Back in July there was a rumor floating around about Apple willing to launch a free engraving service for the iPad, but forced to delay it due to problems with demand and supply chain. Last night the free engraving option went live in the online Apple Store.
Apple Now Offering Free Engraving for iPad
Apple Store App Update Goes Live
Just like we previously reported, Apple has updated its official Apple Store iPhone app to include support for reservations, check-ins and locations services.
The free 1.1 update, available in the App Store here, also introduces support for engraving and free wrapping, the possibility to add reservations to iCal. iOS 4 is required to access the new check-in based features.
Screenshots and changelog below. Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Concierge, Scout, iQueue, and You. iPhone Based Check-ins Confirmed.
Sunday night and early Monday morning we learned that Apple has been planning to provide Apple Store employees and customers with a way to wirelessly check-in to retail stores. At a recent week long conference in Los Angeles, Apple Store managers were flown in and treated to the initial location based concept. We now have physical evidence, and more details on the specifics of the new concierge services.
“Back to the Mac” Event in 100 Seconds, Full 1080p Video Now On Youtube
For those of you who’ve just come home from work and would like to fire up some videos on that shiny new Apple TV: you can either choose between a 50 to 1 slimmed down version of the Back to the Mac event video, or enjoy the full show in 1080p on Youtube.
Both videos are embedded below. With HD version finally available for streaming, expect us to dig into those Lion screenshots even more. Read more
Did Conde Nast Fix Its iPad Apps?
Two weeks ago we wrote about a nasty bug some users discovered in the Conde Nast iPad applications based on Adobe’s publishing technologies (oh byt the way, they just made the deal official) which, through a rather simple hack of preference files inside the app’s folder, allowed to download paid issues for free.
Back then, an Adobe spokesperson confirmed a new version of the Digital Content Viewer had been already shipped to developers and a fix would be released soon. Read more
Microsoft Releases Messenger for Mac 8, Windows Phone 7 Connector Beta
Today Microsoft released two new products for Mac users: a first version of Windows Phone 7 Connector that lets you “Sync music, photos, videos and podcasts from your existing iTunes and iPhoto libraries to your Windows Phone 7” (Leopard required) and Messenger for Mac 8, now out of beta and available as a standalone download. It’ll soon be integrated into Office for Mac 2011. Read more
Note & Share: A Note Taking App, With Twitter and Dropbox Support
There are so many note taking apps for iPhone and iPad out there in the App Store, I don’t want to even keep a list of them anymore. Since Dropbox announced the possibility for developers to plug into the system and people remembered that Evernote has always been a great solution to store notes, developers rushed to release both great and terrible clients to create notes and save them to multiple online locations. Me? I’ve been using Simplenote all along and I’m not moving away from it, although PlainText makes a great note taking application with excellent Dropbox support. Read more
iPhone Security Hole Lets You Make Calls When The Phone Is Locked
It seems like there’s a huge bug in iOS 4.1 for iPhone: with a combination of sleep / power button and a fake emergency call, it is possible to access the iPhone’s contact list and phone keypad even if the device is locked. I personally tested the method and, indeed, it works: I was able to bypass iOS’ passcode lock check and make a phone call to a friend of mine. Read more
AirProjector - iPhone Presentation Tool
A few months ago Cody reviewed AirSketch: an iPad sketchpad that allows you to easily share your doodles over a local network to anyone with a HTML compatible browser. Also from qrayon we now have its other half: AirProjector, an iPhone app that acts as a simplified wireless projector.