments and applications are put under the same license" — to more liberal licenses like the Apache License, which doesn't require modifications to be open and have the source code available.  Android uses both of these licenses, and we'll have a look at them in turn.

The Linux kernel that is used in the OS is covered under the GPL.  This means that any changes made to the source code must be made available when a binary (geek-speak for a compiled, executable piece of software) is released to the public.  This means manufacturers like HTC, Samsung, Motorola and the rest must release the kernel source-code for any devices they sell at the same time they begin selling them.  For the most part, hardware manufacturers are pretty good about doing so, but they often miss the time frame and release the source code a little later than we would like.  These are the code releases you see us mention – the kernel and other open-source "bits" that are covered under the GPL.

The Android OS source code is released mostly under the Apache License.  Anybody is allowed to download the source code and change it however they like, but they are not required to make their changes available in source code form to the public.  This is why we can't change and recompile things like HTC Sense or MotoBlur — the changes to the base Android source code aren't available to us.  While many folks (myself included) don't like this situation very much, it does make sense from a business standpoint.  If manufacturers had to share all of their secrets, there wouldn't be as much monetary incentive to innovate, so the source was offered with a far more liberal license.  It certainly worked, as we see devices from many major players in the electronics world.

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Fuck. It’s a word that commands attention. These F-BOMB computers, however, are designed to do just the opposite—quietly and inconspicuously gather sensitive information from within secure areas. And if the F-Bomb is discovered or destroyed, fuck it! It only cost $50 to build in the first place. More »

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RIM’s new CEO on Android hardware: ‘they are all the same’

To say it's been an interesting year for Research in Motion and BlackBerry would certainly be an understatement. It was about 10 months ago that we first learned that RIM's tablet would be capable of running full-fledged Android applications, and suddenly we had to start caring about what was coming out of Waterloo.

This week RIM has undergone probably its most important change since realizing SurePress wasn't a sure thing — co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepped down as co-CEOs, and chief operating officer Thorsten Heins has taken their place in the head office. There have been calls for RIM to adopt Android. There have been calls fro RIM to adopt Windows Phone. Really, everybody seems to know what's best for RIM.

Our pals at CrackBerry got some one-on-one time with Heins this week, and we're learning a little more about his position on Android — mainly that he's unimpressed with the hardware on which it's running. "They are all the same," he says.

Here's what Heins told CrackBerry's Kevin Michaluk:

Kevin: I keep reading these articles that BlackBerry should build on Android, but I just don't understand them.
Thorsten: Just take a look where the Android OEMs are. I leave this to you. Take a look at their recent announcements and what you will immediately see is there is just no room for differentiation because they are all the same.

We've seen a lot of Android devices over the past year. Some good, some not. A lot of black slabs, to be sure. But also a dual-screen phone. Two phones with 3D screens. BlackBerry-esque phones with tiny screens and quint little keyboards. Thinner, lighter, faster, with web browsers that actually work and games you're not ashamed to play in public. Android hardware manufacturers might be guilty of too many models, but you certainly can't say they haven't experimented, even if it led to failure.

Before Heins bemoans the "sameness" of Android hardware, perhaps another look at RIM's own stable is in order.  

Check out Kevin's entire interview with Thorensten Heins at CrackBerry.com!

In news that will no doubt shake the very bedrock of your belief system, Apple has asked Toyota to remove its Scion theme and its advertising from ModMyi, a Cydia repository. The Scion theme has been available for weeks, but after it received a ton of press in the last couple of days, Apple finally lashed out.

It’s not like we should be surprised, considering Apple has claimed in the past that jailbreaking is illegal – but at the same time, did the Cupertino cronies hear about the ruling that made circumventing DRM, and thus jailbreaking, legal? Anyway, whether Toyota was supporting illegal, legal, or deliciously gray and ambiguous, activity, it doesn’t matter: Apple asked Toyota to remove the theme, and Toyota graciously bent over and capitulated.

This story raises a much more interesting topic, though: this is the first time a multinational company has publicly acknowledged and embraced the jailbreak community. Considering jailbreaking is technically legal, and Cydia’s creator, Jay Freeman, estimates that up to 9% of OS devices are jailbroken, it simply makes good, commercial sense to target jailbreakers with ads. Toyota was simply trying to make some money, for shame!

As long as Apple continues to throw around its increasingly-expansive mass, the legality of jailbreaking will continue to be inconsequential. It will be interesting to see if another big company dares embrace the jailbreak community after this, too.

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Verizon ZTE V66 tablet gets pic outed by the Bluetooth SIG

Behold, the ZTE V66 Android tablet, apparently destined for Verizon at some point. The tablet as already been submitted to the U.S. FCC, and now a thumbnail picture (we've blown it up a tad here) has been listed on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group's site. 

What we're looking at in the V66 is a 7-inch tablet with some pretty rounded corners, Android 3.2 Honeycomb and 4G LTE data, along with the usual CDMA, Bluetooth, Wifi, and all that jazz.

We can also see a custom lock screen here, for what it's worth. And we're trying not to read too much into the "Sunday, February 2X" date — it could mean anything or nothing, or it could be smack in the middle of Mobile World Congress. You don't typically see U.S. announcements come out of MWC, but then again we don't ZTE devices in the states yet to base that one, and there's no reason why Verizon couldn't be part of a larger launch.

Anyhoo, we'll be at Mobile World Congress if and when the V66 — and we don't expect that to be the name Verizon ultimately bestows on it — is announced stay tuned.

Source: Bluetooth SIG, FCC; via Unwired View, The Verge

What happens when you take a PogoPlug, add 8GB of flash storage, some radios (WiFi, GPS) and perhaps a few sensors, then stuff everything in a 3D-printed box? You get the F-BOMB (Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors), a battery-powered surveillance computer that costs less than $50 to put together using off-the-shelf parts. The 4 x 3.5 x 1-inch device, created by security researcher Brendan O’Connor and funded by DARPA‘s Cyber Fast Track program, is cheap enough for single-use scenarios where costly traditional hardware is impractical. It can be dropped from an AR Drone, tossed over a fence, plugged into a wall socket or even hidden inside a CO detector. Once in place, the homebrew Linux-based system can be used to gather data and hop onto wireless networks using WiFi-cracking software. Sneaky. Paranoid yet? Click on the source link below for more info.

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Strava Cycling Review: A Must Have App For Cycling Lovers
I’ve always been an avid cyclist and I strongly believe cycling is one of the best ways to stay fit and build your stamina. While I’ve used a number of cycling apps on my iPhone, I’ve been searching for that elusive app which offers a complete riding experience coupled with accurate measurements and full social [...]

I’ve always been an avid cyclist and I strongly believe cycling is one of the best ways to stay fit and build your stamina. While I’ve used a number of cycling apps on my iPhone, I’ve been searching for that elusive app which offers a complete riding experience coupled with accurate measurements and full social integration. I had heard of Strava as a company which forced users to have a dedicated GPS device or use separate apps to track their rides and then upload the data. The company recently released it’s Strava Cycling iPhone app and there was no way I could resist reviewing it.

Once installed, the app prompts you to sign up for an account.

As is the norm with most social media enabled apps these days, Strava Cycling lets users sign in using their Facebook credentials using Facebook Connect.

Once you are signed in, you can start recording your time by hitting the Play button in the New Ride tab as shown below.

Once you complete the ride, the results would appear in the Feed tab. The ride details contains a number of useful parameters such as ride time, distance covered, elevation gain, average and maximum speed as shown below.

The Strava Cycling app is pretty flexible in terms of customization. You can configure the desired units and email alerts using the Settings tab as shown below.

The “Profile” tab contains all your riding stats from the last month of riding. The app does a wonderful job of keeping track of the number of total rides, miles ridden and feet climbed. Your profile also shows the following additional stats – average rides per week, average distance biked per week, average time spent biking. I love the way Strava Cycling breaks down the cycling stats based on month, year and overall records.

All in all, I liked Strava for two reasons – simplicity and accuracy. The app is extremely simple to use with zero learning curve – just what cyclists and riders need. Secondly, I matched the Strava app stats with a GPS recorder and I was amazed by the accuracy of the app.  However, I would like to see future versions of Strava offer better social media integration with the ability to share cycling information between fellow cyclists over Facebook and Twitter.

Despite those limitations, I would still regard Strava Cycling as one of the best cycling apps that I’ve used till date.

This article, Strava Cycling Review: A Must Have App For Cycling Lovers, was originally published at simonblog.com.

Living in a city means that sometimes you need a little help getting around. There’s always a street you’ve never heard of that you need to get to. We found a series of apps that’ll help you find that hidden club. Plus, we play a Minecraft/Minesweeper crossover game, go hunting for deals, and make quality recordings of birds. Hey, birds sound nice. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/PONI0b7fupI/

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Yahoo cancels some of their mobile apps, plans to keep moving and keep innovating
Yahoo has been in the mobile space for quite some time and as such, they’ve managed amass a good amount of apps, but now — Yahoo is looking to cut some of their weight and move on.

Yahoo has announced that they’re canceling some of their mobile apps in an effort to — wait for it — keep moving and keep innovating. Some of the apps that will be discontinued include:

• Yahoo! Meme (iPad and iPhone)
• Yahoo! Mim (iPad)
• Yahoo! Answers (Android)
• Yahoo! AppSpot (Android and iPhone)
• Yahoo! Deals (iPhone)
• Yahoo! Finance (BlackBerry)
• Yahoo! Movies (Android)
• Yahoo! News (Android)
• Yahoo! Shopping (iPhone)
• Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search (iPad and iPhone)

Yahoo has been in the mobile space for quite some time and managed to amass a good amount of apps so looking to cut some of their weight and move on isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The decommissioning of these apps, as Yahoo noted, will allow them to put more effort into creating other applications, like LiveStand in the mobile space. Of course, the apps that Yahoo! cut weren’t really up there in terms of usage and it’s hard to imagine anyone will be sad to see any of them go.

Source: Yahoo via: Android Central

We’ve all thought it, but never dared think it could be true: what if Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL actively monitor our instant messenger chats? What if mentions of ‘bomb’ and ‘underage’ are tracked and sent to law enforcement agencies? What if chat providers don’t agree with the things we say, or the links we share, and filter or censor the content of our transmitted messages?

Well, it looks like our fears may actually have some basis in reality: Yahoo Messenger strips FilesTube links from instant messages. It doesn’t tell either party that a URL has been removed from chat — it just deletes it. Poof. FilesTube, in case you were wondering, is one of the largest file hosting meta search engines on the Web — it indexes RapidShare, Megaupload, Mediafire, and many other ‘cyberlocker’ services.

It’s fairly obvious why FilesTube links are being removed — the Censor General at Yahoo is probably one of those perplexed primates who think all uses of BitTorrent are illegal — but this situation poses a far more important question: is Yahoo censoring messages on the client side, or the server side. Does the messenger client itself maintain a list of ‘blacklisted’ words — and if so, why are we not told that FilesTube links are banned? What other words and terms does Yahoo protect us from?

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Yahoo! Messenger now censors the links you share originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Vlingo responds to privacy issues raised about its Android app

The popular Android app Vlingo has come under a bit of fire the past several days, as it seems the application is sending a bit more data than they explain in their privacy agreement.  The folks over at Android Pit found some things that raised a few eyebrows, so we reached out to Vlingo to see what was what, and if we need to worry.  We spent some time talking to product engineers, and our conclusion is that everything's on the up-and-up, but there were some issues with the way their privacy agreement was written or presented to the user and a software bug or two at work.  

Things get a little muddy, partially because there's more than one Android version.  One is available in the Market for any device to download, and there's a more customized version offered by OEM's like Samsung on the Galaxy Note.  Different versions with different licenses and agreements simply led to the wrong version of the privacy agreement being presented to the user.  The developers and staff at Vlingo recognize that there's an issue, and were completely transparent about the entire thing.

They also came across a bug that allowed the service to run even if the user initially canceled the request, and another that sends location data when none is requested.  Again, Vlingo was up front about the issue and answered any questions we asked.  They even have set up an opt-out process for folks who don't want to use the product with these issues, and they will delete all user data from anyone who requests it.

Yes, it's bad when software bugs force an application to send the wrong data.  It's also bad when users aren't presented with the correct use policies — even though most would never read them.  But these types of things happen, and the real test is how the company reacts when presented with issues of this sort.  And Vlingo aced it.  They were courteous, and seemed genuinely concerned about the issues, without trying to back pedal or lay the blame at someone else's feet.  This kind of transparency with the community is exactly what we deserve and expect.  Hit the break for the official statement, in its entirety.

More info about the privacy concerns: Android Pit

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Here’s a bad idea: Take the weakest kind of bike lock — the plastic covered cable — and turn it into a bike rack. That’s the idea behind the Tulip Fun Fun, an “elastic and safe rack resembling a meadow.” Exactly what you need in a bike rack. The Tulip Fun Fun is actually born [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/bendy-bike-rack-made-from-rubber-hose-and-cable/

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Strava Cycling Review: A Must Have App For Cycling Lovers
I’ve always been an avid cyclist and I strongly believe cycling is one of the best ways to stay fit and build your stamina. While I’ve used a number of cycling apps on my iPhone, I’ve been searching for that elusive app which offers a complete riding experience coupled with accurate measurements and full social [...]

I’ve always been an avid cyclist and I strongly believe cycling is one of the best ways to stay fit and build your stamina. While I’ve used a number of cycling apps on my iPhone, I’ve been searching for that elusive app which offers a complete riding experience coupled with accurate measurements and full social integration. I had heard of Strava as a company which forced users to have a dedicated GPS device or use separate apps to track their rides and then upload the data. The company recently released it’s Strava Cycling iPhone app and there was no way I could resist reviewing it.

Once installed, the app prompts you to sign up for an account.

As is the norm with most social media enabled apps these days, Strava Cycling lets users sign in using their Facebook credentials using Facebook Connect.

Once you are signed in, you can start recording your time by hitting the Play button in the New Ride tab as shown below.

Once you complete the ride, the results would appear in the Feed tab. The ride details contains a number of useful parameters such as ride time, distance covered, elevation gain, average and maximum speed as shown below.

The Strava Cycling app is pretty flexible in terms of customization. You can configure the desired units and email alerts using the Settings tab as shown below.

The “Profile” tab contains all your riding stats from the last month of riding. The app does a wonderful job of keeping track of the number of total rides, miles ridden and feet climbed. Your profile also shows the following additional stats – average rides per week, average distance biked per week, average time spent biking. I love the way Strava Cycling breaks down the cycling stats based on month, year and overall records.

All in all, I liked Strava for two reasons – simplicity and accuracy. The app is extremely simple to use with zero learning curve – just what cyclists and riders need. Secondly, I matched the Strava app stats with a GPS recorder and I was amazed by the accuracy of the app.  However, I would like to see future versions of Strava offer better social media integration with the ability to share cycling information between fellow cyclists over Facebook and Twitter.

Despite those limitations, I would still regard Strava Cycling as one of the best cycling apps that I’ve used till date.

This article, Strava Cycling Review: A Must Have App For Cycling Lovers, was originally published at simonblog.com.

No, it’s not another Fast & Furious sequel, it’s something much quicker — 800 billion times quicker, to be precise. Scientists at DESY (Germany’s largest particle physics center) are premiering the Guinness World Record-holding fastest “movie” to a select audience at its light sources users’ meeting. The film was shot using an X-ray Laser, and splitting the light in two. By firing one beam off on a minuscule detour (0.015 millimeters) and delaying its arrival by 50 femtoseconds, two separate images are captured. Okay, so two frames isn’t exactly Lord of the Rings, but it’s still the smallest interval ever recorded. This technique won’t be popping up in Hollywood any time soon — instead, it’s actually used for snapping subatomic glimpses of ultra-fast molecular processes and chemical reactions. Despite the brevity of this record-breaking flick, the plot is apparently still more complex than Tokyo Drift.

German scientists shoot world’s fastest movie: gone in 50 femtoseconds originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Free Android Wallpaper of the day – Over the Rockies

Here's a nice one from reader ThreeofNine, who snagged this shot from an airplane while over the Rocky Mountains.

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With the tagline ‘The easiest way to get a girlfriend is to already have one,’ Cloud Girlfriend promises to be a very interesting startup indeed. The brains of the operation, David Fuhriman, speaking to CNET, says it’s all about fulfilling Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. “CloudGirlfriend.com can fulfill Maslow’s higher needs, even though the users know that the interaction is virtual. They will interact with a real person and see real profile images of the girl with whom they interact. This interaction can build confidence and esteem as well as provide real training experiences in navigating a friendship and a relationship.”

Our concern, of course, is that it’s very nearly April 1. We’re also worried by the fact that Fuhriman has a name that sounds ominously like a social subculture that we’ve grown strangely attracted to here in the Download Squad bunker.

Finally, just stop and think about it for a second. Because your cloud girlfriend will be entirely virtual, she could be based anywhere. She could be underage — or overage — or she might be someone who you know in real life. She could even be a relative of yours, and you’d never know.

Let’s not forget this is the Internet we’re talking about, folks. Worst case scenario, she could turn out to be a hairy, male truck driver from Texas. Such as… your dad, perhaps?

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Strava Cycling Review: A Must Have App For Cycling Lovers
I’ve always been an avid cyclist and I strongly believe cycling is one of the best ways to stay fit and build your stamina. While I’ve used a number of cycling apps on my iPhone, I’ve been searching for that elusive app which offers a complete riding experience coupled with accurate measurements and full social [...]

I’ve always been an avid cyclist and I strongly believe cycling is one of the best ways to stay fit and build your stamina. While I’ve used a number of cycling apps on my iPhone, I’ve been searching for that elusive app which offers a complete riding experience coupled with accurate measurements and full social integration. I had heard of Strava as a company which forced users to have a dedicated GPS device or use separate apps to track their rides and then upload the data. The company recently released it’s Strava Cycling iPhone app and there was no way I could resist reviewing it.

Once installed, the app prompts you to sign up for an account.

As is the norm with most social media enabled apps these days, Strava Cycling lets users sign in using their Facebook credentials using Facebook Connect.

Once you are signed in, you can start recording your time by hitting the Play button in the New Ride tab as shown below.

Once you complete the ride, the results would appear in the Feed tab. The ride details contains a number of useful parameters such as ride time, distance covered, elevation gain, average and maximum speed as shown below.

The Strava Cycling app is pretty flexible in terms of customization. You can configure the desired units and email alerts using the Settings tab as shown below.

The “Profile” tab contains all your riding stats from the last month of riding. The app does a wonderful job of keeping track of the number of total rides, miles ridden and feet climbed. Your profile also shows the following additional stats – average rides per week, average distance biked per week, average time spent biking. I love the way Strava Cycling breaks down the cycling stats based on month, year and overall records.

All in all, I liked Strava for two reasons – simplicity and accuracy. The app is extremely simple to use with zero learning curve – just what cyclists and riders need. Secondly, I matched the Strava app stats with a GPS recorder and I was amazed by the accuracy of the app.  However, I would like to see future versions of Strava offer better social media integration with the ability to share cycling information between fellow cyclists over Facebook and Twitter.

Despite those limitations, I would still regard Strava Cycling as one of the best cycling apps that I’ve used till date.

This article, Strava Cycling Review: A Must Have App For Cycling Lovers, was originally published at simonblog.com.

Wladimir Palant, developer of the most popular add-on in the world, Adblock Plus, is also an active contributor to the Planet Mozilla blog community. Over the last few days, in response to Mozilla’s new name and shame list of slow add-ons, Palant has been investigating whether Mozilla’s testing methods are actually accurate.

Rather surprisingly, it turns out that Mozilla’s numbers could be significantly wrong — and if they’re not wrong, the factors that Mozilla uses to tabulate an add-ons final score should definitely be made more transparent.

In the first set of tests, Palant shows that FlashGot’s position in the top 10 is probably due to a fault in Mozilla’s testing setup, and that add-ons can perform very differently depending on which operating system they’re being tested on. In the second analysis, Palant uncovers an irregularity that doesn’t seem to have an obvious cause — but it could be due to an I/O bottleneck on Mozilla’s test machines. Basically, even though performance testing of Read It Later is disabled because of a bug, it still (somehow!) manages to record a 14% slow-down on Windows 7.

Palant concludes both analyses by scolding Mozilla for going public with the performance data before its testing methods had been confirmed accurate. It definitely looks like Mozilla has been more than a little reckless, considering the importance of Firefox’s add-on ecosystem.

Adblock Plus developer pokes holes in Mozilla’s new add-on performance tests originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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SiriToggles Tweak Allows You to Control Settings with Siri
It is indeed raining jailbreaks for iPhone 4S! Just days after the Absinthe Jailbreak of iPhone 4S, iPad 2 Untethered On iOS 5.0.1, here comes another iOS 5 untethered jailbreak – SiriToggles, that works as a voice-activated personal assistant exclusively on the iPhone 4S and promises to add new functions to Siri. SiriToggles as a [...]

It is indeed raining jailbreaks for iPhone 4S! Just days after the Absinthe Jailbreak of iPhone 4S, iPad 2 Untethered On iOS 5.0.1, here comes another iOS 5 untethered jailbreak – SiriToggles, that works as a voice-activated personal assistant exclusively on the iPhone 4S and promises to add new functions to Siri.

SiriToggles as a third party application works with any device running Siri, even comprising those that have had the voice-recognition assistant ported to them.  It not only enables Siri to turn services like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Airplane mode on and off using vocal commands; but also to do tasks like adjusting screen brightness, launching applications, finding battery life estimate, etc.

SiriToggles is available for free in the Big Boss repository through the Cydia Store. This new jailbreak app has indeed opened up a gateway of opportunities for the jailbreaking developer community to create apps that can add more functionality to Siri.

Will SiriToggles inspire more jailbreak?

If you remember, the launch of Siri with the iPhone 4S had generated a lot of interest for the Nuance-technology enabled speech-recognition tool since its inception, including a few grievances too about Siri being selective to accents and even its limitations in catering to information about certain geographical regions.

SiriToggles, can be an inspiration to all the developers in business if more such apps can be developed for addressing the flaws in Siri. And going by the news of the US Government contemplating terming jailbreaking as illegal, some path-breaking apps at the Cydia Store must be definitely on your wishlist.

While we look forward to knowing your wishlist for the Cydia Store here, also do let us know if you could get the best of Siri with SiriToggles. But before you get SiriToggles, you’ll require to jailbreak iPhone 4S.

So, what are you waiting for?

This article, SiriToggles Tweak Allows You to Control Settings with Siri, was originally published at simonblog.com.

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Late night poll: Do you play games on your Android device?

Games can be really fun to play on your Android device.  There's all sorts of them available, from ones for dedicated "gaming" hardware like the Xperia Play, to HD games optimized for tablets.  But Android is good for a lot of things besides games.  Some use their device as the web in their hands, others need a portable e-mail solution, some of us are heavy texters.  Tonight, I'm curious and want to find out just how many folks out there like to game on their Androids.  I know since I got an Android tablet, I find myself playing more games than I ever imagined myself playing.  What say you my fellow Android fans?

I’m getting fat; that’s what you see on the screenshot to the right — my gradual move from chubby to portly. But never mind the numbers, look at the pretty graph!

If you’ve ever read The Hacker’s Diet, this graph should be instantly recognizable. Each point shows the weight for a given day, while the trend line lets you see if you’re gaining or losing weight.

When I use my “main” PC, I have a homebrew solution for creating and maintaining this graph. But I’ve had to find a temporary solution for Android, and Libra is it.

It’s a beautifully simple app, very true to the spirit of The Hacker’s Diet. You can create a shortcut on your homescreen that brings you right into the data entry screen, so you just tap the shortcut every morning, feed in your weight for the day and hit OK, and then you get to see your progress (or lack thereof) on the graph.

The app remembers the previous day’s weigh-in, which makes it easy to enter today’s weight (as they’re usually not too different). The graph is zoomable and scrollable, and most importantly, you can export the data to CSV so you’re not locked into the app.

If you ever need to track your weight using an Android device for any period of time, Libra is one excellent solution.

Libra for Android helps you track your weight using The Hacker’s Diet system originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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OtterBox Impact Series Case for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 only $8.95 [Daily deal]
For today only, the iMore Store has the OtterBox Impact Series Case for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 on sale for only $8.95! Get them before they’re gone! Get the OtterBox Impact Series Case for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 now!

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Wrap your iPhone 4S, AT&T iPhone 4, or Verizon iPhone 4 in this OtterBox protective silicone case and head around the world. More than just a simple silicone skin, the Impact Series case offers added protection from bump and shock by adding inner coring to dissipate impact away from the device.

All buttons, functions, and ports are fully accessible through this case, and it looks great wrapped around your iPhone 4S, AT&T iPhone 4, or Verizon iPhone 4. It includes a self-adhering screen protector to help protect your screen from scratches and smudges.

The OtterBox Impact Series Case does not include a belt clip.

• All buttons are fully functional through the case
• Coring on inside corners and inside back of skin adds extra strength and protection
• Drop and shock protection
• Self-adhering clear protective film, cleaning cloth and installation card included

Works with: iPhone 4S, AT&T iPhone 4, Verizon iPhone 4

The hugely-anticipated Nikon D800 might be hitting soon—like a week and a half soon. Nikon Rumors claims the impending mega-DSLR will shoot 36 megapixels, confirming earlier speculation. And it’ll kick off on February 7th. More »

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Color, the $41-million-in-funding location-oriented photo sharing startup, is susceptible to simple GPS spoofing. With nothing more than a jailbroken iPad or iPhone, you can use FakeLocation to trick Color into thinking you’re somewhere else. Within seconds you can be browsing photos that were snapped thousands of miles away. With a little digging, you can pore through photos not intended for your eyes.

Of course, such a hack isn’t illegal as such — every photo you take with Color is public. With FakeLocation you are simply circumventing Color’s very limited location-oriented security mechanism. It does undermine Color’s usefulness (and uniqueness), though — if nefarious types can sit in their bedroom or basement and eavesdrop on classy dinner parties and wild night club soirees, people might be less inclined to share personal photos with those around them.

Fortunately, both for Color and its users, this is an easy security hole to plug — at least in the short term. The app (or server-side) code simply checks to see if the user has ‘teleported’ an impossibly large distance, without any intermediate steps in between. In the long term, though, Color’s users must be aware that its social graph is completely public. Color’s users must realize that every photo they upload is visible by anyone, from any place.

After the break, just to elucidate a little on Color’s actual business model and ultimate intention, we have two amazing quotes from Bill Nguyen, Color’s founder.

Continue reading Color vulnerable to simple GPS hack, lets you spy on anyone, anywhere

Color vulnerable to simple GPS hack, lets you spy on anyone, anywhere originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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SiriToggles Tweak Allows You to Control Settings with Siri
It is indeed raining jailbreaks for iPhone 4S! Just days after the Absinthe Jailbreak of iPhone 4S, iPad 2 Untethered On iOS 5.0.1, here comes another iOS 5 untethered jailbreak – SiriToggles, that works as a voice-activated personal assistant exclusively on the iPhone 4S and promises to add new functions to Siri. SiriToggles as a [...]

It is indeed raining jailbreaks for iPhone 4S! Just days after the Absinthe Jailbreak of iPhone 4S, iPad 2 Untethered On iOS 5.0.1, here comes another iOS 5 untethered jailbreak – SiriToggles, that works as a voice-activated personal assistant exclusively on the iPhone 4S and promises to add new functions to Siri.

SiriToggles as a third party application works with any device running Siri, even comprising those that have had the voice-recognition assistant ported to them.  It not only enables Siri to turn services like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Airplane mode on and off using vocal commands; but also to do tasks like adjusting screen brightness, launching applications, finding battery life estimate, etc.

SiriToggles is available for free in the Big Boss repository through the Cydia Store. This new jailbreak app has indeed opened up a gateway of opportunities for the jailbreaking developer community to create apps that can add more functionality to Siri.

Will SiriToggles inspire more jailbreak?

If you remember, the launch of Siri with the iPhone 4S had generated a lot of interest for the Nuance-technology enabled speech-recognition tool since its inception, including a few grievances too about Siri being selective to accents and even its limitations in catering to information about certain geographical regions.

SiriToggles, can be an inspiration to all the developers in business if more such apps can be developed for addressing the flaws in Siri. And going by the news of the US Government contemplating terming jailbreaking as illegal, some path-breaking apps at the Cydia Store must be definitely on your wishlist.

While we look forward to knowing your wishlist for the Cydia Store here, also do let us know if you could get the best of Siri with SiriToggles. But before you get SiriToggles, you’ll require to jailbreak iPhone 4S.

So, what are you waiting for?

This article, SiriToggles Tweak Allows You to Control Settings with Siri, was originally published at simonblog.com.

Wouldn’t it be absolutely splendid if you could hand your phone over to a friend (or complete stranger) without fear of them mucking up your system or digging into your personal bits? Yes, we’d absolutely love to see guest accounts become standard issue on all handsets, but until that day arrives, a new application called SwitchMe will work in a pinch. Word of caution, this app requires root privileges, which may deter many folks.

Rather than allowing multiple sessions to run simultaneously, as you’d expect on a desktop computer, SwitchMe lets users easily jump between different installations of Android — they exist separately and don’t talk to each other. Naturally, this also allows hobbyists to easily jump between their favorite ROMs, and gives developers clean sandboxes for app testing. The first hit is free, but if you want to manage more than two installations, you’ll need to buy the unlock key for $1.98. Still, those who find the SwitchMe useful should consider tossing the developer a few bones.

Update: As a commenter pointed out, multiple ROMs are not supported at this time. The developer has verified this, stating that any content inside /system cannot be changed. Bummer.

[Thanks, Alan]

SwitchMe brings makeshift guest account to Android root users originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Strava Cycling Review: A Must Have App For Cycling Lovers
I’ve always been an avid cyclist and I strongly believe cycling is one of the best ways to stay fit and build your stamina. While I’ve used a number of cycling apps on my iPhone, I’ve been searching for that elusive app which offers a complete riding experience coupled with accurate measurements and full social [...]

I’ve always been an avid cyclist and I strongly believe cycling is one of the best ways to stay fit and build your stamina. While I’ve used a number of cycling apps on my iPhone, I’ve been searching for that elusive app which offers a complete riding experience coupled with accurate measurements and full social integration. I had heard of Strava as a company which forced users to have a dedicated GPS device or use separate apps to track their rides and then upload the data. The company recently released it’s Strava Cycling iPhone app and there was no way I could resist reviewing it.

Once installed, the app prompts you to sign up for an account.

As is the norm with most social media enabled apps these days, Strava Cycling lets users sign in using their Facebook credentials using Facebook Connect.

Once you are signed in, you can start recording your time by hitting the Play button in the New Ride tab as shown below.

Once you complete the ride, the results would appear in the Feed tab. The ride details contains a number of useful parameters such as ride time, distance covered, elevation gain, average and maximum speed as shown below.

The Strava Cycling app is pretty flexible in terms of customization. You can configure the desired units and email alerts using the Settings tab as shown below.

The “Profile” tab contains all your riding stats from the last month of riding. The app does a wonderful job of keeping track of the number of total rides, miles ridden and feet climbed. Your profile also shows the following additional stats – average rides per week, average distance biked per week, average time spent biking. I love the way Strava Cycling breaks down the cycling stats based on month, year and overall records.

All in all, I liked Strava for two reasons – simplicity and accuracy. The app is extremely simple to use with zero learning curve – just what cyclists and riders need. Secondly, I matched the Strava app stats with a GPS recorder and I was amazed by the accuracy of the app.  However, I would like to see future versions of Strava offer better social media integration with the ability to share cycling information between fellow cyclists over Facebook and Twitter.

Despite those limitations, I would still regard Strava Cycling as one of the best cycling apps that I’ve used till date.

This article, Strava Cycling Review: A Must Have App For Cycling Lovers, was originally published at simonblog.com.

This is some bullsh*t. Warner Brothers and Netflx—as well as Redbox and Blockbuster—have reached a new licensing agreement that forces DVD subscribers to wait a full 56 days after titles hit store shelves to watch WB movies. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/0-OmzfhYNEQ/adding-wb-movies-to-your-netflix-queue-now-takes-an-extra-four-weeks

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Thieves using Apple Stores to replace stolen iPhones
Acoording to a report by Reuters, Apple’s generous customer service may be causing huge problems for victims of iPhone theft. The warranty plan is tied to the iPhone and not

Acoording to a report by Reuters, Apple’s generous customer service may be causing huge problems for victims of iPhone theft. The warranty plan is tied to the iPhone and not the person who owns the phone; this means anyone can take an iPhone to an Apple Store for service or replacement.

The ease of trading in stolen iPhones and selling their replacements makes them nearly as tempting as grabbing cash. In cities from coast-to-coast, reports of iPhone thefts are common. While some thieves sell the phones through the traditional channels of fencing stolen goods, examples abound of stolen iPhones being brought back to Apple, as if broken, for either replacement or a discount on a new unit. ”Apple seems to have not considered stolen devices and instead is relying on the honor system,” says Robert Siciliano, a consultant for Intel Corp’s technology security unit McAfee and an identity theft expert. “The honor system is devised with the mindset that we are all sheep and there are no wolves.” Siciliano says he has known of this problem for a while, but doesn’t see any immediate solution. “Until consumers scream loud enough about this issue, Apple probably won’t do anything about it.”

While this approach is fantastic for the honest iPhone owners, thieves are using Apple’s good nature to carry out a type of laundering for stolen iPhones. When a phone is reported as stolen, a carrier can blacklist it as stolen and disable it by using its device specific IMEI number. If the device has been swapped or replaced at an Apple Store, that security measure has now been bypassed. This enables a thief to sell on or use a brand new iPhone without fear of recrimination.

Apple has yet to comment on the findings within the report but let’s hope a simple solution can be found that will not cause pain for the honest amongst us. The last thing we need is for Apple to change its policies and make life more difficult when it comes to iPhone service and replacement.

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Google’s improved how its calendar and email services interact with Windows Phones running the Mango update. Users can now cram up to 25 different calendars into the Metro OS’s built-in calendar app. The setup’s not exactly seamless; you need to navigate your Windows Phone to the Google Sync page, login and check the boxes found there. While testing on our phones, although one device was able to immediately sync, the other couldn’t pick up on our multiple calendars. We had to delete and re-assign our Google account to the phone in order to get it working. However, once we did, the Metro styling lent itself well to multiple calendar listings, with the ability (like the web-based Google Calendar) to assign colors to each.

At the same Google Sync page, you can now choose to enable the “send mail as” feature if you’re using multiple addresses, with the option to delete unwanted emails instead of archiving. However, aside from replying from the same address that you received emails to, we haven’t discovered a way to assign new mails to our multiple guises. We were able to send messages through our own Engadget mail account, although that’s then used on all future missives. Despite these rough edges, it remains a welcome bit of extra functionality. Are we still longing for a dedicated Gmail app? Definitely. We just hope those devs don’t drop the ball.

Windows Phone 7.5 gets multiple Google Calendar sync, additional Gmail features originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Free Android Wallpaper of the day – Airborne at 39,000 feet

Today's free Android wallpaper comes to us from reader ishore, who got this nice shot of a sea of clouds at 39,000 feet, taken with a Motorola Droid RAZR. 

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Continue reading LikeBelt concept encourages a very physical kind of Facebook liking (video)

LikeBelt concept encourages a very physical kind of Facebook liking (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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SiriToggles Tweak Allows You to Control Settings with Siri
It is indeed raining jailbreaks for iPhone 4S! Just days after the Absinthe Jailbreak of iPhone 4S, iPad 2 Untethered On iOS 5.0.1, here comes another iOS 5 untethered jailbreak – SiriToggles, that works as a voice-activated personal assistant exclusively on the iPhone 4S and promises to add new functions to Siri. SiriToggles as a [...]

It is indeed raining jailbreaks for iPhone 4S! Just days after the Absinthe Jailbreak of iPhone 4S, iPad 2 Untethered On iOS 5.0.1, here comes another iOS 5 untethered jailbreak – SiriToggles, that works as a voice-activated personal assistant exclusively on the iPhone 4S and promises to add new functions to Siri.

SiriToggles as a third party application works with any device running Siri, even comprising those that have had the voice-recognition assistant ported to them.  It not only enables Siri to turn services like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Airplane mode on and off using vocal commands; but also to do tasks like adjusting screen brightness, launching applications, finding battery life estimate, etc.

SiriToggles is available for free in the Big Boss repository through the Cydia Store. This new jailbreak app has indeed opened up a gateway of opportunities for the jailbreaking developer community to create apps that can add more functionality to Siri.

Will SiriToggles inspire more jailbreak?

If you remember, the launch of Siri with the iPhone 4S had generated a lot of interest for the Nuance-technology enabled speech-recognition tool since its inception, including a few grievances too about Siri being selective to accents and even its limitations in catering to information about certain geographical regions.

SiriToggles, can be an inspiration to all the developers in business if more such apps can be developed for addressing the flaws in Siri. And going by the news of the US Government contemplating terming jailbreaking as illegal, some path-breaking apps at the Cydia Store must be definitely on your wishlist.

While we look forward to knowing your wishlist for the Cydia Store here, also do let us know if you could get the best of Siri with SiriToggles. But before you get SiriToggles, you’ll require to jailbreak iPhone 4S.

So, what are you waiting for?

This article, SiriToggles Tweak Allows You to Control Settings with Siri, was originally published at simonblog.com.

No, it’s not another Fast & Furious sequel, it’s something much quicker — 800 billion times quicker, to be precise. Scientists at DESY (Germany’s largest particle physics center) are premiering the Guinness World Record-holding fastest “movie” to a select audience at its light sources users’ meeting. The film was shot using an X-ray Laser, and splitting the light in two. By firing one beam off on a minuscule detour (0.015 millimeters) and delaying its arrival by 50 femtoseconds, two separate images are captured. Okay, so two frames isn’t exactly Lord of the Rings, but it’s still the smallest interval ever recorded. This technique won’t be popping up in Hollywood any time soon — instead, it’s actually used for snapping subatomic glimpses of ultra-fast molecular processes and chemical reactions. Despite the brevity of this record-breaking flick, the plot is apparently still more complex than Tokyo Drift.

German scientists shoot world’s fastest movie: gone in 50 femtoseconds originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NimbleBit calls out Zynga over Tiny Tower clone Dream Heights
Powerhouse social gaming company Zynga, as you may or may not know has a new app on the market called Dream Heights that looks strikingly similar to small indie developer NimbleBits’s award winning Tiny Tower — so much so that NimbleBit has called Zynga out on the matter.

Powerhouse social gaming company Zynga, as you may or may not know has a new app on the market called Dream Heights that looks strikingly similar to small indie developer NimbleBits’s award winning Tiny Tower — so much so that NimbleBit has called Zynga out on the matter.

Dream Heights was released last week, albeit solely to the Canadian App Store, which is a common place for freemium apps to be tested before wider release. Since then many in the community have remarked on the similarities to Tiny Tower. While the games each have their own unique styling, the premise for them both is identical and there is no denying the similarities between the two.

NimbleBit let the community — and more importantly Zynga — know they were indeed aware of the situation, when Ian Marsh tweeted out a comedic image addressing the issue. Later Tweets from David Marsh, lent some more color to the matter, referencing Zynga’s failed purchase attempt of NimbleBit.

“Even when you refuse to go work for Zynga, sometimes you end up doing work for Zynga anyway,”

There are plenty of copy-cat apps in the iTunes App Store and Apple does have guidelines that attempt to help stop such things from happening. Stoneloops is an example of a game that has been MIA from the App Store for years following an infringement complaint. But that was a case of a huge developer using legal muscle against a small, indie developer. This is exactly the opposite way around.

How effective NimbleBit can afford to be is a big question. No matter how you look at though, it’s a pretty shady move on Zynga’s part — even if they’re not the only ones out there doing it. Just because Zynga can copy a game doesn’t mean they should, and the fact they tried to legitimately buy NimbleBits first and failed, then copied the game, only makes matters worse.

Sources: @eeen (1), @NibmleDave

Handset manufacturers identified image capture as a key application for mobile devices early on, and have been iterating the sub-webcam-quality cameras that graced the original cellphones ever since. For 2012 and beyond, smartphone cameras will only improve further. Here are four key areas of development to watch.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/five-ways-smartphone-camera/

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Sony Xperia S boasts ‘dirt-repellent’ coating and ‘fast charging’

As launch day approaches, more technical details of Sony's new Xperia S are starting to trickle out. We learned all the key specifications at CES (where we also got some hands-on time with the device), but now two interesting new features of the Sony flagship phone have come to light, according to Swiss tech site PocketPC.ch.

Firstly, the site reports that a Sony Ericsson product manager told them the Xperia S has a "dirt-repellent", "UV-active nano-coating". We're not even going to pretend to know what that means, but if it protects the device from scrapes and daily wear-and-tear, we're all in favor. For what it's worth, the presence of an "anti-stain shell" has already been confirmed on the official Sony Ericsson Facebook page.

The product manager also reportedly spilled a few details on the new battery tech employed by the Xperia S. The phone is said to use improved lithium-polymer technology that's capable of recharging in half the time taken by earlier models, with ten minutes of charging time apparently being enough to power the device for a whole hour.

The Xperia S is due to launch in Europe from the second week of March. Its American counterpart, the AT&T Xperia Ion, will land stateside during the second quarter.

Source: PocketPC.ch; via: XperiaBlog

It hit two million paying subscribers in September of last year and 2.5 million in November, and now Spotify has hit another big milestone. According to the Financial Times, it now has three million subscribers paying for one of its premium services, which reportedly represents more than 20 percent of its active user base. As the FT notes, that percentage is up from 15 percent in March of last year, and Spotify says that its “active” users don’t include folks who signed up for a a free trial of its premium service but didn’t continue to use the free service. Interestingly, the company also revealed that over half of its paying subscribers are under 30, which Spotify’s Ken Parks says is a “remarkable number of people who are generally hard to monetize.”

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Tweet from anywhere on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with TwitkaFly [jailbreak apps]
Twitkafly allows you to tweet from virtually anywhere with a quick swipe or tap on your jailbroken iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Twitkafly will add a Twitter shortcut to your notification center and allow you to program a quick gesture for composing straight through Activator. The interface is clean and very iOS 5 like. It isn’t bogged down with too many buttons or cheesy graphics.

TwitkaFly allows you to tweet from virtually anywhere with a quick swipe or tap on your jailbroken iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. It will add a Twitter shortcut to your notification center pull down and allow you to program a quick gesture for composing straight through Activator. The interface is clean and very iOS 5 like. It isn’t bogged down with too many buttons or cheesy graphics either.

The utility supports the following features –

• Tweet right from anywhere using Activator
• QuickReply to Twitter, Tweetbot, and Tweetings push notifications
• Retweet tweets
• Tweet Photo
• Open links from tweets
• Custom animations/transitions
• Amazing notification UI
• Tweet #NowPlayingTrack
• Landscape mode in iPad
• 100% retina display support
• Blacklist users and more

Twitkafly ties into your existing Twitter app so you can handle notifications through it once you choose your client through Settings. Currently TwitkaFly supports the official Twitter app, Tweetbot, and Tweetings. I’m assuming more clients will eventually be added. It’s compatible with any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 4 or higher. The only issue I’ve had so far is when I link it with Tweetbot. Whenever I click a notification it re-springs my device. If I link it with Twitter or Tweetings, it works fine. Hopefully that’s just a bug that’ll be hammered out pretty quickly.

If you’re using LockInfo or IntelliscreenX you shouldn’t have any compatibility issues and it should just tie straight into your existing notification program. You’ll just notice the addition of a QuickTweet button in the bottom left or right hand corner of notification center.

TwitkaFly is already available for purchase in Cydia. They’ve got a lite version available for free and a paid version for $1.99. Hit the link below to check it out and then let us know what you think! You can also check out more jailbreak apps and utilities in our apps, hacks, and themes forum.

Twitkafly – $1.99 – Cydia Search Link