Bump Now Lets You Facebook Friend On The Spot
Bump, the great contact sharing app that works by bumping two iPhones together, just got a very neat update which makes friending someone on Facebook easier than ever.
Once set up, Bump now allows you to friend someone on Facebook directly from the app using their same signature move, an impressively convenient feature which will most probably save you quite some trouble.
If you happen not to know about Bump, here is the official demo:
It’s totally free so go get it now!
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Cisco adding iPhone app for voice-over-Wi-Fi
Cisco Systems Inc. plans to add voice-over-Wi-Fi capabilities to its existing iPhone app by April, part of a continuing effort to expand its unified communications technology into the mobile space.
The current iPhone Cisco Mobile app requires users to have a Cisco Unified Mobility Advantage server installed at a business. The server is usually administered by a company’s IT department.
Cisco Mobile already gives iPhone users quick access to many of the standard Cisco IP features, such as visual voicemail and Mobile Connect, software that can route calls from a work number through a company’s phone switching network and then out to an iPhone. The iPhone client software is free.
Cisco sees voice over Wi-Fi for the iPhone as a less expensive way to communicate because it would eliminate the need to use cellular voice minutes when placing a call in a Wi-Fi zone, said Laurent Philonenko, general manager of Cisco’s unified communications business unit.
The upcoming version, to be called Cisco Mobile Voice, will also be free and is expected to be available by April. Among the new features it will offer is “shake to lock,” which allows a user to end a call with a simple shaking gesture of the phone, he said. Another, named “call preservation,” allows a phone call to stay connected, even if a user opens a different application in the iPhone.
Cisco is also developing another iPhone application for voice-activated dialing. That app can be launched by bringing the phone to the ear and speaking, since the iPhone’s accelerometer detects the movement. It will be part of the Web 2.0 IP Telephony Widget.
Philonenko spoke to reporters in Boston and other cities from San Jose, Calif. via videoconference and was joined in Madison, Wisc., by Pat Scheckel, vice president of converged infrastructure solutions for CDW, which resells computers and related gear to businesses.
CDW, which has 3,500 customer deployments of Cisco’s mobile and unified communications technology globally, has already worked with one manufacturing company that has implemented voice over Wi-Fi using Nokia smartphones and Cisco 7925 IP phones, Scheckel said. “They had exorbitant cell phone bills and now just use Wi-Fi,” he noted.
Philonenko said it is important for Cisco to bring its mobility apps to iPhone, which has gained ground in large businesses in the past two years. Cisco eventually plans to bring all of its mobility applications to Nokia and BlackBerry devices, and, later, Android phones, he said. “Android is not yet a big factor in the enterprise ,” he said. “And we think Windows Mobile will re-emerge….
“The iPhone came from nowhere and companies like CDW are now deploying them by the thousands,” Philonenko said. With smartphone devices proliferating, cell networks seem to have saturated the globe, “but there’s still not enough 3G bandwidth for what people want to do.” As a result, Wi-Fi is seen as a relief valve, raising the value of voice over Wi-Fi, he added.
Cisco, which offers Webex collaboration software as well, is tracking the growing importance of social networking, Philonenko added. “Everything we do [at Cisco] is going to be mobilized,” he said.
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2009 Iphone game of the year.
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor – We choose Tiger Style Games’ Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor for our 2009 Game of the Year first and foremost because it’s a great game, but also because it perfectly represents the promise of iPhone gaming. Spider is an original concept built specifically for the iPhone by a small self funded team. It’s this low barrier to entry which provides customers with a huge selection of games including unique and polished gems like Spider. You really should experience this one.
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Rowmote Pro for iPhone Gets Major Update
| Regular Rate and Rhythm Software have announced Rowmote Pro 2.4 for iPhone and iPod Touch, a major update to their complete remote control solution for Mac OS X and Apple TV. Rowmote Pro emulates the Apple hardware remote control, providing application-specific controls through a consistent interface, while featuring a multitouch trackpad and keyboard.
Rowmote Pro controls thirty popular applications, from music applications like iTunes and PandoraBoy to video players such as DVD Player, Hulu Desktop, Plex, and Front Row, to presentation tools such as Microsoft Powerpoint and Apple Keynote, precisely as the Apple hardware remote would. The version 2.4 release features remote access to the Mac OS X Dock for both launching and switching and control and also adds Adobe Lightroom and kJams Pro to the Rowmote repertoire. Rowmote Pro 2.4 also enhances wireless keyboard functionality, fixes multiple bugs, and adds a translation into Dutch. Unlike other iPhone and iPod Touch remote control apps, Rowmote Pro emulates Apple’s hardware remote control so holding down buttons on the remote perform the correct, application-specific function. This is especially vital in the popular multimedia management application Plex, in which Rowmote can access needed contextual menus other apps can’t. In addition, Rowmote Pro allows complete control over the Mac with its trackpad and optional keyboard. It supports landscape full-screen mode, two finger scrolling and right clicking, dragging, and accented and international characters, over any number of connected screens and TVs. Rowmote Pro evolved from Rowmote for iPhone and iPod Touch, which offers the same features except without keyboard and mouse support. New features are added regularly to Rowmote Pro based on both the developer’s roadmap and popular requests. Pricing and Availability:
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Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2 on Windows with Sn0wbreeze
Sn0wbreeze like blackra1n, redsn0w and PwnageTool is yet another jailbreaking tool for iPhone and iPod touch which can be used to create custom .ipsw files. But unlike the PwnageTool, Sn0wbreeze is fully compatible to work with Windows 7/Vista and XP machines. If for some reason the earlier mentioned tools didn’t work for you, you can give Sn0wbreeze a try and see if it helps in jailbreaking your iPhone with a custom .ipsw file.
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App that Controls a Missile Launcher
In past, we have seen iPhone being made to use in situations such as driving vehicles, controlling robots and so much more, but none a special than launching a missile! Yes, a small group of students have managed to control a missile through their iPhone that commands and controls a small rocket launcher in pre and post firing conditions. They designed an app for iPhone and created a system for the launcher by running customized version of Windows CE 6 on eBox 2300, on which the orientation, deviation and firing control of missile was possible using the iPhone. The project that successfully performed all these claimed functions was realized by David Attias, Jeff Lumish, Andrew Thoni, Greg Watkins and James Hamblen where as Nate Klein supervised it.
eMissileBox was part of their final year project at Georgia Tech University which is distinguished for its commitment to improving the human conditions through advanced science and technology. Here is the video of the experiment in action.
Full hardware + software specifications, demo videos and presentations can be found at the official site of this project here. [via Hack a Day]
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Remains of the Day: Write an iPhone Game in an All-Nighter Edition
Printer ink cost mores than blood, web-based programming can’t help but make its way to your TV, and two journeyman iPhone developers show how to whip up a functional app in 12 hours.
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One’s a marketing guy with a little code experience. The other’s a developer with some business savvy. Put them together for a weekend, and they develop a clever decision-making iPhone app—and show you the nitty-gritty of how it’s done. [Gizmodo] - How to Watch Internet Videos on your TV – Bring the Web to your Living Room
If you thought you only had a few options for getting web video onto your TV set, guess again. This here’s a very thorough guide to the options out there, both pre-built and DIY-friendly. [Digital Inspiration] - Another Buried Apple Trademark – ‘iGuide’ as Another Name or Service for iSlate?
Not only has Apple grabbed up iSlate as a trademark, they’ve used a shell company to secure the rights to “iGuide,” possibly as a name, or content channel, for the tablet everybody and their aunt believes is coming. [MacRumors] - Relative prices of different liquids
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Customizable Music Player for the Car
PureBlend Software has released TuTuneMe 1.0 – a unique, highly customizable, gesture-based music player app for iPhone and iPod touch users – optimized to make listening in the car more convenient, safe, and fun. From a distance, the app’s interface is easy to see and use. Intuitive gestures play/pause music, switch songs/playlists, adjust volume, and much more. TuTuneMe users can customize the app’s gesture actions and visual themes.
TuTuneMe’s author, Cliff Joyce, cites driving as his inspiration for the app: “My iPhone is my car stereo, so I wanted a music app that could be readable from two feet away. I wanted to play, pause, and change songs quickly using full-screen, easy to remember, sloppy gestures. I needed fast access to my playlists with very few taps and screens – without taking my attention away from the road. And I wanted my music player app to match the other electronics in my car’s interior.”
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Apple News | ZodTTD Releases N64 Emulator for the iPhone
ZodTTD has announced the release of n64iphone, an N64 emulator for the iPhone and iPod touch.
The app can be purchased for $2.50 using Cydia. Payment is done through Appsidy.
This is an early release version. Everything is included except save states landscape screen modes. You can still save games via memory card eeprom saves.
Some games are playable, though some aren’t either due to graphical glitches or performance. To help with performance, a frameskip config file option is available, as well as load ROM option for disabling sound output
Controls work either by onscreen display controls + accelerometer…or…by connecting via BlueTooth a Nintendo WiiMote controls and it’s own accelerometer.
Features Include:
- WiiMote support via BlueTooth capable devices!
- Fast dynarec CPU emulation
- Sound emulation
- Download to the ROMs directory within the app
- Fast OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics renderer
- Controller overlays are able to be skinned
- Supported ROMs: .n64 .z64
- Supported Archives: .zip .7z
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EA is all set to carry the Need For Speed legacy with the upcoming version called NFS Shift for iPhone. The arrival of Need For Speed: Shift in app store is really imminent. Toucharcade has already had occasion to try it, they also posted a hands on video and we intend to follow them there. After watching the video you can notice that Electronic Arts has decided to put a mini-map in the lower left and a button to use the NOS in the lower right instead of swipeRelated Blogs
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