If you happen to find yourself at the ARS Electronica centre in Linz, Austria thinking, “that facade could do with a bit more colour,” you’re in luck—a special smartphone application lets passersby paint the building in real time. (more…)  Read More →

As has been already reported in Macworld, Automator actions that talk to iTunes all broke upon the release of iTunes 10.0. This is because each action specifies in a text string in its Info.plist file that it requires iTunes version 4.6 or higher, and alphabetically, ‘10.0′ is smaller than ‘4.6.’ I frequently use ‘Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track’ (activated in System Preferences  Read More →

Talk of iPad shortages may be history if reports of Apple’s new marching orders for suppliers are true. Apple CEO Steve Jobs, after doubling iPads built to 2 million, recently ordered 3 million iPads for the fourth quarter of 2010, according to one analyst. The figure puts Apple on track to ship 36 million iPads  Read More →

Those new colorless iTunes icons sure do rub some people the wrong way. Not to worry, there is a ‘fix’ out there.  You simply download a new iTunes.rsrc file and shut down iTunes and replace it with the one you’ve just downloaded.  When you restart, its like you’ve never updated (except Ping is still there). We haven’t tried this (we are in the ‘who cares’ camp) so  Read More →

“The world resists change.” So sayeth Buzz Aldrin, the first man to land a man-made craft on the moon. While others obsess over who put their foot on the surface first, this is the guy who piloted the craft that touched down while Armstrong hitched along. In our one-on-one video interview with the man himself, we hear an inspiring voice for reaching out to space, why it is important, and what’s holding humanity back from achieving... 

Apple started teasing us today when the company posted its iOS 4.2 for iPad “Coming Soon” software update webpage. That webpage serves as a little reminder to us about the exciting new features coming in the next version of iOS for the iPad. If you haven’t been paying attention to the news lately you’ll be  Read More →

Apple has posted an iPad software update page on its website with details of the forthcoming iOS 4.2.  Read More →

Steve Jobs was surprisingly candid with All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher yesterday — he reportedly told her that both Facebook and Apple had spoken about integrating more closely with the new iTunes social network Ping , but Facebook asked for “onerous terms that we could not agree to” regarding Facebook friends connecting on Ping. He didn’t elaborate, obviously, but you can see in Facebook’s public documentation... 

Gamasutra cornered Epic Games’ Mike Capps (he of the very impressive Epic Citadel demo yesterday at the Apple special event), and Capps confirms that what you see running on your iPhone is the real deal — Unreal Engine 3, with all of the bells and whistles that it has on the major HD consoles. The actual game that Project Sword will become …  Read More →

If you’re like Jobs you’d say “who wants a stylus?” If you’re not Apple’s CEO, then you may want to check out Just Mobile’s Alupen. It’s crafted from premium, long-lasting alu-min-ium (Ive style) and looks awesome. It’s as tall as your iPhone, and slightly thicker than ye olde’ number 2 pencil. The stylus works great as a… stylus (didya guess?) and if you were thinking about getting... 

Section: Communications , Cellphones , Cellular Providers , Smartphones In Best Buy’s Buyer’s Guide, which features a variety of cell phones for customers to purchase, the unannounced Samsung Gem has made an unlikely appearance.  Read More →

In Wednesday’s media event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told the audience that his company was seeing 230,000 iOS device activations a day, a number that put it ahead of the competition (read: Google), and that some that competition (read: Google) was including upgrades when touring its own activation numbers. On Thursday, Google released a statement saying, in essence, “Nuh-uh.” Google – Steve Jobs – Apple – statement –... 

Section: Communications , Cellphones , Email / IM , Smartphones , Mobile At yesterdays Apple event, CEO Steve Jobs revealed they are seeing 230,000 iOS devices activated per day.  Read More →

Earlier today, we reported on confusion surrounding the brief appearance of Facebook Connect functionality in iTunes 10’s “Ping” social networking feature that initially appeared to allow users to find friends by checking their Facebook conta…  Read More →

NewerTech announced Thursday the release of a new hub called the NewerTech Seven Port USB 2.0 Powered Hub. As the name suggests, it’s a powered hub with seven ports, but it’s small enough for mobile use. USB hub – Universal Serial Bus – USB – Ports – Business  Read More →