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Apple’s iPad App Submission Announced

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March 19, 2010
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Apple recently announced to developers that it is now accepting iPad applications and from the sounds of it, it seems like applications which are submitted by March 27th will have a chance of being reviewed and approved before the iPad launch next month. An email was sent out to iPhone developers informing them of the March 27th deadline. Since most of all apps developed so far have only been tested in the emulator, this is more of a “feedback” round for devs looking to be ready for the launch without actually testing their apps on hardware. Apple has mentioned that “only apps submitted for More >

SlingPlayer for Android Coming This Summer

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March 19, 2010
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Sling Player is coming to Android, this is fantastic news for Android fans. The company has been showing off the new app in Austin at the GDGT Live Event. SlingPlayer Android software will allows users to remotely view and control their home’s cable, satellite channels, media center from their smartphone devices like android phones over 3G or WiFi. With your Android device in your hand you can change the channel and even control the DVR (at home) right from your workplace (office).

The video below displays SlingPlayer running on both Google Nexus One and a Motorola DROID. Currently, the More >

WordPress Update for BlackBerry Users

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March 19, 2010
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WordPress for BlackBerry has been updated to version 1.1 and includes several new features. Amongst those features are:

  • Comment Notifications
  • Geotagging of Posts
  • Improved UI interaction on Touch devices
  • Introduction of Touch Gestures: Sliding a finger to the left or right quickly on the Comment screen displays the next or previous comment.
  • New File Browser with thumbnails support
  • PhotoResizing improvements with user defined dimensions
  • Overall enhancements to the speed and stability of the app

You can pick WordPress for BlackBerry 1.1 up by visiting http://blackberry.wordpress.org. With More >

Apple Working On A Wireless Social Networking App Coined “iGroups”

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March 19, 2010
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The US Patent Office recently released the text for an Apple patent application today that describes a social networking service which would be use the location of your mobile device to link you up with other people nearby. It’s basically a Bump without bumping (the app.) The new application is said to be called iGroups and it will allow you to wirelessly exchange contact information, your schedule, and exact location with others. The iGroups app would use a public-key cryptography to allows users to exchange their personal info securely over a “trusted service” which is probably just a More >

The Scoop On Multitasking on The Windows Phone 7 Series

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March 18, 2010
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While the Microsoft press conference this week has had its fair share of news about the Windows Phone 7 Series, one of the hazy portraits that was painted included multitasking on the new OS. Since the OS isn’t ready, no one has final hardware for it, and the emulator seems to behave differently than actual devices, and Microsoft’s descriptions, the whole feature has been rather confusing. So we can set the story straight about it by stating, multitasking is NOT going to happen, atleast not the way you would expect it to. The way the multitasking feature works on the Windows Phone 7 OS is More >

Parallels Desktop vs VMware Fusion for Mac

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March 18, 2010
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Are you a Mac user, who is having a tough time deciding between Parallels and VMware Fusion for running Windows on your Mac? No worries – Apple site MacTech put the two virtualization tools against one another. The results: In tests covering boot speed, CPU usage, application performance, CPU speed, graphics, and more, Parallels 5 came out on top of VMware Fusion 3 in every instance.

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Tony Hawk Game Coming To The iPhone

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March 17, 2010
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Tony Hawk’s official Twitter account had a leaked image which revealed a picture of what appears to be a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game being played on the iPhone. The tweet that previously linked to the picture has been removed, but it was promised that “This is real & dropping soon.” If this is all true, there may be a wave of skating games on the iPhone in the near future.

The image seemed to a show a level that looked fairly similar to the hangar level in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (from back in the day.) Although it is seen in the image, it may not necessarily mean the iPhone version will be More >

Apple Going Flash Free: No Flash On iPad\iPhone\iPodTouch

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March 17, 2010
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Apple has been adamant about not supporting Flash on the iPad along with the iPhone and iPodTouch devices. As we all know that so far whatever Apple want they get it, and right now their focus is to have developers crank out boatloads of websites, mobile applications, and digital content that is flash-free for their upcoming idevice – iPad.

Despite the consistent bashing from critics, Apple is successfully changing the way many websites would have otherwise functioned with Flash for the sake of capturing a chunk of the tablet’s presumably large forthcoming audience.

Today, the we More >

Microsoft Shows Off Revamped Internet Explorer 9

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March 17, 2010
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Microsoft has made some big announcements this year at the MIX10, first the Windows Phone 7 Series development, and now Microsoft gave programmers, web developers, and the world at large a taste of things to come with its new and improved Internet Explorer 9 web browser.

As per Microsoft, IE 9 stays competitive by supporting several HTML 5 specifications including CSS3, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), XHTML parsing, and both embedded H.264/MPEG4 video and MP3/AAC audio. It also includes a new and improved JavaScript engine that combined with its GPU-accelerated graphics promises to deliver More >

Android Marketplace Now Serving Over 30,000 Apps

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March 17, 2010
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As per our sources Android Marketplace is now serving 30,000 apps. That is twice the amount of apps that were being offered last year in December. Recently at the MWC, Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced that the company’s partners are now selling over 60,000 Android handsets on a daily basis. With that kind of rate no wonder the Android Marketplace has grown so drastically.

These numbers come directly from Google via MobileCrunch. Android Marketplace still has a lot of catching up to do, considering 140,000 apps announced or the Apple iPad earlier this month. Of course Apple has had a More >

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