27Nov2010
Leak details iBooks collections, PDF mailing and printing
Apple's plans to bring folders to iBooks was detailed late last evening in a copy of a leaked user guide update. Referred to as collections, the approach will mirror that of other book apps and will let users make and rename collections of regular books and PDFs that can show on the bookshelf. The 9 to 5 tip showed that regular "Books" and "PDFs" categories will be treated as collections of their own. PDF readers will specifically get the option to e-mail documents out using the standard iOS
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NAVIGON US MyRegion for iPhone promo code give away!
by Georgia, NAVIGON has generously offered TiPb readers a bunch of promo codes for their amazing NAVIGON US MyRegion turn by turn navigation app for iPhone. We’re talking US MyRegion West, MyRegion Central, and MyRegion East (and did we say a bunch?!) If you’re not familiar with MyRegion, it’s basically the full on 2010 TiPb Readers Choice Award winning NAVIGON experience but covering smaller areas. That way if you only drive around the Western US, you don’t need to buy the maps
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‘SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad’ Now Available in App Store
Written by Eric Slivka Earlier this year, we reported that Sling Media was "hard at work" on an iPad version of its SlingPlayer Mobile application, which offers iOS device compatibility with the company's service designed to "sling" television content from a set-top box connected to a user's television to computers and mobile devices. Sling Media today announced that SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad [App Store, $29.99] is now available in the App Store, offering higher-resolution video
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U.S. Regulators Investigating Research Analysts Over ‘Channel Checks’
Written by Eric Slivka Research analysts have gained significant attention over the years for their predictions of Apple's production plans, with "channel checks" frequently being cited as the basis for their assessments. These checks involve receiving information, often secondhand, from representatives of Apple's manufacturing partners. The Wall Street Journal reports, however, that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now investigating the legality of such channel
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Learn more about your iPhone contacts with the RememberMe Quiz
Announcing the availability of fast-paced quiz game-Remember Me on the iTunes App Store. Developed by PhoApps ApS, “Remember Me?” is the app in which questions are generated from the user's own iPhone / iPod touch address book contacts. The quiz is time-based and players can choose between three difficulty levels that affect the type of questions presented throughout the game as well as time available. The idea behind the game is that the player should have fun and at the same time
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iOS 5 Wish List
Let’s be honest: iOS 4.2.1 only really mattered to iPad owners who were just aching for a bit of that good old multitaskin’, folder-makin’ magic. If you own an iPad, you’re probably still enjoying all that the latest upgrade gave (and lamenting what it took away), but the rest of us are already looking ahead to the future and dreaming of what the next major revision of iOS might bring. So here are the 10 features I’m hoping for in iOS 5, listed in no particular order: Honestly,
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Avoid jailbreak detection?
Posted by tomybomby: I'm traumatized after plugging in the iPhone to my macbook. Last time it detected the jailbreak and it became unusable for a while. Is there a way to disable this auto-detect feature in macbook? Would you please elaborate on "detected the jailbreak?" What exactly happened and how was the phone unusable? As a point of reference, Mac OS X 10.6 and iTunes 10.1 do not detect and block iOS devices that have been jailbroken purely because they are jailbroken--the
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Carbon Star HD
Textured UI Navigation Buttons!.. Full Status Bar Icon Set!.. Carbon Fiber Everywhere! Carbon Star HD Yes, one of the first themes to bring Carbon Fiber to the UI with a whole different perspective. The screen shots hardly do any justice, as the detail of this theme has such a brilliant greyscale UI with minor hints of color, topped off with old school icons to change it up from the constant flow of picture icons. I must give thanks out to my biggest influences, both whose themes
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iOS 4.2 iPhone 4 1013 error
I had the same problem this morning. After going through these steps the update was succesfully. Find the solution here: Apple - Support - Discussions - Upgrade to iOS 4.2 1013 error ... 1. Go to your "Applications" folder 2. Go to your "Utilities" folder 3. Launch "Terminal" 4. Type "sudo nano /etc/hosts" (without quotes) and hit return 5. Enter your password 6. Use the down arrow key to find the "gs.apple.com" entries. Once the cursor is in front, make sure you comment out the
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iOS 4.2.1: Why did Apple cripple AirPlay?
"Apple's big new iOS 4.2 software update for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch includes a sexy feature called "AirPlay," which lets you wirelessly stream video, photos, or audio to an Apple TV," Dan Frommer reports for The Business Insider. "But the way AirPlay was released by Apple yesterday, it's crippled." "AirPlay only works for video in Apple's iTunes movies app and the built-in YouTube app... it does NOT support video AirPlay in Safari (for web video), in third-party apps, or for video
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