26Nov2010
iOS 4.3 rumored for December?
MacStories is claiming a “reliable source” has told them Apple was targeting a December release for their next update, iOS 4.3 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad: when Apple didn’t know about the WiFi issues in the GM seed of iOS 4.2, the OS was scheduled to be released weeks before Nov. 22nd. Apple found out about the WiFi issues, released a second GM build and iOS 4.2 came out yesterday. It came out in November, but it should have been out in the first half of November. Anyway,
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‘Pocket God’ Coming Soon to Facebook?
Bolt Creative's Pocket God [99¢] has been a smash hit on our forums since it was released in early 2009. Since then, it's received 35 individual updates, or episodes, each implementing a new feature or two. The latest episode adds even more customization via DLC packs and the ability to draw double rainbows all the way across the sky. In addition, there's also a Pocket God Comic [99¢] that chronicles the adventures of the inhabitants of the game's island. Soon, Pocket God will be
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Fining Terrorists
The day before Thanksgiving will be the pre-holiday ritual of long lines, frustration -- and National Opt-Out Day, a movement calling on alrline passengers to forego the controversial new body scanning machines in favor of manual security pat-downs. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says it can fine individuals up to $11,000 for walking away from the airport security process. But will it? People in government say the fine is mostly a deterrent so that terrorists cannot back
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Gameloft Reveals First Trailer For ‘Shadow Guardian,’ An ‘Uncharted’-Like Game
Gameloft is at it again, borrowing popular ideas, concepts, and mechanics from established franchises and dropping them into an iOS release. This time the studio is setting it sights on Naughty Dog's Uncharted series, which has shown other big-time studios how to combine good action, adventure, reality, cinematics, fantasy, and superb writing elements into a single, mind-melting package. The Gameloft game we're referring to is called Shadow Guardian, an upcoming iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
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Apple Reportedly Targeting Mid-December for iOS 4.3 Release
Written by Eric Slivka Earlier today, we noted increasing rumors regarding Apple and News Corp working together to launch a tablet-focused news product, with John Gruber weighing in to suggest that Apple is tentatively planning for a December 9th media event to introduce the new offering. Gruber noted that Apple's key role in the product's development has been the creation of APIs to support recurring subscription billing via iTunes Store accounts, functionality that would presumably
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No new text tones in iOS 4.2 for iPhone 3GS. why?
We mentioned this back during the betas, but it’s worth a mention again as many iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS owners out there finished their iOS 4.2 update yesterday only to discover something missing — the new text tones! Yes, for some reason Apple has chosen to only make those available on iPhone 4. No iPhone 4, no new text tones. But why, you ask? We’re wondering the same thing. We know this can’t be performance-related, that’s for sure. This makes us curious about what an email
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iOS 4.2 bugs: iPhone music gone after the update? Hereâs the fix!
If you’ve just updated to iOS 4.2 on your iPhone only to discover all your favorite music has mysteriously gone missing, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Our tip line has exploded with users complaining about the very same thing. It’s a scare for sure but luckily the fix is quite simple. Check it out after the break. First take a deep breath. The songs aren’t really gone from your iPhone the bug is just stopping them from being displayed properly. All you have to do is encourage
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Latest Steve Note promises better PDF management in iBooks app
We know you’ve lost sleep waiting for it — now it looks like Steve Jobs is waving his wand to make sure you gonna get it, unleashing a recent Steve Note which promised a new feature is “coming”. He’s so terse. What’s the feature? Well you know you can read PDFs in the iBooks app, and store them in there too? Seems soon you’ll be able to store your PDFs in folders on your virtual bookshelf. Just like those folders full of collected paperwork you may keep on your real
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Ninja Tip: How to re-enable iOS 4.2 network AirPrint on Windows
by Farbod, Interested in how to get network AirPrint working again via your Windows PC? Without much of an explanation, AirPrint was severely gutted just prior to iOS 4.2’s release, retaining support for only a small handful of wireless printers. However, we recently posted on how to restore network printing to Mac OS X 10.6.5, and now we’re here to tell you how to restore it to Windows 7 as well. Check our easy to follow step-by-step instructions after the break! To Re-Enable
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Civilization V for Mac Now Available
Written by Eric Slivka Aspyr Media today announced that Civilization V is now available for Mac OS X. Introduced for Windows back in September, Aspyr announced last month that the Mac version would be appearing in time for the holidays. Sid Meier's Civilization V Mac reinvigorates the classic turn-based strategy genre with an astonishing new engine built from the ground-up for this flagship edition of the Civilization franchise. Players are introduced to an entirely new combat system,
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