Monday, October 24, 2011

Poll: How’s iCloud working for you?

iCloud has been out of beta and live on iOS 5 for over a week now so it’s time ask — how’s iCloud working for you? Now that you don’t sync MobileMe style anymore but — I’ll say it! — seamlessly store and push your content between all your devices, iOS, OS X and Windows, is you stuff where you want, when you want?

In an ideal world you iCloud mail will show up everywhere, all at once, with perfect push notifications, your calendars would just work, even when shared, and your contacts would all be related so you could tell your special someone you’re running late… again. Your Documents in the Cloud would all be up to date, available at the touch of any app that can edit them, and your iTunes in the Cloud would let you re-download any song or TV show as easily as you always could apps. Your backups and restores would work flawlessly, and your Photo Stream would actually let you delete unwanted pictures. If you had to use Find my iPhone, it would send a locator immediately and you’d never have to wait a day to discover you left it in your other pants pocket. And we’d all have iTunes Match.

In the often more brutal real world, however, you mail might not be pushing, your documents might be disappearing, your songs not all showing up, your Photo Stream causing you grief, and Find my iPhone doing anything but. (Grrrr.)

So you tell us TiPb Nation, what are your experiences with iCloud so far? Is it a game changer or just MobileMe part deux? Vote up top and give me the glorious — or gory! — details in the comments below!

New and updated iPhone and iPad apps for Monday, October 24

Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you!

Angry Letters: Do you remember how bad guys from detective stories send threat mails composed with pieces torn from newspapers? With Angry Letters you can have fun creating pictures in the same style in four easy steps. [Free for iPhone - App Store link]

Momo and Bochi: In the world of Momo and Bochi, Bochis are stacking up faster than ever! Your job is to help Momo maintain peace and balance in their world. With vivid graphics and innovative game play, Momo and Bochi is sure to entertain everyone! [$1.99 for iPad - App Store link]

Halloween Booth: Ghouls, Ghosts, Vampires and Witches equals Halloween! Get this spooky state of the art photo manipulation app and apply up to four scary Halloween face paint masks to your face in seconds. [$0.99 for iPhone - App Store link]

Nawlz Interactive Comic: A 14 episode cyberpunk adventure series that combines animation, interactivity, music and text to create a never before seen digital panoramic comic format. [Free for iPad - App Store link]

PlayUp: Action packed, PlayUp is the first global social network dedicated to live sport. Featuring live scores for more than 20,000 games a year it connects all of the live action to you and your friends, allowing you to message one another in Real Time – all for Free! [Free for iPhone - App Store link]

Any other big app or game releases or updates today?

Have an app you’d love to see featured on TiPb? Email us at iosapps@tipb.com, tell us about your app (include an iTunes link), and we’ll take a look.

Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus leaves Apple

According to a report from All Things D, Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus has now left Apple. Apple launched Siri with the iPhone 4S earlier this month after buying the company back in April 2010.

There were several reasons for the departure, which was amicable and has been planned for a while, sources said. They included Kittlaus’ family being in Chicago, a desire to take time off and an interest in brainstorming new entrepreneurial ideas.

Kittlaus was the lead for Apple during Siri’s introduction to the iPhone 4S and has been Siri’s CEO since April 2007. He apparently left Apple just after the launch of the iPhone 4S.

Source: All Things D

 

Contest Winners: JOBY GorillaMobile, Jawbone JAMBOX, Skyfire, Steve Jobs biography

Complements of JOBY! To see the other entries and to share some of your great photos, head on over to our forums.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Contest Winners: JOBY GorillaMobile, Jawbone JAMBOX,

Complements of JOBY! To see the other entries and to share some of your great photos, head on over to our forums.

Apple posts Celebrating Steve video from October 19 Event.

Apple shares picture of Steve Jobs celebration

Apple has made their As we special, internal celebration of Steve Jobs’ life available on their website. It included talks from Apple CEO Tim Cook, SVP of Design Jony Ive, board members Al Gore and Bill Campbell, and performances from Norah Jones and Cold Play.

Of course you can still submit your thoughts on Steve’s passing to Apple, which are now also appearing on the Apple site.

You can go and watch the video at the Apple website, via the link below.

Source: Apple

Steve Jobs biography now available via iBooks, Kindle

Steve Jobs biography arriving Oct. 24

Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Steve Jobs, is now available from both Amazon’s Kindle Store and Apple’s own iBookstore. Isaacson, who appeared earlier today on CBS’ 60 Minutes, had unprecedented access to Jobs, his family, friends, colleagues, and rivals, and the book strives to show Jobs not only as one of the most innovative and influential people of his time, but also as a human, a family man, and more.

If you pre-ordered it, download and enjoy. If you haven’t yet, here are the links.

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