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iSaidWhat?! A New Take on iPhone Pranks

A while ago, a new app development company Tapparatus showed up with something really fun to use. iSaidWhat?! was an app meant to be used as a way torecord what your friends said, and mix the sequence so it sounds like they said something else. I got the app, and instead of reviewing it from...

Sharing data between your Mac and iPhone

The iPhone to me is less phone, and more of an extension to computing. And for a device to extend your primary workstation’s functions, it needs to be able to transparently move data back and forth, with minimal user interaction. I haven’t synced my iPhone with my Mac in over a month. That’s partly because...

Mouse Path shows you everything you’ve done.

What the hell is that?! It could very well be the most awesome thing you’ll see in 2010. Apart from the iPad, that is. Seems like Anatoly Zenkov was bored out of his wits doing everything he does, and created an ingenious little application that tracks your mouse pointer. To what purpose, you ask? Awesomenes. The...

MacSpeech’s transcription engine

MacSpeech’s transcription engine → Something many users have been looking for: MacSpeech this week at Macworld Expo San Francisco launched its latest speech-to-text software, Scribe. Instead of the real-time recording and translation in its Dictate packages, Scribe handles recorded audio files. The $149 software understands 13 different English dialects, the company said, and users can train the software...

Apple rejects app due to unsafe screenshots—shocking!

Apple rejects app due to objectionable screenshots → Krapps reports that Apple has finally started ‘kid proofing’ the screenshots of some of the adult apps: Thank you for submitting your application to the App Store. Unfortunately, xxxxx xxxxxx cannot be posted to the App Store at this time because the screenshots provided contain content that is objectionable...

How to force quit an unresponsive iPhone app

How to force quit an unresponsive iPhone app → I’ve seen a bunch of people attempt the old way of doing it (press and hold the home button) with no results. Aron Trimble at TUAW explains how it’s done on a OS 3.0 device: To force quit an unresponsive app all you have to do is press...

Countdown to 10 billion

Countdown to 10 billion → iTunes about to sell its 10 billionth song: iTunes changed the way you buy music, making songs and albums available for download, day or night. Seven years later, we’re about to celebrate our biggest milestone for music, yet — 10 billion songs downloaded. Buy a song, and if it’s the 10 billionth...

2009 Best App Ever Awards announced

2009 Best App Ever Awards announced → Nominated by the internets, moderated by a wide panel of judges (including SA’s Preshit), over 300 votes later, here’s the best the App Store has to offer. Touchpad - Transform your iPhone or iPod touch to remotely control your computer through WiFi. Extended keyboard, Multi-Touch Trackpad and Apple Remote.

Heavily spec’ed Windows 7 tablet falls flat

Heavily spec’ed Windows 7 tablet falls flat → Peter Svensson gives you a brief look at what’s to come on the other side of tablet computing: Judging by a model that’s already out, the $550 Archos 9, the Windows tablets have a rough road ahead. […] Archos 9 is lethargic because it runs Windows 7 on a...

Top 10 new features of Aperture 3

Top 10 new features of Aperture 3 → Thomas Fitzgerald, who I’ve known to be a professional photographer and Aperture lover, points out the 10 biggest new features in Aperture 3. His list is even more mouth-watering than Apple’s “What’s New” page. Touchpad - Transform your iPhone or iPod touch to remotely control your computer through WiFi....

Tags 2.0: Integrated Tagging for your Mac

I reviewed Tags 1.0 just about a year ago, and even in that state it was a fairly functional way of working with Tags. However, it wasn’t integrated enough with the system to fit into the regular workflow. Apparently, the guys at Gravity Apps have been feeling the same thing, and have unleashed the next...

Apple India: I’m done dealing with you

20th October. Magic Mouse unveiled. Fanboy excited. 27th October. Check in at the local Apple retailer. “Within two weeks”. 8th November. Check in again, “second week of December”. 8th December. Ankur offers to get me a mouse from the US, but I had faith in Apple India. 25th December. Christmas. No Magic Mouse. 20th January. Ankur offers to send me...