It’s not been a long time since Apple announced that there are over 425,000 applications in the App Store. In fact, this was last month and today, a month afterwards that number seems to have been increased by 50,000 according to Apps Fire.
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Google has released their Photovine application for iPhone.
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The developer behind the iOS Instant Messaging App, IM+, has aquired CrispApp, the Hong Kong Developers of the ‘fone‘ app. The ‘fone’ app is currently one of the top rated VoIP apps in the App Store, which allows Facebook users to chat using text and video between themselves.
Permalink: Fone Aquired by IM+ Developer, Video App Coming Soon?
Apple’s Back to School program has officially launched for the year, and there’s a change. As most were guessing the program would include the iPod Touch for another year, Apple has decided to go with a $100 iTunes Gift Card instead.
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I have been getting several errors now when trying to download an app to my iPad for a while now. I was also getting an error when trying to update apps on my iPad as well. After getting several errors on my iPad, I decided to open iTunes on my Mac and try.
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There’s a new kid on the block. It’s name is Terra and it’s the new free browser for iPad. Yeah, I said it, FREE! Terra is a browser that breaks the rules. It has replaced Safari on my iPad and here’s why:
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Developers have created a new browser based App store, similar to cydia, but on the web. If you are familiar with the Android Marketplace or the Amazon App Store, this new Lima App Store allows you to download and install via the web. With Cydia getting over a million hits a day, the jailbreak market is still going strong, leaving no doubt that this Lima App Store will be a success. The store is not up yet, but developers are stating that it will be available soon.
If you have a jailbroken phone, and use apps from Cydia, then you know how much of a pain it is to upgrade your firmware and redownload all your apps again. XBackup allows you to create a backup on your phone, and then sync that backup file to your computer via iTunes. When you are done upgrading and are jailbroken again, just go to the Cydia store, and download XBackup once again. Then in the app, run a restore, and your apps are back on your phone.
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It was about a year and a half ago that new concept product called the Courier was leaked from Microsoft. It was the perfect tablet, but sadly, it was cancelled. It was a dual touchscreen tablet that folded in half like a book. It was pre iPad and before the big tablet boom unfortunately. However, two developers have made Microsoft’s vision a reality with the iPad. They have created a program called Taposé that brings the dual touchscreen functionality to the iPad. Don’t go thinking they will make it fold in half either.
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State Farm Insurance has released an app that allows you to record a trip, and then it evaluates your driving skills and habits to determine how “safe” of a driver you are or are not. The app is called Driver Feedback and was released with the intention to help drivers in the areas of acceleration, braking, and cornering. The app scores each category, and then gives you tips on how you can improve.
Permalink: Driver Feedback iPhone App uses your accelerometer to evaluate your driving
