Month: November 2011

Chinese Environmental Leaders Praise Apple For Its Efforts

For several years Apple was criticized for its lack of effort to make its company and its products more eco-friendly. Steve Jobs himself felt the need to write an 1,800 word post on Apple's website regarding the topic.

But Apple has come a long way since then. It's now one of the greenest electronics companies on the planet. And that's a difficult task, considering it has to police dozens of overseas suppliers that help make its products...

Type2Phone: Use Your Mac as a Bluetooth Keyboard for Your iPhone

Have you ever been using your Mac, received a text message on your iPhone, and thought, "I wish I could just use my Mac's keyboard to respond to the text?" What about emails or iMessages? Now you can, thanks to the new Type2Phone app.

The software, released earlier this month, allows Mac users to connect to their iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth. The Mac can then be used to type text on the iOS device. Users can even use the app to paste text from their Mac's clipboard to a text field in iOS...

Minecraft for iPhone and iPad Now Live in the App Store [Updated]

The pocket edition of Minecraft is now available for the iPhone and iPad in the App Store. We told you that Minecraft was coming to the iOS platform a couple of months ago, and now it's finally here.

Fans of the popular game will be pleased to know that the iOS version looks and feels just like its desktop counterpart. Minecraft for iOS lacks online play support, but there's still enough world-building fun to make it an attractive download.

Belkin’s LiveAction iPhone Camera Remote and Grip Finally Announced

Remember that iPhone camera remote of Belkin's that went through the FCC last week? The accessory maker has now made it all official, and the remote even has a friend tagging along for the ride.

Belkin today announced the LiveAction Camera Remote alongside the LiveAction Grip, both of which will cost $49.99, with the former now available for pre-order and the latter shipping today.

Both accessories look to take advantage of the cameras in the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and of course, the iPod touch...

Readability Takes On Instapaper by Going Free, New iOS App On the Way

Popular online reading service Readability has announced several big changes, including the long-awaited release of a native iOS app in the App Store. Not only that, but Readability will now be free for everyone, with users able to subscribe for a small fee to gain access to the "premium" experience.

Like Instapaper and Read It Later, Readability makes it easy to save and read articles online across a variety of devices. While many of the platforms' features overlap, Readability offers several things that services like Instapaper do not.

Google Resurrects Gmail in the App Store

Google has put its Gmail app back on the App Store. After an embarrassing fiasco in which the app was made available and then pulled after only a couple of hours, Gmail for iOS has been resubmitted to the App Store for everyone to download.

Does the app still suck? You be the judge...

How to Pitch iCloud to Your Friends [Infographic]

Have you been looking for the right way to pitch iCloud to your reluctant, non-geeky friends? While Apple's new cloud service is based off a simple premise, describing what iCloud actually does can be a little difficult.

Luckily, the folks at Infographic World have put together a 10,000-foot view of iCloud in the form of a helpful infographic...

iPhone Customers Remain Loyal to AT&T

The industry was shocked when Apple announced that the iPhone would only be available on AT&T in the summer of 2007. While many phone makers tried to get their handsets on as many carriers as possible, Apple entered into an exclusive agreement with AT&T that lasted until February of this year.

Despite the new competition from Verizon, Sprint, and regional carriers like C Spire, iPhone owners have remained loyal to AT&T. Perhaps the nation's biggest GSM carrier isn't as evil as we all thought?

Research Finds That 62% of iPads Never Leave Home

Apple designed its tablet to be a portable device. It even shaved inches (and weight) off of the original iPad to make its second generation tablet more mobile. But still, at nearly one and a half pounds, with a 10 inch display, how portable can it really be?

The results from a recent survey by McKinsey and Company suggests that there aren't many folks using their iPads on the go. In fact, the living room was found to be the number one place that people pull out the iPad...

How to Enable Native FaceTime Over 3G Feature in iOS 5

In the onslaught of rumors that we saw leading up to Apple's Fall iPhone announcement, there was talk that iOS 5 would finally allow users to make FaceTime calls over 3G. As most of you know, FaceTime has been limited to Wi-Fi since its introduction.

As it turns out, the option actually exists in iOS 5, it's just hidden. Apple obviously isn't ready to release it to the public. But as usual, hackers have figured out how to enable the secret feature...

New GO App Allows You to Share Content Anonymously

GO is a new iPhone app that allows users to upload photos, videos, and other content. Although the premise sounds familiar, the service actually has some features that set it apart from the competition.

For starters, content is sorted by location. Upon opening the GO app, users are met with a map interface that shows the areas where others have uploaded media to the service. Once a location is selected, the app displays a list of content from that area...

Create Awesome Polygonal Art Using Poly for iPad

There are some great iPad apps out there, if you know where to look. One such app comes from Seoul-based Innoiz, and it goes by the name of Poly.

Poly is an iPad app that allows users to turn any photo into one that appears to be made up solely of polygons, just like the video games of old...