Apple Hires Jailbreak App Developer to Work on iOS Notification?
It seems Apple uses the jailbreak community source of inspiration for future features. The app store, folders, multitasking, all were available to jailbroken iPhones way before they were part of iOS proper. Apple may be doing it again with notifications by hiring MobileNotifier developer Peter Hajas. According to the developer, he is taking a break from his jailbroken app and focusing on “other projects”. It now appears that Peter is showing up in Apple’s employee database as an iOS framework and app engineer. It’s sad to see the jailbreak community lose a great developer, but if he can bring great notifications to iOS officially, it might be better for the platform as a whole.
Via [Engadget]
It’s Official, iCloud Will be Announced at WWDC by Steve Jobs
The word just came from Apple that their iCloud service will be announced by, none other than, Steve Jobs at WWDC 2011. We have heard Apple is working with the record companies on iCloud, so how this service will be different from Amazon’s and Google’s service it yet to be seen. Along with iCloud, Apple is set to announce Lion, the eighth version of Mac OS, and iOS 5 for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Needless to say, Apple is poised to make some serious moves here, hopefully the delivery matches the hype.
“Apple to Unveil Next Generation Software at Keynote Address on Monday, June 6
CUPERTINO, California—May 31, 2011—Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS® X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers the iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®; and iCloud®, Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering.
WWDC will feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers. Mac® developers will see and learn how to develop world-class Mac OS X Lion applications using its latest technologies and capabilities. Mobile developers will be able to explore the latest innovations and capabilities of iOS and learn how to greatly enhance the functionality, performance and design of their apps. All developers can bring their code to the labs and work with Apple engineers.”
Guru Inspection: Bracketron Twist 360 for iPad Review
The Bracketron Twist 360 is a jack of all trades type of case for your iPad. It has a swivel “Twistgrip” that can rotate 360 degrees so you can position your iPad many different ways. not only does the Twistgrip rotate, but it also moves up and down giving you the ability to change your viewing angles on the fly.
Guru Inspection: Breffo Spiderpodium Tablet Review
We loved the Breffo Spiderpodium for our phone so much, we wanted to check out the Spiderpodium for tablets too! The Spiderpodium Tablet is a universal stand that can be manipulated in many positions to hold a variety of tablets. Have a look at our review below!
iOS 4.3 Coming March 11
Alongside the iPad 2 being announced today, Steve Jobs with the help of Scott Forstall unveiled iOS 4.3 to the world. New features in the update include the Nitro Javscript engine from Safari on OS X to make browsing super sweet, new iTunes Home Sharing that lets you play content from iTunes to your iOS device over WiFi, new AirPlay features that we saw in the iOS 4.3 betas such as the ability for App Store apps to share audio and video. For the iPhone only, iOS 4.3 adds the personal hotspot feature but for only the GSM version and for the iPad it adds Photobooth and Facetime to take advantage of the new camera on the iPad 2. Oh and Apple is giving us choice of whether you want the switch on the side to be for locking the screen rotation or for it to be a mute switch.
iOS 4.3 will be a free download available on March 11 for the iPhone 4 (GSM), 3GS, iPod Touch 3rd and 4th gen and both iPad models.
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