Synergy is a well known open-source project that allows you to share a single mouse and keyboard across multiple computers, each with its own screen and hardware. You just move the mouse around and switch keyboard from device to device. I think it best represents Ive’s and Jobs’ definition of “magical”, actually.
Posts tagged with "iOS"
Synergy Coming to iOS - With BTstack
Still Having Trouble Installing iOS 4? Restore.
Apple released iOS 4 last week but there’s still a considerable amount of iPhone and iPod Touch users who haven’t been able to install it on their devices. They keep getting timeout sessions, iTunes errors and backups taking hours and hours just to never complete.
iPhone and iOS Icons Rendered Entirely in CSS
We’ve seen what it’s possible to achieve with CSS before: the Opera logo, a Safari window built inside Safari itself, a Kinetic Type video. What about Apple-related stuff though? Now we have an iPhone and some iOS icons made entirely with CSS.
iPhone 4 Gets Its First “Userland” Jailbreak
iOS 4 Jailbreak: Why It Still Matters
iOS 4 brought multitasking, folders, unified inbox, threaded email conversations and note syncing to the iPhone. For these reasons, some people think that jailbreaking a device running iOS 4 is now pointless, considering that two of the biggest features of jailbreak (multitasking and folders) are now developed by Apple itself.
Did I jailbreak my iOS 4 iPhone 3GS? Yes. Do I think is still worth it? Yes.
Winterboard, Backgrounder, BTStack GPS Now iOS 4 Compatible
iOS 4 was released 5 days ago, but that didn’t stop Cydia developers who immediately started working on compatibility fixes for their apps and tweaks. Yes, iOS 4 is jailbreakable, in case you’re still wondering.
Apple Lets You View “Awesome iOS 4 Apps” in the App Store
iOS 4 Fast App Switching Explained
Great post by Matt Neuburg over at TidBITS, where he explains the most important technical details you need to know about iOS’ multitasking.
Remove Recents Hides iOS Apps That Don’t Support Multitasking
The most important feature of iOS 4 is multitasking and, look, we get it. You’re now able to quickly switch between apps and go back to the exact place you left off the app. It’s cool, and it works good. The problem is, there are too many apps that still don’t support the new multitasking APIs, and it’s kind of annoying to get these apps in the multitasking drawer, tap on them and find out that they haven’t been updated for iOS’ persistent state.
Fortunately for jailbroken users, the solution is in Cydia.