Gameloft have announced today that they have sold more than 20 million games on the App Store and that they have 47 game releases so far this year. Read more
myPhoneDesktop 1.5: Still My Favorite Browser-to-iPhone App
When it comes to quickly sharing any kind of information between my desktop browser and the iPhone, I have one and only favorite tool of choice: myPhoneDesktop. What this app does is simple, yet effective: it allows you to share links, text, images, phone numbers and maps from your browser to the iPhone (or iPad, it’s universal) in seconds. You hit a button (of course, you have to create a mPD account first), and boom - you get a notification on the phone. Read more
Apple Releases Security Update 2010-006 for Snow Leopard
Time for another security update, folks. Apple has just released the Security Update 2010-006 for Snow Leopard (server and client versions) which is available here or, as usual, in Software Update.
The update addresses an issue where AFP shared folders could be accessed by a remote attacker using an invalid password. Go update. Or, check out the full update description below. Read more
iPod Nano 6G Found To Have Secret Diagnostics Mode Dubbed “iTerm”
The guys over at iLounge have been doing a little digging into their new iPod nano and they have discovered that it contains a secret diagnostic mode called iTerm. If you fancy a peek, then you need to reset the iPod by pressing and holding the sleep and volume down buttons until the Apple logo appears. Once that happens, you have a choice. If you want to enable Disk mode, which will give you a retro iPod black and white screen, and, as the name suggests, makes the iPod visible to a computer as an external USB drive, you need to hold down both volume buttons during the reset. Read more
Apple Enters Agreement to License Rovi’s Technologies
VLC for iPad Available
Great news, folks! VLC for iPad has been approved by Apple and is now propagating in the App Store. New Zealand users can find the app already available here, anyone else will have to wait a few hours to see the app available for sale in iTunes.
UPDATE: Now available in the US store as well. Direct Link. Read more
Out of 200,000 Pre-orders, Taiwanese Carriers Got 1,800 iPhone 4s
This story reminds me of the Italian launch of the iPhone 4 back in July: lots of pre-orders, a few units shipped to carriers, people still waiting since July for an iPhone 4. True story: my girlfriend is still waiting for one from 3 Italia, and I had to buy a French one using eBay. Another friend of mine ordered an iPhone 4 in June and is still waiting for the Apple Store to call him back and tell him his unit has arrived. Read more
pod2g Confirms He’s Working on OS 4.1 Exploit Independently
Quick update for all those of you wondering what’s going on with iOS 4.1 jailbreak: with a series of tweets a few minutes ago, @pod2g has confirmed that he’s now working on the exploit that will make iOS 4.1 jailbreakable on his own. He’s not affiliated with the Chronic and iPhone Dev Team anymore, and the exploit will be his independent creation.
As @pod2g also wrote on Twitter, this is no big deal for final users as both the Chronic and iPhone Dev Team has been given all the details behind the exploit. Pod2g is not a jailbreak tool maker, he’s only focused on making the bootrom exploit work on 4.1.
Jailbreak for iOS 4.1 is set to be released soon, but no release date has been announced yet. Read more
iPad Users Getting Full Google Docs Mobile Editing
Together with the announcement that more than 3 million business have gone Google, the search giant has also confirmed that iPad users will get full mobile Google Docs editing soon. No release date for the new feature has been announced yet.
Right now, if you try to log in Docs from your iPad you only get a viewing interface - so this is great news for anyone who uses Google Docs (like us) every day. Read more