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Reddit Gets Web App, Goes Open-Source

Reddit fans rejoice: on the 9th you guys got a wonderful new web app that plays well with mobile devices. Today, Reddit announced that they’re making their App Store application open-source.

From Reddit’s blog,

“We’re deprecating the advertising-supported free version in favour of making the next version that you help create free. However none of us are iPhone developers, so for this to happen we’re depending on the help of those that are. This is in the community’s hands now!”

Quite so. You can see Reddit’s original post here and TechCrunch’s coverage of the web app here.



MoneyBook Goes 2.0, Adds Categories and Webapp - 3 Codes Up for Grabs

When I reviewed the first version of MoneyBook for iPhone, I instantly fell in love with it. Great user interface, beautiful animations, easy to use and perfect to enter transactions on the go. No surprise it quickly become one of the most popular applications in the App Store. MoneyBook for iPhone was - and still is - the best personal finance management application currently available.

Now the question is, can an already great app be even better? Sure it can, and that’s exactly what happened with MoneyBook 2.0.

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iPhone 4 has 512 MB of RAM

If you were curious about just how much RAM is under the hood of the new iPhone 4, there’s 512 MB of the speedy stuff – twice as much as the iPhone 3GS and iPad.

The extra RAM can be taken advantage of by the iPhone 4’s new 720p video editing capabilities, and will make the iOS 4 experience as snappy as ever. Game developers must be cheering as well, which should further improve the quality of titles available from companies like Gameloft and EA on the App Store.

UPDATE: A small bit of proof from a WWDC session on Advanced Performance Optimization.

WWDC iPhone 4 Specs

WWDC iPhone 4 Specs

[via MacRumors]



Apple Releases WWDC Session Videos to Developers

Apple has just released the WWDC 2010 session videos. A registered Apple developer account is required to download them, and you can find them at developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2010/. They’re available both in standard and high definition.

“Watch over 100 in-depth technical sessions from WWDC 2010. You’ll learn advanced coding techniques that will show you how to enhance the capabilities of your applications with the revolutionary technologies in iOS and Mac OS X. Download the videos, then take them with you on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad to watch anytime, anywhere.”

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