Jailbroken iPads Get an Application Switcher, Circuitous

One of the best things about jailbreak is the possibility to enable true multitasking and install application switchers, pretty much like those ones you can have on Mac OS X and Windows PCs. On jailbroken iPhones you can install Pro Switcher, an amazing tool by Ryan Petrich which allows you to quickly switch between apps running in the background. Unfortunately, Pro Switcher is not ready for the iPad yet, although we’ve heard rumors of a private beta floating around.

Pro Switcher isn’t the only application switcher worth giving a try though: Circuitous,a  quite popular extension for the iPhone, has been updated to the 2.0 version and it’s now iPad-compatible.

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Tweetie for Mac Update Coming This Month

Ever since Twitter acquired Loren Brichter’s Tweetie, we all wondered what was going to happen to Tweetie for Mac - the most popular Twitter client on Mac OS X. Then Twitter platform / API head Ryan Sarver confirmed with a post on the official development group that they had acquired the Mac version as well as part of the deal with Loren. That was a huge relief, as we all feared that with new job Loren could drop the development of his great Mac app.

Then Twitter announced they would discontinue Basic Auth support by the end of June and we all figured - well, Tweetie for Mac is going to be updated and we’ll keep using it. Developers started updating their clients to work with OAuth, but Tweetie for Mac was standing still. We kept hoping. Weeks passed by.

On June 1st, we freaked out. The Month of Judgement came and Tweetie for Mac was still based on Basic Auth. “Where the hell is my OAuth Tweetie?”, someone wrote.

Guys, chill. Tweetie for Mac is going to be updated later this month.

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Cupidtino Launches: Mac Users Make Love

I imagine none of our readers like a Microsoft fanboy. After all, the last thing we need is more PC loving inbreds spreading viruses and adding their imperfect machines to the gene pool. In order to overcome such a second-rate race, Apple users need to band together to ensure our continued offspring will be Mac loving geniuses. Cupidtino has launched this afternoon, and it’s the perfect breeding ground for everyone hip and in-style sporting Apple’s latest. If you’re cool and not a PC tool, sign up and find your potential Mac head to ensure the success of smart, creative people unafraid to turn down that silly thing you call Windows.

Sorry Microsoft charmers, you’re just not our type. But we wish you luck! Ciao!

[via TechCrunch]

iPad Web Usage Passes iPod Touch and Android Combined

According to the latest NetMarketShare numbers, the iPad web usage has already surpassed the iPod Touch. In just two months and with more than two million units sold, it turns out that there a lot of iPads browsing the internet. But there’s even more: it seems like the iPad has also passed the web usage of all Android devices together.

One might say that the iPad is actually meant for browsing and everything, but the one word that comes in my mind is: Impressive.

[via Daring Fireball]