iOS Developers Reporting In-App Purchasing Outage
A key security feature of Apple’s in-app billing feature for iOS apps has been down since Thursday night, making it difficult for app developers to verify legitimate sales and leaving some of them...
View ArticleiPhone ‘Life of George’ Combines Real Lego With Virtual Lego
Lego's Life of George marries a video game with real life.
View ArticleIt Had to Happen: iPhone Radiation Detectors
Tweet your radiation levels with Scosche's RDTX iPhone dongle In Japan, it’s probably safe to say there’s a gadget for everything.
View ArticleFour-Way, Big-Screen Multiplayer Coming to Real Racing
Four players with their own iDevice combined into one split-screen view via AirPlay This is pretty awesome. The already great Real Racing is about to get “Party Play.” Party Play lets up to four...
View ArticleFacebook Releases Long-Awaited iPad App
Facebook's iPad app is available today. Image: TechCrunch It seemed like it would never arrive, but at long last, Facebook has released its iPad app. One of the key features of the iPad-specific app...
View ArticleFree App Brings Image Stabilization to iPhone, iPad
The iPad’s stills camera might be terrible, but as a video camera it’s pretty good. And combined with iMovie in the big screen, it’s hard to beat
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Photo Stream
If you have a new enough iPhone or iPad, you can now edit photos on the device. Photo Charlie Sorrel iOS 5 is here, and with it iCloud. ICloud is the biggest step yet towards cutting the cord with...
View ArticleInstacast Podcast Client Now Syncs via iCloud
Instacast now syncs everything, including your play position, between iOS devices ICloud, schmiCloud, right? Who cares about syncing boring old word processor documents anyway?
View ArticleSteve Jobs Bio: Its 6 Most Surprising Reveals
Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs doesn’t go on sale until Monday, but advanced copies have been delivered to the New York Times, Associated Press and Huffington Post, all of which have been...
View ArticleGmail for iOS: Now You See It, Now You Don’t
A screenshot of the Gmail iOS app on iPhone, which quickly disappeared from the App Store this morning. The Gmail app for iPhone and iPad went live earlier today. After many users downloaded it and...
View ArticleFirst Look: Official Gmail App for iOS
One distinguishing feature of Android phones is their exclusive Gmail app. Not anymore. Today, Google began sharing the Gmail love with iPhone and iPad users through its new Gmail iOS app
View ArticleJawbone Unveils “Up,” A Health Monitoring Wristband for Data Fiends
Finally, something to wear to the gym that isn’t spandex or sweatpants.
View ArticleAirCassette Turns iPhone into Tape Player
AirCassette Takes you back in time AirCassette is a cassette tape player for the iPhone. More correctly, it’s an alternate music playing app which throws up a cute animation of a tape when music is...
View ArticleAndroid Crushed the Smartphone Competition Last Quarter
The Motorola Droid Bionic launched in early September. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired The smartphone OS space looks a whole lot different than it did a year ago
View ArticleTascam iM2: Hi-Fi Stereo Mic for iPhone, iPad
Tascam's iM2 turns any iDevice into a high-quality stereo recorder I wish I’d found out about this stereo iPhone mic yesterday. I was last-minute shopping for dictaphone for the Lady’s work, trying to...
View ArticleApp Tethers iPhone to Computer, No Jailbreak Required
It's not pretty, but it (sometimes) works From the department of “get it while it’s hot” comes iTether, an app which lets you share your iPhone’s data connection with your Mac or PC. While some...
View ArticleiOS 5.1 Beta Code Directly References iPad 3, iPhone 5
Apple began seeding iOS 5.1 beta to developers Monday. The update should address a number of bugs, but deep within the code are references to two highly anticipated iOS devices: iterations of Apple’s...
View ArticleBox Offers Free Cloud Storage for LG’s Android Smartphones
If Google hasn’t fully convinced you that the future is in the cloud, other smaller online storage services are erasing all doubt whatsoever. Take, for example, Box.net, a cloud-based storage and...
View ArticleIndustry-Wide App Rating System Dissed by Apple, Google
In an effort to streamline and simplify the maturity ratings of software in mobile app stores, CTIA, the international wireless industry association, yesterday proposed a ratings system that store...
View ArticleLibratone Lounge: The AirPlay Speaker Is All Growed Up
The Libratone Lounge is bigger than you think it is... Libratone’s Lounge speaker is what the Apple Hi-Fi should have been: Sleek, white AirPlay-enabled and, er, covered in cashmere. The heart of this...
View ArticleMatch.com iPhone App Pulled for Skirting In-App Purchasing Policy
Apple’s App Store developer guidelines are extensive, even fatiguing, in their length and specificity, but they make one point perfectly clear: If your app includes any in-app purchases, they must be...
View ArticleNew Hipstamatic App Kicks Photography Back to the Old School
You can customize your own 24-photo roll of a disposable-style camera in the D-Series app.
View ArticleA List of FREE iOS Apps Officially Released by Microsoft
Even though the majority stuff we are covering here is Windows, that doesn’t mean that we can’t be a fan of any other things. In fact, both Jonathan and I are a huge fan of Apple’s iOS devices, iPhone...
View ArticleGrab it While You Can: iMAME Emulator App for iOS
Final Fight, running on an iOS MAME emulator, no jailbreak required Do you like playing old arcade games? Do you wish there was a way to play those classic games of old on your iPhone or iPad, perhaps...
View ArticleWhy Windows 8 Tablets Will Surprise Everyone
At Microsoft's Build conference, Michael Angiulo, corporate vice president of Windows Planning, Hardware and PC Ecosystem, displays a prototype Windows 8 tablet.
View Article60Beat, a Proper Game Controller for iOS
If enough games support it, the 60Beat pad could be huge The iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad have turned out to be great for games. I play more these days than I have anytime since I was a stoner in...
View ArticleiPhone Celebrates 5th Birthday — How Has It Changed?
People stand outside the Apple Store on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, Friday, June 29, 2007, waiting to get in to purchase the company’s new iPhone during the official launch day. Photo: M. Spencer...
View ArticleNokia, Microsoft Build ‘Beachhead’ in War of the Mobiles
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop at the Nokia press conference in Las Vegas.
View ArticleVideo: Sphero Robot Ball Provides Multi-Directional, Pet-Confounding Fun
LAS VEGAS – Balls, in all their spheric and bulbous forms, are typically governed by the immutable laws of motion. However, Colorado-based Orbotix has taken that maxim and turned it on its head,...
View ArticleSnapseed Photo App Heading to Mac and Android
Snapseed, Nik's excellent and intuitive iOS app, is coming to the Mac and Android Snapseed, one of Gadget Lab’s favorite iOS photo editing app, is coming to the Mac, as well as Tegra-based Android...
View ArticleOne Keyboard to Control Both iPad and Computer
The Slim keyboard comes with a kickstand for your iPhone Here’s a neat little keyboard from Matias. It will control both your computer and your iPad or iPhone, swapping between them at the press of a...
View ArticleNew iPad Graphics Chip 20X Faster
Even the logo looks fast Imagination, the company behind the graphics GPUs found in many smartphones, has announced its new Series 6 chips. The PowerVR G6200 and G6400 will be up to 20x faster than...
View ArticleBuried Code in iOS 5 Beta Suggests Facebook Integration
Steve Jobs shows off the white iPad 2 in San Francisco March 3, 2011. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired As the release of Apple’s next iPad looms closer, rumors about the tablet’s specs and features are growing...
View ArticleWhited00r Puts iOS 5 on iPhone 2G, iPod Touch 1G
Give new life to your aging iOS devices with Whited00r Still using a first-gen iPod Touch or a second-generation iPhone? Sick of all the multi-tasking, home-screen folders and faster performance of...
View ArticleMountain Lion vs. Windows 8: Two Paths to Platform Convergence
Image via Apple.com Now that Apple’s offered a sneak preview of OS X Mountain Lion , we can begin to compare it with that other new operating system coming later this year, Windows 8 . In particular,...
View ArticleWindows 8 Consumer Preview ISO Image is Available For Download
Last night, this morning Microsoft announced Windows 8 Consumer Preview in Barcelona, Spain. According to Microsoft this new build has over 100,000 code changes since the last September’s Developer...
View ArticleHow To Turn Your Windows into Apple TV Receive AirPlay Content with XBMC 11
XBMC 11 was officially released yesterday, it has been in beta and RC release for month. There are some exciting new feature and improvements .
View ArticleWhy IDC Predicts Windows Phone Will Surpass iOS by 2016
In four years, Windows Phones will be more popular than iPhones, according to IDC. Photo: Ariel Zambelich Not only will Windows Phone outshine BlackBerry in the worldwide smartphone market, it will...
View ArticleFacebook App Center: Hands-On With Your Portal to Next Year’s FarmVille
Facebook's App Center app store running on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and an Apple iPhone 4S. Photo: Peter McCollough/Wired The mythical Facebook phone still hasn’t arrived, but Facebook’s app store — er,...
View ArticleTrack 8 Brings Native Metro UI Music App to Your iPhone
Just in time before Apple’s annual WWDC conference, how about a Metro UI iOS app to lighten up your day ? Track 8 , is a Windows Phone 7 Metro Style music player app for your iOS .
View ArticleLiveblog: iOS 6 to Headline Apple’s WWDC 2012 Announcements
iOS 6 banners went up at the Moscone Center on Friday afternoon. Photo: Roberto Baldwin/Wired SAN FRANCISCO — Today Apple kicks off its 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone Center in...
View ArticleiOS 6: A Deeper Look at Its 10 Coolest Features
Siri gets some much needed added functionality in iOS 6. Photo: Jon Phillips/Wired When it arrives on handsets and tablets this fall, iOS 6 won’t just be a simple operating system update — it will be...
View ArticleHands-On With Twist, the App That Tells People You’ll Be Horribly Late
Don’t be late! When you create a twist on the Twist app, you can see your location along a route. Photo: Peter McCollough/Wired Whether you have a habit of arriving awkwardly early or annoyingly late...
View ArticleSide by Side: The Flagship Handsets for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone
Windows Phone 8 officially debuted today at an event in San Francisco.
View ArticleWhy Apple (and You) Might Miss Scott Forstall
Photo: Jon Phillips/Wired Apple announced Monday that iOS chief Scott Forstall would be leaving the company. While most commenters seem happy to see him go, it’s worth noting that Apple is parting...
View ArticleWindows User with iOS devices, Get Ready to Jailbreak Any Gadget Running iOS...
It has been a long wait. The latest iOS 6 released in last September, since then there were little news on the status of jailbreak for all the new devices and new OS. But this is going to change TODAY....
View ArticleWindows User with iOS devices, Get Ready to Jailbreak Any Gadget Running iOS...
It has been a long wait. The latest iOS 6 released in last September, since then there were little news on the status of jailbreak for all the new devices and new OS. But this is going to change TODAY....
View Article‘Google Now’ Reportedly Coming to iOS, Chrome OS, Windows 8
There is nothing else out there quite like Google Now. It’s arguably the single best feature found in Android Jelly Bean, and soon, it seems, it’ll be coming to iOS, Windows 8 and Chromebooks...
View ArticlePlease Stop Fighting About Your Smartphone
Do you like Android? You should, it’s amazing. iOS? Wow, what a great platform, no wonder it started a revolution. Windows Phone? Seriously, it’s got a remarkable and beautiful interface. BlackBerry?...
View ArticleThe Not-So-Subtle Differences Between Instagram on iOS, Android, and Windows...
Instagram finally launched on Windows Phone this morning, which means the popular photo-sharing app is now available on every major mobile platform. Don’t expect a uniform experience though. Turns out,...
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