I was just scanning around on iTunes this morning and noticed a free app called Blog Writer Live and I thought wow, how convenient this would be for writing on iTD so I downloaded it. Here are my impressions of this app so far..
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The first unofficial jailbreak for iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) with iOS 4.1 is now available. It requires a custom ROM to be created using a modified version of PwnageTool and iOS 4.1 Jailbreak for Mac. This will only work if your iPhone 3GS has iOS 3.1.2/3.1.3 with a redsn0w/pwnagetool or sn0wbreeze jailbreak. Those who used Spirit, Blackra1n or JailbreakMe – this wont work for you. Also, hacktivation doesn’t work so you’ll need your iPhone carrier SIM or use the phonebook SIM activation method before you can use ultrasn0w to unlock it.
Permalink: How to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS with iOS 4.1 using PwnageTool (old bootrom)
As expected, iOS 4.1 has been released via iTunes 10. If you’re not on a jailbroken or unlocked iPhone, go get it. Else, stay back and wait for jailbreak and unlock tools to be available.
iTunes and iPod is where it all start for Apple. iTunes is clearly the number one online media store in the world as people have bought over 11.7 billion songs, over 450 million TV episodes, 100 million movies and 35 million books to date. iTunes users include over 160 million accounts with credit cards and 1-click shopping in 23 countries. Steve Jobs unveiled iTunes 10 today at the Apple event along with Ping, a new social network which revolves around music.
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At least AllThingsDigital tends to think so. While they’re making it sound like the holy grail by putting a ‘think social, not streaming’ tittle to their article, it seems much low key than that. According to them, Apple hasn’t yet made any deals with record companies to provide any iTunes update that will let you stream music directly to your devices, but it could possibly unveil a web version of iTunes Music Store coming Wednesday, 1st September at the Apple media event where the new iPod and possibly iTV would be unveiled.
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Apple has just announced that downloads of Apple iTunes U service have exceeded 300million. This big figure has been achieved in only three years and it makes it one of the world’s most popular online educational catalogs.
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CourseSmart, a company that provides e-textbooks to college students on various digital platforms, is now available for the iPad. E-textbooks via CourseSmart were already available for your PC and iPhone, it only makes sense that they are now available for the iPad as well. 
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Camera+, one of the top-rated photography apps, has been pulled from the App Store. Developed by taptaptap, Camera+ offered numerous features including digital zoom, image stabilization, FX and editing, etc. In the latest update, the developers added an easter egg which enabled users to snap pictures using the volume button instead of using the touch screen button.
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Finally you can play music in the background of your iPhone 4 using Last.fm which is approved by Apple on iOS4. This is great news for all the music loving people. Another big news is that Spotify,a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs, has also been approved for the iOS4. This means that you can listen to tracks from streaming collection of Spotify in the background when you are using another app, this is simply amazing.
Permalink: Background Music with Last.fm and Spotify, Approved for iOS4
