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British Man Delivers His Baby At Home, With A Little Help From iPhone
A British man recently delivered his own baby at home using his iPhone. An ambulance was not able to reach his house because of the terrible weather conditions which are currently affecting several parts of the UK. And when the delivery started he did not lose his courage and met the challenge. He used his iPhone to search the Internet for advice and instructions while he helped his wife give birth. As a result, he managed to deliver his second-born child himself. Congratulations to the happy family!
Prototype of Apple’s first portable Mac hits eBay
A prototype of Apple’s first portable Macintosh was offered for a sale on eBay. It has a label “this device is a demonstration unit only. Production units will comply with all applicable Federal Rules and Regulations” which confirms that it is a prototype unit. Unfortunately the devise does not power on because of the dead acid battery.
Beta-version Of Jailbreak For iOS 4.2.1 Released
The iPhone Dev team has just released the second beta of their untethered RedSn0w jailbreak (the first beta has been released few hours ago and has more bugs).
New jailbreak is called "Jailbreak Monte", as it uses new "backup method". The iPhone Dev Team warns that their beta-version is not a general release and you should back up all your media before using it. There are also other limitations and bugs:
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Mac App Store first shots
9to5Mac got some information about the upcoming Mac App Store. You can see the app's icon already, and the app will have a login screen very similar to what you already use in iTunes to install iOS apps.
Apple: Everything That Happened in 2010
2010 has been a terrific year for Apple. Apple released the new MacBooks, new iMacs / Mac Minis and Mac Pros, the iPhone 4, the iPad. Not to mention the new & improved Apple TV, iOS 4, Retina Display on the iPod touch, the fiscal results….overall, it’s been a good year. YouTube user tszheichoi has posted a look back at all the exciting moments of Apple in 2010.
Steve Jobs Named 'Financial Times' Person of the Year
Well-known British newspaper Financial Times recently announced that Apple CEO Steve Jobs was selected its "Person of the Year" for 2010.
A rebuttal of F. Scott Fitzgerald's much-quoted aphorism that there are no second acts in American life does not come more decisively than this. When Steven Paul Jobs first hit the headlines, he was younger even than Mark Zuckerberg is now. Long before it was cool to be a nerd, his formative role in popularising the personal computer made him the tech industry's first rock star .
Skype Video Calling Coming to iPhone
Skype has had an iPhone application since early 2009. Put video calling wasn’t available there till the present moment. But the company has to roll out video calling for the iPhone or other mobile platforms. Skype is rumored to announce video calling support for the iPhone and iPod touch at CES 2011 early next month. The company has told that it is going to make a series of announcements concerning video calling at CES. Moreover, Skype will be participating in a panel called “Video Calling Gets Ready for Primetime”.
Sony Has Launched iTunes Rival
Yesterday Sony has launched a new service of streaming music subscription to compete with Apple's iTunes, but in opposition to the latter it will offer another approach in digital music sales.
New cloud-based music service is called "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity" and offers users to stream music they want to listen to, but not purchase and download it.
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Apple's next-gen iPad to get iPod touch-like back, wide-range speaker
Japanese blog MacOtakara published a new portion of rumors concerning Apple’s iPad 2. It claims that the second-generation iPad will have a smaller bezel, a flat back panel and a wide-range speaker. These changes might be caused by a couple of criticisms of the original iPad design. The outer plastic bezel surrounding the LCD screen of the iPad was seen as large by some. Thus, the forthcoming iPad will be 3mm smaller; reportedly measuring 239mm by 186mm. LCD screen on the next-generation iPad will stay the same size. Back of the iPad is reported to be "flat like an iPod Touch". It will allow the new iPad to sit flat on a desk surface. The current iPad has a rounded back. The Ambient Light Sensor will be moved to the "upper center of the rear panel and has a new 3mm slim hole". According to rumors, production of the new iPad has already begun and it will probably start shipping in the mid of January.
Biggest iPhone on Earth
London travelers have a reason to smile. At the , visitors are being greeted by a huge iPhone display.
It is called the “Biggest iPhone on Earth” since the display is actually made of 56 iPads. It advertises the new game, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. The first people who saw the gigantic iPhone were given free iPads, which surely made traveling better for those people.
One million Apple TVs
Apple has announced recently that Apple TV 2G is expected to hit the one million units sold mark this week.
According to a , Apple TV users are renting and purchasing over 400,000 TV episodes and over 150,000 movies per day using the device.
Apple released the $99 device in October 2010. It allows users to watch HD movies, TV shows, stream content from Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, and MobileMe.
Free Lonely Planet City Guide for iPhone
Some Lonely Planet City Guides for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are free until December 23. This is a $6 price drop and free is the lowest possible price, so hurry up.
Guides' features include offline maps, location-based navigation, points of interest, image galleries, and editorial content.
Here are the links to free guides:
Camera+ iPhone app is back in the App Store
After being pulled from AppStore application Camera+ is back with version 2.0. It has new filters and enhancments in addition to the usual bug fixes.
Camera+ is on sale right now and is available for $0.99 ().
What's New in Version 2.0:
Apple released free developer books for iBooks users
Apple has recently released six books of Apple Developer Publications series for free. They can be easily found in the iBookstore by typing "apple developer publications" in the search field. The books have been available for free download for a while on Apple's site for developers as PDF-files, but now they have been converted to epub format for even more comfortable reading.
Here is a list of these books:
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Facebook App Has Been Updated to Version 3.3.3
Today Facebook app has been updated to the version 3.3.3, though still no support for an iPad has been implemented. The update addresses some issues and has few new features listed below:
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