iOS

 To Get Everything You’ll Need to Pay a Provider In the US, to watch absolutely everything on the Internet at NBCOlympics.com, you’ll need a cable or satellite provider which seems eminently unfair since anyone can get a local NBC affiliate with a digital antenna. I can see being prevented from seeing MSNBC or CNBC content, but…

The fix for now, according to Apple, is to follow the company’s best practices guidelines and to use receipt validation where developer’s servers verify through the App Store whether or not the receipt is legit.The developer behind the hack stated on In-AppStore.com,By examining last apple’s statement about in-app purchases in iOS 6, I can say,…

Clueful was developed to address the issue of iOS apps using personal data in ways unbeknownst to the user. Between “locationgate” and the uploading of Address Book data, knowing what your apps are doing with your data seemed like a good idea. Bitdefender rose to the challenge and developed Clueful to analyze your apps and…

Infinite Flight for the iPad is a flight simulator/game for iOS that offers several different kinds of aircraft and airport locations. While seemingly impressive, it has some serious problems compared to its competition. _______________ 30,000 ft. View Flight simulators on the iPad create a difficult proposition for the developer. While a full-blown simulator on the…

Gotta keep my secret identities secret using separate e-mail accounts, you know.So to avoid having to try to find your draft, just touch and hold on the Compose button from any window within the iOS Mail app.When you do, your last saved draft will pop back up, ready to be edited—no sleuthing required. Much better…

Nowadays you sit anywhere you want, first come – first seated. In some theaters the seats are more like a comfy reclining couch and less like a hardback stadium chair. Curtains are history and now we’re bombarded with commercials. But the biggest and, in my humble estimation, best change of all is the food that…

The in-app purchase hack comes from the Russian developer ZonD8o and doesn’t require jailbreaking. Instead, users install two certificates and change their DNS settings to access in-app purchases without paying.Aside from the fact that using the hack to get in-app content without paying is stealing, it also exposes some of your personal information to the…

 Jay Bacal has created an iPad/iPhone/iPod touch app that requires players to think quickly and match common words. Chain of Thought is a free association word chain game A player starts with a lead word and must build on that word until five additional words, from the list provided, have been properly matched.  As an…

That’s a lot of paper! Even so, consumers have reduced the amount of paper they use. In fact, people in North America consumed 20% less paper in 2009 than they did in 2005. A lot of factors could contribute to that decrease including the increased use of plastic, a non-renewable resource. Still, it can be…

I’m using iTunes as an example here, but if you’re on an iOS device, you can also download previously purchased books (from iBooks) or apps (from the App Store).Once you’ve looked through your list, though, you may notice that an item keeps appearing when you wish it wouldn’t. Maybe, for example, you don’t want anyone…

__________________ Once upon a time, companies built computers because there was money to be made by putting computational power into the hands of skilled individuals. In the Apple II days, people who bought them likely were already working with computers at work, and they revelled in the idea of having some computational fun at home.…

Yes, I see that my first meeting is set before the others, but what time does it start? Why do I have to select the event or change my view just to find out? Oh, the teeth gnashing.  I’m so glad there’s a way around this, and here it is. Choose the iCal > Preferences…

Apple reiterated that iCloud support will be built-in at the system level and added that apps such as Pages, Numbers and Keynote all auto-sync documents through iCloud. Messages, which is currently available as a public beta, also relies on iCloud, as does Reminders syncing.Mountain Lion: Coming next monthMountain Lion will include a Reminders app just…

_____________________For example, we always knew that it was a fantasy to believe that a notebook computer alone, even with large storage directly attached, is really the right device to store a massive family archive. iCloud is a store and forward, syncing cloud. Apple doesn’t have room for your terabyte collection of videos. Families of the…

Absinthe 2.0 is an update on the “Absinthe A5” jailbreak from January of this year that brought jailbreak support to the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 for the first time. Today’s release supports all iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches except for the iPad 2,4 – the new “lower priced” iPad 2 with a 32nm processor.…

Landing a jet fighter on an aircraft carrier is one of the hardest things humans do. So it’s a great candidate for a game, both as a challenge and as a sobering introduction to the real thing. This game has great visuals and is easy to fly, but it’s not really a technical flight simulator.…

Sometimes there are apps that are so amazing, so well done, so technically pleasing, that one is in awe. Such is the case for F-Sim’s Space Shuttle landing simulator. The graphics on a retina display are astounding. The technical depth is amazing. If you’ve ever wanted to experience what it’s like to land the Space…

What do you do with the folder when you find it? As its name implies, any compatible media that you drop in there—MP3s, QuickTime files, AIFFs, WAVs, and so on—will be added to iTunes the next time it opens. So you could create a Dock shortcut to this folder for easy drag-and-drop access if that’s…

We had the iPad configured just the way we like it, except for the name, so restoring it was something we wanted to avoid if possible. And then, in one of those “it’s so simple, why didn’t we know this?” moments, we figured it out. To rename an iDevice without restoring it, simply connect it…

The increased size of firmware updates is a necessary result of increased functionality but, when multiple iDevices need updating, the download times and bandwidth cap hits can be noticeable. Thankfully, iTunes is smart enough to store the firmware update after it’s been downloaded the first time, and it will reuse that file to update subsequent…

1. You must be a gingko snorting brainiac to be any good at word games. WRONG! While a healthy vocabulary helps it won’t guarantee a super high score or a win every time. Strategy is the ticket. Knowing some key words (often these are two, three, and four letter words) to use when you’re in…

Note that when you select a song in iTunes (no matter what view you’re using), you’ll see a drop-down arrow appear next to its name.Clicking on that arrow reveals a handy little menu, which by default is labeled Show in iTunes Store. From there, you can select the song, artist, or album to bring up…

Astronomy Buddy is an iPhone or iPad app that describe itself as “the ultimate tool” for learning about astronomy as well as a helper for teachers. It includes lessons, quizzes, news feeds, astronomy videos and maps to the major observatories. However, the visual presentation and depth of explanatory material are not well matched. The Home…

I like to write. I don’t claim to do it well, but I do enjoy it. The style of writing I enjoy most is short story fiction. I suppose it’s because a good short story packs in a lot from beginning to end and leaves you feeling mentally sated. It’s like eating a great meal…