Telling the difference between a legit Banksy piece and one of his legions of imitators is difficult (and perhaps that’s the point) but a new app will help you discover if the famously unknown street artist has put anything up in your city.
Obviously, it’ll be a lot more effective in the UK, but he’s done some stuff in the USA, and I assume this will have those works too.
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Apple’s standing policy has always been that if you don’t like the limites placed on the app store, you’re totally allowed to make an HTML5 web app out of anything you like. Now, in the wake of Apple’s
Rather than facing trying to give Apple a 30% cut of the revenue — which they often don’t have to give — e-reader service and store Kobo has said
Following recent App Store policy changes imposed by Apple, Kobo, a global leader in eReading with over 4 million readers worldwide, announced today that development is underway on an HTML5 eReading web app. With the development of the HTML5 app, Kobo will continue to provide the most optimized experience for iOS users and users on other Kobo platforms.
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Over the past weeks, Kobo has worked with Apple to create a solution that would benefit the iOS eReading community within Apple’s new App Store guidelines. Unfortunately, Apple has mandated that Kobo, along with all eBook retailers, substantially change the eReading experience for consumers by removing in-app access to the Kobo store.
The Financial Times
It’ll be curious to see if this leads to a shift in popularity of the web app, with more big companies moving that way to avoid Apple’s control over their content. Does this mean Google Books, Kindle, and Nook will do the same? What about magazines offering subscriptions? And will they work offline?
I guess we’ll have to wait and see,
With the nation still gripped in one of the worst heatwaves in decades, how about a bit of Chinese Apple fakery to help you stay cool this summer? This awesome iPhone 4 fan
You can buy these online
We may not have any concrete details about the iPhone 5. Except it may have an A5 chip. Or jump ahead to an A6. Maybe the screen will get a bump to 3.7″. Its design may be completely redesigned. Or tapered. Possibly thinner and lighter. Who knows, maybe it will print money (it will for Apple, but that’s beside the point) and bake cookies. Other than the last two, the rumor mill mentions all of those being real possibilities thus absolutely nothing is 100% set in stone. Oh, and it may or may not be introduced in September then released sometime afterwards. Knowing nothing about it does not stop shoppers from wanting it, however.
PriceGrabber.com conducted a
Interestingly enough, half of the prospective iPhone 5 customer base plan to purchase it within a year. The rest seem to lack market knowledge since they want iPhone 5 by the end of 2012. At that point, its superior successor will more than likely have launched, making the fifth-generation device outdated though discounted.
While 35% are interested in iPhone 5, 48% prefer iOS leading to the conclusion that many are happy with their current iPhone and do not see the latest-and-greatest as being necessary. The one in three statistic beats that of any other phone, which adds fuel to the argument that more customers would own an iPhone rather than sticking to the popular Android devices mainly due to price. In fact, 55% cited a lower price as their most-desired feature and 59% would like better battery life.
I wonder just how many customers would even be compelled by significant additions or speedier hardware considering the mundane requests. Then again, the more geeky specifications we appreciate at sites like iPhone Alley do not appeal to consumers without a translation.
The 35% demonstrate a trust of the iPhone and Apple brand considering how they do not even need to know anything about the next iPhone in order to make purchasing decisions regarding it. Let’s just hope that the delay in production means that supply can at least come close to meeting demand. Well, on launch day if possible.
Well known Mac accessory manufacturer Twelve South has taken a step into the iPhone case making business and released a wallet case which it is calling the BookBook. The BookBook case has been modelled on a vintage leather book cover and really does look the part; if you are into vintage type book covers!
Protect your iPhone 4 between two hard-back covers. Fold the covers back-to-back to talk. It feels great in your hand. BookBook allows edge-to-edge iPhone access. No frames in the way of your thumbs here. You can access all iPhone controls and ports with BookBook. Charge, sync and use the headphone jack while your iPhone is safe and sound in its phone book.
eFUSION has released a new clock app for the iPad.
iStandard Clock” is designed for everyone looking for simplicity and functionality as iPhone standard clock application to fill the gap of missing clock application on their iPad.
It really is baffling why Apple did not include a standard clock app on the iPhone. Since iStandard Clock is identical to the standard clock app on the iPhone, it feels like it belongs natively on the iPad.
iStandard Clock is available on the iPad for $0.99. Screenshots after the break.
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CallBar and Apptivator are just two examples of the Jailbreak community being in full flurry this summer with what has been the most productive and innovative season of Jailbreak tweaks to date. At a time when people question the current value of jailbreaking with iOS 5 on the horizon, the jailbreak community have spoken up and demonstrated that they continue to advance and innovate where Apple stops short.
With a vast amount of new Cydia tweaks, thanks majorly in part to @rpetrich’s TweakWeek challenge, I will be talking about only two recent tweaks that demonstrate to any non-believer that Jailbroken iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches are the way to go!
###CallBar (by E. Limneos & J. Tucker)
E. Limneos has been involved with TweakWeek and when J. Tucker approached him with this dynamite idea they made an immediate knockout hit that some consider an “essential” tweak to any Jailbroken device. What CallBar does is extend the concept of the nonintrusive notification to phone calls and FaceTime alerts, integrating it into what Peter Hajas developed for iOS with MobileNotifier (also a Cydia tweak) and Apple synthesized and adopted in iOS 5′s Notification Center.
Intrusive notifications have always been a weak point for iOS and have long since been taunted by the Android and webOS community. CallBar brings what iOS 5 only begins to unveil at a notification level, and that is a nonintrusive and clean way to receive phone calls – further solidifying the concept that our iDevices are small computers that happen to receive phone calls rather than phones that happen to behave like small computers. Writing an important email and a call ruins your train of thought? Not anymore. Watching the latest Harry Potter movie on your iPad and a FaceTime alert just interrupted an important scene? No longer a problem. CallBar demonstrates that Cydia tweaks are not just gimmicks and tricks, but truly useful, innovative, and downright essential to heavy iDevice users.
With a good amount of options to make any user happy, CallBar is available now in Cydia for only 3.99 USD.
Apptivator takes the functionality of Activator and applies it to your homescreen and icons, using a double-tap action instead of having to rely on multiple gestures.
For instance, you can set a double-tap action onto your phone icon to immediately call up the keypad or the contacts list – whichever you use most. You can also create events that allow you to double-tap an icon app to open up a related app instead – such as double-tapping the Camera app to open the Photos app. Using events currently possible in Activator, n00neimp0rtant demonstrated in his YouTube video of the tweak (see above) of double-tapping the iPod icon to start and top a current track. Better yet, you can trigger SBSetting toggles using Apptivator – such as double-tapping the MyWi icon to toggle MyWi on and off. The amount of customization this tweak brings is limitless. As powerful and innovative as Activator has been, it’s a breath of fresh air seeing Apptivator using the same principles on icons without the need to memorize gestures that are limited and can be unintuitive at times.
At first glance, this tweak reminded me a lot of the new feature in Windows Phone 7 Mango where you can now pin actions onto the homescreen – which some touted as a brilliant feature and very innovative on the part of the WP7 team. With jailbroken phones, we are able to see features from other Mobile OSes and see the concept further bloom and thrive, and Apptivator is a clear example of this.
On Twitter, @n00neimp0rtant informed me that more functionality is coming to Apptivator and I am more than excited to see what’s in store next.
Apptivator is available now in the Cydia Store for 2.00 USD.
Austin Bradley, better known as K. Nitsua, is the Jailbreak theme designer behind iNitsua Z Twilight 3volution. You can hit him up on Twitter @Kanaca_Nitsua
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