Whether it’s about the hardware or the software, user interfaces are Apple’s secret sauce. While competitors sometimes manage to get it right, bar the corners left on their wheels, Cupertino’s interface designers usually know to take those corners off. The user experience is the...
Sling coming to iPhone over 3G…and iPad?
AT&T today announced that it would soon let Sling Player ($29 App Store) work on the iPhone (AND iPAD?!?!) over its 3G network. AT&T had originally said that Sling would cause too much traffic to flow over its network, which might cause service disruptions....
iTunes web integration improved again – now in-browser Apps previews
Apple continues to roll-out web browser integration inside iTunes - now you can preview Apps inside your browser.
In November 2009, Apple introduced iTunes Preview, which allowed users to take a peek inside iTunes using a browser without requiring launch of iTunes itself. The company later a
O2 in 3G iPad talks – confirms over 2 million UK iPhone sales
Apple and O2 are in talks to offer 3G access to the iPad in the UK, a report this morning confirms - suggesting international carrier discussions had to wait until after the product’s US introduction last week before entering critical phase.
CityAM tells us...
President’s staff are MacBook users…
Here's one from Washington. If the Whitehouse staffers can use Macs, why can't your business?


Amazon acquires company to help it get in touch
Amazon, perhaps is feeling some heat from a certain recently-revealed Apple device, has recently purchased Touchco, a New York-based start-up specializing in touch-screen technology, according to the NYTimes. The company will relocate the 6-person startup to exotic Cupertino, California, home of Lab126, Amazon's...
Skype talks iPad and VoIP over 3G
Interesting. Skype today posted a video regarding updating the application to enable it to work over 3G. This, shall we say, "flies in the face" of what they said a few weeks back when they blamed Apple for not allowing them to do VoIP over 3G. Here's Skype's Peter Parkas:
Many...
Will iPad host a multitasking Widget Dashboard?
Here’s the picture: blogger Kevin Fox speculates that the iPad may offer a limited form of multitasking via a dashboard. Harkening back to Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ introduction of the device last week he notes that some of the smaller Apps iPhone users are accustomed to are...
Codenames of next iPhone (N89) and iPod touch(N90) revealed
That's about it. Engadget thought you'd like to know.

Google’s Nexus One gets multi-touch, Apple’s patents be damned
Ever since Google's Android came on the scene, it hasn't had true multi-touch. A report by Venturebeat said that Apple had asked Google not to use multi-touch in its Android phones and Google had complied, rather than get into legal trouble.
Fast forward to today. Google...
In conflicting blog posts today, Adobe says/refutes that Flash is its future
Kevin Lynch, CTO of Adobe penned a post on Adobe's blog today defending Flash as the de-facto standard on the web for interactivity and video playing. Lynch comes to Adobe from Macromedia where he was Chief Software Architect and obviously has been with Flash longer...
iPhone OS 3.1.3 is out on the town
Hit iTunes for your fresh copy of iPhone 3.1.3 (Build 7E18) which weighs in a 228.1MB. The update "Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS" and "Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances".
Update: We've found that Apple has updated the Modem Firmware from version...



